Star W Grant

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Star W Grant
Students Using Technology To Achieve Reading -
Writing

• Parker Elementary School (Annex) at Trenton
  Public Schools

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What is the Star W Grant?

• Students using Technology to Achieve Reading
  Writing (STAR-W) grant program is meant to
  increase student achievement in Language Arts
  Literacy in grades three through five by
  providing teachers with ongoing and sustained
  professional development and in-class support
  directly related to integrating technology into
  the classroom. This grant opportunity is a
  three-year program with the first year a 14-month
  grant period, and the second and third years are
  12 month periods.

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Thomas Lambright Jr.
• Teachers Class Website
• Presentation on using Kidspiration
• Sample Student Work
• Joshua Vendrell Haiku Poem
• Steven Anthony Mikos Haiku Poem

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Mr. Lambrights Class Website http//www.trenton.k
12.nj.us/parker/tlambright/
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The students will be able to use Kidspiration
software to develop prewriting and draft skills.

• Materials Laptops or desktops, Kidspiration
  software, pencil and paper
• Presented by Thomas Lambright Jr.

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Warm Up Exercise

• Warm up exercise Can you find the four errors in
  this sentence?
• i have a hard time writing but when I use
  technology writing as easy

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The Solution!

• I have a hard time writing, but when I use
  technology writing is easy.

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Reluctant Writers Unite!

• What if I could show you a fun way to write your
  ideas?
• How would you like to be a better speller?
• Do you like colorful pictures?
• Then Kidspiration is the writing program for you.

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Read Your Writing Prompt.

• On the weekends what activities do you like to
  do?
• Who do you spend time with during these weekend
  activities?
• Why do you do these weekend activities?
• Where do you do these weekend activities?

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Brain Storming Time!

• Close your eyes and make believe that it is the
  weekend. You are doing your favorite activity.
• Keep your eyes closed, and use your imagination
  as I ask the following questions.
• What fun weekend activity are you doing?
• Who is with you?
• Why are you doing this fun activity?
• Where are you when you do these fun activities?

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Using Kidspiration

• Click on the kidspiration icon.
• Under New click on the icon Picture.
• Replace the Main Idea with your Title.
• Click on the add symbol icon four 4 times.
• Now we can fill in the answers.

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Review of the Prompt Using Kidspiration

• Who is with you in this activity?
• Where are you in this activity?
• What is your favorite activity?
• When do you do this activity?

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Model of Word Web!
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Now For The Draft!

• Click on Go To Writing
• Click on Publish
• Click on File and Print

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The Draft!

• Nothing
  But the Net
• We play outside near the play-ground.
• We play Saturday afternoon.
• My three friends and I are together.
• We love to play basketball.

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Reflections On This Lesson!

• What software can we use to make writing fun?
• What are the key steps to writing with
  kidspiration?
• How can you print your finished work?

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The Tree by Joshua Vendrell

• The tree feels so nice.
• I feel the tree for tree sap.
• It feels nice and good.

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My Fish by Steven Anthony Mikos

• I have five fast fish.
• My fish are always hungry.
• I have one big fish.

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Using Technology in the Classroom
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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Norma DeCanzio
• Teachers Class Website
• Sample Student Work
• Women in History by Brandon George

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Ms. DeCanzios Class Website http//www.trenton.k1
2.nj.us/parker/ndecanzio/
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Women in history

• By Brandon George
• Mrs.DeCanzio
• April 12,2005
• Grade 3

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Who

• Sarah, Vaughan

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What was her life span?

• 1924-90

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What was her job?

• She was a singer who worked with bands, became a
  soloist and sang jazz music.

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Family history

• She was born in Newark N.J. Her nickname was
  Sassie. When she was a little girl she studied
  Piano and Organ.

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Why was she famous?

• She made many records and she had a huge voice
  range. Her record was Lover Man - It's Magic and
  Misty.

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Other interesting facts

• She won a amateur contest at Harlem's Apollo
  theater. She sang in United Statesand Europe.

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I picked this person because

• I picked this person because I like music and
  reading about singers.

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Maritza Abreu
• Teachers Class Website
• Presentation on Bilingual Education
• Sample Student Work
• Orange Balls From the Sky by Marelyn Najarro
• The Snow Wall by Jennifer Palma
• Herbie by Berny Lopez
• The Tall Wall by Kimberly Sarceno
• A Wall of Snow by Karelyn Arroyo
• Lloviendo Lagartijas by Darwin Ordonez
• Raining LIZARDS by Dalia Ocampo Mendoza

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Ms. Abreus Class Website http//www.trenton.k12.n
j.us/parker/mabreu/
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Ms. Abreu 3rd grade bilingual
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History

• In 1839, Ohio became the first state to adopt a
  bilingual education law, authorizing
  German-English instruction at parents' request.
• In 1847 Louisiana enacted an identical provision
  for French and English and in 1850 New Mexico
  Territory for Spanish and English.
• By the end of the 19th century, about a dozen
  states had passed similar laws.
• During World War I era winds shifted. Fears
  about the loyalty of non-English speakers and of
  German Americans prompted a majority of states to
  enact English-only instruction laws designed to
  "Americanize" these groups.
• In 1923 study of foreign languages in the early
  grades was banned. This move was considered
  unconstitutional.

