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Table of Contents

  1. Current Lab Assignment 11/12/09
  2. Explorer Resources 
  3. Current Social Studies Assignment
  4. State Report Powerpoint.ppt 
  5. Other Great Sites
  6. Extension Assignments
  7. Geography Links
  8. Go to http://www.mccollam.com/fun/geoquiz/index.html.the Find the United States (states, provinces/territories). Take a geography quiz to see how well you know your United States Geography.
  9. Past Assignments
  10. Subjects

 

 

Current Lab Assignment 11/12/09

 

  1. Take a quiz on True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

  2. Type to Learn for 15 minutes

  3. Go to the Scholastic site: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/. 

  4. Explore the site

  5. Visit Voyage on the Mayflower, Daily Life, and First Thanksgiving Feast

  6. Take notes on the Thanksgiving Fact Hunt page. You will use these facts to help with your letter.

  7. Write a personal letter about your voyage to a friend or family member back in England. In your letter, describe your living conditions, daily activities, interactions with each other, and any memorable events. You can refer to "Voyage on the Mayflower" and "Pilgrim Timeline" to help organize the contents of your letter so that you follow the sequence of actual events. As you compose your letters, include your own opinions and feelings.

  8. Spell check and have me approve BEFORE you print.

  9. Voices of the Revolution-  http://eduplace.com/rdg/hmr/5/3/activities.html

    Read instructions for "Colonial Portraits" or "A Kid's work is Never Done"

 

 

Explorer Resources 

     Explorer Hall of Fame

 

Current Social Studies Assignment

State Report Powerpoint.ppt 

       State Reports Research Websites

 

Bibliography

  1. Please follow Ms Mason's instructions on how to do a bibliography using Bibiliography Maker
  2. If you are finished, go to the Social Studies link and learn more about slave auctions

 

Travel Brochure

  1. Do you have your information with you for your travel brochure?
  2. Open Microsoft Publisher (You'll find it in your Start Menu or under Microsoft Office)
  3. Follow the guidelines and choose "publications for print" . Choose brochures.
  4. Select a template that fits your overall feeling about your state
  5. Use your ideas that you brought to class to create an inside and outside

 

Population and Climate graphs

Today, you will use Powerpoint to make graphs for your state's population and climate. Be sure you have your data ready!

  1. Open Powerpoint
  2. Create two slides
  3. Choose the layout with graphs as an option and a title box at the top.
  4. Follow the guidelines I demonstrate to make your graphs. You will need to decide which graph BEST represents your data.
  5. Save your slides in the state report folder. You will use these slide later in your presentation of you state.
  6. When your slide has been approved, you may print it for your report.

State History Research

  1. Take typing test
  2. Discussion about online research, etiquette, and plagiarism
  3. Explore State Reports Research page on this website?  Can you find it?
  4. Use the research websites to find the historical information about your state.
  5. Watch video http://www.teachertube.com/search_result.php?search_id=states+and+capitals&x=78&y=7

How did my state get its name?

Who were the first inhabitants?

Who explored my state?

Who settled my state and when?

What were the colonial/territorial days like?

Who were some famous people?

 

Take notes on the graphic organizer that Mrs. Ihrig gave you! or use this template History 6-square.doc 

 

 

 

Other Great Sites

 

  1. http://www.brainpop.com
  2. www.loveearth.com/us/videos - Planet Earth videos
  3. http://www.tenement.org/newsarchive_sept08.html
  4. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
  5. http://www.epals.com/

  6. Multiple Intelligence - http://literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html 

    After you answer the questions, print out your results. 
  7. http://www.fema.gov/kids/

    http://www.ready.gov/kids/home.html

    Here is a great FEMA resource where you can use the photos, audio, maps.

    http://www.fema.gov/hazard/index.shtm

 

Extension Assignments

 
  1. Type To Learn - 15 minutes
  2. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives  - Explore.
  3. Geogebra
  4. American Revolution Political Cartoons 

  5.  Check out "Pi Day" at this website:

    http://www.piday.org/learn.php

 

 

Past Assignments

Archive assignments

  1. Work on you My Brother Sam is Dead pop-up book - Pop up project.doc Use this rubric to help you to do your best Pop-up Book Rubric.doc
  2. Political Cartoon - Create a cartoon about one of the events that lead to the American Revolution. Extra credit: Research one of the more unusual taxes between 1600-1800 (window, hairpowder, salt taxes, etc.) Requirements - Your cartoon must include a description of the event, what happened and how it was received by the colonies. Your cartoon does not need to be funny, but it does need to make a point. Be sure to do you best work. It is O.K. to trace, but make it your own work. Here's the Paul Revere Boston Massacre - http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/enlargement.html and Ben Franklin's "Join or Die" http://www.benfranklin300.org/imagebank_13_detail.htm
    1. Additonal Resources
      1. http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/americanrevolution.pdf
      2. http://www.cagle.com/main.asp
      3. http://www.philaprintshop.com/cartoon.html

