45 of 50 States!

We've had visitors from 45 out of 50 states.

Which states are we missing? (They're the very light ones.)

Commenting reminders

Here is the process for leaving a comment:

First type your comment, leave your first name + last initial, and use "student@mrgoerend.com" as the email address:

Then choose "just post as guest":

Then close the window that pops up:

This is a reminder for Mr. Goerend's students:


I need you to leave your first name and last initial so that I know who you are. There have been a couple comments that I can't approve because they refer to students with their full names. If I don't know who left the comment, I can't talk to them about it to explain why they need to resubmit it.



Thanks and continue to have fun and leave comments for each other!

Mr. G

Tour of MrGoerend.com

A quick tour of this blog:

The first thing you should do is subscribe to get updates sent to your email. You can do that with the Subscribe gadget at the top of the sidebar to the right. As the year picks up and we quickly move from procedures to content, I will update more often with what we're doing in class.

I don't plan on updating this blog with a planner-like list of daily homework assignments. One of the expectations I have of my students is that they keep an updated planner for themselves. I give them time at the beginning of class to copy from the white board each class's agenda. Parents, this is something we can both work on to hold our students accountable. As I take attendance each class period, I walk around to make sure students are writing in their planners. Ask to see your student's planner at night.

Next on the sidebar is Search This Blog. Use this if you can't quite find something you know you saw on our blog. It only searches this blog.

After that are the Blog Archive and Labels. These are two ways to navigate and find things on the blog. The archive organizes blog posts by date. The labels organizes by the labels I put on each post. You can think of labels as folders. I'll put a couple labels on each post. For example, I'll label this post "tour" and "blog." As this blog grows, more posts will be added to each label. So, if you want to see all posts about this blog (new features, etc.) just click the label "blog."

Double click any word! is my favorite little toy on this blog. If you double click on any word, it will give you the definition of the word. As a Language Arts teacher, how could I not love this!

Last, but definitely not least, in our side bar is Call for help! If it hasn't been made obvious yet, along with a love of reading writing, I have a passion for technology. When I got my Google Voice account, I was extremely excited for the possibilities it held. If you ever have a question for me, click on that gadget, put your number in, check the "keep my number private" box if you'd like, and hit call. Within seconds, you will get a phone call. Answer it and it will connect you with me. I want to be accessible to students and parents, but I'm not ready to give out my personal cell phone number to all my students and parents. This gadget gives me the opportunity to open up that accessibility, while maintaining my privacy and yours. Use it when you need it!

That's it for this tour. If you have any questions, leave a comment!

Blog? Workspace? Drop.io???

Our blog is dynamic. It is going to be used for updates throughout the school year. This includes assignments, procedural changes, substitute plans, and things of that nature. If one of our other sites is updated, you will see a post about it on our blog.


Our workspace is where you'll find the details of assignments, lesson plans, and other materials posted in full.


Drop.io is where you can drop off assignments. There is a tutorial on how to do so on our workspace.


I hope this clears some things up.