Students will be able to: 1. Identify the characteristics of a boom town 2. Describe a boom town 3. Interconnect a boom town to a growing economy 4. List businesses connected to boom towns ELL: Ell's will be able to discern the traits of boom towns and identify jobs related to boom towns. Also, the definition to typically hard words will be explained to them: cooper, miller, blacksmith, tanner. History: Connections between old jobs and last names.

Cinco de Mayo for those who do not know much about it, wish to start a webquest, or just want to keep it to the very basics for real understanding.

In Puerto Rico, as well as many other countries, there are 2 Christmas celebrations. The 25th, is the universal "Santa" day. However, on January 06, children go to their backyards, collect grass for the 3 wisemen's "camels", and leave water for them. In turn, the wisemen leave toys for the children. This makes Hispanic holidays the longest and most creative of seasons. This packet includes: The 5 C standards for World Language Communication Interactive exercises Background info Quizzes Activities

You will have fun filling out this board. Students have to think hard of objects, persons, places, foods and other things that begin with the SAME letter that the teacher chooses from the alphabet. They get limited time to fill out each category until the first person finishes- then everyone has to compare their answers. Great way to see how they think!