The Stranger - the Sequel

Post your stories here......

Jamestown Online Adventure

Here is the website to play the Jamestown Adventure game.
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
How did your settlers fare?

Social Studies Homework "On the Trail of Captain John Smith" 1/26/10

Due Thursday 1/28
Go to http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/John-smith and read at least two of the chapters. Then post a comment with something you learned about John Smith or Jamestown. First read your classmates' comments so that you don't repeat what someone else said. Trying the games will make your adventure more fun!

Science Homework Tuesday, 1/19/10

Post a comment to answer the following two questions in complete sentences:
1. What severe weather event are you going to report on?
2. What information do you still need for your weather report?

What's the Word?

A word that is now commonly used in our daily language was named "Word of the Decade" for the first decade of the 21st century. Not long ago, this word did not even exist! It has been added to the dictionary and can be used as a noun or a verb. What's the word?

Citizenship !

Here's a link to a sample of the test questions from the United States Citizenship Test for you to try. How did you do?
http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/citizenship1/1.html

Sharing our History

Happy New Year Everyone! I am looking forward to hearing all about your holidays!
This week, we will read about families who come from many different countries to America. Although their languages, customs, and traditions are very different, they have something important in common - their pride in becoming United States citizens! Unless we are 100% Native American Indian, we are all American citizens because at some point in our family's history, our parents, grandparents or other ancestors came to America from another country. See what you can find out about your own family history! How did your family come to be in Bensalem, in Pennsylvania, in the United States? Who in your family was the first to come to America from another country? How did they get here and why did they come? Does your family have special traditions or recipes that originated in another country? It's fascinating to uncover and preserve our family history and there is so much we can learn about ourselves and about each other by asking the questions and sharing our stories.