Here are discussions from the last two selections:

	Class Discussion on 5/31/2007 on “Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin’ Cowboy”
	Class Discussion on 5/24/2007 on “The Coming of the Long Knives”

This week we will be reading a tall tale, “McBroom, the Rainmaker”

Here is a link to a really great comic story done by an elementary class.

This week, we will read about a true American character (someone who is interesting), Bill Pickett, a famous rodeo cowboy.

Here is the introductory PowerPoint for our selection:

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Links about the subject of our selection:

• Bill Pickett on Yahooligans!
• Bill Pickett biography
• The National Cowboy Museum
• Black Cowboys

Links related to our study skills for the week:

• Take quizzes on suffixes
• Game based on “Who wants to be a millionaire?”

This week we will be reading a story about what happened after white settlers meet with Navaho Indians in The Coming of the Long Knives. Here is our introduction:

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CPW for Coming of the Long Knives
Links to our selection subject:

• Navajo on Yahooligans!
• Canyon de Chelly website
• Yahooligans! Encyclopedia entry on Navajo
• A site on the Long Walk

Links to our selection skills:

• Suffixes rules, and quizes
• Take a quiz on -tion, -sion ending
• Practice capitalization by doing this activity

And from last week, class discussion on 5/16/2007 on “The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”
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This week, we read a story about a young man who immigrants to California from China during the Gold Rush.

Here is the slideshow for our selection:
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CPW for Wong Ming-Chung

and Class Discussion on 5/16/2007 on “The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”
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Here are links related to the subject of our story:

• Chinese immigrants from a PBS show.
• Chinese workers on the Central Pacific Railroad
• Chinese immigrants on the Library of Congress site

And here are the links related to the skills we will study this week:

• Multiple meaning words
• Play fish tank game to learn more about affixes
• Punctuation lesson and quiz
  

This week we will be reading a story from “Old Yeller” which tells about a boy and his pet dog.

CPW for Old Yeller and the Bear

This week’s PowerPoint introducing the story:

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and here is what we came up with from last week’s test:

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Links related to our unit theme:

• Westward Expansion on Yahooligans!
• Timeline of western expansion
• A list of links

Links related to the skills we are studying this week:

• Simile on Mrs. Dowling’s website
• Play this game to make words with -ed, and -ing ending.
• Comma quiz

Here is CPW for Buffalo Hunt

PowerPoint of Word Knowledge: 

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Class Discussion on 4/19/2007 on “Sacagawea”

Here are our content links for the week:

• History of bison (buffalo)
• An account of a buffalo hunt.
• Buffalo on Yahooligans!
• Plains Indians on Yahooligans!
• Information on buffalo hunting from a Canadian Museum

Here are links about the skills we will study this week:

• Main Idea Quiz
• Negative prefixes add prefixes to change the meaning of these words
• Spelling wizard game Bring your spelling words to play this game.
• Comma quiz

Here is where you can get information about our new unit, and our unit project, planning a trip across our country!

Our destinations are: Boston, MA, New York City, Philadelphia, PA, Washington, D.C., and Disney World, FL

We will do the work by table group. Here are some questions, add your own in the comment box:

• Where are you going?
• How will you get there?
• What will you do there?
• What will you do on the way?

Here is CPW for “Sacagawea’s Journey”

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This week we start our new unit on Going West. This unit is about the expansion of the United States into the western part of this continent. Our first story is about Sacagawea, a story about the exploration by the Lewis and Clark, and the Corp of Discovery, and how a young Indian woman, helped them find their way.

Here are our links for this week:

• our ….. are ….. hour
• Homophone quiz
• Between the Lions Homophone Song
• Main Idea Quiz
• Take a quiz on Main Idea
• IMA Hero: Sacagawea
• Discovering Lewis & Clark : The Expedition