Calling Card

Calling Card, originally uploaded by Old Shoe Woman.

"South Georgia Views" Team with Winners' Trophy

"South Georgia Views" Team with Winners' Trophy, originally uploaded by Old Shoe Woman.

How pleased we were to learn that our educational website had won first place for the 2nd-3rd grade division in the VSU ETTC District. In addition we also learned that we'd earned first place for the 2nd-3rd grade division in the whole state of Georgia. Yea!

Web Site is Complete

Four of the five team members celebrated the completion of the writing of their educational web site.
They decorated the classroom, wrote speeches, gave out diplomas, and gifts. Each one had a star crown and threw it up in the air at the end of the ceremony. It was followed by a party of eating chips, dip, lemon bars, cake, and sweet tea and cola. They watched cartoons, sang, and danced. Last they threw balloons up in the air.

PROMOTE GA 06 Celebration Party

PROMOTE GA 06 Celebration Party, originally uploaded by Old Shoe Woman.

PROMOTE GA 06 Celebration Party

PROMOTE GA 06 Celebration Party, originally uploaded by Old Shoe Woman.

Learn About Georgia Swamp

Okefenokee Swamp

New Blog Addresses

Breanna's new blog

Alyson's new blog

Peanuts and Nutrition

Learn about Planters Peanuts and Nutrition of all Nuts

Citations for Maps and Info about Georgia

US map

Georgia Regions map

Georgia Information

Library Books - Georgia

Find books that are about Georgia. For example: Yumion books, The Hot Day--fiction books. Also look for non-fiction books and reference books--encyclopedias, etc.

• Georgia
  
  • Red Cap by G. Clifton Wisler
  • Turn Homeward Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
  • Greg Maddux, Ace by John Torres
  • Herschel Walker by Jim Aenagh
  • Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain by Robert Burch
  • Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
  • The PeeWee Jubilee by Judy Delton
  • Only the Names Remain: the Cherokee and the Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer

Learn to Use Front Page

A tutorial with audio to learn how to use Front Page.

Here's another web site for learning Front Page.

Here's a different online tutorial for learning Front Page.

Learn about Peaches, Pecans, Strawberries, Blackberries, Peanuts

A good website to learn information about peaches, pecans, and strawberries in Georgia.

The website for "Southern Grace Farms" in Berrien County tells about strawberries and blackberries, and peanuts.

Georgia Pecans

Georgia Pecans, originally uploaded by Old Shoe Woman.

These Elliott Pecan Halves were most likely grown in Berrien County since they were purchased at Register's Pecans in Ray City, Georgia.

Read information about pecans.

Search for Clip Art

There are many different kinds of clip art - plants, clothing, animals, weather, utensils, travel, buildings, communication, food, etc. Think about how you could use the clip art that you find in our web page. Download it and put it in your blog with sentences, etc.

BES Christmas Musical (on Vimeo)

BES Christmas Musical (on Vimeo), originally uploaded by Old Shoe Woman.

www.vimeo.com/clip=27740

Seven of my former third grade students participated in "This Old Gingerbread House" directed by Ms. Gwen Cosson, our school's music teacher. Two of the soloists are former third graders of mine and are on my PROMOTE GA 06 web-writing team.

http://tinkerbell101me.blogspot.com/

http://usabrat.blogspot.com/

Vocabulary Words

agriculture
harvest
horticulture
coast
plain
coastal plain
region
rural
suburban
urban

Using Flickr Toys

Create a mosaic of photographs at "Mosaic Maker."

History, Information, Games, Recipes - Crops

How did plants for crops get from the "Old World" to the "New World"?

George Washington Carver found many uses for peanuts. He is also a model for good character.

Link to a web site on Plant Nutrition with some puzzles and coloring pages.

Crossword Puzzle about Peppers.

Information about Strawberries.

Banana and Peanut Butter Sandwich Recipe

Crossword Puzzle about peaches.

Agriculture Information for Kids.

Game about Resources

All about Soil.

Using Novels about Agriculture

Compare the way cotton is today with how it was when Ms. Lenski wrote her book,
Cotton in My Sack by Lois Lenski

Compare the way strawberries are grown with how they were grown when Ms. Lenski wrote her book, Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski

Amelia's Road by Linda Altman and Enrique Sanchez. Amelia's folks pick vegetables and fruit for a living and that means the family is constantly moving

The fact that the boy's father in Just Like My Dad by Tricia Gardella & Margot Apple is a rancher means that the boy's life is much different than it would have been if his father worked on Wall Street.

Here's a list of children's books about agriculture.

Facts about Crops in Georgia

Georgia Ag Facts

Agriculture in Berrien County

PROMOTE GA 06 Assignment - Make Title and Write Purpose

PROMOTE GA team members' assignment: Using the site to make COOL TEXT, make a Title for our Web page. Save it to the F drive in the PROMOTE GA 06 folder. Add the "cool title image" to your blog. Type a purpose for our web page.

TIPS:

• See the example below for an example of matching the design with word.
  
• You should look back at the proposal for ideas for the TITLE and the PURPOSE.
  
• Notice that the cool text design matches the word and photo; so, when selecting a design you should choose a design that fits the subject of the words.
• On the "Cool Text" site, please ignore all flashing advertisements--don't click on them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

Cool Text made on this web site.

Venus, the Planet, originally uploaded by Old Shoe Woman.