tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26266352857808815472024-03-20T10:07:12.534-05:00Water for Sixth GradeA Blog to provide 6th grade students the opportunity to work together using 21st Century Technology to gain a greater understanding of Ancient Civilizations and a greater understanding of Life.Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.comBlogger818125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-73690689741494069302018-12-13T09:55:00.000-06:002018-12-13T09:55:11.172-06:00The Lakota Way: Thoughtfulness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The great thing about the United States, well, at least what I think is great about the United States, is that there are many, many cultures within its borders. We know it is horribly wrong to try to kill off a culture and get those people to assimilate into another culture. Instead, our cultural differences should be celebrated and shared! We should learn from other cultures, rather than shy away from them and treat them as inferior. Learning from other cultures can do nothing but help build empathy. Example: We can learn from the Lakota culture that it is good to be thoughtful before responding. When a question is ask, or an issue arises, or there is some sort of problem, the Lakota way is to think about what has happened silently, reflect and process the situation before responding. At times, in Euro-American culture (white America), we tend to respond instantly in a situation, without thinking it through. Something happens and we instantly fire back or respond or spout off, without care or concern for the other person's feelings. When there is a problem or disagreement, this can be especially harmful because when responding with emotion/anger, things can be said that are hurtful. The situation can become worse and feelings can be damaged. I am as guilty as anyone, as just recently, there was a problem and I responded instantly in a very emotional way, which did nothing but make the situation worse and people feel bad. I would encourage everyone to adopt the Lakota way. Before lashing out or ripping someone or immediately responding with emotion, think the situation/issue through. Process what is happening and look at the situation through their eyes, rather than just your own. <br />
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Adopt the Lakota way for handling problems. Be respectful and thoughtful. This, I challenge to you.Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-2769593135305729822016-05-04T08:56:00.000-05:002016-05-04T08:56:02.841-05:00Current State of Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Hello! A year ago, we were sprinting towards the epic battle of Agincourt and closing out the "Realm" experience. I had a blast last year and talk about and share the things we did quite often. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting in my Throne desk, sipping Iced Caramel Latte's, thinking up new twists to throw your way in your Houses, excited for you to walk into class and begin the fun. You were busy working and learning to build up your army with soldiers, knights, Black Knights, wizards, magic potion and perhaps, even the mythical Direwolf or Dragon! I learned a lot last year and hopefully, you learned some things as well, at least that school can be fun and exciting and unique. </b><div>
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<b>Next year, I will be teaching at Dakota State Univeristy in Madison, SD. I'm exciting to work with college kids who want to be teachers. I will be sure to share with them stories of the Realm and the magic that happened! </b></div>
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<b>I appreciate the comments left on WSG every so often. I enjoy hearing from my past students and seeing what they are up to. So keep doing that! </b></div>
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<b>I hope all is well and that you have had a good school year. Enjoy summer and keep in touch! </b></div>
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Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-79971501921329166422015-08-26T12:15:00.001-05:002015-08-26T12:15:11.961-05:00Menagerie of Memories<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b>I do not have a classroom anymore. Instead, I have a cubicle at the headquarters of the Sioux Falls school district. One thing I really liked to do is make my classroom unique, an extension of myself. I liked decorating it in a cool way and making it a place where kids felt a strong creative vibe. I loved my room last year with the my throne desk, nintendo controller back wall, and Mario scene. So without a classroom, I decide that I better try to apply the same concept to my cubicle. Even though I will not be in my cubicle much, I still want it to show who I am, a place that reminds me of the past and future. </b><div>
<b>So, I brought with me some artifacts that have great meaning in my life. The picture above shows what artifacts made the cut and joined me in Sioux Falls. Can you figure out what the artifacts are? Some are school related, some are life related. But all of them mean a great deal to me. You could call them my favorite things, actually. It's my Menagerie of Memories. And I would like to show it to you. </b></div>
