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Last Wednesday, I was at the Woodstock Elementary School in Woodstock, Connecticut on the invitation of Ms Mary Roccisano, a grade two teacher of the school. The past two weeks had been set aside by the school administration for the students to study about other people and cultures.

Mrs Roccisano's class had already learned about Ghana as could be seen in their class. There were flags of other countries, including one big one from Ghana. The students, in their research, have written a good report about Ghana, with a map showing where Ghana is on the continent of Africa.

My one hour presentation provided the youngsters and their teachers the opportunity to experience some more "African stuff" and also ask questions about what they have read in their research and heard from me. In addition to some few minutes of a video presentation on Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the students got to see some native sandals worn by both men and women, different types of men's cloths worn on special occasions, locally-made women's jewellery, the game of "Oware" and some pictures showing scenes in Ghana. They also learned how to say "Good Morning" - Maakye and "My name is" - Me din de... in the Asante Twi language.

The highlight of the presentation was when I took off my jacket, but with my shirt and pants still on, put on one of the men's cloths and a pair of native sandals, and tried to walk accross the room to demonstrate how it is done in Ghana. I told the kids that when men wear the cloth in Ghana, they normally don't have shirts or long pants on like mine. Please, watch out for the pictures taken by Ms Roccisano and me soon!

I congratulate Mrs Roccisano and her supporting staff, and the principal and his administartion for exposing their young students to people and countries other than their own here in the United States!

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Have you ever considered how our planet looks like? Check out some of these pictures, by clicking on the link below and you would appreciate the beauty of the Planet Earth. Courtesy of Nick Strobel

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for the updated and corrected version.

Mr. Wright did well preparing the fifth graders for the D-Day as you can see from the following pictures!

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Fun behind the scene
Just me, Mr. Prince!

Students watch every part of the play!

The WMS week-long bookfair ended last week with teachers' wishlist packed on the table in the middle picture. Thanks to Mrs. O'Donnell and her supporting staff for hosting the fair.

Hello 6th Graders, you have done well researching and finally completing your country reports. Could you share your experiences in the course of writing your report? The following questions may be helpful in your sharing:

(To use the following questions, copy and paste into the "Comments" link below. Remember to click on "Other" on the page, write your name and your teacher's name in the "your web page" column. If you should face any problems over the weekend, just send me email at webstermiddleschool@yahoo.com and I will direct you further.


1. What country did you write about?

2. Why did you choose that country?

3. What problems or difficulties did you encounter?

4. How did you solve the problem(s)?

5. What topics were of particular interest to you?

6. Were there any topics that were not as interesting?

7. Why were those topics not as interesting?

8. Share two or more learning experiences that you have gained from your report.

9. How long did it take you to complete your report?

10. Do you think the completed report is worth all the time and efforts?

11. How?

12. Was there anything you learned in your computer class that you applied in your
report? Yes / No ......................

13. If Yes, What is it and how did you do it?

14. If there is any other issue you want to talk about, do it here:



Thank you for sharing!

Mr. Prince

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