Week of February 2nd The Groundhog Legend sometimes claims that groundhogs are afraid of their shadows. Let's help the groundhog overcome its fear.
Why shouldn't the groundhog be afraid of its shadow?
What makes you scared?
Write down at least one good reason you don't need to be afraid of that thing.
or.............. Describe the inside (real or make believe) of a groundhog's underground house. What sort of items might you find down there? Do you think it would be comfortable for humans? Why or why not? or..............
Make up your own legend involving another animal.
Identify your chosen animal.
List at least 5 of the animal’s traits or habits.
Using one or more of those attributes, create your own legend regarding that animal’s special powers that people should celebrate.
Week of December 8th
I challenge you to try Sugar Sugar! ABCYa Christmas Games Advent Calendar Games
Complete Project
Excel Spreadsheet - Microsoft Office - My Favorite Christmas Carol
Week of December 1st
Week of November 17th
Add document to webpage
Microsoft Word Assessment - Advent POPCosby2014 How to Format and Edit Your Webpage
Write about your favorite activity while at Camp Cosby.
Click the pencil at the top of the page to edit and add text or images to your webpage.
Next add a table selecting four vertical cells. Click inside each cell then click insert at top of page.
Click table to remove cells, rows, columns, and tables.
You can also use the Layout tab to format your page.
Click inside one of the cells in the table
Click insert image.
All photos must be compressed to webpage size.
Right click on your photo. Choose open with....Microsoft Office.
Click edit at the top of the page. Click compress then click on webpage. Save resized photo.
This page can be opened from home, tech lab, and chromebooks.
If you make a mistake you don't want to save, click cancel at top right of page.
Click save at top before leaving your page to keep your edits.
To add a document
Click Insert, Drive, Select Document from the list,
Click on the document you want to use,
then click Select at the bottom of the dialogue box.
Week of November 10th
Upload images to your webpage
Select four pictures and compress them for webpages
Open the image with Microsoft Office to resize
Week of November 3rd
Create a webpage with information and photos
of your trip to Camp Cosby. Learn to edit, insert photos,
and compress pictures for webpages.
Week of October 27th
Camp Cosby Christopher Columbus Webpage
Week of October 20th
Copy Halloween Poem - Using Chromebooks
Google Drive
Week of October 13th Typing Test (Term 1 Assessment)
Students will:
Copy and paste the Halloween pictures next to the correct words.
Students open the copy and paste Halloween template and use "right click, copy" and "right click, paste" to match the correct pictured to the Halloween words.
Copy and Paste Document
Halloween Fun Poem
Excel - Halloween Costume
This Excel Lesson Teaches the Following Basic Skills:
1) Entering data in columns and rows.
2) Using Merge and Center to merge cells while centering the title.
3) Using different colors for chart bars to improve visual presentation.
3) Creating, sizing, and positioning the chart to fit on a single page with the data.
4) Searching, inserting, sizing, and positioning clipart or pictures.
5) Using print preview and print.
Week of October 6th
Typing Club
Students will:
Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students will save and use the copyright-friendly photos & images for classrooms, multimedia projects, websites, videos, portfolios, or any projects in an educational setting. Pics4Learning Create a Mosaic
Make a Calendar - Publisher (Create an October Calendar)
Troubleshooting Computer Problems
tell the difference between input and output devices, learn how they are used, and complete the quiz at the end of the activity.
search and find all of the hidden technology items in a picture while learning technology vocabulary.
place all of the virtual keys back on the virtual keyboard in the correct order.
tell the difference between input and output devices, learn how they are used, and complete the quiz at the end of the activity.
search and find all of the hidden technology items in a picture while learning technology vocabulary.
place all of the virtual keys back on the virtual keyboard in the correct order.
NetSmartz (Mrs. Calvert)
Find five ways to become a good digital citizen
Microsoft Office Word
What Makes a Good Digital Citizen?
(Title)
At least five answers,
clip art, bullets or numbers,
name on paper, print or save
September
Goal 5
Digital Citizenship This month we will be learning about being good digital citizens.
You will learn the rules and procedures for learning in our tech lab.
You will learn how to log in to your own desk top on the computer.
You will learn how to keep log in and password information safe.
You will learn how to be a good citizen on the internet.
learn and practice correct placement of fingers on the home row
be introduced to the program Typing Club
Week of August 25th
Open Microsoft Word Document - change text, color, add clip art, save
Students will...
try for three stars per lesson Typing Club Place Value Game Place Value Games
Week of August 18th
Welcome new students!
Introduction to the Tech Lab:
Students will be introduced to the rules and procedures of the Tech Lab
Students will be demonstrate how to correctly hold the mouse, and left click.
Students will then practice these skills while exploring websites:
Smart Activity: Parts of the Computer Technology Games Cyber Start
Week of May 19th
Formatting Photographs - Using MS Word
Review
Week of May 12th
Microsoft Word
Write and print out a paragraph about your future occupation. My Career For more info on your choice of occupations Jobs (Click on tabs at top of page) Kids.Gov
Week of March 3rd Excel Spreadsheet - Left and Right Handed Set up spreadsheet and input information. Create two graphs (one pie, one bar) Customize your charts. Add clip art to pie chart Save in your student common folder.
Persuasive Essay - complete research Seussville
Week of February 24th
Persuasive Essay
You have just won an all-expense paid vacation for you and your family or guardian. Choose a place you would like to visit. In a three-paragraph essay, persuade your parents/guardian to agree with your choice. USA Travel and Tourism The Nifty Fifty States Info Please 50 States
Week of February 17th Microsoft Word - Using Shapes to make a snowman, and paint bucket to color. Make your own shape design and save to your folder on the network Power Proofreading Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Activities
Week of February 3rd Focus: PPT Seasonal Similes Ex: The snow was as white as milk. Insert a pic of both snow and milk to the PPT
Week of January 27th
Week of January 20th
Excel lesson: using data to make pictographs and pie charts (video and class lesson)
Officer Reno Thank You Card - Microsoft Publisher Students use this to write either a letter, post card, newspaper article, or notecard.
Week of January 13th
Week 4: Online Safety 1. Build and print a robot! 2. Complete each safety challenge.....click the green Demobutton to start! 3. You must print or show your certificate to prove you completed each challenge.
Microsoft Word: All I Want for Christmas! You will write a persuasive paragraph about something you want for Christmas. Select an item, research the cost, information about the item, where it can be purchased, and why you think you should have it.
You can collect rocks from the internet. Go on a scavenger hunt to find them.
If the site gives you permission collect them by copying and pasting them on your worksheet. Notice, you MUST write a description of each rock you find.
Open your worksheet in Student Common/Mrs. Argo (Rock Hunt Worksheet) Here is your list of rocks to find for the Scavenger Hunt. Good luck! 1. granite 2. sandstone 3. coal 4. diamond 5. marble 6. A rock/mineral with the color red 7. A rock/mineral with 3 different colors 8. A rock or mineral that looks like it is made in layers 9. An igneous rock 10. A sedimentary rock 11. A metamorphic rock
You can collect rocks from the internet. Go on a scavenger hunt to find them.
If the site gives you permission collect them by copying and pasting them on your worksheet. Notice, you MUST write a description of each rock you find.
Open your worksheet in Student Common/Mrs. Argo (Rock Hunt Worksheet) Here is your list of rocks to find for the Scavenger Hunt. Good luck! 1. granite 2. sandstone 3. coal 4. diamond 5. marble 6. A rock/mineral with the color red 7. A rock/mineral with 3 different colors 8. A rock or mineral that looks like it is made in layers 9. An igneous rock 10. A sedimentary rock 11. A metamorphic rock
TuxPaint - Draw a Biome and use snipping tool to snip and add to PowerPoint
Geography using PowerPoint - Week Two - Adding video to PowerPoint
Slide Design
Transitions
Animations
Week of September 16th
Biomes
Biomes of the World Video
Class Project Biomes of the World - Enchanted Learning
Geography using PowerPoint - Week Two - Adding video to PowerPoint
Slide Design
Transitions
Animations
PowerPoint
Biomes - Science (Save to your folder)
TuxPaint - Draw a Biome and use snipping tool to snip
3. Do not touch the computer until your are told to do so
4. Be ready to listen
5. Keep your hands on your own computer
6. Stay in your seat
7. Stay on the assignment given by the teacher
8. Do not play games
9. Do not bring anything into the lab unless the teacher tells you
10. Follow our POP School Rules of Ethics
Come in to the lab quietly and go to your assigned computer. Do not touch other keyboards or mice on the way to your computer. Wait for instructions before you touch anything.
Only visit approved internet sites and only when you have permission to do so. Do not download anything. Never give out personal information. If you see anything uncomfortable, turn off your monitor and let your teacher know immediately. Do not show your friends.
Make sure you leave your workspace as you found it! Exit all of your programs. Put your headphones back on the hook. Straighten your keyboard place your mouse in the center of the mouse pad. Push in your chair. Collect and throw away any trash on your way out. Take anything you have printed when you leave. Print only if you have permission! Only press print once! Use only your assigned computer. Do not move the icons on the desktop. Do not change any system settings without permission. Do not edit files that do not belong to you. Help others with your mouth and not their mouse.
Treat your classmates, your teacher and all equipment with respect. Help your neighbors if they need help – with your mouth not their mouse! Do not talk when the teacher is talking. Come to the computer lab with clean hands. No banging your mouse or banging the keys on the keyboard. No hands on the monitor. Do not spin in your chair.
Eat and drink not allowed in lab.
