March 28

Eagles-Update

If you have visited the Alcoa Eagle cam recently, you will see that it is not operating.  I guess the camera was hit by lightning and will not repaired until after this nesting season.  Since I have become addicted to watching these birds nesting, I found another camera in Minnesota.  There are two eaglets in the nest and they just hatched THIS WEEK!  If you are interested in watching, check out Minnesota Bound-Live Bald Eagle Cam.

Bald Eagle / Pygargue à tête blanche
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The bald eagle is a beautiful bird and is the national bird for the United States of America.  If you have never seen an eagle before (they are native to North America), then I suggest that you check out this website, Alcoa Eaglecam.  You will find a live video stream of an eagle’s nest in Iowa.  What’s so interesting?  There currently are two eaglets in the nest.   You will see that this amazing, beautiful bird doesn’t start out being so beautiful!

March 27

Analogies

 

Today we will be learning about analogies.  We will learn a definition of analogy, discuss the different types of analogies, and see some examples of analogies.  We will be using SpellingCity.com.  You will need to go to this site to complete your class activity today.

 

Image from: http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/jocelyn/level-b/analogies-for-beginner/   You can check out this web site for additional practice on completing analogies.

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March 14

Student Spotlight Post

Mustang
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Ok, I just HAVE to spotlight Caleb’s post on the 1965 Mustang.  I was surprised to read a post like this written by a 7th grader.  Most young teenagers tend to like the more modern, sleek sports cars.  Caleb, on the other hand, can appreciate a classic muscle car!  🙂 Yes, the ’65 Mustang happens to be one of my favorite cars.  I’ll take one in baby blue if anyone can make that happen!

Check out Caleb’s blog Lintons Link to read about this sweet car!

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