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Sink or Swim

• English-only instruction implemented.
• High number of LEP students failing and dropping
  out of school. Supreme court realized sink or
  swim concept was not working. English-only
  classes mocked public education.
• Bilingual Education Act of 1968 passed during an
  era of growing immigration and an energized civil
  rights movement.
• Lau v. Nichols case- "affirmative steps" by
  schools to overcome language barriers impeding
  children's access to the curriculum.
• Congress immediately endorsed this principle in
  the Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1974.

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Bilingual Education in Schools

• Civil rights laws require educational programs
  offer equal opportunities for LEP children
• Controversy about benefits of Bilingual Education
  still exists.
• Schools implement research based programs to
  gradually exit bilingual students.
• Politically inspired efforts or school districts
  that persist in civil rights violations could
  face severe sanctions, including the loss of all
  federal education funding.

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Orange Balls From the Skyby Marelyn Najarro
(Contd.)
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Orange Balls From the Skyby Marelyn Najarro

• There was a terrible thunderstorm one summer
  afternoon. Me and my brother looked up and saw
  lightening balls falling from the sky. They were
  red, yellow, and orange and they were as large as
  grapefruits. They were glowing in the sky and
  they seemed to be heading our way. This happened
  in Trenton, N.J. The lightning balls burned
  houses, building, and trees.
• Let me briefly tell you how thunderstorm forms
  and how we get lightening balls. In order for a
  thunderstorm to occur we need three basic
  ingredients. The basic fuel to make a
  thunderstorm is moisture. The blob of moist air
  rises and the water vapor turns into liquid
  drops. This warms up the air in the blob so that
  it does not cool off as fast as it would if the
  air was dry. When the thunderstorm comes the
  sky is orange because thunderstorms usually occur
  in the late afternoon when the sun sets. The
  orange hue is caused by the same reason the
  sunsets vary form yellow to orange to red. The
  shorter wavelengths of light blue scatter fast
  leaving the yellow-orange-red end of the color
  field.
• When we saw these lightening balls my brother and
  I ran to our house. We said to our parents,
  There is a thunderstorm in the park and fiery
  lightening balls are following us. Since our
  neighborhood was scared of the thunderstorm, they
  ran and ran to another place so they can be
  protected from the lightening balls. So we ran
  too. Everyone and my family ran and ran we did
  not know where to go. We saw truck drivers and
  asked for help. They helped us to go to another
  place to stay. We stayed there for a week. We
  came to Trenton and it was destroyed.

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The Snow Wallby Jennifer Palma
(Contd.)
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The Snow Wallby Jennifer Palma

• One day it was snowing because it was winter and
  that is why it was snowing. I was playing with my
  friends outside. We were playing tag. It was
  snowing a lot and I could barely see anything.
  Then I saw Herbie. He was in Trenton, N.J. He was
  tall and white because he is made out of snow.
• Snow is water that freezes like ice. It is like
  if you put water in an ice tray. The water
  freezes and crystallizes in the atmosphere. The
  temperature has to be -40 degrees Fahrenheit
  (that is freezing). The crystals could stay in
  clouds for a long time or it can fall to the
  Earth. When the clouds get too heavy the snow
  falls down. The snow that falls can fall for
  many days or they can form ice caps on top of
  mountains. The crystals come in different shapes
  and sizes. Each one is unique.
• When I was hit by Herbie I did not know what
  happened. All I remember was running from my
  friend and when I looked to the front I crashed
  into a white wall. That was Herbie. He is not a
  boy, he is a snow wall. Anyway, when I woke up I
  was in the hospital. All I remembered was Herbie
  and my big fat headache. I stayed in the
  hospital for 2 days and went home. I realized
  Herbie was gone because it melted. The sun had
  come out and melted Herbie away. I wonder if he
  will come back the next time we have snow?

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Herbieby Berny Lopez
(Contd.)
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Herbieby Berny Lopez

• Once upon a time I saw a Herbie and he smashed
  into me and my family. Herbie is not a boy.
  Herbie is a wall, a wall of snow. When I went to
  the park I saw him. Herbie. He is not a good
  Herbie. I saw him in my house he was angry
  because he didnt want to be a wall of snow. He
  wanted to be a real boy-like me. He get in my
  house and started to play with my toys. We had
  the heater on and he was starting to melt. He
  was made out of snow.
• Snow is when water vapors freeze and crystallize
  in the atmosphere. The temperature has to be
  really cold, like -40 degrees Fahrenheit. The
  snow can stay in the clouds for a very long time.
  When the clouds get heavy and full of crystals
  it snows. We can see permanent snow caps on top
  of mountains. This happens because the higher
  you go the colder it is. Snow that hits the
  ground melts when the sun come out.
• Herbie was still in my house. The sun was coming
  out and he get hot with the sun. He wanted
  winter today and tomorrow. He dont have family.
  I give him food, he was happy. I liked
  Herbie he was snow and good and nice to me and my
  family. He was the best Herbie snow wall in
  the whole world. I found his family and they
  were happy to see him. So his family was happy
  to see him everyday. So I buy a new white puppy
  and called him Herbie.

