http://huzzah.edublogs.org Celebrating living and learning together. Welcome to the blog of Division 4. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:15:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On this important day... December 10th is the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations in 1948. To mark this significant day, Huzzahnians shared their creativity: they wrote hip hop routines that focus our attention on the importance of human rights, and what happens when human rights ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/12/11/hip-hop-for-human-rights/ ...about what to write? Well, good thing there is so much inspiration around here! Our blogs are just over two month old. Many students have written more than a dozen posts during that time (as well as two pages). Although they are creative writers with a wide range of interests and experiences, ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/11/29/havent-got-a-clue/ This year's first guest post is by  Solana and Lizzie . Huzzahnians, if you would like to guest post, let Ms. Smith know! 7 Years Of Bad Luck If You Break A Mirror Some people are superstitious and believe in things like breaking a mirror will give you 7 years of bad ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/11/18/myths-and-superstitions/ Curl up with any of these fabulous books: Do you like fantasy adventure stories with dragons and quests? Josh, Mason, Greyson, and Savannah have some suggestions. Or fantasy adventure without dragons? Priya has a book for you. Do you like to be creeped out by horror stories? Read Ben's post. How about novels ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/11/05/looking-for-a-good-read/ We celebrated Halloween in style--and with a lot of great energy! Thanks to Sue, Celine, and Susan for spending the afternoon with us and joining in the fun. We are grateful for all the goodies families sent in for us to munch on, and thank Mr. Laurie, too, for helping ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/11/01/howlin-halloween-happenin-2009/ This is a classroom of readers. Many students pop open a book first thing everyday and get ten or fifteen minutes of reading done before the school day starts. I often over-hear students talking to each other about the books they are reading. To add a special something to our regular ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/10/26/drop-everything-and-read/ ...your brain's attention. As we Huzzahnians have discussed (and expert researchers have told us), vision trumps all other senses. We attach meaning and recall better if there is an image connected to a message. Is this why advertising is so successful? We are going to get busy with images this week: finding ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/10/19/a-picture-is-worth/ Looking  for some common interests? Blogs let us write about events and topics about which we are passionate. Reading the thoughts and hearing about the experiences of people who share your interests is rewarding, inspiring, and fun. If you have an interest in any of these topics, you may want to ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/10/13/take-a-look/ A bit of Friday fun... Thanks to the school leadership club, today was a bit different. Staff and students turned up at school in their pyjamas, with stuffies and blankets in tow. We still managed to get a lot of learning in, despite appearances. Math, Social Studies and Language Arts still ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/10/09/pyjama-and-stuffy-day/ We are very fortunate to have many adults working with our class this year. Some are close to home, and some far away. Ms. Fender is a student teacher living...somewhere else! We will solve the mystery of her whereabouts with her help, because she has made a video for us ... http://huzzah.edublogs.org/2009/10/08/ms-shari-fender-student-teacher/