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Local Letters for Global Change
What better way to talk about local and global issues for #IB than through a podcast! Our second episode of Season 7! You can find the episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853778/episodes/11933672 In this episode we are discussing local and global issues with letters we wrote for a contest for the Pulitzer Center (pulitzercenter.org) featuring our @ponceexplorers! Hopefully, … Continue reading
Spooky Episode!
Check out our newest podcast episode at https://paperfreeclass.buzzsprout.com or search Paperfree Class on most podcasting platforms!
Poetry Slam Podcast!
Here is Part one of our latest episode! Our students are flexing their creative muscles by reciting their Piano Slam entries for this year. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853778/10193932
What a Year!
So for reasons I looked at my class website and realized it as been a FULL YEAR since I last posted! That doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy with PaperFreeClass! In fact, for a while, it was ALL Paper-Free! Shortly after my last post, we went into lockdown and the end of the 19-20 school … Continue reading
New Episode Available!
Please check out our podcast here – you can also put the RSS feed into any podcast player to search for our podcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:174561607/sounds.rss – the latest episode from Ponce is episode 203! Hope you enjoy, and learn along with us as we try something new! Now also available on iTunes Podcast app! Just search for … Continue reading
Welcome Back!
Great to be back again at Ponce de Leon Middle! Looking forward to an exciting year with my IB students. This year in 6th grade we are going to be talking about Facing Fears, Making Your Voice Heard, Fairness, and Cultural Perspective. In 8th grade, we will have a different set of themes. If you … Continue reading
The Giver Games!
We have not had a post in a long time! But that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy! Check out an overview of our projects based on The Giver by Lois Lowry. Per. 1 Giver Games Per. 2 Giver Games Per. 3 Giver Games Per. 5 Giver Games Per. 6 Giver Games Per. 4 is … Continue reading
Blues Journey
Do you think Lemon Brown might have looked something like the man above? We are going to go on a blues journey. You will see four youtube links to blues songs that we may have heard in the class for this unit. For your home learning assignment, you should listen to the music. Do these songs … Continue reading
The Giver Games!
We haven’t had an update in a while! Sorry, I have been busy running the JFK website and the JFK BEAT Website. First things first, check out the Giver Games – while you’re at it, browse the rest of the BEAT website 🙂 Now, down to student business – next week, we will be having … Continue reading
Paper Slides
Edit: Paper Slides being added – see below! No, not a playground slide… Paper Slides! The PaperFreeClass attended a digital learning conference at Miami Jackson Senior High School yesterday and got this great idea from Lance Rougeux, the keynote speaker. (The irony that we are using paper for this is not lost on me.) Students … Continue reading
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