Read the screen BEFORE asking questions.
Lights out or hands on your heads means Your Attention Please. Remove your headphones. Take your hands off the keyboard and mouse. Wait for instructions or information.
Ask your immediate neighbors for help before you raise your hand to ask your teacher. Do not get out of your seat to ask for help. Do not get out of your seat to help someone else. If you help someone else do it with your mouth and not their mouse.
Be prepared to learn something new every day in the Computer Lab.
Week of April 29th Microsoft Word: Type a letter to the fourth grade students telling them what to expect in fifth grade. Tell them about your favorite things, what they can do over the summer to prepare for fifth grade, what things surprised you and what you could have done better.
Diamante:A seven-line poem that takes the shape of a diamond. Lion Majestic, proud Roaring, snarling, prowling Mane, muscle . . . Fleece, fluff Bleating, leaping, grazing Meek, gentle Lamb
Brainstorming
Use the tips below to brainstorm on blank paper for different ideas. Then follow the directions to write your own descriptive diamante. Because the poem has a limited number of words, choose each word carefully, avoiding vague, blah words.
Line A: Name a topic (see the suggestions above for some ideas). Line G: Name an opposite topic. (This will be the LAST line of your diamante.) Remember—topics must be nouns. Line B: Brainstorm 5-6 vivid, concrete adjectives to describe Topic A. Do not choose words that end in “-ing.” Line C: Brainstorm 5-6 highly descriptive participles (verbs ending in “-ing”) that fit Topic A. Line D: Brainstorm several nouns that tell something about Topic A and Topic G. Be careful—make sure you choose NOUNS, not ADJECTIVES! Line E: Brainstorm 5-6 highly descriptive participles (verbs ending in “-ing”) that fit Topic G. Line F: Brainstorm 5-6 vivid, concrete adjectives to describe Topic G. Do not choose words that end in “-ing.”
Writing Your Diamante
Pick out your most descriptive words from your brainstorming and put your diamante together. Diamantes do not need titles.
When you are satisfied, recopy the poem onto clean notebook paper.
Center your diamante on the paper.
Begin each line with a capital letter, and remember your commas. Do not use ending punctuation.
Include three spaced periods in the middle of Line D.
When finished, double-check for concreteness!
Line A. _ Line B. _ , _ Line C. _ , _ , _ Line D. _ , _ . . . _ , _ Line E. _ , _ , _ Line F. _ , _ Line G. _
How to Write a Diamante Poem
What is a Diamante?
A diamante – pronounced dee-uh-MAHN-tay – is an unrhymed seven-line poem. The beginning and ending lines are the shortest, while the lines in the middle are longer, giving diamante poems a diamond shape. “Diamante” is the Italian word for diamond, so this poetic form is named for this diamond shape.
Believe it or not, the diamante was invented just 40 years ago. It was created by an American poet named Iris McClellan Tiedt in 1969, and has become very popular in schools.
Also known as a “diamond poem” because of it’s shape, there are two different types of diamantes; synonym diamantes and antonym diamantes.
The Rules of a Diamante
There are just a few rules to writing a diamante:
Diamantes are seven lines long.
The first and last lines have just one word. The second and sixth lines have two words. The third and fifth lines have three words. And the fourth line has four words.
Lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns. Lines 2 and 6 have adjectives. Lines 3 and 5 have verbs.
Here’s an easy way to visualize all three rules: Noun Adjective, Adjective Verb, Verb, Verb Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun Verb, Verb, Verb Adjective, Adjective Noun
In a synonym diamante, the nouns at the beginning and end are two words that mean basically the same thing. In an antonym diamante, the two nouns are opposites. Here are a couple of examples:
Synonym Diamante
In this diamante, the words “Monsters” and “Creatures” mean the same thing, so they are synonyms. Monsters Evil, Spooky Howling, Shrieking, Wailing Ghosts, Vampires, Goblins, Witches Flying, Scaring, Terrifying Creepy, Crawly Creatures
Antonym Diamante
In this diamante, you might say that the words “Cat” and “Dog” are opposites, or “antonyms,” so this is an antonym diamante. Cat Gentle, Sleepy Purring, Meowing, Scratching Whiskers, Fur, Collar, Leash Barking, Licking, Digging Slobbery, Playful Dog
Getting Started
To start writing a diamante, you first need to decide what thing you want to write about. The reason you want to pick a thing is that your first and last lines need to be nouns. In other words, your diamante will be about a noun, such as a “pencil” or a “pizza,” rather than about a verb, such as “jump” or an adjective like “smelly.” An easy thing to write about is something you like or something you see around you.
Next, you’ll want to decide whether you want to write a synonym diamante or an antonym diamante. If you want to write a synonym diamante, you’ll want to select another word that means the same thing as your subject. If you are going to write an antonym diamante, choose a word that is its opposite.
For this example, I will show you how to write an antonym diamante about the “sun,” and my second noun is “moon,” since the sun and the moon can be considered opposites.
Once you’ve chosen your two nouns, take a piece of paper and brainstorm as many words as you can that have to do with each of them. For example, make one column for each word and write down everything you can think of. You’ll want adjectives (descriptive words), verbs (action words), and even more nouns. Your lists should look something like this:
Sun
Moon
Hot
Cold
Yellow
Silver
Fiery
Night
Day
Still
Light
Orbiting
Blinding
Shining
Exploding
Beautiful
Distant
Crescent
Nuclear
Don’t worry if you have more words than you need. It’s better to have too many words to choose from than not enough.
Finally, you’ll want to arrange your diamante, putting the synonyms or antonyms at the top and bottom, the adjectives next, on lines 2 and 6, the verbs after that on lines 3 and 5, and lastly your additional nouns on the middle line.
In the top half of the poem – lines 2 and 3 – your adjectives and verbs should be ones from your first brainstorming column – words that have to do with line 1, like this: Sun Fiery, Yellow Burning, Blinding, Exploding
In the bottom half of the poem – lines 5 and 6 – your adjectives and verbs should be related to the noun on line 7, like this: Shining, Orbiting, Reflecting Cold, Silver Moon
On line 4, the line in the middle of the poem, the first two nouns should be related to the noun on line 1, and the last two nouns should be related to the noun on line 7, like this: Flame, Light, Night, Crescent
When you put everything together, you’ll end up with something like this: Sun Fiery, Yellow Burning, Blinding, Exploding Flame, Light, Night, Crescent Shining, Orbiting, Reflecting Cold, Silver Moon
Things to Remember
As you begin writing your own diamantes, here are the important things to remember:
Diamantes can be about anything
They are 7 lines long
The word count is simple: 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1
Your lines should have: noun, adjectives, verbs, nouns, verbs, adjectives, noun
Try to “center” your poem on the page to give it a diamond shape
Create your cell in TuxPaint
Use your snipping tool and copy and paste it into a blank PowerPoint slide.Label the parts and add a text box and
put your name in the lower right hand area of the slide.Use the line tools to make arrows to the parts.
The following is a glossary of animal cell terms: cell membrane - the thin layer of protein and fat that surrounds the cell. The cell membrane is semipermeable, allowing some substances to pass into the cell and blocking others. centrosome - (also called the "microtubule organizing center") a small body located near the nucleus - it has a dense center and radiating tubules. The centrosomes is where microtubules are made. During cell division (mitosis), the centrosome divides and the two parts move to opposite sides of the dividing cell. The centriole is the dense center of the centrosome. cytoplasm - the jellylike material outside the cell nucleus in which the organelles are located. Golgi body - (also called the Golgi apparatus or golgi complex) a flattened, layered, sac-like organelle that looks like a stack of pancakes and is located near the nucleus. It produces the membranes that surround the lysosomes. The Golgi body packages proteins and carbohydrates into membrane-bound vesicles for "export" from the cell. lysosome - (also called cell vesicles) round organelles surrounded by a membrane and containing digestive enzymes. This is where the digestion of cell nutrients takes place. mitochondrion - spherical to rod-shaped organelles with a double membrane. The inner membrane is infolded many times, forming a series of projections (called cristae). The mitochondrion converts the energy stored in glucose into ATP (adenosine triphosphate) for the cell. nuclear membrane - the membrane that surrounds the nucleus. nucleolus - an organelle within the nucleus - it is where ribosomal RNA is produced. Some cells have more than one nucleolus. nucleus - spherical body containing many organelles, including the nucleolus. The nucleus controls many of the functions of the cell (by controlling protein synthesis) and contains DNA (in chromosomes). The nucleus is surrounded by the nuclear membrane. ribosome - small organelles composed of RNA-rich cytoplasmic granules that are sites of protein synthesis. rough endoplasmic reticulum - (rough ER) a vast system of interconnected, membranous, infolded and convoluted sacks that are located in the cell's cytoplasm (the ER is continuous with the outer nuclear membrane). Rough ER is covered with ribosomes that give it a rough appearance. Rough ER transports materials through the cell and produces proteins in sacks called cisternae (which are sent to the Golgi body, or inserted into the cell membrane). smooth endoplasmic reticulum - (smooth ER) a vast system of interconnected, membranous, infolded and convoluted tubes that are located in the cell's cytoplasm (the ER is continuous with the outer nuclear membrane). The space within the ER is called the ER lumen. Smooth ER transports materials through the cell. It contains enzymes and produces and digests lipids (fats) and membrane proteins; smooth ER buds off from rough ER, moving the newly-made proteins and lipids to the Golgi body, lysosomes, and membranes. vacuole - fluid-filled, membrane-surrounded cavities inside a cell. The vacuole fills with food being digested and waste material that is on its way out of the cell.