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The Tall Wallby Kimberly Sarceno
(Contd.)
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The Tall Wallby Kimberly Sarceno

• One day that I went outside and I fell from my
  bike. Then it started to snow. I stayed playing
  outside. I knew it was snowing but I did not
  care. It was cold. It was snowing a lot. Snow is
  made when water freezes and crystallizes in the
  atmosphere. Sometimes the snow could stay in the
  clouds for months. It can snow for days and form
  snow caps on mountains. The temperature has to
  be -40 degrees Fahrenheit. The ice can form into
  different structures. These structures have
  hexagonal sides (they have six sides). We call
  these structures snow flakes. Herbie is a wall
  of snow made out of thousands of snowflakes.
• I was really scared because I never saw a Herbie
  before. I did not like it. I was all alone but
  then Kristy came over and we had fun. I was so
  happy it was in Trenton. Kristy was too. Then
  my dad saw us and told us to go home but
  we couldnt because the air was pulling
  us. The wind blew so hard that we crashed into
  Herbie. So my dad pulled us but we couldnt
  move. So we stayed stuck to Herbie until the
  next day. Then my dad came with a huge bucket of
  hot water, threw it on Herbie and he melted away.
  We broke free and hugged my dad. He saved us.

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A Wall of Snowby Karelyn Arroyo
(Contd.)
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A Wall of Snowby Karelyn Arroyo

• On a sunny winter day in Trenton, NJ I was
  playing outside with people. We were playing in
  the snow. Suddenly I saw a Herbie. Herbie is
  not the boy next door it is a wall of snow.
  Herbie suddenly smashed into me. I saw stars.
• A Herbie is made out of snow. Snow is formed
  when water freezes and crystallizes in the
  atmosphere. The snow could stay in the clouds or
  come down. In order to get snow the temperature
  has to be about -40 degrees Celsius so the water
  can become solid. There are three types of frozen
  precipitation they are grapnel (snow pellets),
  sleet (ice pellets), and hail (layered spheres of
  ice).
• When I was hit by Herbie I cried because the
  Herbie hit me hard. So I told my parents to take
  me to the hospital because I was bleeding. I was
  sad because I had to stay inside for 4 weeks. I
  could not go outside and play in the snow
  anymore. My mom and dad were so mad that Herbie
  hurt me, they went outside with a big bucket of
  hot water and threw it on Herbie. Herbie melted
  and never hurt anyone again.

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Lloviendo Lagartijas by Darwin Ordonez
(Contd.)
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Lloviendo Lagartijas by Darwin Ordonez

• Yo y mi mama fuimos a la bodega y callo una
  lluvia de lagartijas. Nos mojamos mucho.
  Despues llamamos a mi papa, los fue a traer en
  el carro. El otro dia fuimos al parque. Yo solo
  fui al parque y callo una gran lluvia de
  lagartijas cerraron el parque y me meti a una
  casita que habia en el parque para que no me
  mojara. Despus fui adonde mi tia para que ella
  me diera una sombrilla y asi me fui para la casa
  sin mojarme. Cuando llegue a la casa me cambie
  y me puse zapatos y calcetines. Me puse a ver
  television y en la noche me fui acostar. En la
  manana fui a la escuela y cuando sali de la
  escuela llovio muy resia. Ms. Abreu nos dijo que
  los entraramos y ella iba a llamar a los padres
  y los llamo para que vinieran a buscarnos.
  Tambien se fueron rapidos porque habia mucha
  lluvia de lagartijas.
• Por la tarde yo iba a salir con mi amigos y
  amigas. Fuimos a pasiar a un parque. Empeso a
  llover muy resio otra vez. La lluvia no se
  detedia todos empesaron a majarse mucho pero una
  senora nos dio cuatro sombrillas. En la semana
  fuimos a su casa a dejarle las sombrillas que
  ella nos dio. Nosotros no podiamos creer que
  llovio lagartijas.

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Raining LIZARDS by Dalia Ocampo Mendoza

• Once it rained fish in Louisiana! It really did.
  Once it rained lizards in Trenton, NJ. It really
  did!
• Once upon a time in Trenton, NJ it started to
  rain lizards. It was raining a lot of lizards.
  People started running and screaming all over for
  cover. Lizards were landing all over the place
  and scurrying about. I knew from science class
  why it started to rain-lizards.
• Rain is due to the water cycle. When it is sunny
  the suns rays come in the ocean and cause the
  water to vaporize because the water gets hot.
  The vapor comes up to the sky and the vapors
  condense. The vapors condense because the air is
  cool. When they condense it forms clouds and
  then raindrops. It started to rain a lot of
  lizards. You might ask yourself -Where do the
  lizards come from? Well, just use your
  imagination.
• My mom said, Do not go outside because it is
  raining lizards. Incredibly, the sky was filled
  with mommy lizards and their baby lizards. It
  really did rain a lot and a lot of lizards!!!!!

