Create an informational travelogue in Tellagami to display at the state fair. Type your script in Google Docs. Collect pictures to serve as a background using
Wikimedia Commons
Pixabay
Morguefile
Include the information from your research packet that you have been working on with your class to create an engaging multimedia project.
You’ve done the research on a national symbol, and now it is time to create a project that will be displayed at the state fair. Use the iPads and Pic Collage to gather pictures of your symbol, a map to show where it is located and pictures of the creators (if relevant). See the example below.
Today you will spend some time researching the national symbol you chose to learn about. Use the websites below to gather information.
United States of America Symbols
Symbols of the US Government
Symbols of the United States
Heights Library for PebbleGo and Britannica
Today we will use the iPads to create our vacation story. We will find our vacation place on the Google Earth app and save a screenshot to include in our book. We will use Drawing Pad app to illustrate pages and also take a picture with the camera of any photos we have brought in. The book will be assembled in Book Creator. We will add our voices and save as an ebook. Below is a sample without voiceovers.
We will begin a project for your study of the continents. First you will research in the library all about your chosen continent. Next you will create a movie with your information, using the app Shadow Puppet, adding pictures and voice over.
Antarctica from Heights Elementary School on Vimeo.
We will begin our movie of the Pilgrim’s journey today.
Today you will continue researching and also gather pictures for your chosen Meso-American culture Powerpoint presentation.
Use the links at the Heights Website to gather information about your particular culture and cultural universal. Over the next couple of weeks you and your partner will create 8-10 slides with the information to form a comprehensive slideshow for your civilization. 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.
Using the iPads, you will learn about Ellis Island, the place where over 12 million immigrants passed through in search of a better life. The Interactive Ellis Island Tour is rich in audio files and photographs. Use the document Ellis Island Tour to take notes while you read each web page carefully and click on the audio and photo links. Click on the picture of the Statue of Liberty to take you to the website. If you are done early watch the Brainpop movie on immigration and take the graded quiz.
Today you will use Powerpoint to create a slide of the state that you have researched. All of the slides will be put together into a class slideshow that will run at the State Fair.
You will continue to work on your state fair project choice:
You will continue to work on your state fair project choice:
Today you will spend most of the period gathering information for your State Report. Use the following websites to help you.
You may also use Brittanica Online.
You have completed your research on a famous person from Massachusetts. Today we will begin to organize the research into a Powerpoint presentation. You learn how to add bulleted lists, pictures, animations, and slide transitions.
Today you will use Timeliner software to create a timeline of the lofe of Deborah Sampson. Use the pictures in the grade 3 lessons folder to embellish your timeline.
Today you will begin to assemble your Powerpoint slideshow on the biography research your collected. Use the template in the lessons folder to get started.
Today we will use the iPads and the app Google Earth to learn how to navigate the world in a 3D environment. We will look for your house and your vacation spot.
Today we will use the iPads and the app Continents and Oceans to learn about the different continents and oceans in the world.
To enhance your studies of continents and rivers, we will explore Google Earth on the iPad. We will fly around the globe, visiting key sites as we learn to navigate in a 3-D environment.
Today we will learn how to use Google Earth on the iPads to locate your house and your vacation spot.
Today you will use GlogsterEdu to create a glog based upon the information you have gathered about a land or water form.
Use these websites to search for pictures for your glog.
Wikimedia Commons
Morguefiles
Today you will explore several websites to learn about the different types of landforms and waterways on Earth. Use the links below.
Enchanted Learning’s Landform Glossary
Types of Land
Landforms
Mr. Nussbaum’s Landforms Page
Encyclopedia Britannica at the Heights Library website.
To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. you will examine your personal dream for the world. Use Drawing Pad to create a drawing. Bring your drawing into Explain Everything and voiceover your dream. We will create a class book with all the dreams.
As in introduction to Martin Luther King, Jr., watch the Brainpop, Jr. movie about his life. Take the easy and hard quiz and play the game.
Today we will begin our iPad Explain Everything Project on landforms and waterways in the United States. Show what you have learned by creating a movie of two landforms and two waterways in the U.S. Include a definition and title and use screencasting techniques to enhance your audio presentation.