Week of March 4th
Intro to Chrome- Visit KeyboardingforKidsOnline
Bookmarking, Tabs
States and Capitals Homework
EcoDoves - Make a Flyer (Using PowerPoint)
Private and Personal Information: How can you protect yourself from online identity theft? Students think critically about the information they share online. The Power of Words: Students consider that they may get online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. Students identify actions that will make them Upstanders in the face of cyberbullying. The Key to Keywords: Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keywrod searches and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies. Whose Is It, Anyway?: Students learn that copying the work of others and presenting it as one’s own is called plagiarism. They also learn about when and how it’s ok to use the work of others.
Week of February 4th Rings of Responsibility: Students explore what it means to be responsible to and respectful of their offline and online communities as a way to learn how to be good digital citizens. Private and Personal Information: How can you protect yourself from online identity theft? Students think critically about the information they share online. The Power of Words: Students consider that they may get online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. Students identify actions that will make them Upstanders in the face of cyberbullying. The Key to Keywords: Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keywrod searches and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies. Whose Is It, Anyway?: Students learn that copying the work of others and presenting it as one’s own is called plagiarism. They also learn about when and how it’s ok to use the work of others.
Beginning the Church's liturgical year, Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") is the season encompassing the four Sundays (and weekdays) leading up to the celebration of prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/christmas/index.cfm|Christmas. The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. The final days of Advent, from December 17 to December 24, focus particularly on our preparation for the celebrations of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas). Advent devotions remind us of the meaning of the season. An Advent Calendar can help you fully enter in to the season with daily activity and prayer suggestions to prepare you spiritually for the birth of Jesus Christ.
Kerpoof Log in for fifth grades
username
eslab and computer number (no spaces)
password
hecklinski or nichols
class id
F580 for Hecklinski or V901 for Nichols
Week of August 13th
Welcome to a new year at POP
Class Rules
Smart Activity:
Parts of the Computer
Technology Games
Week of April 23rd Earth Day Games PicMonkey Jobland
Click on the paw, then click on Job Finder. Answer the questions to see what kind of job you might be interested in.
Click on the paw and then click on the Quiz. When you finish the quiz, explore different jobs by clicking on ABC Search.
Check your folder to see if there is anything you would like to print.
Red is for the blood Christ gave (each morning we chose something to sacrifice that day to earn the red jellybean. It had to be something they would have had the opportunity to have or do on that day)
Green is for the palm's cool shade (green jellybeans were earned for good deeds. It was a good deed to provide shade for Jesus with the palm)
Yellow is for God's light so bright (yellow jellybeans were earned for sharing God's light through kindness to others)
Orange is for prayers at twilight (orange jellybeans were earned for attentive behavior during bedtime prayer time and night time bible story)
Black is for sweet rest at night (these were earned for going to bed good. we used blue though, as our kids are not fans of black jellybeans)
White is for the Grace of Christ (these we could not earn as mentioned above)
Purple is for His days of sorrow (we earned these through apologizing to anyone we hurt with our words or deeds that day)
Pink is for each new tomorrow (pink jellybeans were earned when we forgave those who apologized to us for hurtful behavior)
Week of February 27th World Maths Day Green Eggs and Ham Video - School Tube
Seussville
Write your own version of a Dr. Seuss Story or Illustrate one in KidPix or TuxPaint
Week of February 20th Split Classes/Nichols and Hecklinski Complete and Print: Microsoft Word: Revise expository (introductory) paragraph and add body Print out for review by Mrs. Nichols after spell check and peer/teacher edit Kerpoof Free Rice to Help the Hungry
Week of February 6th Smart Activity Keyboarding Make a Valentine - MS Publisher
Week of January 30th Every student will illustrate one of the prayers of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. These will be put together into a slide show. Then during Lent, your class will pray one decade of the Rosary per week.
Week of January 23rd Keyboarding - 10 minutes
Poetry - Simile, Metaphor, Personification for POPapalooza
Write a poem about penguins (8-10 lines, font size 18, font style - Times New Roman, Comic Sans, or Verdana - use your classroom heading - center your poem Use a metaphor, simile, personification, repetition, or rhyme on one line of your poem. Page 456 in your English textbook. Add clip art.
Week of October 31st Keyboarding Smartboard Activity Make a Picture in Kerpoof and make a Thanksgiving sceneUse these websites for research: Week of October 17th TypingWeb PowerTyping Type Ghosts
Week of September 6th Edline
Tux Typing - keyboards covered
Set Up Edline Accounts
All About Me - Intro to PowerPoint 2010
Week of August 29th
Week of August 22nd
Finish writing and saving poetry
Watch this I Keep Safe Video (it may stop and start a few times due to buffering) Faux Paw and the Dangerous Download
Take digital pictures to use for next week's project.
Intro to Tux Typing and keyboard covers
Week of August 15th
New Student Welcome
The first week of school we will be learning the rules of the computer lab and how to be safe using the Internet. Click on lab information on the menu (purple strip at left)
Week of March 21st
Put a table into PowerPoint -
Prayer Diary
Use transformations - clip art and learn to rotate or flip
Create a Glogster online poster on the Industrial Revolution.
We will learn to add a School Tube PowerPoint presentation video to our poster. Use the information from your timeline and add more info using the websites below.
From now on, we will use AVL as our primary search source. We will introduce the features it has to offer and use it to complete our Glogster. Alabama Virtual Library
Week of March 7th
Mavis Beacon Keyboarding (10 minutes) Create a Timeline Choose six dates and events to add to your online timeline generator. Use the websites below to find your information.
Week of February 28th World Math Day
Super Doodle in KerPoof - Self Portrait
Week of February 21st
Using WordArt
Open a blank PowerPoint Slide and wait for instruction
Intoduction to color, pattern, picture fill
Choose a Religious Theme and Fill with Photo Pics4Learning
Week of February 7th
Type the poem in Microsoft Word
Name and Date on left of page
Center Title and Poem
Choose your own font size and style, but make sure it is easy to read and fits on one page.
Retype corrected poem.
Save both to your folder. Name the file Spell Checker and Spell Checker corrected
Print both sheets.
Week of January 31st
Glogster on Types of Speech
Microsoft Word Practice - Review of Tools
Directions:
Name and date at top left of paper
Type the following poem
After you type the poem, make the following edits:
Center the poem
Make each letter of the title a different color
Make each line a different font and color
Make each line a different font size
Bold the title
Print and save after I check it
Snowball I made myself a snowball As perfect as can be I thought I�d keep it as a pet And let it sleep with me I made it some pajamas And a pillow for its head Then last night it ran away But first it wet the bed
Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars. We�ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent. Then visit Woodland Junior�s Advent Calendar St. Margaret�s Advent Calendar Advent Calendar with games
Visit Santa at claus.comto see all of the fun activities Santa has for you.
You will be assigned a different country and we will research the Christmas Traditions of that country using the website: Santa Around the World.
Create a Power Point Slide using animations. The slides will be put together into one large Power Point Presentation. We will also have a discussion about plagiarism including the use of copy and paste.
Week of November 8th
Glogster - Online Poster Website
Your log in info is in your computer folder
We will continue the work on a glogster online poster using the website 50states.com 50states.com
Halloween Jokes
Use the Halloween Jokes above or the History of Halloween document below to make a Halloween Movie in Kerpook
Use the log in folder with N for Nichols (make sure you are in the correct seat for your log in)
Week of October 18th
Complete Writing Assignment
Write a Halloween Poem
Week of October 11th Spelling City - Nichols
Glogster - Online Poster Website
Your log in info is in your computer folder
We will make a glogster online poster using the website 50states.com 50states.com
Hecklinski - Complete Sacraments PowerPoint
Dance Mat Typing
We will also be reviewing;
Log On Log Off
Net Support
Interwrite Pad
Parts of the Computer
Navigation of new additions to our tech lab website
Computer Lab Rules
The link below has videos, songs, games, and information about internet safety. **Internet Safety Lessons**
In KidPix describe why you like your Catholic school
Week of January 19th
Use these search engines to find information on your early American for your research report.
Today you will use your time to select which American you will use for your report. Select one which has enough information for you complete a four paragraph paper.
Week of August 17th
The first week of school we will be learning the rules of the computer lab and how to be safe using the Internet. Click on lab information on the menu (purple strip at left) to view these two powerpoint presentations. This year we will be using Tizmos to get thumbnail links to our websites.
We will also be reviewing;
Parts of the Computer
Navigation of new additions to our tech lab website
The link below has videos, songs, games, and information about internet safety. Internet Safety Lessons
Raz-Kids
AVL
Number Pad Tutorial
Mathletics
Spelling City
Typing Club/POP
Free Rice
Week of May 18th
Webonauts
Animals of the World Game
Mouse Paint
Name Typer
Type Racer
Ratatype
Sugar, Sugar
Guess the States
Interactive US Puzzle
Duck Life
Keyboard Challenge
Michael, Michael, Go Recycle!
Kodable
br3u4uz - Class Code
San Diego Zoo
Dino Dig - Become a Paleontologist
Code.org Angry Bird
Code.org Frozen
Code Monkey
Week of May 11th
Outer Space Typing
Typing Test
Week of May 4th
Complete PowerPoint
Save to network folder
Week of April 27th
Add Transitions, Animations, Rehearse Timings
Michael, Michael, Go Recycle!