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Nancy Coty
• Teachers Class Website
• Sample Student Work
• Prospero by Gabriel Lozada
• Caliban by Stephanie Sarceno
• Caliban and his Island by Kyle Pantoja

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Ms. Cotys Class Website http//www.trenton.k12.nj
.us/parker/ncoty/
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Prospero by Gabriel Lozada

• Prospero is mad because his brother stole his
  crown. Antonio couldnt resist stealing the crown
  because he was not king of Milan and Prospero
  was. They are so powerful that no one would
  dare fight or become an enemy of them.
  Prospero had Ariel give him the power of the
  Tempest so he can get his revenge and get his
  crown back. Prosperos daughter was still young
  when Antonio stole Prosperos crown. She doesnt
  know that she is a princess. She finds out when a
  man comes from Naples to marry her.
• Prospero ordered two of his men to tell the
  prince to meet him in the land of Payless
  for a duel, because he doesnt like people to
  marry his daughter. If they arent tough
  enough to protect her, he does not want them
  to marry her. He accepted it. He passed the
  test and soon after Prospero died. He died
  because Antonio stabbed him in his back . They
  got married and Prosperos daughter become
  princess of Naples and Antonio was king of
  Milan. They lived happily ever after and she
  never spoke to her uncle again.

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Caliban by Stephanie Sarceno

• My name is Caliban and I am a slave for
  Prospero. I got pulled and they took me to the
  castle to be a slave. It was the most scary thing
  that ever happened to me. He was the worst master
  I ever had in my life. Actually, it was the only
  master I ever had. He doesnt let me use the
  bathroom so, I have to hold it until he lets me
  use it. He doesnt let me eat or do anything that
  I want. I dont have a bed or anything to sleep
  on. If I do go to sleep he would send his guards
  and hit me until I learned my lesson. I have to
  do everything, even cook the food and he has ten
  maids that do nothing but hang around and bother
  people. They tease me for being a slave. But one
  of them hates Prospero, too. So she is going to
  help me escape so I can leave and go far away
  with my family and friends. Thank goodness I had
  help and we are all finally free!!!!!!!!!!
• The End

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Caliban and his Island by Kyle Pantoja

• Once there was a witch who caught a spirit. The
  witch had a child named Caliban. Kyle came to
  the island and killed Calibans mother and freed
  the spirit. Eight weeks later Caliban saw Kyles
  ship and told the sword fish to poke holes in the
  ship. Kyle came to the island and he recognized
  it. He felt the trees and they were smooth, it
  tasted like leaves, he saw animals, he smelled
  fruit and he heard birds. He said that he was
  going to take over the island because it was so
  beautiful. Caliban watched him for a week to see
  what he was going to do. He made a kingdom. He
  decided that if he didnt like anything he will
  kill it. Caliban jumped on Kyle and wouldnt let
  him kill anything. Kyle said that he knew him
  when he was born. I killed your mother and freed
  the spirit. Caliban said you did not, King Kyle
  did!! Im King Kyle and Caliban demanded for Kyle
  to get off the island. Kyle suggested that they
  share the island. They agreed that as long as
  Caliban is the king and Kyle was the Duke. They
  also agreed to split the island and make two
  kingdoms. This made everyone very happy and they
  had a very happy life.

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Caliban Masks
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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Kathy Flowers
• Teachers Class Website
• Sample Student Work
• Mayor of Trenton by Lanaya Chavis
• The Rainforest by Norimar Castro
• Trenton Makes Bridges by Breanna Ceaser

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Mayor of Trenton by Lanaya Chavis

• Hi, my name is Lanaya Chavis. I am the Mayor of
  Trenton and I am going to tell you about myself.
  I was born March 10, 1968, in Trenton, NJ, and I
  attended many elementary schools. I have been to
  Trenton Community Charter School, Cadwalader
  School, Bensley Elementary School, Pine view
  Elementary, Harrison, Parker Annex, and Parker
  Main. I attended Dunn Middle School, Trenton High
  School and Princeton University. It was fun going
  to school but I knew I did not go to school to
  play, I went there to work.
• When I graduated from Princeton, I was a
  Veterinarian and worked with sick animals but I
  did not do surgery. My family was very supportive
  of me. When I was 30, I had twins, one boy and
  one girl, and moved my family to South Carolina.
  When the twins were in 2nd grade, we moved back
  to Trenton at which time I decided that I wanted
  to become mayor, so I campaigned and was elected.
• I wanted to create programs that are more fun
  for young adults, lower crime in Trenton, and
  create better jobs. I will not let my city down
  as mayor.
• As mayor my vision is to improve the school
  system. The first thing I am going to do is
  provide the students with a better lunch like the
  one I wanted in school. I want to make the
  students and staff happy to come to school and
  also want to put snack machines in schools so the
  students and staff could get something if they
  want a snack. Then I want to make learning more
  fun so we will have more students learning and
  not falling to sleep in class. I would make sure
  the kids have enough homework but not too much.
• (contd.)

