selected books

Books that I thought may be options for book assignment
http://www.amazon.com/Meeting-Special-Needs-Science-Curriculum/dp/184312159X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219946421&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/Differentiated-Science-Teaching-Differences-Educational/dp/0335157068/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219946421&sr=1-5

If you don't think either of these are appropriate, I'd love to sit down with you and search for one that might be more of what you're looking for. Or, if you'd rather we just stick to the list given to us, I'll keep with Last Child in the Woods.

Ways in which a blog could be useful as a classroom resource

~Post homework assignments (page numbers, etc) so that students can't have 'forgotten to write it down'

~Keep parents notified of upcoming classroom events, projects, what's going on in the classroom environment (possibly a weekly online newsletter)

~Have links for students to use that are related to the material being covered in class

~Have a weekly extra credit problem on blog that students have the option of doing on their own time, encouraging them to become familiar with technology.

~Have a class blog. Each week one student can post a poem, story, or riddle they've written and a photo of themselves

~Post current events and news articles that may be of interest to students (again, getting them comfortable with technology.