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Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-823249220990458762015-08-26T12:08:00.002-05:002015-08-26T12:08:38.877-05:00WeirdnessSo this morning, everybody at my house woke up, ate breakfast, and then went off to school. Well, everyone except me. It's weird that I am at my house right now and not at the Middle School, or the Intermediate school since that's where I would have gone had I stayed in Brandon. I dropped Olivia off at the middle school and felt a pang of sadness because I was dropping her off, but not going in with her. I think the sadness came from the fact that I got to spend so much time with her last year at school and now I no longer have that. Pulling through the middle school parking lot made me think about last year and how much I enjoyed teaching and getting to know everyone. It made me think about all the years that I taught there and all the great memories and great kids. So yeah, it was weird. Enjoy your day at school! There's nothing quite like the first day of school. It's truly a unique phenomenon that is not understood by outsiders. Work hard and do your best. Be respectful and be confident. That's all anyone asks.<br />
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Students, teachers, parents, visitors, aliens, and anyone else, hello! Greetings from the Water for Sixth Grade Headquarters. With all the changes over the course of the last few months, some may be wondering what the future holds for Water for Sixth Grade. That would be a great question. I am here to answer that. I started "WSG" 8 years ago with the hope of creating an online presence for my students. A place they can access anytime to find helpful things such as information, assignments, due dates, reminders, review tools, review games, fun stuff, goofy stuff, serious stuff, etc. I wanted to have the online communication tool because in our world, we have the ability to communicate like never before. So we must use the tools to our advantage! WSG has been visited over 660,000 times in it's history. It has been used by teachers and students all over the USA and beyond. It has become a high quality resource for any student and/or teacher interacting with the Ancient World. I am no longer teaching Ancient Civilization so I will not be in need of this site for that purpose. However, I do not want all the hard work to build this site to go to waste, so I am going to keep Water for Sixth Grade in play, but change it's purpose slightly. The angle I am taking with WSG moving forward is a link between me and my former students, who I care about so deeply. I will post from time to time to give updates on what I've been up to in my new job and just the happenings of my life. Since it is a blog, visitors can of course comment, so I would love to hear from you from time to time!<br />
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I hope all is well. The new school year is upon us which means loads of potential before you. Embrace the challenge of a new school year and the opportunity to improve as a person. Keep the curiosity to learn alive and always do your best.<br />
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-Dan Klumper<br />
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<br />Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-50925497098487911082015-07-24T21:47:00.001-05:002015-07-24T21:47:57.869-05:00The Mummification of Pharaoh Khufu<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://photos.gstatic.com/media/slideshow.swf" width="800" height="533" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F107557484290510048283%2Falbumid%2F6088974726160904081%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>
Do you remember? Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-67120381606839584042015-05-29T19:39:00.001-05:002015-05-29T19:39:07.405-05:00The Throne is Gone.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGtmALEl8dk13Sm6UiwVoS-dbOFz_ywGBh83sc0gkfKeJ6pG6j15CveNrmybNZO4z8oUOdBZPIAsWxHTWh5WOrbuca37o6fhTYgLe0NISTZ6IiNQcOUA1dvSbCT53BL4PGQnAvG1pNPI/s640/blogger-image-1801692926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGtmALEl8dk13Sm6UiwVoS-dbOFz_ywGBh83sc0gkfKeJ6pG6j15CveNrmybNZO4z8oUOdBZPIAsWxHTWh5WOrbuca37o6fhTYgLe0NISTZ6IiNQcOUA1dvSbCT53BL4PGQnAvG1pNPI/s640/blogger-image-1801692926.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggp_lgVC1pImOfNborBMMBnuFWKgWi7AwF6XzQbKIjaKOS5KuDfpfP2c5OrJy1qygGkoAlAIMlnmgVEiMUr26Ff3hELeJdTqQ2G1ZTqcaRPUVaWHuk9BArEhiJymXs8jGmCjptPUigfIs/s640/blogger-image-1777653340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggp_lgVC1pImOfNborBMMBnuFWKgWi7AwF6XzQbKIjaKOS5KuDfpfP2c5OrJy1qygGkoAlAIMlnmgVEiMUr26Ff3hELeJdTqQ2G1ZTqcaRPUVaWHuk9BArEhiJymXs8jGmCjptPUigfIs/s640/blogger-image-1777653340.