Week of April 20th
Week of April 13th
PowerPoint project
Week of April 20th
April 5th
AVL
Google Junior
Zoo Animal Project - Use graphic organizer for notes
PowerPoint project next week
March 30th
Coding for Kids, Continued
States and Capitals Learning Games
Engineering Games
March 23rd
Week of March 9th
Typing Club
Mathletics
Coding for Kids - Click at left
Spelling City
Free Rice
Week of March 2nd
Click Coding for Kids at left - Click on 5th grade link
Interactive Map of the United States
Chemical and Physical Changes
Week of February 23rd
4Kids.org (Archademic Skill Builders)
http://www.gulftel.com/gsesdolphins/5%20grade%20materials/5th_grade_science_web_sites.htm
Week of February 16th
Week of February 9th
Typing Test
Word Cloud Valentine
Hour of Code - Play Lab
Week of February 2nd
The Groundhog Legend sometimes claims that groundhogs are afraid of their shadows. Let's help the groundhog overcome its fear.
- Why shouldn't the groundhog be afraid of its shadow?
- What makes you scared?
- Write down at least one good reason you don't need to be afraid of that thing.
or..............Describe the inside (real or make believe) of a groundhog's underground house. What sort of items might you find down there? Do you think it would be comfortable for humans? Why or why not?
or..............
- Make up your own legend involving another animal.
- Identify your chosen animal.
- List at least 5 of the animal’s traits or habits.
- Using one or more of those attributes, create your own legend regarding that animal’s special powers that people should celebrate.
Computer Science is Fun (Coding)Auditorium
Code.org Flappy Bird
Week of January 26th
Spelling City - See above (Unit 21 test Wednesday)
Mathletics - See above
Computer Parts Puzzle
January 12th
Code.org Frozen
Week of January 12th
I Have a Dream....document
MLK Seattle Times
Computer Science is Fun (Coding)
Code.org Frozen
Code.org Flappy Bird
January 5th
Letter Generator
Code Monkey
Week of December 15th
Christmas Activities - Design a Christmas tree (Microsoft Word)
CODE THE WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS TREE
Snow Line
Northpole
ABCYa Christmas
Week of December 8th
I challenge you to try Sugar Sugar!
ABCYa Christmas Games
Advent Calendar Games
Complete Project
Excel Spreadsheet - Microsoft Office - My Favorite Christmas Carol
Week of December 1st
Week of November 17th
Add document to webpage
Microsoft Word Assessment - Advent
POPCosby2014
How to Format and Edit Your Webpage
Write about your favorite activity while at Camp Cosby.
Click the pencil at the top of the page to edit and add text or images to your webpage.
Next add a table selecting four vertical cells. Click inside each cell then click insert at top of page.
Click table to remove cells, rows, columns, and tables.
You can also use the Layout tab to format your page.
Click inside one of the cells in the table
Click insert image.
All photos must be compressed to webpage size.
Right click on your photo. Choose open with....Microsoft Office.
Click edit at the top of the page. Click compress then click on webpage. Save resized photo.
This page can be opened from home, tech lab, and chromebooks.
If you make a mistake you don't want to save, click cancel at top right of page.
Click save at top before leaving your page to keep your edits.
To add a document
Click Insert, Drive, Select Document from the list,
Click on the document you want to use,
then click Select at the bottom of the dialogue box.
Week of November 10th
Upload images to your webpage
Select four pictures and compress them for webpages
Open the image with Microsoft Office to resize
Microsoft Word Acrostic - FEAST
Using Clip Art
Week of November 3rd
Create a webpage with information and photos
of your trip to Camp Cosby. Learn to edit, insert photos,
and compress pictures for webpages.
Week of October 27th
Camp Cosby
Christopher Columbus Webpage
Week of October 20th
Copy Halloween Poem - Using Chromebooks
Google Drive
Make a Halloween Word Cloud
Halloween Word Cloud
Hidden Pictures - Halloween
Pumpkin Carving
Ghost Hunt
Halloween Coloring
Week of October 13th
Typing Test (Term 1 Assessment)
Students will:
Copy and paste the Halloween pictures next to the correct words.
Students open the copy and paste Halloween template and use "right click, copy" and "right click, paste" to match the correct pictured to the Halloween words.
Copy and Paste Document
Halloween Fun Poem
Excel - Halloween Costume
This Excel Lesson Teaches the Following Basic Skills:
1) Entering data in columns and rows.2) Using Merge and Center to merge cells while centering the title.
3) Using different colors for chart bars to improve visual presentation.
3) Creating, sizing, and positioning the chart to fit on a single page with the data.
4) Searching, inserting, sizing, and positioning clipart or pictures.
5) Using print preview and print.
Week of October 6th
Typing Club
Students will:
Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students will save and use the copyright-friendly photos & images for classrooms, multimedia projects, websites, videos, portfolios, or any projects in an educational setting.
Pics4Learning
Create a Mosaic
Make a Calendar - Publisher (Create an October Calendar)
Troubleshooting Computer Problems
Students will be able to…
Keyboard ChallengeInput Output
Find the Hidden Technology
NetSmartz (Mrs. Calvert)
Find five ways to become a good digital citizen
Microsoft Office Word
What Makes a Good Digital Citizen?
(Title)
At least five answers,
clip art, bullets or numbers,
name on paper, print or save
September
Goal 5Digital Citizenship
This month we will be learning about being good digital citizens.
SurfSwell Island: Internet Safety
Playing and Staying Safe Online
Web Literacy Tips
Students will…Cyberbullying
Fifth Grade Webquest
Online Predators
Plagiarism
Beat the Tricks
Using Microsoft Publisher - Make a CalendarSeptember Holidays
Cells - Five Kingdoms
The Five Kingdoms - Millionaire Game
Keyboarding - Typing Club
Students will…
Week of August 25th
Open Microsoft Word Document - change text, color, add clip art, save
Students will...
try for three stars per lesson
Typing Club
Place Value Game
Place Value Games
Week of August 18th
Welcome new students!
Introduction to the Tech Lab:
Mrs. Stromeyer's
Class Rules
Smart Activity
Wikispace
Using Firefox
Logging in:
Computer Vocabulary Game
Computer Parts Hangman
Dance Mat Typing
Save document
Smart Activity:
Parts of the Computer
Technology Games
Cyber Start
Week of May 19th
Formatting Photographs - Using MS Word
Review
Week of May 12th
Microsoft Word
Write and print out a paragraph about your future occupation.
My Career
For more info on your choice of occupations
Jobs (Click on tabs at top of page)
Kids.Gov
Mathletics (Assignment for grade)
Free Rice - Feed the Hungry and Learn Online
Week of May 5th
Word Cloud Generator (Mother's Day)
Week of April 28th
Mathletics
Word Clouds Make a word cloud for your mom
Free Rice for the Hungry
Ferns
Week of April 21st
Tour the States - You Tube Video
Interactive Map of the United States
Earth Day Games - Sheppard Software
Michael, Michael, Go Recycle
Recycle Puzzle
Week of April 14th
Make an Easter Card - Microsoft Publisher
Kerpoof
Easter Words - Spelling City
Easter Word Search
Easter Word Unscramble
Week of March 31st
Make Beliefs Comix
Week of March 17th
Keyboarding for Kids
Research Animals using
National Geographic for Kids - Animal Research
or
AVL
save your research info into a word document on student common
you will access this information in the library
Create a Pie Chart - Eye Colors Fifth Grade
The Human Body Systems Game
Turtle Diary Science - Human Body Systems Video
Clover Puzzler
Weed of March 10th
Complete Activity:
Make a gumball machine using Microsoft Paint
Save in your student common folder
Gumball Machine Images
St. Paddy's Day Coloring
St. Paddy's Day Fun
St. Paddy Puzzles
Lucky Clover Game
Week of March 3rd
Excel Spreadsheet - Left and Right Handed Set up spreadsheet and input information. Create two graphs (one pie, one bar)
Customize your charts.
Add clip art to pie chart
Save in your student common folder.
Persuasive Essay - complete research
Seussville
Week of February 24th
Persuasive Essay
You have just won an all-expense paid vacation for you and your family or guardian. Choose a place you would like to visit. In a three-paragraph essay, persuade your parents/guardian to agree with your choice.
USA Travel and Tourism
The Nifty Fifty States
Info Please 50 States
Week of February 17th
Microsoft Word - Using Shapes to make a snowman, and paint bucket to color.
Make your own shape design and save to your folder on the network
Power Proofreading
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Activities
Week of February 3rd
Focus: PPT
Seasonal Similes
Ex: The snow was as white as milk.
Insert a pic of both snow and milk to the PPT
Week of January 27th
Week of January 20th
Excel lesson: using data to make pictographs and pie charts (video and class lesson)
Officer Reno Thank You Card - Microsoft Publisher
Students use this to write either a letter, post card, newspaper article, or notecard.
Week of January 13th
Week 4: Online Safety
1. Build and print a robot!
2. Complete each safety challenge.....click the green Demo button to start!
3. You must print or show your certificate to prove you completed each challenge.
Internet Safety Hangman
Week of January 6th
Complete prayer using Microsoft Office (bring written prayer to class)
Free Rice for the Hungry
Treasure Dive Typing
Week of December 16th
Christmas Webquest
Christmas Tree Light Up
Week of December 9th
Keyboarding for Kids
Free Rice
Winter Word Tree - Microsoft Word
Week of December 2nd
Microsoft Word: All I Want for Christmas! You will write a persuasive paragraph about something you want for Christmas. Select an item, research the cost, information about the item, where it can be purchased, and why you think you should have it.