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Mayor of Trenton by Lanaya Chavis (contd.)

• My second vision is to make Trenton a more
  beautiful place. I will put more trashcans on the
  street so we wont have trash everywhere. If
  anyone litters the 1st time, they would have to
  pay 2,000. They would only have 6 weeks to pay
  all the money. If they dont pay the whole fine
  they will have to go in community service for 2
  years. The 2nd time they would have to be in
  community service for 4 years and pay 4,000.
  They will only have 4 weeks to pay the whole
  fine. If they do not pay the whole thing, they
  will have to pay 8,000 and be in community
  service for 5 years. The 3rd time they litter
  they will be in jail for 3 years, pay a 6,000
  fine, and be in community service for 2 years. I
  am going to make vacant buildings into recreation
  centers so more children could have fun without
  hanging out on the streets.
• My third vision is to bring more jobs to the
  city, create better jobs that pay more money and
  have better health benefits. I want to create
  jobs for young adults that didnt finish high
  school so they could work part time and finish
  their education.
• My forth vision is to create more hospitals
  everywhere, so if someone gets hurt very badly
  they wont have to go very far. We could have
  more people living to see their way out of the
  hospital then dying in the hospital. Those are my
  visions as mayor of our city.

Mayor Lanaya D.A Chavis
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The Rainforest by Norimar Castro

• One day my family and I were at my house. We
  were bored so we decided to think of somewhere to
  go for Vacation. We all were fighting because, we
  wanted to go to different places for Vacation. My
  sister and I were yelling at each other. She
  said, I want to go to Orlando, Florida but I
  said, I want to go to the rainforest in Brazil.
  My mom said, The rainforest? and I said,
  Yeah! She said, I think I want to go to the
  rainforest because we never went there before.
  Everybody started to want to go there. We said,
  Lets go to the rainforest. We hurried up and we
  got our things packed up, and got in the car and
  left for the rainforest.
• When we got to the rainforest it was 200 in the
  Morning. We set the tents and went straight to
  bed. We didnt eat anything. The next morning we
  woke up and went to the lake to take a bath.
  After that we ate something really quick and went
  hiking to the mountains. We had a great time!
  Even though I hurt my leg a little I still had a
  great time with my family. When we came back we
  ate something and went to sleep.
• The next day we woke up, ate breakfast and went
  to look at the flowers. The first plant we saw
  was a passionflower the plant that attracts
  butterflies and humming birds. Animals, birds,
  and people eat the passion fruit that grows on
  this plant.
• The next plant we saw was the strangler fig
  tree. That plant uses another tree to climb up to
  the sunlight. As they grow they rap around the
  old tree until it dies and only the strangler fig
  remains.
• (contd.)

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The Rainforest by Norimar Castro (contd.)

• We saw the Kapok Tree. That is a very large
  tree in the rainforest. It is home to many
  animals. Lynne cherrys the great Kapok tree is a
  tale about the Amazon rainforest. It tells about
  how animals, trees, and humans all need each
  other to survive. Check this book from your
  library.
• The next plant was palms. There are many
  varieties of palm trees. The coconut originated
  in Asia and the pacific coast of south America.
  The palms grow along the shores of the tropics.
  Our trip was awesome! We saw things that we never
  knew existed. My mom and family were glad that we
  chose the rainforest. It took us a couple of
  hours to get back home but it was worth it. You
  need to go. Youll be amazed at the beautiful
  things and sights that you can find there.

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Trenton Makes Bridge

• Breanna Ceaser
• Mrs. Flowers
• 4/1/2005

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Why was the Bridge important?

• The builder of the Trenton bridge thought it was
  important because he thought that the cars should
  be able to get from place to place.
• The bridge is important because it links
  Pennsylvania to Trenton, New Jersey.

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What was the Trenton Makes Bridge?

• The Trenton Makes Bridge is one of the most
  notable landmarks on the Delaware river.

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When was the Trenton Makes Bridge built?

• The Trenton Makes Bridge was made in 1935 above
  the Delaware river.

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How long is the Trenton Makes Bridge?

• The bridge is 330 feet long and the letters on
  the bridge are seven feet long.

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Ivy Green
• Sample Student Work
• The Snowman by Karina Choz M.

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Snowmanby Karina Choz M.

