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Charlestown Elementary School
550 Baltimore Ave.
Charlestown, MD 21914

Grading Policy 2009-2010

In media, students in grades 1-5 will receive four grades per quarter.
Grades will be taken in the following areas:

Class assignments and participation for the first half of the quarter
Class assignments and participation for the second half of the quarter
Ethical Treatment of materials: This includes timeliness of book returns, proper treatment of media materials, and appropriate behavior in the media center.
A final activity or assessment for the unit of study.

Additionally, media services created a unified grading policy document. This is also available for your perusal.

Kindergarten will have four assignments per quarter—beginning the third marking period.
Grade sources include the following:

Ethical Treatment of materials: This includes timeliness of book returns, proper treatment of media materials, and appropriate behavior in the media center.
Class assignments
Final activities

What's Going on in Class:

Insect Webliography

Directions: Click on the links below to find sites that can help you with your insect research.

General Link of Insects. Enchanted Learning.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/printouts.shtml

The Ant Kingdom: an on-line book.
http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/BE/Kingdom/0203/0203e.html

The Ant Farm’s Reading Room. LOTS of Ant websites!
http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/read/read.html

Army Ant http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/ants/army/index.html

Army Ant National Geographic site
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/08/army-ants/moffett-text

Bulldog Ant National Geographic site http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/bulldog-ants/moffett-text.html

Bulldog Ant
http://www.no-pest.com/BulldogAnt.htm

Fire Ant
http://www.fireant.net/
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A page dedicated to Beetles http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0502.htm

Beetle images are links to additional resources http://www.cirrusimage.com/beetles.htm

Honey Bee http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm

Honey Bees. A National Geographic Site. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/honeybee.html

Wasps. Everything about Wasps.
http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps/
Nuisance Wasp and Bees. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05525.html

The Children’s Butterfly Site http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/
Information about butterflies and moths. Also includes the life cycle of butterflies.

Zoom Butterflies: Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/ Information about butterflies and moths and their life cycles and anatomy.

The Butterfly Site http://www.thebutterflysite.com/ More information about butterflies.

Tiger Butterfly information http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Tigersw.shtml

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Information An Encyclopedia Brittanica Entry. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1523238/tiger-swallowtail

Monarch Butterfly A World Wildlfe Fund website
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/monarchbutterflies/monarchbutterflies.html

Monarch Butterfly A great site about the monarch butterfly for kids. http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm

89 Butterfly I was able to find images but not a website dedicated to the lifecycle, especially since it seems to be an animal in adaptation. Use the general pages on butterflies above, and search images as needed to complete project.