Week of November 18th
Keyboarding for Kids
Mathletics
Spelling City
Thanksgiving Word Search
Week of November 11th
Week 5: Micorosoft Excel
1. Use Excel to create a spreadsheet of Fall Vocabulary.
2. Alphabetize the list.
3. Format the fonts.
4. Add clip art to the spreadsheet.
5. Save to your folder. (Computer-Student Common-5H-Your name)
Keyboarding for Kids
Mathletics
Spelling City
Free Rice
Thanksgiving Word Search
Week of November 4th
Keyboarding for Kids
Mathletics
Spelling City
Free Rice
Thanksgiving Word Search
Week of October 28th
Complete Scavenger Sheet
Kerpoof Make a Movie - Sign in with Student ID to save your movie
Halloween Jigsaw Puzzles
Week of October 21st
Internet Rock Scavenger Hunt
You can collect rocks from the internet. Go on a scavenger hunt to find them.
Open your worksheet in Student Common/Mrs. Argo (Rock Hunt Worksheet)
Here is your list of rocks to find for the Scavenger Hunt. Good luck!
1. granite
2. sandstone
3. coal
4. diamond
5. marble
6. A rock/mineral with the color red
7. A rock/mineral with 3 different colors
8. A rock or mineral that looks like it is made in layers
9. An igneous rock
10. A sedimentary rock
11. A metamorphic rock
Here are the list of sites to search for your rocks:
geology.com
about.com Rocks
Week of October 14th
Keyboarding for Kids
Complete Projects
Mathletics
Microsoft Word - Using the Thesaurus
Kerpoof
Halloween Coloring
Carve a Pumpkin
Pumpkin Carving
Ghost Hunt
Monster Numbers
Internet Rock Scavenger Hunt
You can collect rocks from the internet. Go on a scavenger hunt to find them.
Open your worksheet in Student Common/Mrs. Argo (Rock Hunt Worksheet)
Here is your list of rocks to find for the Scavenger Hunt. Good luck!
1. granite
2. sandstone
3. coal
4. diamond
5. marble
6. A rock/mineral with the color red
7. A rock/mineral with 3 different colors
8. A rock or mineral that looks like it is made in layers
9. An igneous rock
10. A sedimentary rock
11. A metamorphic rock
Here are the list of sites to search for your rocks:
geology.com
about.com Rocks
More Rocks
Atlas of Rocks
Week of October 7th
Keyboarding for Kids
Complete Projects
Mathletics
Microsoft Word - Using the Thesaurus
Kerpoof
Halloween Coloring
Carve a Pumpkin
Pumpkin Carving
Ghost Hunt
Monster Numbers
September 29th
Continue and complete research and presentations
Week of September 23rd
Week Two
Class Project
Science
Biomes of the World - Enchanted Learning
PowerPoint
Biomes - Science (Save to your folder)
TuxPaint - Draw a Biome and use snipping tool to snip and add to PowerPoint
Geography using PowerPoint - Week Two - Adding video to PowerPoint
Slide Design
Transitions
Animations
Week of September 16th
Biomes
Biomes of the World Video
Class Project
Biomes of the World - Enchanted Learning
Geography using PowerPoint - Week Two - Adding video to PowerPoint
Slide Design
Transitions
Animations
PowerPoint
Biomes - Science (Save to your folder)
TuxPaint - Draw a Biome and use snipping tool to snip
your drawing to insert into your PowerPoint
Week of September 9th
Keyboard covers
Keyboarding for Kids
Mathletics
Spelling City
Week of August Sept. 2nd
Computer Word Search Generator
MS Word - Bio Poem
Back to School Games
Week of August 19th
Computer Word Search Generator
Tech Terms
Mathletics
Spelling City - Unit 1
Spelling City - Unit 2
Microsoft Word Activity - Using bullets / Adding a table to MS Word
Back to School Arcade
Welcome to a new year at POP
New students
Mrs. Argo's
Class Rules
Logging in:
control alt delete
student1
pop123
Smart Activity:
Parts of the Computer
Technology Games
Cyber Start
Internet Safety
Faux Paw goes to the Games
Router's Birthday Surprise
Technology Lab Rules
TECHNOLOGY LAB RULES
1. Wash your hands before entering the lab2. Come in quietly and sit in your assigned seat
3. Do not touch the computer until your are told to do so
4. Be ready to listen
5. Keep your hands on your own computer
6. Stay in your seat
7. Stay on the assignment given by the teacher
8. Do not play games
9. Do not bring anything into the lab unless the teacher tells you
10. Follow our POP School Rules of Ethics
Come in to the lab quietly and go to your assigned computer. Do not touch other keyboards or mice on the way to your computer. Wait for instructions before you touch anything.
Only visit approved internet sites and only when you have permission to do so.
Do not download anything.
Never give out personal information.
If you see anything uncomfortable, turn off your monitor and let your teacher know immediately. Do not show your friends.
Make sure you leave your workspace as you found it! Exit all of your programs. Put your headphones back on the hook. Straighten your keyboard place your mouse in the center of the mouse pad.
Push in your chair.
Collect and throw away any trash on your way out. Take anything you have printed when you leave.
Print only if you have permission! Only press print once!
Use only your assigned computer.
Do not move the icons on the desktop.
Do not change any system settings without permission. Do not edit files that do not belong to you. Help others with your mouth and not their mouse.
Treat your classmates, your teacher and all equipment with respect. Help your neighbors if they need help – with your mouth not their mouse!
Do not talk when the teacher is talking.
Come to the computer lab with clean hands.
No banging your mouse or banging the keys on the keyboard.
No hands on the monitor.
Do not spin in your chair.
Eat and drink not allowed in lab.
Read the screen BEFORE asking questions.
Lights out or hands on your heads means Your Attention Please.
Remove your headphones.
Take your hands off the keyboard and mouse.
Wait for instructions or information.
Ask your immediate neighbors for help before you raise your hand to ask your teacher.
Do not get out of your seat to ask for help.
Do not get out of your seat to help someone else.
If you help someone else do it with your mouth and not their mouse.
Be prepared to learn something new every day in the Computer Lab.
Back to School Games
Digital Etiquette - Brain POP
http://lescomputerlab.wikispaces.com/
Week of May 20th
Funschool
Summer
Typing Club
Week of May 20th
Write your letter in Microsoft Word and add picture
Week of May 13th
Clean out TuxPaint folder
Clean out 5H folder
Visit Middle School Tech Lab - Introduction
Keyboarding for Kids - Continue with lessons
Free Rice (Donate Rice to the Hungry)
Mathletics
Wordle - Make Beautiful Word Clouds
Week of April 29th
Microsoft Word: Type a letter to the fourth grade students telling them what to expect in fifth grade. Tell them about your favorite things, what they can do over the summer to prepare for fifth grade, what things surprised you and what you could have done better.
Keyboarding for Kids - Continue with lessons
Free Rice (Donate Rice to the Hungry)
Mathletics
Week of April 22nd
Keyboarding for Kids - Continue with lessons
Free Rice (Donate Rice to the Hungry)
Mathletics
Earth Day Games
Earth Day Word Search
Week of April 15th
Sheppard Software
Earth Day Games
Earth Day Word Search
Week of April 8th
Writing a diamante poem
Diamante Poem
Diamante: A seven-line poem that takes the shape of a diamond.
Lion Majestic, proud Roaring, snarling, prowling Mane, muscle . . . Fleece, fluff Bleating, leaping, grazing Meek, gentle Lamb
Brainstorming
Use the tips below to brainstorm on blank paper for different ideas. Then follow the directions to write your own descriptive diamante. Because the poem has a limited number of words, choose each word carefully, avoiding vague, blah words.Opposite Word Pair Ideas
Correct: age/youth (nouns) Incorrect: old/young (adjectives)- cat/dog
- boy/girl
- hamburger/Coke
- pencil/paper
- sandals/sneakers
- king/queen
- fire/ice
- thunder/lightning
- earth/sea
- rose/thorn
- love/hate
- victory/defeat
- peace/turmoil
Line A: Name a topic (see the suggestions above for some ideas). Line G: Name an opposite topic. (This will be the LAST line of your diamante.) Remember—topics must be nouns. Line B: Brainstorm 5-6 vivid, concrete adjectives to describe Topic A. Do not choose words that end in “-ing.” Line C: Brainstorm 5-6 highly descriptive participles (verbs ending in “-ing”) that fit Topic A. Line D: Brainstorm several nouns that tell something about Topic A and Topic G. Be careful—make sure you choose NOUNS, not ADJECTIVES! Line E: Brainstorm 5-6 highly descriptive participles (verbs ending in “-ing”) that fit Topic G. Line F: Brainstorm 5-6 vivid, concrete adjectives to describe Topic G. Do not choose words that end in “-ing.”Writing Your Diamante
- Pick out your most descriptive words from your brainstorming and put your diamante together. Diamantes do not need titles.
- When you are satisfied, recopy the poem onto clean notebook paper.
- Center your diamante on the paper.
- Begin each line with a capital letter, and remember your commas. Do not use ending punctuation.
- Include three spaced periods in the middle of Line D.
- When finished, double-check for concreteness!
Line A. _ Line B. _ , _ Line C. _ , _ , _ Line D. _ , _ . . . _ , _ Line E. _ , _ , _ Line F. _ , _ Line G. _How to Write a Diamante Poem
What is a Diamante?
