Mr. Leone

This week at school our final draft for ancient Greece is due. We had to chose topics that range from food to the pottery, and our research paper will reficet want we have learned. We also are half way though marblandia!!!!!!!!! we all turned in blue prints and will begin construction on monday. Also today… [Read More...]

        In school this week, we are studying ancient Greece. We’re also doing a project called marbelandia where we have to make a kind of rube goldberg contraption as an amusement park for marbles.   As part of our ancient Greece project, we made a comic book about the poem Homer wrote… [Read More...]

Greetings, We are flying through the year!  We are currently in a unit on ancient Greece.  The unit’s first assignment was to learn and recite the Greek Alphabet.  Next, we turned a version of the Iliad into a comic strip (due Monday February 6).  Students also received written instructions for their 5-part project that entails… [Read More...]

should be busy, busy, busy.  Although it is two short weeks until a well-deserved break, there is plenty to do if you are a student at Corbett Middle School. We have two more weeks of Ancient Egypt.  Students will do a research essay, oral report, visual, group project and two choice projects.  The unit is… [Read More...]

This week in Mr.Leones classroom we have started Egyptian related research.  Every student has been  asked to pick a subject for their research paper and their speech.  Our first assignment is a visual that is due on Monday, 11/28. Mr.Leone is currently reading  The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. by, Jacqueline Kelly.  Most of the class is enjoying hearing how… [Read More...]

Last week we finished week 10.  Students shared stories about the Corbett community, Estacada and Cascade Locks.  We were told of catastrophic winters, flooded houses,  and many other interesting tales.  It was a great way to wrap up our story telling unit. We dabbled in some poetry last week.  Students read a poem called “A… [Read More...]

Week 9!  Last week I hope you all attended our story telling night. That was basically the end of our story telling unit.   Mr. Leone is doing a couple more things to top it off.  Our class is assigned to do a pictograph of our choice story that we shared on story  telling night. In… [Read More...]

Students now have four good stories under their belt; they should pick one to fine-tune for storytelling night.  The big night is this Wednesday October 19. Students have written instructions on preparing for this important night. They should: choose the best of their four stories edit, polish and turn it into the best three to… [Read More...]

Last week we started a story about something humorous. It was due on Monday so we had alot of time to share and improve them. The stories are 3 to 5 minutes long. We also practiced telling it from memory.  This is helping us prepare for October 19th. October 19th is the night when we… [Read More...]

We are definitely off and running!  October 19th is coming up quick (MS story telling night). Your student has written three stories at this point; there will be a total of four for students to choose from on story telling night.   Students were asked to go home this past weekend and prepare to tell their… [Read More...]