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Click here to practice your Christmas Skills!

Christmas Email

Today we are going to practice sending an email!!  You will send your ecard to me.  My email address is: athill@crosslcmsschool.org.  Click on the envelope to start your gingerbread man ecard.

 

After you have sent your ecard, we will practice following listening and following instructions while making a gingerbread house at this website:

http://www.highlightskids.com/Magazine/Dec05/h1magazineFlashObjects/Dec05_gingerbreadJunction.swf

Holiday Mail for Heroes

Click HERE to open the powerpoint template we will use to make our pop up Christmas Card!

1st Grade Pumpkin Pie Graph

Do you like pumpkin pie?

1.  Click HERE and let's make a graph!

2.  After we graph--read a story about a silly turkey!

3.  If you have time, you may CREATE AN ONLINE HAND TURKEY!

Second Grade Pigeon Project

Wow!  Writing that story was hard work!  Let's go celebrate and play!

http://www.pigeonpresents.com/

Click HERE to see our book!

Spanish Assignment for Senora Bell

1. Go to this website: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

2.  Create a 4 panel comic with two characters using your Spanish vocabulary sheet "Asking and saying how you are."

3.  Print your comic and turn in to Senora Bell. 

M&M Graph for 1st Grade.

4th Grade Survey

Measuring Games

Go play this GAME!

Now go play this GAME and practice MORE:)

Try this one next!

And then this one!

Aztec Music Game

Here is the game for you to play:

http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/kids/challengetec/

Third Grade Boot Project

Click HERE and follow your teacher's directions.

5th Grade Computer Lab Project

Hi you guys!  Missed you guys yesterday--wasn't the pep rally fun?!  Today in Tech Class, you may work on your research project for Mrs. Douglas.

Here are some sites that might help some of you:

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos/us-monuments/

If you finish your research, find some images of your war memorial and put them in a powerpoint presentation.  Save your presentation! Your images will be printed and placed on your poster. Mrs. Douglas will review your images early next week before you can print them.

2nd Grade Habitat Project

First go to this site and follow the instructions from your teacher:

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/

Now let's go to this site and follow instructions from your teacher:

http://photopeach.com/home

3rd Grade Pet Project

Today we are going to practice making a table using Microsoft Office Word!

First, we need to survey our class--Mrs. Hill will help us take the survey.

After we have completed our survey, click HERE to open the template we will use today and then wait for instructions.

Once you have completed your survey, you may play this game.

5th Grade Tech Assignment

Warm Up today at BBC Dancemat typing (on the symbaloo) on Level two Stage five.  After that is complete--

review for your science test on Monday--use this tech time to review and play at these websites.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/food_chains/play.shtml

When you are done with these--go to my science blog to work on the extra credit webquest I've assigned.

Farm Fun in Second Grade

Let's learn a fun way to graph using farm animals.Click on the picture above and wait for directions.

Rube Goldberg Machine

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.shtml 

http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/phineasandferb/games/chainreaction/

6th Grade Keyboarding Practice

Play these games in order.  Make sure your hands are in proper keyboarding position:)

1.  Play this game:  http://www.abcya.com/cup_stack_typing_game.htm    What is your high score?

2.  Now go try this game:  http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm

3.  Last but not least, play this game:  http://idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html.  Make sure your hands are in proper keyboarding position.

Keyboarding Practice

We REALLY need to work on proper keyboarding. 
1.  Complete this assignment first:  http://cyberwarriors.wikispaces.com/WebQuest-Keyboarding

 Now, let's practice with these games:

1.  http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm-Your score needs to be at least 225 to move to the next game!

2.   http://www.auntlee.com/crazytyping.html

3.  This site is too cute!  Type commands to have the dog do various tricks.
http://www.idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html


 

6-8 Grade Tech Class

 Read the directions.  Follow the directions.

