The Key to Life: Running and Reading
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010Will Smith has a little to say about our Fun Run and Summer Reading Celebration today…
Category Archive for 'Annoucements'
Site Updates for October 5, 2010
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010Here are some updates to MrHowd.com:
- The contact page has an easier to remember link: mrhowd.com/contact
- There is a new Meet with Mr. Howd page with an online scheduler if you need to set up a face to face meeting.
- There is a friendly link to the meeting page: mrhowd.com/contact/meeting
Team Day 2010
Monday, October 4th, 2010View photos and videos of Team Day below. You can see more class photos here.
Update: Writing
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010The Writing page has been updated with the schedule of writing pieces for this year. See the changes below. Visit the Writing page for complete details about writing, including what students should be doing daily and how grades will be achieved.
Writing Schedule
Students will write 12 pieces in a variety of styles and genres over the course of the year. Here is the general schedule of writing pieces:
- Personal narrative (a memory or story about the student; see here for a helpful guide)
- Personal narrative
- Personal narrative (slightly fictionalized)
- Narrative (fiction)
- Narrative (fiction)
- Narrative (fiction)
- Choose Your Own Adventure fiction/technology project (see our gallery of past projects)
- Persuasive Letter to the Editor writing/Social Studies project
- Novel Writing Month final fiction piece and paperback publishing project
- I-Search research project and I-Search Conference presentations
- Poetry collection
- Find It, Decide It comparative decision making writing/technology project
New Page: Lunch Information
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010There is a new page in the Parent section to help with planning school lunches. You can find it in the future by clicking on the Parent tab at the top of the page, or look in the right sidebar. View the page below:
You can check the lunch menu, deposit money, or check lunch balances online:
- Current Lunch Menu (via the Dining Services page)
- Deposit lunch money or check balances
View the Dining Services page below, or click here for a full screen version.
