Sixth+Grade

Research/Library/Technology = = 12 Days of Middle School

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 * The Day I Was Born Project Web Hunt  ||
 * || [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=136 width="200" height="136" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic1.gif"]] || 1. || [|How many days old are you?]  ||
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=108 width="200" height="108" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic2.gif"]] || 2. || The moon looks different each day of the year. [|What did it look like the day you were born?]
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=108 width="200" height="108" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic2.gif"]] || 2. || The moon looks different each day of the year. [|What did it look like the day you were born?]

To find the phase of the moon, look at the [| different phases on this link] and compare to your moon. Choose the one that looks most like your moon and record it on your data sheet. ||
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=66 width="200" height="66" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%203.gif"]] || 3. || Locate a great author who shares your birthday. Realize that most authors are adults & so they will not share your exact birthday. You"ll find an author who shares the same birthday with you but who was born in a different year.
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=66 width="200" height="66" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%203.gif"]] || 3. || Locate a great author who shares your birthday. Realize that most authors are adults & so they will not share your exact birthday. You"ll find an author who shares the same birthday with you but who was born in a different year.

Try this site: Author Birthday Directory. Once you find your author, do a Google search to see what literary work they are famous for. ||
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=64 width="200" height="64" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%204.gif"]] || 4. || [|How much did things cost?] Choose quicklink ||
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=335&h=365 width="335" height="365" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic5.gif"]] || 5. || [|What events in history happened on your birthday?]
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=335&h=365 width="335" height="365" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic5.gif"]] || 5. || [|What events in history happened on your birthday?]
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=335&h=365 width="335" height="365" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic5.gif"]] || 5. || [|What events in history happened on your birthday?]

 [|History Channel]  Who shares your birthday? || adapted from: []
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=87 width="200" height="87" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic6.gif"]] || 6. || What TV shows were people watching? Top 10 TV Guide covers ||
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=97 width="200" height="97" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%207.gif"]] || 7. || On the day you were born you were probably given toys by those who loved you. [|This site should help you recall some of your earliest toys]  . Write about a toy you remember. ||
 * [[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=65 width="200" height="65" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%209.gif"]] || 8. || What was playing at the movies? Find a movie from your birth year, read about it and record it in your own words. ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=67 width="200" height="67" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%2010.gif"]] || 9. || What does your name mean?  Your parents very carefully chose the name you would carry for the rest of your life. But what does it mean? ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=194 width="200" height="194" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%2011.gif"]] || 10. || Just for fun! The ancient Vikings used a form of writing called "Runes". Find out what your name would look like if you were a Viking baby. ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=65 width="200" height="65" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%209.gif"]] || 8. || What was playing at the movies? Find a movie from your birth year, read about it and record it in your own words. ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=67 width="200" height="67" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%2010.gif"]] || 9. || What does your name mean?  Your parents very carefully chose the name you would carry for the rest of your life. But what does it mean? ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=194 width="200" height="194" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%2011.gif"]] || 10. || Just for fun! The ancient Vikings used a form of writing called "Runes". Find out what your name would look like if you were a Viking baby. ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=194 width="200" height="194" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%2011.gif"]] || 10. || Just for fun! The ancient Vikings used a form of writing called "Runes". Find out what your name would look like if you were a Viking baby. ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[[image:http://poptech4kids.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=194 width="200" height="194" caption="http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/cms/lib6/OH01000054/Centricity/Domain/317/pic%2011.gif"]] || 10. || Just for fun! The ancient Vikings used a form of writing called "Runes". Find out what your name would look like if you were a Viking baby. ||

=Game Sites=

Arcademic Skill Builders

__ 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. Budd:e - Online Safety =**Research Sites**= [|www.factmonster.com] AVL Infoplease kids.britanica.com encyclopedia.com The World Fact Book Bartleby.com Copyright Free Images - Pics4Learning

=MLA Resources for Middle School Writing= EasyBib MLA Resources Purdue MLA Resources

What is Plagiarism? What does CC mean? Plagiarism Online Game Citation Tic Tac Toe

Tech Terms
@http://www.techterms.com/

Then and Now
@http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mhc_mhm_then_and_now_44047_7.pdf http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/30sfood.html

How to Choose a Valid Website for Research
Navigate to a website you want to evaluate, using your Web browser. The appearance of the site can tell you a lot. A professional-looking site is more likely to be of worth than a sloppy, amateur one. However, this is not a hard-and-fast rule. Sometimes organizations with tiny budgets, or individuals working in their spare time, can publish valid information on a homely site, and organizations with the budget to hire pricey Web developers can publish whatever promotes their questionable agendas, and make it look slick and sophisticated.