We will begin our explorer projects using the iPads. Use the Explorer Wiki Resources to help you.
1. Research your explorer and include the following information:
a. Why he explored
b. Who sponsored him
c. Where he traveled
d. How did he treat the Native people
e. What was accomplishments
2. Write the script and the bibliography.
3. Gather public domain images or creative common images for your script and save to the Camera Roll.
We will Use Explain Everything for your bibliography, Drawing Pad to create a green screen, Tellagami for your avatar speaking your script, and Green Screen to put your images and avatar together. See my sample below.
Today you will create a glog, with Glogsteredu with the results of your research on a national symbol. Collect pictures from the websites below.
Wikimedia Commons
Morguefiles
Explore these websites to learn about life in colonial America.
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
http://www.history.org/kids/
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/smartfun/colonial/intro/intro.html
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.
Today you will spend some time researching the national symbol you chose to learn about. Use the websites below to gather information.
United States of America Symbols
Symbols of the US Government
Symbols of the United States
Use the follwing websites to learn about the explorers Marco Polo, Henry the Navigator, and the Vikings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml
http://mrnussbaum.com/explorersflash/
Ms. Douglas has given you a list of dates and famous events in mixed up order. Put them in the correct order and create a timeline using Timeliner software.
Today we will use the iPad app Haiku Deck to create a slideshow from the informational text you read about a continent.
Today you will create a slide in Powerpoint based upon your research of a famous immigrant. Include the following information on your slide:
Since you have been studying all about Massachusetts, it landforms, bodies of water, and major cities, today we will create a map in KidPix, complete with a legend and a compass rose.
Using the iPads, you will learn about Ellis Island, the place where over 12 million immigrants passed through in search of a better life. The Interactive Ellis Island Tour is rich in audio files and photographs. Use the document Ellis Island Tour to take notes while you read each web page carefully and click on the audio and photo links. Click on the picture of the Statue of Liberty to take you to the website. If you are done early watch the Brainpop movie on immigration and take the graded quiz.
Today you will begin to create a glog using the information you have researched about your state. Maps and flags are in the group folder. Check Wikimedia Commons for other images. Include the following on your glog:
1. State Name
2. State Flag
3. A map
4. Three famous people
5. Three tourist attractions
6. Three basic facts
7. Date entered statehood and number
Today you will spend most of the period gathering information for your State Report. Use the following websites to help you.
During the last fifteen minutes of the class use the following websites to practice your knowledge of state capitals and locations. Use the games at home to help you learn the capitals!
You have completed your research on a famous person from Massachusetts. Today we will begin to organize the research into a Powerpoint presentation. You learn how to add bulleted lists, pictures, animations, and slide transitions.
Today you will type your paragraph about the life of Deborah Sampson in Microsoft Word.
Today you will create an acrostic with the name Paul Revere. Use Word Art for the name and text boxes for the phrases. Add a picture and place a border around the page.
Today we will watch the Brainpop, Jr. movie on Reading Maps. We will take the easy and hard quizzes with the Activotes. If time allows, we will use the following website to reinforce your map skills.
Landscapes
Use the websites below to enhance your understanding of the Jamestown colony.
The Jamestown Online Adventure
On the Trail of Captain John Smith
Today you will use Big Huge Labs to create a magazine cover of the famous African-American which you have researched. Find a picture of the person on the Internet and download it into your Network Save folder. Then upload the picture to Big Huge Labs and enter the information you included on your template.
Today we will begin to create a Powerpoint presentation based on the biography you read of a famous person from Massachusetts. You learn how to add bulleted lists, pictures, animations, and slide transitions.
Today you will use GlogsterEdu to create a glog based upon the information you have gathered about a land or water form.
Today you will research and gather information for your famous immigrant Powerpoint slide. We will combine the slides and play the show at the International Feast. Use the resources below as well as Britannica Online.
Famous Immigrants
Famous American Immigrants
Fact Monster
InfoBits
Since you have been studying all about Massachusetts, it landforms, bodies of water, and major cities, today we will create a map in KidPix, complete with a legend and a compass rose.