A diamante – pronounced dee-uh-MAHN-tay – is an unrhymed seven-line poem. The beginning and ending lines are the shortest, while the lines in the middle are longer, giving diamante poems a diamond shape. “Diamante” is the Italian word for diamond, so this poetic form is named for this diamond shape.Believe it or not, the diamante was invented just 40 years ago. It was created by an American poet named Iris McClellan Tiedt in 1969, and has become very popular in schools.
Also known as a “diamond poem” because of it’s shape, there are two different types of diamantes; synonym diamantes and antonym diamantes.
The Rules of a Diamante
There are just a few rules to writing a diamante:- Diamantes are seven lines long.
- The first and last lines have just one word. The second and sixth lines have two words. The third and fifth lines have three words. And the fourth line has four words.
- Lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns. Lines 2 and 6 have adjectives. Lines 3 and 5 have verbs.
Here’s an easy way to visualize all three rules:Noun Adjective, Adjective Verb, Verb, Verb Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun Verb, Verb, Verb Adjective, Adjective Noun
In a synonym diamante, the nouns at the beginning and end are two words that mean basically the same thing. In an antonym diamante, the two nouns are opposites. Here are a couple of examples:
Synonym Diamante
In this diamante, the words “Monsters” and “Creatures” mean the same thing, so they are synonyms.Monsters Evil, Spooky Howling, Shrieking, Wailing Ghosts, Vampires, Goblins, Witches Flying, Scaring, Terrifying Creepy, Crawly Creatures
Antonym Diamante
In this diamante, you might say that the words “Cat” and “Dog” are opposites, or “antonyms,” so this is an antonym diamante.Cat Gentle, Sleepy Purring, Meowing, Scratching Whiskers, Fur, Collar, Leash Barking, Licking, Digging Slobbery, Playful Dog
Getting Started
To start writing a diamante, you first need to decide what thing you want to write about. The reason you want to pick a thing is that your first and last lines need to be nouns. In other words, your diamante will be about a noun, such as a “pencil” or a “pizza,” rather than about a verb, such as “jump” or an adjective like “smelly.” An easy thing to write about is something you like or something you see around you.Next, you’ll want to decide whether you want to write a synonym diamante or an antonym diamante. If you want to write a synonym diamante, you’ll want to select another word that means the same thing as your subject. If you are going to write an antonym diamante, choose a word that is its opposite.
For this example, I will show you how to write an antonym diamante about the “sun,” and my second noun is “moon,” since the sun and the moon can be considered opposites.
Once you’ve chosen your two nouns, take a piece of paper and brainstorm as many words as you can that have to do with each of them. For example, make one column for each word and write down everything you can think of. You’ll want adjectives (descriptive words), verbs (action words), and even more nouns. Your lists should look something like this:
Don’t worry if you have more words than you need. It’s better to have too many words to choose from than not enough.
Finally, you’ll want to arrange your diamante, putting the synonyms or antonyms at the top and bottom, the adjectives next, on lines 2 and 6, the verbs after that on lines 3 and 5, and lastly your additional nouns on the middle line.
In the top half of the poem – lines 2 and 3 – your adjectives and verbs should be ones from your first brainstorming column – words that have to do with line 1, like this:
Sun Fiery, Yellow Burning, Blinding, Exploding
In the bottom half of the poem – lines 5 and 6 – your adjectives and verbs should be related to the noun on line 7, like this:
Shining, Orbiting, Reflecting Cold, Silver Moon
On line 4, the line in the middle of the poem, the first two nouns should be related to the noun on line 1, and the last two nouns should be related to the noun on line 7, like this:
Flame, Light, Night, Crescent
When you put everything together, you’ll end up with something like this:
Sun Fiery, Yellow Burning, Blinding, Exploding Flame, Light, Night, Crescent Shining, Orbiting, Reflecting Cold, Silver Moon
Things to Remember
As you begin writing your own diamantes, here are the important things to remember:Week of April 2nd
Keyboarding for Kids - Continue with lessons
Free Rice (Donate Rice to the Hungry)
Mathletics
Create your cell in TuxPaint
Use your snipping tool and copy and paste it into a blank PowerPoint slide.Label the parts and add a text box and
put your name in the lower right hand area of the slide.Use the line tools to make arrows to the parts.
The following is a glossary of animal cell terms:
cell membrane - the thin layer of protein and fat that surrounds the cell. The cell membrane is semipermeable, allowing some substances to pass into the cell and blocking others. centrosome - (also called the "microtubule organizing center") a small body located near the nucleus - it has a dense center and radiating tubules. The centrosomes is where microtubules are made. During cell division (mitosis), the centrosome divides and the two parts move to opposite sides of the dividing cell. The centriole is the dense center of the centrosome. cytoplasm - the jellylike material outside the cell nucleus in which the organelles are located. Golgi body - (also called the Golgi apparatus or golgi complex) a flattened, layered, sac-like organelle that looks like a stack of pancakes and is located near the nucleus. It produces the membranes that surround the lysosomes. The Golgi body packages proteins and carbohydrates into membrane-bound vesicles for "export" from the cell. lysosome - (also called cell vesicles) round organelles surrounded by a membrane and containing digestive enzymes. This is where the digestion of cell nutrients takes place. mitochondrion - spherical to rod-shaped organelles with a double membrane. The inner membrane is infolded many times, forming a series of projections (called cristae). The mitochondrion converts the energy stored in glucose into ATP (adenosine triphosphate) for the cell. nuclear membrane - the membrane that surrounds the nucleus. nucleolus - an organelle within the nucleus - it is where ribosomal RNA is produced. Some cells have more than one nucleolus. nucleus - spherical body containing many organelles, including the nucleolus. The nucleus controls many of the functions of the cell (by controlling protein synthesis) and contains DNA (in chromosomes). The nucleus is surrounded by the nuclear membrane. ribosome - small organelles composed of RNA-rich cytoplasmic granules that are sites of protein synthesis. rough endoplasmic reticulum - (rough ER) a vast system of interconnected, membranous, infolded and convoluted sacks that are located in the cell's cytoplasm (the ER is continuous with the outer nuclear membrane). Rough ER is covered with ribosomes that give it a rough appearance. Rough ER transports materials through the cell and produces proteins in sacks called cisternae (which are sent to the Golgi body, or inserted into the cell membrane). smooth endoplasmic reticulum - (smooth ER) a vast system of interconnected, membranous, infolded and convoluted tubes that are located in the cell's cytoplasm (the ER is continuous with the outer nuclear membrane). The space within the ER is called the ER lumen. Smooth ER transports materials through the cell. It contains enzymes and produces and digests lipids (fats) and membrane proteins; smooth ER buds off from rough ER, moving the newly-made proteins and lipids to the Golgi body, lysosomes, and membranes. vacuole - fluid-filled, membrane-surrounded cavities inside a cell. The vacuole fills with food being digested and waste material that is on its way out of the cell.
Week of March 4th
Intro to Chrome- Visit KeyboardingforKidsOnline
Bookmarking, Tabs
States and Capitals Homework
EcoDoves - Make a Flyer (Using PowerPoint)
Poetry - Microsoft PowerPoint (Acrostic with
Transformations)
Mathletics
Free Rice (Donate Rice to the Hungry)
March
Week of February 25th
World Maths, Science, and Literacy Days
Week of February 18th
Depression
Depression Era
Keyboarding for Kids - Continue with lessons
JKRowling Website
Andrew Clements Website
George Washington's World
PowerPoint
Poetry
Using WordArt/Acrostic Poem with Transformations
Private and Personal Information: How can you protect yourself from online identity theft? Students think critically about the information they share online.
The Power of Words: Students consider that they may get online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. Students identify actions that will make them Upstanders in the face of cyberbullying.
The Key to Keywords: Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keywrod searches and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies.
Whose Is It, Anyway?: Students learn that copying the work of others and presenting it as one’s own is called plagiarism. They also learn about when and how it’s ok to use the work of others.
Week of February 11th
Keyboarding for Kids - Continue with lessons
JKRowling Website
Andrew Clements Website
Mathletics
Fun School Valentine's Day Games
Kerpoof
Week of February 4th
Rings of Responsibility: Students explore what it means to be responsible to and respectful of their offline and online communities as a way to learn how to be good digital citizens.
Private and Personal Information: How can you protect yourself from online identity theft? Students think critically about the information they share online.
The Power of Words: Students consider that they may get online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. Students identify actions that will make them Upstanders in the face of cyberbullying.
The Key to Keywords: Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keywrod searches and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies.
Whose Is It, Anyway?: Students learn that copying the work of others and presenting it as one’s own is called plagiarism. They also learn about when and how it’s ok to use the work of others.
Keyboarding for Kids - Continue with lessons
JKRowling Website
Andrew Clements Website
Mathletics
Week of January 28th
Keyboarding for Kids
JKRowling Website
Andrew Clements Website
Mathletics
Week of January 21st
Book Study PowerPoint
Week of Januiary 14th
Paws in Jobland
Career Town
Week of January 7th
My Favorite Caldecott Bookis
Microsoft Word Activity or Wordle
Caldecott Award Winners
Caldecott Winners
The Best Childrens' Books
Week of December 17th
Keyboarding for Kids
PowerPoint Tips
Cool Text
3D Textmaker
Week of December 10th
Keyboarding
The Christmas Spirit
Microsoft Word Activity
Week of December 3rd
1. Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars. We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent. First visit Children's Catholic Advent Calendar then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar, Boowa and Kwala Advent Calendar and the Advent Calendar with games .
