All technology projects given are based on 5th grade national standards. These projects are to "stretch" student creativity, aptitude, increased grade level skills, so therefore, students should be able to complete them in the ample time - two week increments. Instructions are posted on the blog. Although instructions should have been easy to understand, I will ensure that procedures are going to be made "easier" for ALL to understand.
All projects are ongoing! They are broken down by due dates, description of what is due, and I think two weeks to do these 5th grade national standard projects is more than enough time. There should be no excuses for work not being completed. If work is incomplete, it will be returned for revision. When items need to be emailed to me, I will indicate that!javascript:void(0)
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Results of Video Responses on Plimouth Plantation Webinar
Brianna, 5/304
Airi 5/304
Paulina, 5-310
Shani
Penny
Omayma
Diego
Asha
Helen
Airi 5/304
Paulina, 5-310
Shani
Penny
Omayma
Diego
Asha
Helen
Twelve Days of Christmas Song...
Do you know the Twelve Days of Christmas Song? Well, you know how fun it is, and that ell the lines rhyme. Your job is to create another song in the same spirit and form as this song. Here are the lyrics for you to review and change.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas.
The first verse runs:
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
A Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The second verse:
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The third verse begins to show some metrical variance, as explained below:
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
...and so forth, until the last verse:
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
12 Drummers Drumming
11 Pipers Piping
10 Lords-a-Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids-a-Milking
7 Swans-a-Swimming
6 Geese-a-Laying
5 Gold Rings
4 Colly Birds
3 French Hens[8]
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas.
The first verse runs:
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
A Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The second verse:
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The third verse begins to show some metrical variance, as explained below:
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
...and so forth, until the last verse:
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
12 Drummers Drumming
11 Pipers Piping
10 Lords-a-Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids-a-Milking
7 Swans-a-Swimming
6 Geese-a-Laying
5 Gold Rings
4 Colly Birds
3 French Hens[8]
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Winter Writing Prompts
Prompt 1
Write about each of the five senses (related to your winter experience):
The smells of winter
The sights of winter
The sounds of winter
The touch of winter
The tastes of winter
Write about each of the five senses (related to your winter experience):
The smells of winter
The sights of winter
The sounds of winter
The touch of winter
The tastes of winter
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Video Respoonse to Plimouth Plantation Webinar (Scholastic.com)
Greetings.
Hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving Holiday.
1. Describe your feelings when looking at the Plimouth Plantation Webinar. Remember to involve your five senses when responding.
2. What is the main objective of this video?
3. List 3-5 specific objectives of this video:
4. What new concepts or new knowledge did you gain from this video?
5. What was the most surprising piece of information you gathered from the video?
6. How do you plan to implement what you have learned from this video in your classroom or work environment? (Be Specific)
7. List three vocabulary terms you learned from this video and describe how each were used in the video?
Pease go to iPadio.com, and register. iPadio = phlog (phone + log)
You need to register with your email. Give them a phone number where you will be calling from. (GET PARENT PERMISSION).
You'll get a link to confirm your registration. Your password when you call in will be the channel number they give you. You need that when you call.
Go to iPadio to phlog your response to the questions in a narrative form. (Answer the questions, using part of my question in your answer.
DON"T repeat my questions.
Get the embed code and email it to me, please. Thank you!
Hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving Holiday.
1. Describe your feelings when looking at the Plimouth Plantation Webinar. Remember to involve your five senses when responding.
2. What is the main objective of this video?
3. List 3-5 specific objectives of this video:
4. What new concepts or new knowledge did you gain from this video?
5. What was the most surprising piece of information you gathered from the video?
6. How do you plan to implement what you have learned from this video in your classroom or work environment? (Be Specific)
7. List three vocabulary terms you learned from this video and describe how each were used in the video?
Pease go to iPadio.com, and register. iPadio = phlog (phone + log)
You need to register with your email. Give them a phone number where you will be calling from. (GET PARENT PERMISSION).
You'll get a link to confirm your registration. Your password when you call in will be the channel number they give you. You need that when you call.
Go to iPadio to phlog your response to the questions in a narrative form. (Answer the questions, using part of my question in your answer.
DON"T repeat my questions.
Get the embed code and email it to me, please. Thank you!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Burning Question of the Week!
Hi Tekkids,
Kids like us have many questions about ourselves, friends, family, school and everyday decisions. While reading the question, think about how you would answer it, and respond by clicking the link below. Ask your friends/family to answer it too and see if their response is different from yours. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers. Your response is determined by what you believe!
Every week, there will be a "Burning Question." Please click on the following link to respond. You will not be graded on your answer, but that you did responded to BQOW
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Webquest for November, 2010
VISITING THE MAYFLOWER
Begin this journey in the Tekkids Lab
CLICK HERE to Begin
Read the Introduction. Click on all the chapters (01-07) to learn about the Pilgrim's journey on the Mayflower. There is an audio button at each stop, where you can hear the text read aloud. Take notes, please!
Heading for the New World Webquest!
STEP 1 - Brainstorm
First, brainstorm all of the things you know about early American settlers and New England.
•What do you know about Pilgrims?
•What do you know about Native Americans?
•What do you know about the Mayflower?
•What do you know about Thanksgiving?