Today you will spend most of the period gathering information for your State Report. Use the following websites to help you.
During the last fifteen minutes of the class use the following websites to practice your knowledge of state capitals and locations. Use the games at home to help you learn the capitals!
Since you have been studying all about Massachusetts, it landforms, bodies of water, and major cities, today we will create a map in KidPix, complete with a legend and a compass rose.
Today we will begin to create a Powerpoint presentation based on the biography you read of a famous person from Massachusetts. You learn how to add bulleted lists, pictures, animations, and slide transitions.
Today we will begin research for your biography project. Use the following websites to gather information about your person.
World Book Online
Famous Massachusetts People
Massachusetts:Famous Bay Staters
Famous People From Massachusetts
Famous People of Massachusetts
Today you will create an acrostic with the name Paul Revere. Use Word Art for the name and text boxes for the phrases. Add a picture and place a border around the page.
Today you will begin your Powerpoint slideshow on a European explorer. Include the following information in your show.
Today you will use the link provided by Ms. Douglas to continue your research on European Explorers. Click on the picture below to get to the website.
Your research is nearing completion and today you will create a map in Google Maps of the explorers’ routes. There are four maps, saved in Google maps, one for each of the countries that sponsored the explorers. Work in your country groups to create a map of each countries exploration. Include a placemark for the beginning and end points of the exploration and use the line tool to draw a line mapping out the route.
Today we will learn how to create a digital poster for your explorer research using GlogsterEdu. Include the following information
â—‹ Why explored
â—‹ Who sponsored him
â—‹ Where did he go (map)
â—‹ How did he treat the native people
â—‹ Did he accomplish his goals?
â—‹ If not, what did he contribute to the world’s knowledge
â—‹ What are the effects of his contributions in today’s world?
Use the resources page on the Explorers wiki to find a picture of your explorer and a map of his route.
Below is a sample project.
Today you will type into Word your paragraph about Marco Polo. After you run a spellcheck you will copy and paste your words into a Wordle. Click on the picture below to go the the Wordle website.
Today you will use Google Earth to find four examples of landforms. Save the images in a new folder called Landforms. Don’t forget to save a picture of the Earth for your title slide. We will create a flipbook by inserting the images and definitions for each landform into PowerPoint and printing them two slides to a page.
Need help with a definition?
Landform Glossary
You have reviewed the Daggett Family website, now use Kidspiration to compare and contrast the Daggetts family’s daily life to your daily life. The template is in the group folder.
Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a family from colonial Connecticut. During your travels, look for clues from Samuel Daggett’s actual account book, newspapers and illustrations from the 1700s to “uncover” the answers to all 7 questions about the Daggetts’ world. Click the picture below to go to the website.
Since you have been studying all about Massachusetts, it landforms, bodies of water, and major cities, today we will create a map in KidPix, complete with a legend and a compass rose.
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 we will use the new Word 2011 to key in you famous immigrant paragraph. We will explore how to use tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indents, and grammar and spellcheck. We will also learn how to find a picture of your immigrant and insert it into the document.
Let’s board the virtual buses and take a visual and audio tour of the town of Sharon to learn all about the rich history of the town. We will use Google Earth to guide us through the town. Don’t forget to jot down some notes in your guidebook!
Today you will create an acrostic with the name Paul Revere. Use Word Art for the name and text boxes for the phrases. Add a picture and place a border around the page.
Today you will spend most of the period gathering information for your State Report. Use the following websites to help you. You may also use the World Book Online.
During the last fifteen minutes of the class use the following websites to practice your knowledge of state capitals and locations. Use the games at home to help you learn the capitals!
Your research is done and the Explorer Wiki looks great. It’s time now to focus on the project you chose to demonstrate your knowledge of your particular explorer. Below is a sample of a glog project.
Today you will begin to create your page in Microsoft Word for the class Important Book of Explorers, based on the classic book The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown. Use the Explorer wiki to collect copy-free maps and pictures of the explorers.
Since you have been studying all about Massachusetts, it landforms, bodies of water, and major cities, today we will create a map in KidPix, complete with a legend and a compass rose.
Today you will continue your research on European explorers using the class wikisite.