Check to see if the website has been updated recently. Not all sites will list this information. __Dates can be a sign of validity.__

If you do not see the author listed at the top as in a title, scroll down to the bottom. __If the site is by an organization, it is more likely to be valid than one created by an individual.__ If the individual is affiliated with an organization, it may be written there. Look for a tab or link to an "About" page or a "Staff" page that may tell more about the authorship. Use the information you find to determine the validity of the site.

__Check to see if the site lists other websites where you can confirm its contents.__

Do a search of this website on other websites. Find out what they say about it. Look at discussions in forums and comment threads under articles on sites with related topics.

Check to see if this site has been professionally reviewed by conducting other searches on search engines.

Draw your conclusions about the site as if you were interviewing someone for a job. Would you trust this person's resume? Should you trust the website? Read more: [|How to Choose Valid Websites | eHow.com] [|http://www.ehow.com/how_2127435_choose-valid-websites.html#ixzz2Haab9uml]

=Internet Safety - Sixth Grade= Digital Life 101: Students are introduced to the 24/7, social nature of digital media and technologies, and gain basic vocabulary and knowledge for discussing the media landscape. Strategic Searching: Students learn that to conduct effective and efficient online searches, they must use a variety of searching strategies. Scams & Schemes: Students learn strategies for guarding against identity theft and scams that try to access their private information online. Cyberbullying : Be Upstanding: Students learn about the difference between being a passive bystander versus a brave upstander in cyberbullying situations. A Creator’s Rights: Students are introduced to coopyright, fair use, and the rights they have as creators.

Digital Life 101

How Stuff Works ([]) Inventors Museum ([]) Inventors-About.Com ([]) Enchanted Learning.com ([]) WiseGeek.com ([]) Enchanted Learning - Inventions and Inventors ([]) Buzzle ([]) Academic Kids ([])

The Open Clip Art Library (OCAL) is the largest collaborative community that creates, shares and remixes clipartl. All clipart is released to the public domain and may be used in any project for free with no restrictions. []

__**REINDEER (CARIBOU RESEARCH REPORT AND RUBRIC**__

Mrs. Cornelius and Mrs. Argo

Lesson 1
 * Process:**

1. Brainstorm the things that should be included in the report. For example, eating habits, where they live, type of habitat, physical characteristics. We will draw a graphic organizer in Microsoft Word (where you will take notes) Choose how you want to arrange yourinformation, but here is a cute graphic organizer that I made. Click graphic organizer file below.

2. Show the video/slideshow from national geographic. Read it together and take notes as we read.

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Lesson 2

3. Make a graphic organizer to use for your research using Microsoft Word. Add the notes you took last week.



4. We will use the projector to view the page. Read the article silently, then I will read it to you.. Read it again, and this time highlight the important information that you want to include in your report. Take the highlighted parts of the article and type these things down on your graphic organizer, along with your notes from last week. Then print out your graphic organizer. Make sure your name is on the page.

For display on projector: []

Open this Reindeer Report information docx below and highlight. Then print.

Lesson 3

5. Open PowerPoint and add six slides. Design any way you like. Rubric 6-10 slides total of 10 points for completed assignment
 * one bulleted slide
 * one hyperlinked slide
 * one embedded or linked video page (Your Caribou video is in your MS folder named Sixth Grade Keyboarding) We will give you instructions on how to add to your slide.
 * informational slides
 * use snipping tool to add a picture from the internet
 * one slide (or each slide) is dedicated to citing your sources
 * presentation of slide show

We will give you instructions on how to snip a picture. caribou pics for snipping tool reindeer pics for snipping tool

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