Math Manipulatives

  • Choose the student number that matches your lab machine
  • Create a password using your Renaissance Place login
  • Work through the examples (Save your work on the Geoboards) and quizes for Area and Permieter

Virtual Manipulatives Geoboard Super Areas Activities

Read Across America Pledge -http://readacrossamerica.educate.com/pledge.aspx

Current Language Arts Assignment for Theme 5 One Land, Many Trails, March 2009 

 

Cooperation and Conflict Scrapbook (due December 16th, 2008)

  • Page 1 - Scrapbook Cover - Include: title, your name, an illustration of something that caused cooperation and example of something that caused conflict.
  • Page 2-5 - Artifacts - Select 10 or more events, documents, and people relating to the theme of "cooperation and conflict". Include your drawings or findings on index cards to glue into your scrapbook. www.nps.gov/archeology/visit/map.htm
  • Page 6 - Speech: American Indian Viewpoint - After reading Chief Tecumseh's speech http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/tec_speaches.html , consider his point of view and concerns. What was his opinion of land ownership? Write your own short speech (2-3 paragraphs) giving the point of view of an American Indian from one of the groups from this unit.
  • Page 7 - Art: Early Settler Viewpoint - Examine John Gast's painting "American Progress" cprr.org/Museum/Ephemera/American_Progress.html Do you think his painting shows cooperation or conflict? Based on what you have learned, create your own "American Progress" drawing. Be as detailed and clear as possible in your illustration. Glue into your scrapbook.
  • Page 8 - Rubric  - This is where you will find information about how to do your BEST work.  

 

Short Biography

  • Write a short biography on a famous person - Use these sites to find information about a famous person for your short biography www.famouspeople.com/famous_biographies.htm, sf.factmonster.com/people.html.

  • Use the organizer from your practice page to record information about the person you choose. Follow the guidelines carefully.

  • Write the biography using proper formatting in Microft Word.

  • If you still have time, practice your states and capitals at: www.quia.com/mc/4.html

  •  

 Plimouth Letter 

www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/

 

    • Explore the Scholastic Website

    • Visit Voyage on the Mayflower, Daily Life, and First Thanksgiving Feast

    • Take notes about your life as a Pilgrim

    • Write a personal letter about your voyage to a friend or family member back in England. In your letter, describe your living conditions, daily activities, interactions with each other, and any memorable events. You can refer to "Voyage on the Mayflower" and "Pilgrim Timeline" to help organize the contents of your letter so that you follow the sequence of actual events. As you compose your letters, include your own opinions and feelings.

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 Explorer Power Point

 Christopher columbus-Ben.ppt

You will be creating 6 Powerpoint slides during your computer lab time. Each slide will be represented by each of the following questions:

 

Who was your explorer (nationality, did they have another trade)

What did they either explore or conquer?

When did the have their main exploration?

Where did they travel?

Why did they travel? (Reasons for travel)

How were they able to accomplish their goal (sponsor?)

 

 

 

Resources:

Scott Foresman Social Studies site

          Login Username: grant_flast (first intial, last name)

          Password: ss4us

Biography cards

Textbook

Other websites:http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/explorer.htm

Maps

More maps

More Explorers

Still More

Follow this rubric: Powerpoint Appearance and Content : Explorers

CATEGORY
4
3
2
1
Effectiveness
Project includes all material needed to gain a comfortable understanding of the topic. It is a highly effective study guide.
Project includes most material needed to gain a comfortable understanding of the material but is lacking one or two key elements. It is an adequate study guide.
Project is missing more than two key elements. It would make an incomplete study guide.
Project is lacking several key elements and has inaccuracies that make it a poor study guide.
Content - Accuracy
All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no factual errors.
Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate.
The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly flawed or inaccurate.
Content is typically confusing or contains more than one factual error.
Sounds -animation
Careful planning has gone into sounds and animation. All improve the content or "feel" of the presentation.
Some planning has gone into sounds and animation. Most enhance the content or "feel" of the presentation, but 1-2 seem to be added for no real reason. None detract from the overall presentation.
Sounds and animation that are chosen are appropriate for the topic, but some detract from the overall presentation.
Sounds an animation are not appropriate for the presentation.
Spelling and Grammar
Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.
Presentation has 1-2 misspellings, but no grammatical errors.
Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors but no misspellings.
Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.
Background
Background does not detract from text or other graphics. Choice of background is consistent from card to card and is appropriate for the topic.
Background does not detract from text or other graphics. Choice of background is consistent from card to card.
Background does not detract from text or other graphics.
Background makes it difficult to see text or competes with other graphics on the page.

 

 

Theme 1 Houghton Mifflin 

  1. Research the cougar and two or three other wild cats around the world. For each, find out how it survives, where it lives, and whether it is endangered. http://www.kats-korner.com/bigcats/cougar.html , http://www.hdw-inc.com/wildcatsphotos15.htm , http://www.mountain-lions.org/
  2. Make drawings or find pictures (that are O.K. to download) of the cats' pictures. Below each picture, write a caption and a paragraph that summarizes the information you found. Use construction paper for your cover and I will help you bind the book.

