C4K for March 2013

Ian from Mrs. Goerend's 5th Grade Class

On Ian's blog, he posted the difference between an unhealthy meal and a healthy one. For example, for his unhealthy menu he put that he would eat double quarter powder with cheese,premium crispy chicken classic sandwich ,mc flury with rolo ,hi-c orange lavaburst,world famous fries,mc cafe frappe macho and in all he would have eaten 2,826 calories. For his healthy meal he would eat spicy chicken mcbites,minute maid premium orange juice,soft backed sugar cookies,world famous fries,apple slices,dasani water and in all he would have consumed 718 calories. There's a big difference here. The question or suggestion I gave to Ian is to tell how many calories there were on each item in the mcdonalds menu.


Bethany from Mrs. Lentines 7th Grade Class

On Bethany's blog, she described her dog "Lil Bit". She said it was part lab and explained that she didn't see her/him very much because she lives at her grandmas. I simply asked her if she would put a picture of her dog. This would make her blog interesting and everyone would see what her dog looked like she was talking about.


Heremaia

Heremaia wrote her blog about Easter. She explained the real meaning of Easter, saying that it wasn't just about the bunny or the eggs. It is really about Jesus and Him dying on the cross for us. She also explained where we adopted the eggs and why they refer to Jesus. I told Heremeaia that I loved her post and that it really impressed me that she knew this much about Easter.


Hunter from Mr. Boylen's 8th Grade Language Arts Class

Hunter is a student at the MFL Mar Mac Middle School in Iowa, and is blogging in his Language Arts Class. In his blog post, he posted a question, "What do you think as a student gain from blogging with students and others outside of the school? Is it worth the time? Why/Why not?." Hunters response was ,"To get children talking to people they don’t know. It will help kids who are not the most social. It gives them something to do." I told him these were good statements, but I thought that he should think about how it helps get ideas around about a particular subject/ problem. It would help us learn what others think about projects/ problems. You could get really good information from teachers or people that have researched from the subject.