• The title of the poem I read is called Snowman.
  The poems central theme is about a snowman
  wanting to see July. He wants to see July because
  he has never understood the warm weather. The
  characters in this Poem are a snowman and a
  robin. The authors purpose is to entertain
  people because he wants the reader to enjoy the
  poem. Thats why he makes stuff up like, a
  snowman and robin could talk English! The mood of
  this poem is sad and happy. The snowman is sad
  when he knows he is going to melt and he wont be
  able to see July!! Then he is happy because he
  has confidence that he will be able to see July.
  My honest opinion is that this poem might even
  teach you a lesson. The lesson is that you must,
  and I mean must always have confidence! I do
  recommend this poem to others because I think
  this poem is nice and I want the reader to enjoy
  the poem as I did.

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Migdalia Rosa
• Teachers Class Website
• Sample Student Work
• The Solar System Class Project
• New York City by Brandon Badilla
• Concert in New York City by Karina Davila

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Ms. Rosas Class Website http//www.trenton.k12.nj
.us/parker/mrosa/
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Solar System Project

• Ms. Rosas 4th/5th Bilingual Class

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Sun Team 1 Vicky, Valeria, Brandon, Joselin,
and Mikisua

• The sun is the closest star to earth. It is a
  huge mass of hot, glowing gas.
• The suns light and heat allows life to exist on
  Earth.
• The sun is beautiful and useful but it can also
  be powerful and dangerous.
• The suns reflected light make the moon and
  planets bright in the night sky.
• The sun holds the Earth and the other planets in
  the solar system in orbit.

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Mercury Team 2Dubis, Alicya, Lucidiania,
Luis, and Elizabeth

• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
• It takes Mercury 88 days to revolve around the
  sun.
• Why is that? A planet that is closer to the sun
  moves faster because it is under a stronger
  gravitational pull by the sun.
• A day on mercury is almost as long as three
  months on earth. Mercury is very dry and hot and
  has almost no atmosphere.

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Venus Team 1Vicky, Valeria, Brandon, Joselin,
and Mikisua

• Venus is the second planet from the sun.
• It takes Venus 225 days to revolve around the
  sun.
• Venus is a very hot planet made up of carbon
  dioxide gas.
• Venus is the brightest object in our sky with the
  exception of the sun and moon.
• Venus is called the morning star when it appears
  in the east at sunrise and evening star when it
  is in the and sunset.

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Earth Team 2Dubis, Alicya, Lucidiania, Luis,
and Elizabeth

• Earth is the only planet on which life exists.
• Three quarters of the Earth surface is covered
  in water.
• Earths gravity holds on to an invisible layer
  of gases that is air. This is its atmosphere.
• It takes Earth a year to travel around the sun.
• Earth is the third planet from the sun and the
  fifth largest.

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Mars Team 3Walter, Nimia, Saidy, Stephanie,
and Jesenia

• Mars is called the red planet because it appears
  as a tiny sparkling, rusty-red ball in the night
  sky.
• Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system. It
  takes Mars 687 days to go around the sun.
• Some astronomers thought there were aliens on
  Mars. Aliens are creatures from another planet.
  They called all aliens Martians.
• It takes Mars 24 and one-half hours to spin
  around once. This makes the length of a day on
  Earth and Mars almost the same.

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Jupiter Team 3Walter, Nimia, Saidy,
Stephanie, and Jesenia

• Jupiter was named by the ancient Romans after
  the king of their gods.
• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.
• It is also the largest planet in the solar
  system.
• This giant planet consists mainly of gas.
• Jupiter makes a complete revolution around the
  sun in 11.9 earth years but it only takes 9.9
  hours to rotate once on it axis.

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Saturn Team 4Aron , Karina, Maycol, and Ana

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.
• Saturn is so far away in space that it takes
  nearly thirty years for it to orbit the sun once.
• Saturn is a giant planet, second largest after
  Jupiter.
• Saturn has rings around it. They are the largest
  rings of any planet.
• Saturn is very cold because it is so far away
  from the sun.

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Uranus Team 4Aron , Karina, Maycol, and Ana

• Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.
• It takes Uranus 84 Earth-years to make one trip
  around the sun.
• Unlike the other planet, Uranus is tilted on its
  side.
• Why is Uranus tilted? Scientists think that
  another large object hit Uranus and tilted it
  sideways a long, long time ago.
• Uranus has rings and looks blue-green though a
  telescope. It is mostly made up of thick gases
  and ice.

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Neptune Team 5Kathy, Sam, Kimberley, Cynthia,
and Hector

• Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun.
• It take Neptune 165 years to rotate around the
  sun.
• This planets orbit is so large that it has not
  completed even one orbit since it was discovered
  in 1846.
• It will complete an orbit by the year 2011.
• Neptune is one of the planet known as gas
  giants." The others are Jupiter, Saturn and
  Uranus.

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Pluto Team 5Kathy, Sam, Kimberley, Cynthia,
and Hector

• Pluto is the ninth and furthest plant from the
  sun.
• It is also the smallest planet.
• It is smaller than our moon.
• Pluto has not yet been visited by our spacecraft.
  
• This small rocky and cold planet takes 247.7
  years to revolve around the sun.
• Pluto has a pinkish color and a thin atmosphere.

