Mr. Dion's Class
By Jed Dion
Cover art photo provided by Dmitry Bayer on Unsplash: unsplash.com/@dmitrybayer
Mr. Dion's ClassApr 06, 2020
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 26
In this episode we finish Dogs Don't Tell Jokes and then allow the doors to summer to bang open.
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 25
Math Trivia! And two more chapters of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes!
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 24
It's end of the year trivia round one: Social Studies. What can you remember about the American Revolution, and the U.S. Constitution? Also, another two chapters of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes!
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 23
In this episode we look at important contributors to the abolitionist movement. Also, another two chapters of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes. I can't wait for you to hear the end!
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 22
Another couple of chapters of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes!
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 21
Time to take out advertising for the Next Big Thing! Also, a conversation about race and the importance of conversation. We wrap things up with another two chapters of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes.
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 20
In this episode two more chapters of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes are read.
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 19
Grid drawings, two chapters of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, and more!
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 18
Mr. Dion tickles the piano keys and teaches you about measuring the earth, two more biomes, hosts another board meeting of the Dion Co. and read from Dogs Don't Tell Jokes.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 17
Welcome to the second meeting of the board at Dion Co. Also, pioneer life, another chapter of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes and a whole bunch of history about Mt. Tom.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 16
The launch of the Next Big Thing project and another chapter of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes. Also, we look at two more biomes and talk about nautical measurement.
Keeping up with Room 305 EWp. 15
The Metric Systems, cruising in a covered wagon and another chapter of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes!
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 14
In this episode we start a new book called Dogs Don't Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar. It's a great story about following your dreams, even when times get tough. It's also an important look at how we treat each other and the importance of understanding we're all different.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 13
This is a mini episode to conclude the Westing Game. It's a wrap up of the story and a discussion about themes in the book. I hope you enjoyed reading this book as much as I always do. I hope you'll go back to it again some day.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 12
In this episode, we'll talk about Western Expansion, the history of measuring, and we'll finish the Westing Game.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 11
Time for another episode of Keeping up with Room 305. In this episode we'll talk about our problem solving model, look at the first of many biomes, look at square roots and square numbers and read two more chapters of the Westing Game.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 10
In episode 10, we'll look at powers and exponents, learn more about Sacagawea, and ince closer to the end of the Westing Game. Turtle's trial continues, with some unexpected twists.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 9
Tune in to hear Mr. Dion's movie review of Attack of the Killer Caterpillars, and enjoy some graph review. Also, we take a quick look at the parts of a plant. The episode concludes with another thrilling chapter of The Westing Game.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 8
In this episode we'll cover the different types of graphs, The Louisiana Purchase, movie and book reviews, and another chapter in the epic saga of the Westing Game.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 7
Board games! Dice games! Easy to set up ways to keep your mind flexing and your family all involved. In this episode, we also look at the plant kingdom and read another chapter of the Westing Game.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 6
What was the Monroe Doctrine? Who really wrote it? What did it boldly announce? All this and more in episode 6 of Keeping up with Room 305. We'll also continue to talk about probability and read another chapter of the Westing Game.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 5
In this episode we talk about Malcolm Gladwell's theory of "10,000 Hours", we talk probability and look at animals with backbones. Also, things are heating up in the Westing Game.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 4
In episode 4, we continue our discussion about statistics and add range to the stat talk along with mean, mode, and median. In social studies, we talk about the contribution of Tecumseh and the native people's response to the War of 1812. Finally, another chapter of the Westing Game gets us a little closer to the solution. Maybe?
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 3
In this episode we talk about the importance of reading, review mean, median, and mode, take a look at invertebrates and check in on another chapter of the Westing Game.
Keeping up with Room 305 Ep. 2
For our second episode of this podcast, we'll look at mean, median, and mode. Also, what caused the War of 1812? Also, another chapter of the Westing Game is included.
Keeping up With Room 305 Ep. 1
Welcome to the first episode of a podcast dedicated to keeping a connection between Room 305 and your homes connected. In this episode, The Five Kingdoms in Science, Establishing out country's government, and a read aloud from the Westing Game.
Room 305 Campfire Stories
Writers in Room 305 combined story telling with descriptive writing strategies to create these exciting campfire stories. We reworked them to create these audio interpretations. Welcome to Camp Bridge! Sit by the fire and enjoy these stories, but no nightmares!
The United States Constitution
Room 305 provides its own spin on how the Constitution of the United States was formed! From the Grand Convention, through the debates, and on through the many compromises our nation's plan for government was hammered out. Enjoy our take on how it might have went.