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44TvLAckdQSr0wpxx8WHBEQz2lxyduY3AA35E03F4nJbZCMJoMxl4jz3Iqcb5-dz86NruuMRclZ8vPs_hSixbgHiKjnB1ETxh8bAEwW58PJ5CJzx4SrSBEJg9Hc8nOlzyyrpwGTE0GbA/s640/blogger-image--2033841297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44TvLAckdQSr0wpxx8WHBEQz2lxyduY3AA35E03F4nJbZCMJoMxl4jz3Iqcb5-dz86NruuMRclZ8vPs_hSixbgHiKjnB1ETxh8bAEwW58PJ5CJzx4SrSBEJg9Hc8nOlzyyrpwGTE0GbA/s640/blogger-image--2033841297.jpg"></a></div>Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-65656915756095089362015-05-21T10:04:00.000-05:002015-05-21T10:04:03.752-05:00Farewell, my students...<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Take a trip down memory lane and watch the game trailers for all six "Realms" we played this year. </span></b>Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-77353071368269137182015-05-19T00:30:00.000-05:002015-05-19T09:48:28.471-05:00Wax Museum 2015 Walk Through<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UwuA642CrZQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-52887468475396865962015-05-18T15:31:00.000-05:002015-05-18T15:31:00.225-05:00Wax Museum 2015: A Night Like No Other<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iriSHk8Ieqw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-16742748895812427992015-05-18T15:30:00.000-05:002015-05-18T15:30:00.960-05:00Hazerstros: The Realm of Dragons (Final Results)<span id="docs-internal-guid-0992beea-6758-530f-8142-9353d5233940"><br /></span>
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Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-45629594452418607132015-05-18T08:56:00.000-05:002015-05-18T08:56:09.295-05:00Will Johnny save the Tiger? Ancient Quest ends....<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-30551700014022414602015-05-15T08:08:00.002-05:002015-05-15T08:08:59.126-05:00Cooking with the Klumpers<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLOwiHJnKon1t_g7PbzDxmrveE7vEcH_Rl" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-39556807120044302072015-05-14T16:09:00.002-05:002015-05-14T16:09:36.256-05:00Battle of Agincourt! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A huge part of the life style of the Medieval Times involved the Manor system. It was a way of organizing agricultural labor. Within the Manor, there was pretty much everything you needed. In the video, you will see me build the Manor system to show you what was all included. Your task, for Friday, is to be able to recreate the manor system and show me you understand what it is. Good Luck!<br />
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<b>See Feudalism come alive inside my garage! Me, along with three helpers, have decided to provide you with a visual of the Feudalism pyramid. Watch as the four levels (king, noble, knight, peasant) come alive and share with you who they are and what they do. Also, learn how each level is connected to the others. </b><br />
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<b>Johnny Rawten needs 8 coins to complete his Ancient Quest. He has 7, which means he is in his last ancient world. In the Medieval Times, Johnny will either earn his 8 and final coin or die. He has past through and conquered the Stone Age, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Greece, and Rome. He is so close to the end, he can taste it. The Medieval Times is a place he has been before, as a 6th grader. That time, Johnny came face to face with death, deep in the dungeon of a castle. Now, Johnny is back in the Medieval Times and will face death again, and lots of it. This brutal world has been made even more brutal with a disease so treacherous entire towns are disappearing. A question for Johnny continues to linger, "What does he do if he does in fact gain all 8 coins?" The unknown makes him shudder...</b><br />
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<b>Period 4: Sunspear </b><br />
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<b>Period 8: Newcastle</b><br />
<b>Period 9: Highgarden</b>Mr. Klumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458947077461578631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626635285780881547.post-44920330211050943172015-04-22T08:42:00.000-05:002015-04-22T09:40:25.025-05:00Wax Museum 2015 is Over. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>The single most talked about day of the year has come and gone. The Wax Museum is over and let me just say, you all totally rocked our big night. I had a blast walking around, seeing your props/costumes/scenes and watching you perform. I am extremely proud of you and extremely thankful to be your teacher. There was magic in the air last night. I could feel it. The school came alive like never before and that is because of you. Your effort, hardwork, creativity, and courage create a night like no other in Brandon Valley Middle School. I was constantly stopped by people telling me how great you all were doing. The one hour and thirty minutes seemed to go by in a blink. I wanted it to keep going because there was so much to do and look at! It was one of my most favorite moments as a teacher and for that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You left a huge mark on this school and the Wax Museum event. You created an experience not soon forgotten by all who witnessed. </b><br />
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