Nancy Keck’s Blog

Mrs Dilmore, Jami, and Natasha deliver all of our class donations to the Animal Shelter…Happy Thanksgiving…

Make a slide show, scrapbook, or ecard

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My classes loved the Mr Wizard webinar…

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Emmy visits Greenwood Lakes to kick off our Community Project with our local Animal Shelter in Sanford. We are collecting items for the shelter during the month of October and November. Click here to learn more…

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We joined educators and space enthusiasts around the world to celebrate World Space Week, Oct. 4-10, 2007. This year’s
celebration commemorates the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, marking the beginning of the Space Age. World Space Week is the largest public space event in the world, with celebrations in more than 50 nations. […]

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We encourage our students to “click” once a day to support Literacy, Endangered Animals, Children’s health, and hunger.
The Literacy Site was founded to help promote literacy among children from low-income families nationwide. Partnering with First Book, the site makes books available to children around the country, giving many children their very first book. With the […]

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We have connected with local daycare centers and elementary schools to promote “Firstbook”. We participated in Jumpstart…”Read for the Record” and Dr Seuss’s 50th birthday. Our participation in the Seuss celebration included making 1,100 birthday cards for the “Cat” to send to Random House Inc. as part of Project 236, a nationwide initiative to get […]

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We have connected with “America Supports You”…On Sept. 11, Greenwood Lakes Middle School faculty, staff, administration, JRROTC, and students joined with America Supports You, a Department of Defense program recognizing citizens’ support for our military and communicating that support to members of our Armed Forces and their families. America Supports You connects citizens and corporations […]

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Our “Ultimate Gift” project is based on the book by Jim Stovall, The Ultimate Gift. It tells the story of twenty-four-year-old Jason Stevens. When Jason learns of the death of his billionaire great uncle, Red Stevens, he is eager to receive his portion of the fortune. Like his other greedy, ungrateful relatives, Jason only cares […]

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The first Gift is the Gift of Identity and the students created Gift bags, boxes, or baskets full of items that reflected their unique characteristics.

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MathLincs: You Be The Teacher Class Projects: “Mrs. Thornburgh’s 6th Grade Class, Mount Vernon, Washington : Probability and Statistics Vocabulary Safari Mrs. Keck and Mrs. Dilmore’s Class, Orlando, Florida : Math Vocabulary Avatars Mr. Toft and Mrs. Smith’s Grade 5/6 Class, Ottawa, CA: Spectacular Vocabulary Podcast , Mp3 Mrs. Condran’s Hi Cap Math Class, Mount […]

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