Heights Technology Blog

What’s Your Angle?

Ms. Shapiro — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:31:19 +0000

Using a protractor can be tricky business. We will gather at the whiteboard to review the different kinds of angles, and then we will practice using the protractor tool to measure different angles at the board with a flipchart on angles. At your work station you will visit ThatQuiz and Banana Hunt for individual practice. Looking for another game to play at home to estimate angles? Try Alien Angles or Angles.

Parts of Speech

Ms. Shapiro — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00:52 +0000

To help you with learning about parts of speech, first we’ll watch a Brainpop clip. Take the graded quiz when you are finished watching the clip. Next head to the Activity section and click on Graphic Organizer. Complete the activity online before heading to the games below.

Grammar Blast 1

Grammar Blast 2

Grammar Ninja

Characteristics of a Scarecrow

Ms. Shapiro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:03:52 +0000

You have drawn and cut out a scarecrow in your classroom and added much detail to it. Today we will use Kidspiration to create a graphic organizer of the inside and outside characteristics of your scarecrow. Try to include a simile about each characteristic. You will also learn how to use the digital camera to take a picture of your scarecrow to include in your document. Finally you will use the graphic organizer to guide you with writing a paragraph about its characteristics. If you are done early go to the Little Critter’s Scarecrow Game.

What’s For Dinner?

Ms. Shapiro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:49:25 +0000

Today we will gather at the whiteboard to review the food chain components and play the Food Chain Game.

At your workstation you will conduct research on the food chain of one of five animals. You will use Enchanted Learning’s website below to gather the information in the Food Chain Research document.

Next week you will take your research and organize it in Kidspiration.

Done early today? Try the following websites:

Food Chains

Quia – Grade 3 What Living Things Need & the Food Chain

MesoAmerican Powerpoint Presentations

Ms. Shapiro — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:53:21 +0000

Today you will research the cultural elements of the Maya, Incas, and Aztecs. Use the links at the Heights Website to gather information about your particular culture and cultural universal. Over the next couple of weeks you will create 2-3 slides with the information, which will be combined with other members of your group to form a comprehensive slideshow of each of the civilizations. For the first slide of your show, create a Wordle with words that represent your civilization. Below is a sample of one culture and one cultural universal.

MesoAmerican Slideshow

Exploring Energy

Ms. Shapiro — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:14:24 +0000

Today you will watch the United Streaming video, Exploring Energy. The video will ask you several questions along the way. Pause the video and answer the questions on the worksheet that Mrs. Leary will provide. When you are finished with the video, click on the pictures below to take you to a Millionaire type game on energy, and a place to try your own hand at building a roller coaster.

Excel Reaction Time Graph

Ms. Shapiro — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:01:54 +0000

Today you will take your Everyday Math data from the Grab-It Gauge Reaction Time experiment and put the results into an Excel worksheet. You will learn how to format the cells in the spreadsheet changing size, number type, and borders. Next create a bar graph from the data, formatting the titles, and legend. Remove the plot area of the graph and change the color of the bars.

Morning Girl

Ms. Shapiro — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:32:00 +0000

Today you will use Inspiration to create a compare and contrast graphic organizer. You will be brainstorming the similarities and differences between Morning Girl and her brother, Star Boy from the novel Morning Girl. In the classroom, on laptops, you will turn the ideas in your graphic organizer into a well written paragraph.

Grade 4 Food Drive Results

Ms. Shapiro — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:13:52 +0000

Today we will learn how to use Excel to graph the results of the grade 4 food drive. First we’ll learn how to set up the spreadsheet, format the cells, and then create a bar graph of the results.

Logic Puzzles

Ms. Shapiro — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:47:58 +0000

Today you will create an original logic puzzle using a table in Word. We will post the puzzles online for everyone to try to solve.