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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Challenge Accepted



Students have been working with the Scientific Method to problem solve in small groups.  They began with some basic materials and were challenged to build a tower.  Many different designs were tried, some failed, some succeeded.  All students were pushed to another level of communication and solving problems as they appeared in this real-time activity.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Elementary Battle of the Books

Below are the titles for the annual contest at the Elementary level:


Author
Title
Cynthia Lord
A Handful of Stars
Lois Lowry
All About Sam
Barbara Robinson
The Best School Year Ever
Christopher Paul Curtis
Bud, Not Buddy*
Patricia C Wrede
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #01)
Cynthia Chapman Willis
Dog Gone
Deborah Wiles
Each Little Bird That Sings
Cece Bell
El Deafo
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hope Solo
Hope Solo: My Story (Young Readers' Edition)
Katherine Hannigan
Ida B: ... And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
Bruce Coville
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: A Magic Shop Book
Bill O'Reilly
Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
Dan Gutman
Million Dollar Shot
Barbara Cooney
Miss Rumphius
Ivy Ruckman
Night of the Twisters
Milly Lee
Nim and the War Effort
John R. Erickson
Original Adventure of Hank the Cowdog
Sharon M. Draper
Out of My Mind
Beverly Cleary
Ralph S. Mouse
Kate Klise
Regarding the Fountain
Sharon Creech
Ruby Holler
Cynthia Lord
Rules
Patricia MacLachlan
Sarah, Plain and Tall 30th Anniversary Edition
Betty G. Birney
Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Maria McSwigan
Snow Treasure
Sam Angus
Soldier Dog
Wilson Rawls
Summer of the Monkeys
John Grandits
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
Kay Moore
The Great Bicycle Experiment: The Army's Historic Black Bicycle Corps, 1896-97
Elizabeth George Speare
The Sign of the Beaver
Natalie Babbitt
Tuck Everlasting
Betsy Cromer Byars
Wanted...Mud Blossom
Grace Lin
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
R. J. Palacio
Wonder
A. LaFaye
Worth

*Title is available as an eBook through AEA 267 student MackinVIA accounts.

Junior High Battle of the Books List

Below are the titles for the annual contest:

AEA 267 Middle School BOB 2016-17 Book list

Author
Title
Cynthia Lord
A Handful of Stars (Bonus title)
Gennifer Choldenko
Al Capone Does My Shirts
B.M. Mooyaart
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
Scott O'Dell
Black Star, Bright Dawn
Francisco Jimenez
Breaking Through
Katherine Paterson
Bridge to Terabithia
Jack London
Call of the Wild (Puffin Classics)*
Michelle Paver
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #01: Wolf Brother
Jeanne DuPrau
City of Ember: The First Book of Ember*
Jane Yolen
Devil's Arithmetic*
Laurence Yep
Dragonwings: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903
Caroline B. Cooney
Face on the Milk Carton
Tony Abbott
Firegirl*
Wendelin Van Draanen
Flipped
Avi
The Good Dog
Kirby Larson
Hattie Big Sky
Mike Lupica
Heat
Nancy Farmer
House of the Scorpion
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped*
Cynthia Kadohata
Kira-Kira
Louis L'Amour
Last of the Breed
Russell Freedman
Lincoln: A Photobiography*
Cynthia Rylant
Missing May
Patricia Reilly Giff
Nory Ryan’s Song
Ernest Hemingway
Old Man and the Sea
Joan Lowery Nixon
Other Side of the Dark
Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief : Book 1
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice*
Linda Sue Park
Project Mulberry
Ann M. Martin
Rain Reign (Previously omitted title)
Laura Hillenbrand
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Liz Kessler
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Richard Peck
The Teacher's Funeral
Ben Mikaelsen
Touching Spirit Bear
Michael Morpurgo
War Horse
Gary D. Schmidt
Wednesday Wars*
R. J. Palacio
Wonder

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Online Book Resource

www.mackinvia.com  is library at your fingertips.  Log-in to view thousands of books anywhere you have Internet access.


#1- Choose your School
#2- Username: 3105patrjrsr
#3- Password: aea267

Use your personal information to log-in:
~~~Username: last name, first initial
~~~Password: P(lunch number)0   example: P54320

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Meet Your Teacher

Hello, I am excited to once again be a part of the Independence Community.  I was born and raised in Independence and enjoyed playing baseball and basketball as a Mustang!  After graduating from Independence High School I attended Kirkwood Community College and the University of Northern Iowa.  I graduated there with a degree in Elementary Education with a Math Minor.  I student taught in Marshalltown in 1999, and they hired me shortly after that to teach 4th grade.  I taught 4th grade and 3rd grade at Rogers Elementary for 14 years, I then transferred to Miller Middle School to teach 7th grade math, as well as an accelerated group learning 8th grade math for the past 3 years.

When I am not at school helping kids I enjoy keeping my two kids busy with activities and fishing as much as I can.  I have loved to fish since I was a young boy, and that love has never left me.  I fish all-year around and enjoy fishing all over the state for various kinds of fish.  When not fishing I enjoy writing articles for newspapers and magazines about the sport of fishing.  I also help others learn about fishing through guide trips and giving seminars throughout the year.

My family is proud to say that we are MUSTANGS!