Go to  http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
Follow these steps to make your own word search:
1. Title: In the first empty white box, type in your first name and the word “puzzle” (ie. Ed’s Puzzle)
2. Size: In the 2 boxes with “15” in them, change both numbers to 12
3. Options: Click in the 1st circle (“use each letter only once”)
4. Output Type: leave at HTML
5. Enter words: pick 15 words from this website  http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/vocabulary/index.html and type each word in the large white box (press “Return” after each word
6. Click on box “Create Word Search”
7. When the big box with the yellow triangle comes up, press OK
8. Print 1 copy of your puzzle: go to “File” column and select “Print”; click on Print when the box comes up
9. Complete the word search
10.  Congratulations!  You have read all of the instructions.  You do not need to complete steps 1-9.  Please go play questionaut.

1st Grade Skittles Graph

Let's GRAPH skittles!!

Subtraction Facts for Second Grade

Here is the powerpoint template we will be using today.

Onomatopoeia! WOW!

We are going to explore ONOMATOPOEIA!  Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents.

1.  After our short lesson, let's go practice ONOMATOPOEIA by playing this GAME.

2.  Now, let's create our own comic!  I will give you a piece of paper and we will fold it into fours together.  Number the squares 1-4.  I will show you how to do this in class.

3.  Let's go look at the site we will use to create our comics:  Go to this website:

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

Now choose your setting, character and plot.  WRITE down your ideas on your numbered paper.    One frame in your comic should use ONOMATOPOEIA.

4.  Next week, you'll come back to the lab and we will create your ONOMATOPOEIA comic!

4th Grade Wiki Work

Let's clean up our candy store wiki!

Go here first and make your text look awesome!!  http://mrecandystore.wikispaces.com/

Then go to voki.com thru internet explorer.

Third Grade Bird Wiki Conclusion

Found this great site to help finish our project.  Click HERE!

4th Grade Computer Winn Dixie Project

Today go to Mr. E's ONLINE CANDY STORE. 

1.  Find your candy and fill in the information about your candy!

http://mrecandystore.wikispaces.com/

2.  When the class is ready we will create our own VOKI  at voki.com

3.  EMBED your voki onto our wiki!!

4.  If we have time, we will go to this site:  http://www.scholastic.com/winndixie/  visit the RV park and complete one more description of another character from the book!!

Third Grade Bird Wiki

Click to go to the wiki.

 http://mcthirdbird.wikispaces.com

Write a Title and YOUR INITIALS  ex.  Mockingbird by Mrs. Hill

Write at least two sentences about your bird.

HERE is the site we will use for information.
Can't find your information about your bird?  Check HERE.

5th Grade T-Riffic Project

1.  Open Powerpoint
2.  Layout is BLANK
3.  Slide Orientation is PORTRAIT.
4.  Insert WORD ART that says.."I'm T-Riffic Because..."
5.  Write seven different COMPLETE sentences in different FONTS/FONT SIZE/FONT COLOR that tell everyone why you are T-Riffic.
6.  Print your Slide.
7.  Turn in project to Mrs. Hill:)

FONT  FONT  FONT  FONT

First Grade Computer Class

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4th Grade Computer Class

Click HERE to go to today's activity.  Go to the RV park and complete a description for three main characters.

Tech Training for Teachers

Google Doc Projects

PROJECT NUMBER ONE

Click HERE to open the  Powerpoint Template for a Minibook.

Choose  the DOWNLOAD option to open the template as a Powerpoint File.

Make a Brief Minibook about nouns.
Page one should be the definition of a noun.
Pages 2-6 should show examples of  five different nouns. (INCLUDE CLIP ART)

Save the File to your desktop as "minibook."

Upload "minibook" to your google docs.
"Share" your minibook (which will give you the hyperlink code)  and then link it to a post in your blog.

How could you use this in your classroom?

PROJECT NUMBER TWO

CLICK ON THE QUESTION MARK AND TAKE THE QUIZ!

We will teach you how to make your own quiz and find templates!

Can you use this with your students?

DC Budgeting for 7/8 Grade

Here is a link to the budget form.  Make sure you upload your copy to your OWN google docs account.

Here is a page of some of the places we will visit and eat/shop.  These are provided to help you make wise spending decisions.  http://sqworl.com/blmevr

Fish Research Project

Templates for Learning

These are great templates for learning different skills.