  3. Visit this site: http://www.chebeague.org/powellmcgillicuddy/socialstudieslinks/penpal/letterformat.html to learn about creating a friendly letter.

  4. Open a word document. Use the example to help you write a thank you letter to the docents from the:

    Audubon Canyon Ranch, 4900 Hwy One, Stinson Beach CA 94970
  5. Print your letter after it is approved by an adult.

  6. Finish typing your Tall Tales using headings, easy to read font, different font for title, one picture.

  7. Insert picture into Tall Tales on front page.

      Examples here

  8. Constitution Day is Wednesday, September 17. Go to this site:

    http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html

Explore the site and find out who worte the constitution, why was it written, and who is it written for!

 

 

  1. Type your essay. After you finish, spell check, then print. Turn it in to the Language Arts green bin in our classroom.
  2.  
  3. Forest Food Chain - Think about My Side of the Mountain. What did Sam and the forest animals eat? Research forest animals diets. http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/rainforest/temp_rain/tempweb.html Use Tux paint to draw a pyramid shaped diagram showing various forms of life on the levels of the food chain, with Sam at tthe top and plants at the bottom.
  4. Do 15 minutes of Type to Learn
  5. http://www.geogebra.org/en/wiki/index.php/Integers 

 

Causes of the Revolution P2003.pps 

 

Subjects

See the Grade 5 page.

 

 

PowerPoint Study Notes: Life in the Colonies

 

View PowerPoint Study Notes: in bigger format

 

 

  1. Writing vs. typing challenge  - And now for the typing part........
  2. How to create a pictograph of your results
  3. Create 10 slides to be used as a graphic organizer for your state powerpoint.
  4. Do Type to Learn when you finish.
  5. Go to http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html and learn about colonial life
  6. Try Order in the Court at this website: http://www.history.org/History/teaching/order/court.html Put your headphones onfor this link!

 

 

1) Continue with state report projects (travel brochure, graphs, bibliography, etc.) - ask before you print!

2) Watch Prime Factorization and Greatest Common Factor (GCF) on BrainPop (see the board if you don't remember the username and password)

3) Take and print the quizzes for both.

4) How about some practce factorng...choose one or more of the followng....

5) Still need something to do? How about ePals or  Type To  Learn.

 

 

 

Bibliography Maker

You need three applications open for this project: This Web Page, Microsoft Word (to paste your resources into), and the bibliography maker tool.

 

Getting Ready....

  1. Leave this web page open for reference.
  2. From the desktop, open Microsoft Word.
  3. Put your name at the top and save the file under your teacher's folder in the State Reports folder.
  4. Press Enter twice to skip a line.
  5. Enter a title, center it and bold it.  Title: Bibliography  or Resources.
  6. Press Enter twice to skip a line.
  7. Save your file.
  8. Minimize Microsoft Word.

 

Entering your resources...

  1. From this page, find the "Research Tools" section on the "Information" sidebar.
  2. Under "Research Tools", right click the "Citing Sources" entry chosing to "Open in New Window".  (Now you should have three applicaitons open...check your taskbar.)
  3. Click on the "Best Bibliography Tool" (Look for the symbol.)
  4. Proceed to enter your information.

Microsoft Excel

This week, we will be working on graphing data for your state report. 

 

  1. Get instruction on using Microsoft Excel (the Green "X" icon on your desktop).
  2. Find the population of your state's ethic groups and make a pie chart.
  3. Check for the following:
    • Type (Does the data work for the type of graph chosen?)
    • Title (What is the graph showing?)
    • Axis Labels (What does each axis show; can the reader "read" the graph"?  What does it tell them?)
    • Additional Information (Is a legend necessary or can you use the labels, for example, in a pie chart?)
    • Capitalization, spelling Are the title and other labels properly capitalized, spelled correctly?Bibliography - Did you cite your source?)
    • Extensions:  What can you tell from the graph?  Can the reader tell the same thing?  Would you want to point anything out?  What is the most interesting piece of information about your graph?
    • File Save:  Remember to save your file in your teacher's folder with your name and state as part of the file name.

 

Resources For Graph

 

 

Graph Extensions

Your state report can be much more interesting along with your presentation if you ask yourself some interesting questions from the graphs you make. 

 

Ask yourself:

  • Where does my state rank in population compared to other states?
  • Is my state growing faster or slower than other states?
  • How much has the population changed since the last census?
  • Is one ethnic group increasing or decreasing more than another or are they staying the same?

These types of questions are relevant any time your are analyzing data.  You may have to find more information in order to answer these questions or others that you can think of.  Do you have to graph the other data?  Maybe.  You might just write about it or put it in your presentation rather than graph every little thing.

Extra Time?

 

  • Create another graph related to your State Report. 
  • Type To Learn
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