2. Visit Santa at to see all of the fun claus.com activities Santa has for you.
Beginning the Church's liturgical year, Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") is the season encompassing the four Sundays (and weekdays) leading up to the celebration of prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/christmas/index.cfm|Christmas.
The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. The final days of Advent, from December 17 to December 24, focus particularly on our preparation for the celebrations of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas).
Advent devotions remind us of the meaning of the season. An Advent Calendar can help you fully enter in to the season with daily activity and prayer suggestions to prepare you spiritually for the birth of Jesus Christ.
Story of Christmas - Luke
Week of November 26th
The True Story of Christmas
Catholic Saints Online
Mathletics
Saints for Kids
AVL
Week of November 12th
Keyboarding for Kids
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/index.htm
http://www.wordle.net/
Kerpoof Log in for fifth grades
username
eslab and computer number (no spaces)
password
hecklinski or nichols
class id
F580 for Hecklinski or V901 for Nichols
Week of November 5th
Week of October 29th
Week of October 15th
Spelling City
Introduction to Rocks and Minerals
PowerPoint - Rocks and Minerals
BrainPOP Movie - Types of Rocks
BrainPOP Movie Mineral Identification
Rock Hounds
Pics4Learning - Free Images
Interactive Map of the United States
http://www.50states.com/
States and Capitals CyberKidsGames.com
Mathletics
Free Rice (Donate Rice to the Hungry)
Week of Octber 8th
Week of October 1st
Week of September 24th
Week of September 17th
Microsoft Word
Write spelling words three times each
Week of September 10th
Week of September 3rd
Intro to Microsoft Word
Find the Missing Technology
Week of August 27th
Introduction to Keyboarding
Online
Week of August 20th
Week of August 13th
Welcome to a new year at POP
Class Rules
Smart Activity:
Parts of the Computer
Technology Games
Week of April 23rd
Earth Day Games
PicMonkey
Jobland
Click on the paw, then click on Job Finder. Answer the questions to see what kind of job you might be interested in.
Click on the paw and then click on the Quiz. When you finish the quiz, explore different jobs by clicking on ABC Search.
Check your folder to see if there is anything you would like to print.
Week of April 16th
Microsoft Word - Complete Assignment
Mathletics and Spello
Free Rice to Help the Hungry
Pics 4 Learning - Free Photographs
Big Huge Labs Use a digital picture and make a Pop Art poster
Week of April 9th
Keyboarding - My Easter Weekend
How to make an effective PowerPoint
PowerPoint Practice
Week of April 2nd
Nichols - Complete Poster Biome Research
Hecklinski
Week of March 26th
Biomes of the World
Biomes
More on Biomes
Typing Test
Typing Games
Easter Word Search
Easter Games
Jelly Bean Prayer
Week of March 12th
Biomes of the World
Cool Math Games
Word Games
Mathletics and Spellodrome
Grammar Blast
St. Patrick's Day Puzzle
Kerpoof
Picnik (Photo Editing)
Mathletics
Week of February 27th
World Maths Day
Green Eggs and Ham Video - School Tube
Seussville
Write your own version of a Dr. Seuss Story or Illustrate one in KidPix or TuxPaint
Week of February 20th
Split Classes/Nichols and Hecklinski
Complete and Print:
Microsoft Word:
Revise expository (introductory) paragraph and add body
Print out for review by Mrs. Nichols after spell check and peer/teacher edit
Kerpoof
Free Rice to Help the Hungry
Week of February 13th
http://www.50states.com/
Week of February 6th
Smart Activity
Keyboarding
Make a Valentine - MS Publisher
Week of January 30th
Every student will illustrate one of the prayers of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. These will be put together into a slide show. Then during Lent, your class will pray one decade of the Rosary per week.
Week of January 23rd
Keyboarding - 10 minutes
Poetry - Simile, Metaphor, Personification for POPapalooza
Week of January 17th
Wordle - Make a Beautiful Word Cloud
Kerpoof
Continue working toward completion:
Write a poem about penguins (8-10 lines, font size 18, font style - Times New Roman, Comic Sans, or Verdana - use your classroom heading - center your poem
Use a metaphor, simile, personification, repetition, or rhyme on one line of your poem. Page 456 in your English textbook. Add clip art.
Week of January 3rd
Penguin Poetry:
Microsoft Word
Spelling City - Fifth Grade
Martin Luther King
New Jerusalem Bible - Catholics Online
http://www.50states.com/
Week of December 12th
Complete Saints PowerPoint
Bio Poem on Revolutionary War Assignment
Christmas Poem
When you are finished. Enjoy these websites.
Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars. We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent. Then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar, St. Margaret’s Advent Calendar, and the Santa Advent Calendar
Claus.com
Visit the North Pole at Northpole.com
Christmas Word Search
Christmas Games
Week of December 5th
Map Test this week. Practice your skills using these websites.
50states.com
US States Games and Info
Week of November 28th
Make a PowerPoint Assignment - Revolutionary War
http://www.catholic.org/saints/popular.php
http://saints.sqpn.com/
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/patron02.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11562a.htm
From Thanksgiving until Christmas Holidays
Free Rice to Help the Hungry
Kerpoof
Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars. We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent. Then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar, St. Margaret’s Advent Calendar, and the Santa Advent Calendar
Claus.com
Visit the North Pole at Northpole.com
Christmas Word Search
Christmas Games
Mathletics - Last Chance before Avatar Day - November 30th
Color Santa
Holiday Coloring
Week of November 14th
Smart Activity - Thanksgiving Word Search
Keyboarding or Saints Project
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/usthanksgiving.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/590003/Thanksgiving-Day
Thanksgiving Word Search
Week of November 7th
Smart Activity
Week of October 31st
Keyboarding
Smartboard Activity
Make a Picture in Kerpoof and make a Thanksgiving sceneUse these websites for research:
Week of October 17th
TypingWeb
PowerTyping
Type Ghosts
Spelling City - Fifth
Halloween Jigsaw Puzzles
KidZone Halloween Word Search
Carve a Pumpkin
Halloween Word Search
Halloween Coloring
Halloween Word Search
Week of October 10th
Halloween Word Search
Halloween Drag and Drop Puzzle
Halloween Ghost Hun*
Week of October 3rrd
Microsoft Word - Poetry
Week of September 26th
TuxTyping - 10 Minutes
Microsoft Word - Using Bullets and adding custom bullets to your list
Test Your Knowledge on the Three Types of Rocks
Rock Hound Games
Subject and Verb Agreement
5th Grade Science Hangman
Spelling City - Hecklinski
Stop Bullying Now
Webisode 1
Week of September 19th
Edline Religion Test
50states.com
US States Games and Info
Foss Web Variables
Week of September 12th
Spelling Sentences
Mathletics and Spellodrome
US State Puzzle
Week of September 6th
Edline
Tux Typing - keyboards covered
Set Up Edline Accounts
All About Me - Intro to PowerPoint 2010
Week of August 29th
Week of August 22nd
Finish writing and saving poetry
Watch this I Keep Safe Video (it may stop and start a few times due to buffering)
Faux Paw and the Dangerous Download
Find the Missing Technology
We will also be reviewing;
Take digital pictures to use for next week's project.
Intro to Tux Typing and keyboard covers
Week of August 15th
New Student Welcome
The first week of school we will be learning the rules of the computer lab and how to be safe using the Internet. Click on lab information on the menu (purple strip at left)
Watch this I Keep Safe Video (it may stop and start a few times due to buffering)
Faux Paw and the Dangerous Download
We will also be reviewing;
Take digital pictures to use for next week's project.
Intro to Tux Typing and keyboard covers
Week of May 16th
Keyboarding for Kids
Use your AVL info to fill out this publisher form.
Alabama Virtual Library
Glogster:
The Civil War - Use AVL for all information and images
Rubric for Glogster project
Free Rice for Haiti
Math Fun - Sumstacker
Kerpoof - A Disney Website
Week of May 2nd
School Tube Video - Civil War
Week of May 9th
Harriet Tubman Video - APT Plus Learn 360
Alabama Virtual Library
Complete your scavenger hunt - Encyclopedia Britannica (Complete both sides of your sheet)
Mathletics Log In
United States Puzzle - For Fun
Free Rice for Haiti
Week of April 18th
M&M Spreadsheet Tutorial
Week of April 11th
Alabama Virtual Library
Scavenger Hunt - Encyclopedia Britannica
United States Puzzle - For Fun
Faith First - ”Strain Your Brain” Quiz and “Prayer Walk” Then investigate the other activities on this website.
Power Proofreading Activity
PowerProofreading
Test your knowledge of the faith on Catholic Jeopardy
Week of April 4th
Keyboarding - 15 minutes
We will use AVL as our primary search source.
Week of March 28th
Testing - Lab Closed
Week of March 21st
Put a table into PowerPoint -
Prayer Diary
Use transformations - clip art and learn to rotate or flip
Create a Glogster online poster on the Industrial Revolution.
We will learn to add a School Tube PowerPoint presentation video to our poster. Use the information from your timeline and add more info using the websites below.
From now on, we will use AVL as our primary search source. We will introduce the features it has to offer and use it to complete our Glogster.
Alabama Virtual Library
Ask Kids Search Engine for Research
Inventors of the Industrial Revolution
Famous Inventions A to Z
American Industrial Revolution Video and Timeline
Images of the Industrial Era
Free Rice for Haiti Lenten Activity
Week of March 7th
Mavis Beacon Keyboarding (10 minutes)
Create a Timeline Choose six dates and events to add to your online timeline generator. Use the websites below to find your information.
