Today you will begin to collect pictures for your Planet and Solar System Glogs. Next week, after you have researched the topics, we will assemble the Glog in the lab, using GlogsterEDU.
Gather pictures from the following NASA websites:
NASA Images
NASA Images Exchange
Great Images In NASA (GRIN)
NASA Multimedia
Use WatchKnow to find a video to include in your glog.
Gather up the adjective compliments that were written about you by your classmates and enter them into a Wordle. Don’t forget to include your first name several times so that it stands out.
What is an idiom? Watch the Brainpop movie on idioms.
After viewing the movie use the following websites to increase your understanding of idioms.
Then choose an idiom and create a two panel comic. On the first panel create the literal version of the idiom. On the second panel create a comic demonstrating what it actually means. Title your comic the actual idiom. Click on the comic below to go to the site.
Today you will type your letter to LTC Hornstein in Word. Set it up as a friendly letter with correct formatting. We will be recording these letters and placing them on Our Soldier in Afghanistan wiki.
Today you begin to work on your newpaper project based upon a fiction book of your choice. You will create two main articles, a summary article and a main character article, and four additional features for the newspaper. Once you have written your articles in Microsoft Word, use the template in the group folder to assemble your articles and pictures into a newspaper format. If you want to include a crossword in your newspaper, use this Crossword Creator site.
Over the next several weeks we will be working on a special multidisciplinary project involving Art, English Language Arts, Information Literacy skills and Technology skills. You will be creating a Glog on one particular artist. There are several steps which must be completed before we can begin to assemble the glog.
Below is my sample.
What is a hero? Today you will key in your paragraph describing your vision of a hero. You will also create an avatar to use in the class Voicethread. Take the content of your paragraph and turn it into a Wordle, which we will use on your page of the Voicethread. We will invite your high school Ordinary Heroes partners to comment on your Voicethread once it is complete.
Choose one of these sites to create your avatar.
Today you will use the paint tools in Appleworks paint to create an original tessellation. We will translate a square many times until we achieve a unique tessellation. This lesson is based on Suzanne Alejandre’s great work at the Math Forum.
Try these websites at home for fun activities with tessellations.
Amazing tessellations by artist M.C. Escher
Today you will create a simple machines minibook that you will use as a study guide. Create one page for each of six simple machines. Each page of the book should include a title (name of machine), a definition, and a picture of an example of the machine.
Today we will begin to work on creating a Voicethread for your fables. Here are the steps that need to be completed before we begin recording.
Today we will begin to create a Powerpoint slide show on the inventor for which you gathered information. Use your filled in storyboard to create the slides. You will have 5-6 slides plus a bibliography slide.
Today you will spend time at the following websites gathering information for your project on a famous inventor.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Today you will visit A Journey To A New Land website to research information about important archeological artifacts relating to the first peopling of America. In the classroom you will be assuming the role of an archaelogist and composing an email to your employer informing him or her about your discovery. You will also be asking for increased funding due to the important nature of your discovery. Click the picture below to go to the link.
Today we will work on the Time Capsule Project. We will review setting tabs and first line indent in Microsoft Word and then key in your letter. You will take a picture of yourselves using Photobooth and add the picture into your document.
Today you will work with a partner and visit the National Geographic website Crack The Code. It appears that thieves have stolen some very valuable maps. They fortunately dropped a scrap of paper behind with clues as to the location of the maps. However the clues are in code. Use your knowledge of latitude and longitude along with Google Earth to find the identity of eight cities. The discovery of the identity of all the cities will lead you to the maps. You may not use the Fly to Search, but must spin the globe to find the coordinates. Be sure to turn on the Google Earth grid in the View menu. Please take turns using the mouse. I will hand out a copy of the scrap paper with the clues. Use the back of the scrap paper to write down your answers. Good luck!
Today you will key in your poem, If I Were In Charge Of The World, based on the poem by Judith Viorst. We will review some of the formatting and editing techniques in Microsoft Word. We will learn how to change fonts and sizes, use Alignment and Spacing, Spelling and Grammar check, Insert a Picture from a file, and use Borders. You will use Photobooth to take a picture of yourself for the project. You will save your document and print to the lab printer.
Today you will key in your paragraph about your nickname into Microsoft Word. We will review how to use header and footer, tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent and spelling and grammar check. We will also review how to download a picture from the Microsoft Office website and insert it into your document.
The Grade 5 building block of character focuses on citizenship, and citizenship also applies to online interactions. Today you will watch movie clips from Brainpop concerning three important topics in digital citizenship: digital etiquette, cyberbullying, and copyright. After watching the movies, you will use Etherpad to collaborate online with members of your group to answer questions about the movie. Click on the picture below to take you to the movie clip. Visit my eboard to learn how to enter the collaborative writing environment.
Today you will work with a partner and visit the National Geographic website Crack The Code. It appears that thieves have stolen some very valuable maps. They fortunately dropped a scrap of paper behind with clues as to the location of the maps. However the clues are in code. Use your knowledge of latitude and longitude along with Google Earth to find the identity of eight cities. The discovery of the identity of all the cities will lead you to the maps. You may not use the Fly to Search, but must spin the globe to find the coordinates. Be sure to turn on the Google Earth grid in the View menu. Please take turns using the mouse. I will hand out a copy of the scrap paper with the clues. Use the back of the scrap paper to write down your answers. Good luck!
Today you will key in your writing piece on your hopes and dreams for the coming school year in Microsoft Word. We will review how to use header and footer, tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent and spelling and grammar check. You will also take a picture of yourself in Photobooth to insert into your finished writing piece.
Open House is right around the corner, so you will create a pretend magazine cover for your parents featuring a student of the year- you! I will bring the digital cameras to your classroom where you and your partner will take pictures of each other with the props you have chosen for your cover. During our next class session we will head to the lab and use the Magazine Cover Maker from BigHuge Labs to create the final product.
Thanks to Kevin Jarrett for this cool idea!
Today you will visit Ms. Cooperman’s Geography links. Scroll down to Geography and choose any link from her list to explore.
Today we will work in your classroom to learn how to handle, setup, and use the laptops. Ms. Cooperman has a short word processing assignment for you as part of your Open House Collage project.