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New York City by Brandon Badilla

• I will give you a tour of New York City. The
  Statue of Liberty can be found there. It is
  located in Liberty Island. You should know that
  the statues formal name is Liberty Enlightening
  the World. The Statue is a symbol of freedom. It
  was a gift from the people of France to United
  States. There are also museums that show things
  from long, long, ago. If you like you can go
  jogging, biking, or even horse back riding in
  Central Park. New York is a very exiting place to
  visit. I hope youll visit it one day.

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Concert in New York Cityby Karina Davila

• I went to New York City with my family. I went to
  see Daddy Yankee and Usher at a Concert at
  Madison Square Garden. We went to the city in a
  limousine on a beautiful spring night. There were
  many screaming people. My teenager sister was so
  excited that she was screaming her head off. It
  was so exciting and so much fun that I almost
  fell down from excitement. When we got home we
  talked about it all night and didnt get to sleep
  till 300 am when we woke up we were still
  talking about how much fun we had!

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Mary Cook
• Teachers Class Website
• Sample Student Work
• Orangutans by Alexis Morales
• Leopards by Rosie Pineda

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Ms. Cooks Class Website http//www.trenton.k12.nj
.us/parker/mcook/
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Orangutans by Alexis Morales

• The animal I am reporting on is the orangutan.
  Orangutans belong to the ape family. Orangutans
  live in rain forests in Southeast Asia and the
  island of Sumatra. My animals home is in the
  rain forest where there is lots of fruits. The
  orangutan mostly eats fruit. When they cant find
  enough fruit to eat they eat leaves, bark, and
  insects. The young orangutans are called the
  young orangutans, too. Scientists are not sure
  how long orangutans live. They think that wild
  orangutans live anywhere from 30 to 45 years. One
  interesting thing that I have learned about
  orangutans was that orangutans are the largest
  apes living in Asia. Another interesting thing
  about orangutans was that they live in trees in
  the rainforest. But the most interesting thing of
  all about orangutans was that there are only
  25,000 of them left in the whole world.

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Leopards by Rosie Pineda

• My animal is called the leopard. The leopard
  belongs in the wild. It eats lizards, and other
  small animals. It lives in South Asia, South
  Africa, Syria, and China. My animals natural
  enemies are the lion, hyenas, and wild dogs. It
  has yellow fur with black spots. It also has
  yellow green eyes. The female leopard leaves a
  special kind of smell that attracts the male
  leopard. Then, they mate. After, two to three
  months later she gives birth to two or three
  cubs. The mom leopard loves her cubs very much.
  When the cubs are three months old it leaves its
  mother to live on its own. One interesting thing
  I learned is that there is a black leopard.
  Another is that sometimes the dad does not care
  for his own baby.

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Warren Jones
• Teachers Class Website
• Sample Student Work
• Volcano by Martin Bulik

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Mr. Joness Class Website http//www.trenton.k12.n
j.us/parker/wjones/
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Volcano

• Martin Bulik
• Mr. Jones
• 1/4/05

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What is a volcano?

• A volcano is a cone made by lava forced up into
  the ground and it dries up starting to get a cone
  shape and now the volcanos lava can come through
  the ground into the cone.

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What causes it to happen?

• A volcano is errupted by lava building up in the
  ground, then it comes out of the ground being
  pushed by a force.

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What kind of damage does it cause?

• A volcano eruption can cause some serious damage.
  It can cause fires in the woods and it can kill
  people.

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Where do most of these happen?

• These can happen mostly around islands like
  Hawaii or other islands.

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What is the weather like during this disaster?

• The weather is terrible during this disaster -
  like clouds and lava and smoke and its just
  horrible.

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How can you protect you and your family during a
disaster?

• I can protect me and my family by covering our
  mouths with our shirt, run as fast as we can, and
  find as much food and water as we can.

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Maureen Dougherty
• Teachers ESL Website

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Ms. Doughertys Class Website http//www.trenton.k
12.nj.us/parker/mdougherty/
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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Jolanda Pantoja
• Teachers ESL Website
• Teachers project on Puerto Rico
• Student Projects
• Saba Malik (ESL student)
• Silly sentences by ESL students

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Ms. Pantojas Class Website http//www.trenton.k12
.nj.us/parker/jpantoja/
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Puerto Rico

• Isla de Encanto
• Presented by Jolanda Pantoja

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Flag
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Map of Island
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Population

• The population estimate for 2002 was 3,957,988.
• In 2000 whites constituted 80.5 percent of the
  population, blacks 8 percent, Asians 0.2 percent,
  Native Americans 0.4 percent, and those of mixed
  heritage or not reporting ethnicity 11 percent.

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Languages

• Almost all residents speak Spanish as their
  primary language.
• Many of the people also speak English.
• English is taught in all grammar schools.