Week of February 28th
World Math Day
Super Doodle in KerPoof - Self Portrait
Week of February 21st
Using WordArt
Open a blank PowerPoint Slide and wait for instruction
Intoduction to color, pattern, picture fill
Choose a Religious Theme and Fill with Photo
Pics4Learning
Free Rice - Fight World Hunger
Week of February 14th
Kerpoof Student Log In
Mathletics Log In
Week of February 7th
Type the poem in Microsoft Word
Name and Date on left of page
Center Title and Poem
Choose your own font size and style, but make sure it is easy to read and fits on one page.
Retype corrected poem.
Save both to your folder. Name the file Spell Checker and Spell Checker corrected
Print both sheets.
A Little Poem About Computer Spell Checkers
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
Word Search
Broken Hearts
Cupid's Maze
Mrs. Blobber
Week of January 31st
Glogster on Types of Speech
Microsoft Word Practice - Review of Tools
Directions:
Name and date at top left of paper
Type the following poem
After you type the poem, make the following edits:
Center the poem
Make each letter of the title a different color
Make each line a different font and color
Make each line a different font size
Bold the title
Print and save after I check it
Snowball
I made myself a snowball
As perfect as can be
I thought I�d keep it as a pet
And let it sleep with me
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for its head
Then last night it ran away
But first it wet the bed
Figures of Speech
Glogster illustrating three types of figurative language: Title of your glog:
Fifth Grade Figures of Speech
Simile Matching Game
Figurative Language Quizl
Week of January 24th
Week of January 17th
Flags
50 States Website
States - Enchanted Learning
Annual State Temperatures
ThingsToDo-Timelines
InfoPlease
Images of State License Plates
Mathletics
Microsoft Word Practice
Use of Toolbar
Week of January 10th
Good Search
Get information on the person you are going to be for POPapalooza
Week of January 3rd
Fill out your information sheets using the 50 states website
Fill out state timeline sheet
RefSeek Search Engine
Make a License Plate
Week of December 13th
Continue working on your Christmas Around the World PowerPoint.
Santa Around the World.
Send a Thank You to the Troops
Online Advent Calendar, a count down to Chris..
HelpKidzLearn - Advent Calendar
Xmas Fun - Christmas All Year Round!
Week of December 6th
Week of December 6th
Christmas Games
Week of November 29th
Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars. We�ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent. Then visit
Woodland Junior�s Advent Calendar
St. Margaret�s Advent Calendar
Advent Calendar with games
Visit Santa at claus.comto see all of the fun activities Santa has for you.
You will be assigned a different country and we will research the Christmas Traditions of that country using the website: Santa Around the World.
Create a Power Point Slide using animations. The slides will be put together into one large Power Point Presentation. We will also have a discussion about plagiarism including the use of copy and paste.
Week of November 15th
Complete glogster using 50 states.com - learning copy and paste, hyperlink and inserting images
History.org Kids
Help End World Hunger - And Learn!
Week of November 8th
Glogster - Online Poster Website
Your log in info is in your computer folder
We will continue the work on a glogster online poster using the website 50states.com
50states.com
Spelling City
Week of November 1st
Week of October 25th
Mavis Beacon - 15 minutes with last five minutes in game hallway
Make a Kerpoof Movie
Kerpoof Student Log In
Halloween Jokes
Use the Halloween Jokes above or the History of Halloween document below to make a Halloween Movie in Kerpook
Use the log in folder with N for Nichols (make sure you are in the correct seat for your log in)
Halloween Word Search
Week of October 18th
Complete Writing Assignment
Write a Halloween Poem
Week of October 11th
Spelling City - Nichols
Glogster - Online Poster Website
Your log in info is in your computer folder
We will make a glogster online poster using the website 50states.com
50states.com
Hecklinski - Complete Sacraments PowerPoint
Mathletics Assignment Test (Written)
Week of August 4th
PowerPoint
Religion - The Sacrraments
Spelling City - Hecklinski
Comic Strip
Week of September 27th
Complete Poems and Stories - Microsoft Office Word
Week of September 20th
Spelling City-Nichols and Hecklinski**
Microsoft Word - Poems and Story Composition, Editing, and Typing
Week of September 13th
Mrs. Hecklinski's Class -
Computer Lab Video
Wordle**Make a word cloud using homophones (your spelling word list will help you with this)
Spelling City - Hecklinski**
Spelling City - Nichols**
Week of September 7th
Mavis Beacon
Art Zone
Storyline Online - Sebastian's Skates
Week of August 30th
Dance Mat Typing**
Week of August 23rd
Create a Religion Wordle Using "The Three Ways We Pray"
**Fifth Grade Math Fun**
**Fun Brain Math Arcade**
**KidsNumbers Math Practice**
**Mathletics**
Dance Mat Typing
We will also be reviewing;
Log On Log Off
Net Support
Interwrite Pad
Parts of the Computer
Navigation of new additions to our tech lab website
Computer Lab Rules
The link below has videos, songs, games, and information about internet safety.
**Internet Safety Lessons**
**Parts of the Computer**
**Wordle**
Make and Print and Wordle Word Cloud on all your favorite things about fifth grade
**Math Mayhem**
**Math Playground**
**Geometric Drawing Tools**
**Kerpoof Login**
Week of May 3rd
Type your Poem
Work on Prayer Book (PowerPoint)
Week of April 26th
Intro to Kerpoof
Prayerbook
Week of April 12th
Week of April 5th
Mavis Beacon
Shape Poetry
Intro to Kerpoof
**Student Log in Kerpoof**
**Power Proofreading**
Week of March 29th
Illustrate your metaphor and simile homework in KidPix
Prayer Book - Shape Poetry
Week of March 22nd
Prayer Book - PowerPoint
Catholic Jeopardy
Grammar Gorillas
Week of March 8th
Week of March 1st
Prayer Book Page One
Irish Prayer
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
Week of February 22nd
New American Bible
Week of February 15th
KidsNumbers Math Practice
Free Rice for Haiti
Week of February 8th
Week to February 1st
Revolutionary War and Civil War Research
**http://www.encyclopedia.com/**
**http://www.factmonster.com/**
**http://www.askkids.com/**
**http://www.biography.com/**
**Multiplication Snowball Fight**
**Multiplication Granny Prix**
Week of January 25th
**Story Starters**
In KidPix describe why you like your Catholic school
Week of January 19th
Use these search engines to find information on your early American for your research report.
Today you will use your time to select which American you will use for your report. Select one which has enough information for you complete a four paragraph paper.
Week of January Week of January 11th
Week of January 4th
Mavis Beacon
Begin work on Penguin Math Powerpoint
Week of December 14th
Complete your Spanish Project
**Estimation of Quotients**
**Space Station Repair**
**Woodlands Junior Advent Calendar**
**St. Margaret Mary Advent Calendar**
**Advent Calendar with Games**
**Christmas Word Search**
**Christmas Games**
Week of
December 7th
**Wordle**Create a word cloud of all the things you are thankful for.
Week of November 30th
**Spelling City**
Week of November 16th
Then go to**Thanksgiving Page**and work on the word search.
**Help End Worl****d Hunger - And Learn!**
**Thanksgiving TicTac Toe**
**Turkey Hunt**
**Animated Turkey Puzzle**
**Match Em Up Thanksgiving**
**Thanksgiving Word Search**
**Thanksgiving Jigsaw Puzzle**
**Turkey Maze**
November 9th
Video: Veteran's Day
Mavis Beacon for fifteen minutes
**Colonial History Website**
Week of November 2nd
Mavis Beacon for fifteen minutes
**Explorers**
Week of October 26th
Finish your thank you letters in Microsoft Word. Save them in the 5N folder
**Halloween Jigsaw Puzzles**
**KidZone Halloween Word Search**
**Carve a Pumpkin**
**Halloween Word Search**
**Halloween Coloring**
**Halloween Word Search**
**Type Ghosts**
**Halloween Word Search**
**Halloween Drag and Drop Puzzle**
**Halloween Ghost Hunt**
Week of October 19tb
Work on thank you letters in Microsoft Word. Save them in your teacher's folder.
Week of October 12th
Camp Cosby
Week of October 5th
**Creepy Coloring**
Week of September28th
Intro to Mavis Beacon Typing
Wordle
Explorers
Quiz Page
Week of September 21st
Excel Eye Color Bar Chart
**http://www.mrnussbaum.com/coins/**
Introduction to PowerPoint
Week of September 14th
**Computer Terms Bingo**
**Story Starters**
Video: Comets
Week of September 8th
**Alpha Munchies Typing Game**
Color Poems - Complete Project
**https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=1487235**
Week of August 31st
Microsoft Word Introduction
Type Social Studies Notes
Brain Pop Internet Safety
Week of August 24th
Microsoft Word Introduction
Color Poems
Brain Pop Internet Safety
Week of August 17th
The first week of school we will be learning the rules of the computer lab and how to be safe using the Internet. Click on lab information on the menu (purple strip at left) to view these two powerpoint presentations. This year we will be using Tizmos to get thumbnail links to our websites.
We will also be reviewing;
Parts of the Computer
Navigation of new additions to our tech lab website
The link below has videos, songs, games, and information about internet safety.
Internet Safety Lessons
Parts of the Computer
Fifth Grade Math Fun
Typing Test
Order of Statehood
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/statehood.shtml
Capital Catch
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/usa-capitals-map-game.php