Oct. 25th...

This week's essay:Seeing with the Heart

Hasanah learned to knit on Wednesday...and finished a square by Thursday! AMAZING!

CPR review....

Good job yesterday at the CPR class!  Can you write out the basics?
What does CPR stand for?
What are the signs of a heart attack? What should you do?
What are the 3 steps of CPR?
What should you remember to do BEFORE you start CPR?


Listen and read more about the new kind of CPR here: Hands-only CPR
As Mr. Homan  mentioned, this will be replacing the traditional CPR in January.

Week of Oct. 18th

Our essay for this week: Peace begins with One Person.  Listen and read, and we will discuss it in class.
REMINDER:
TOMORROW (TUESDAY) is the CPR class!! This is a very important and useful class and we are very lucky to have Tom Holman come here to teach us.  Come to class on time, ready to listen, watch, and learn. 

Blogging and more...

Cesar ChavezWe have a few NEW BLOGGERS in the class.
Some ideas for writing:
1. Write about the "Robert the Rose Horse" story.
2. Write about the "Duty to Heal" essay.
3. Write about what you did this week.

More activities to do online:
Can you put these words in the right order? Give it a try:  Making questions

ADVANCED STUDENTS - Try to listen and read this article about Cesar Chavez

GOOD LUCK!

Robert the Rose Horse

You can find Robert the Rose Horse (and other stories to read and listen to) here:
ESL Stories
If you want copies of others stories, ask Liz.

BLUE GROUP: You can find words to the "Duty to Heal" Essay at spellingcity.com/lizfalconer

Oct. 11th

Blue group: Your essay this week is "A Duty to Heal: - you can listen to it at: http://thisibelieve.org/essay/4120/

October 7th...

TODAY:  Do this Quia activity, which helps you to practice basic grammar:
AUTUMN SENTENCES

PEOPLE WHO ARE WRITING BLOGS: YES, you can make it EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON YOUR BLOG!
Here's how:
1. Sign in. Go to "New Post."
2. Go to "Settings" on the top menu.
3.Then, go to the blue title, "Comments".  There are TWO things to do on that page:
  - At "Who Can Comment?"  Click "anyone.:
 - At "Comment Moderation" Click "never"
  - At "Show Word Verification" Click "No".
THEN CLICK "SAVE SETTINGS" AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!

Now it is much easier for others to comment on your blog!

October 6th

TODAY - EVERYONE!   Practice spelling the words from the Jill Biden handout.
They are at spellingcity.com/lizfalconer.
GOOD LUCK!

Oct.5th

NEWS! NEWS!

In the computer lab today:
What is going on at the White House? Skim the news at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Also:

 What is President Obama doing at 12:15 today?

See related news at RTC's website:

http://rtc.edu/News/articleview.aspx?id=273



and here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/communitycollege