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Religion

• About 75 percent of Puerto Ricos population is
  Roman Catholic.
• In recent decades, Pentecostal fundamentalism has
  gained followers.
• A number of Puerto Ricans practice other
  religions that blend Catholicism with other
  traditions.
• Some islanders ascribe to spiritualism, a belief
  that spirits of the dead inhabit the island, and
  others practice Santería, an Afro-Caribbean
  belief system brought to Puerto Rico from Cuba.
• There is also a small Jewish community.

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Physical Geography

• The island of Puerto Rico is located 1,600 km
  (1,000 mi) southeast of Florida, and about 965 km
  (600 mi) north of Caracas, Venezuela.
• It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the north
  and the Caribbean Sea on the south.
• The total area of Puerto Rico, including its
  three largest offshore islands, is 9,085 sq km
  (3,508 sq mi).
• The main island is shaped like a rectangle.

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My First Day in America Saba Malik - 5/17/05
(Mrs. Pantoja)

• When I came to America I was 9 years old. I came
  in an airplane with my family. My uncle, aunts,
  and big cousins came to the airport. We were
  going to Trenton, NJ. It was night so we decided
  to stay at my Uncles house. In my uncles house
  I ate chicken, chicken kababs, Chicken tekka and
  Biryani. The next day I went to my own house.
  Then one by one everybody took a shower. My
  mother pressed our clothes. I was wearing purple
  kameez shalwar. The weather was hot. I felt very
  happy. Then we went to another aunts house. That
  day I was feeling good. When we got there my aunt
  cried, then she took me in the rooms, and she was
  happy because I was there. My dad went to work
  and my aunt took all of us to the store. When I
  saw an escalator I was scared. My aunt said dont
  worry I will hold your hand, and then she took me
  up. After shopping we went back to my aunts
  house. It was night so I went to sleep. That was
  my first day in America.

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Silly Sentences ESL Students

• The hot monkeys were swimming. - Brandon Badilla

• The funny banana is sipping soda. - Nimia Herrera

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Silly Sentences ESL Students (contd.)

• The purple fish is waking up. - Luis Pagan

• The silly star was eating a man. - Katherin
  Sanchez

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Silly Sentences ESL Students (contd.)

• The silly dog is walking. - Karina Davila

• The fat rat was shouting at the other mouse. -
  Jesenia Vasquez

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Silly Sentences ESL Students (contd.)

• The purple elephant is skating. - Elizabeth
  Brisita

• The frightened police officer is flying. -
  Stephanie Negron

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Teacher Projects/Websites

• Whit Bryant
• Teachers project on Alcoholism

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Alcohol and Its Affect on the Human Body

• Presented by Whit Bryant
• Health/PE Teacher

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Vocabulary

• Alcohol a drug found in some beverages that
  slows down the body.
• Cancer a disease in which harmful cells grow.
• Heart Disease a disease of the heart and blood
  vessels.
• Liver Disease a disease that destroys the
  livers ability to filter blood properly

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Vocabulary Cont.

• Depressant a drug that slows down the bodys
  functions
• Blood alcohol level (BAL) the amount of alcohol
  in a persons blood
• Alcoholism a disease in which a person is
  dependent on alcohol

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How is alcohol filtered

• Alcohol enters the body through the mouth
• The alcohol is then digested (enters the stomach
  and intestines)
• Then the alcohol enters the blood and travels
  throughout the body
• The blood then makes its way to the liver
• The liver is your bodys filter

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What is the liver?

• The liver is an organ in the body
• The liver filters toxins from your body
• Too many toxins can destroy your liver
• With out your liver your body will be consumed
  with toxins
• This will lead to death

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How Does Alcohol Harm the Mind?

• Alcohol can cause people to make the wrong
  decisions
• Alcohol can cause people to let out feelings in
  harmful ways
• Alcohol can cause people to forget things
• Alcohol can cause people to feel sad

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How Does Alcohol Harm the Body?

• Alcohol affects the nervous system
• Alcohol can cause accidents
• Alcohol can cause people to feel less pain

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How to determine Alcoholism

• Have problems caused by drinking
• Refuse to say they have a problem
• Lie about drinking
• Have blackouts
• Have a change in personality

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Writing Assignment

• What would you do if someone close to you had a
  drinking problem?
• Give at least two things you would do to help
  this person.
• Write three paragraphs (introduction, middle, and
  conclusion)

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Quiz

• 1. What organ filters alcohol out of the blood
  stream?
• 2. In what ways does alcohol affect the mind?
  (give two)
• 3. What system controls the muscles?
• 4. Give two ways to determine if someone has
  alcoholism.

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Incorporating Technology in Classroom for
Instruction
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Incorporating Technology in Classroom for Projects
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Pictures say a thousand words
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Star W/ETTC Mentors
Dana Wilson (ETTC Director) Franka Ralph (ETTC
Mentor) Sujatha Sridhara (ETTC Facilitator and
Mentor)
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Thank you for watching!

• These projects are samples of the work that the
  students of Parker Annex School, Trenton have
  undertaken during the course of this year
  (2004-05) as a part of the Star W Grant Program.
  We hope you enjoyed watching the work of these
  students.