Today you will begin to research the explorers that you have chosen from the four nationality groups. Use the resources on the Explorer wiki to help you with your research.
You have completed your research on the cultural elements of the Maya, Incas, and Aztecs by using the links at the Heights Website. Now it’s time to work in groups to create a comprehensive Powerpoint 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.
Since you have been studying all about Massachusetts, it landforms, bodies of water, and major cities, today we will create a map in KidPix, complete with a legend and a compass rose.
Want to learn more about our great state? Visit the websites below.
Today we will begin to work on the Sharon4Kids wikisite. We will learn how to login, edit the text and insert the pictures.Click the picture below to go to the wikisite.
Use the following websites to complete your packet on Native American Research.
Learn About Native Americans**
American Indians and the Natural World
Today you will type into Microsoft Word the information that you will use on the panels of your Revolutionary War puppet. Use the template in the group folder to type in your information. Open a new template for each of the areas of research. You will center the title for each panel and create a bulleted list for the information.
Today you will create an acrostic poem about Deborah Sampson, the Revolutionary War hero from Sharon, in Microsoft Word. You will learn how to use the Format Painter, to make your formatting easier, and also how add a border to your page. Add a picture to your documents, too.
Today you will gather information about our town by visiting several websites. Sit with your partner and take good notes so that you can write a paragraph on your selected topic.
Today you will learn how to use Powerpoint to create a slideshow presentation of the famous African-American woman that you have researched. You will learn how to gather and insert pictures, create bulleted lists, animate text, and add slide transitions. Your Powerpoint should include 4-5 slides: a title slide, 1 slide on obstacles which needed to be overcome, 1-2 on Achievements/Contributions, and one on Attributes of the individual. Use the storyboard that you completed in the classroom to guide you.
This week you will begin to create a giant postcard based upon the cool country that you have been researching. We will use two slides in Powerpoint for your postcard. You will find a flag and a map of the country for the Slide 1, the outside of the card. For Slide 2, the reverse side of the card, you will insert an image of a postage stamp from the country and write a friendly letter incorporating some of the fast facts that you researched. We will print the slides and gluestick them to card stock creating an 8.5″x11″ postcard.
Find the map and flag by clicking 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.
This week you will begin to create a giant postcard based upon the cool country that you have been researching. We will use two slides in Powerpoint for your postcard. You will find a flag and a map of the country for the Slide 1, the outside of the card. For Slide 2, the reverse side of the card, you will insert an image of a postage stamp from the country and write a friendly letter incorporating some of the fast facts that you researched. We will print the slides and gluestick them to card stock creating an 8.5″x11″ postcard.
Find the map and flag by clicking below.
Today you will use the websites below to start your research on a famous Bay Stater.
Famous People From Massachusetts
Today you will begin work on your Landform Powerpoint slideshow. You will be using Google Earth, Powerpoint, and the two Internet sites below for the project. You may choose three landforms to include in your show. Each slide must include a picture of the landform from Google Earth, a textbox identifying the location and name of the particular landform, and a sound button which includes your recording of the definition of the landform form. Create a title page using Word Art for the title and your name. I have created a sample of one slide below.
Websites for Project:
Types of Land
Landform Glossary
We will begin your new unit on Canada and Mexico exploring several United Streaming videos about Canada. Use the webpages on the local hard drive to view them.
Additional resources to explore at home.
Canada For Kids
Enchanted Learning-Canada’s Geography
Time For Kids-Canada
National Geographic Kids
The World Factbook
Games
Sheppard Geography Games
Canada’s Treasure Trek
Quia Canada Game
Quia Rags to Riches
Today you will watch the BrainPop, Jr. movie clip on Thanksgiving, and complete the Write About It activity. Next, we will come to the whiteboard, and I will introduce the Activotes to the class. Click on the picture below to get started.
In preparation for the presidential elections, today we will be viewing some short videos about voting, primaries and caucuses, presidential elections, the electoral college, and political beliefs. Please take the online graded quiz associated with each of the first four videos. If you receive below 80% on the quiz, watch the video again and retake the quiz.
Electing A President In Plain English