•How would you explain your family's celebration of Thanksgiving to someone from another planet?
•
Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 1 by: DUE: November 23, 2010
STEP 2 - The Journey
Sailing on wooden ships, like the Mayflower, all the way across the Atlantic ocean, took many months. In modern time, taking a non-stop flight from Los Angeles, California to London, England takes about 15 hours. The journey in the Mayflower from Southampton to Plymouth took 165 days.
•Approximately how many weeks in 165 days?
•How many Months?
•How many hours?
•How many meals would the passengers consume assuming they eat three meals a day?
•How many more hours did the Pilgrims spend sailing than it takes for a modern traveler to fly from Los Angeles, California to London, England?
•How did the travelers navigate across the ocean with out the aid of modern technology? What prevented them from getting lost?
Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 2 by: November 30, 2010
STEP 3 - The Travelers
In order to keep all of the passengers alive while on the long journey, many provisions had to be stored on board the ship. The Pilgrims also had to think about what things they would need in the New World to survive.
Write a list of all of the provisions you think the 102 Pilgrims needed to take with them on the long voyage across the ocean. Remember, they had to eat and survive in what could possibly be an unfriendly environment.
Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 3 by: December 6, 2010
STEP 4 - Plymouth Map
Look at Plymouth on this historic map of the original colonies just before the Revolutionary War in 1776. This map was created 156 years after the Plymouth Plantation was established but the map has a very good detail of the bay and the cape. Click here
◦ Why do you think the Pilgrims chose to settle in Plymouth?
◦ What geographical features make Plymouth a good location for the settlement?
◦ Explain what a bay is.
◦ What type of climate does Massachusetts have throughout the year? Click on (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/data/usclimate/state.pl?lane=fast&state=MA)
PLEASE email assignment STEP 4 by: December 13, 2010
Begin this journey in the Tekkids Lab
CLICK HERE to Begin
Read the Introduction. Click on all the chapters (01-07) to learn about the Pilgrim's journey on the Mayflower. There is an audio button at each stop, where you can hear the text read aloud. Take notes, please!
Heading for the New World Webquest!
STEP 1 - Brainstorm
First, brainstorm all of the things you know about early American settlers and New England.
•What do you know about Pilgrims?
•What do you know about Native Americans?
•What do you know about the Mayflower?
•What do you know about Thanksgiving?
•How would you explain your family's celebration of Thanksgiving to someone from another planet?
•
Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 1 by: DUE: November 23, 2010
STEP 2 - The Journey
Sailing on wooden ships, like the Mayflower, all the way across the Atlantic ocean, took many months. In modern time, taking a non-stop flight from Los Angeles, California to London, England takes about 15 hours. The journey in the Mayflower from Southampton to Plymouth took 165 days.
•Approximately how many weeks in 165 days?
•How many Months?
•How many hours?
•How many meals would the passengers consume assuming they eat three meals a day?
•How many more hours did the Pilgrims spend sailing than it takes for a modern traveler to fly from Los Angeles, California to London, England?
•How did the travelers navigate across the ocean with out the aid of modern technology? What prevented them from getting lost?
Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 2 by: November 30, 2010
STEP 3 - The Travelers
In order to keep all of the passengers alive while on the long journey, many provisions had to be stored on board the ship. The Pilgrims also had to think about what things they would need in the New World to survive.
Write a list of all of the provisions you think the 102 Pilgrims needed to take with them on the long voyage across the ocean. Remember, they had to eat and survive in what could possibly be an unfriendly environment.
Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 3 by: December 6, 2010
STEP 4 - Plymouth Map
Look at Plymouth on this historic map of the original colonies just before the Revolutionary War in 1776. This map was created 156 years after the Plymouth Plantation was established but the map has a very good detail of the bay and the cape. Click here
◦ Why do you think the Pilgrims chose to settle in Plymouth?
◦ What geographical features make Plymouth a good location for the settlement?
◦ Explain what a bay is.
◦ What type of climate does Massachusetts have throughout the year? Click on (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/data/usclimate/state.pl?lane=fast&state=MA)
PLEASE email assignment STEP 4 by: December 13, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Exploration of Web 2.0 Tools - E-books
E-books (electronic books) are regular printed books (fiction, nonfiction) in a digital format. They can be read on computers, e-readers or some mobile phones. A portable e-reader can hold hundres or more books in a device the size of a paperback book (Kindle). e-Books can be purchased online (Amazon, etc.) or many books that are in the public domain are available free online (Gutenberg, Librivox.org)
Task: 1. Compare and contrast a conventional book with an e-book. Determine the advantages or disadvantages of using an e-book. 2. Find 3 short e-books for children.
Homework Task -
Read a selected passage of one of the short e-books you have found.
Create a T-chart and respond in the two columns:
1. You are in a dark room. What would you have to do to read the book?
2. Your battery has gone dead. How can you read an e-book?
3. How will you mark where you stopped reading?
4. An older family member with poor eyesight (like Ms. Silverberg) would like to look at your book. What can you do to make the text more readable?
5. Pick one of your short ebooks, and create a blog response to the Tekkids Topic of the Week. Your response should be no less than a paragraph, and complete sentences. ;-)
NOTE: you may go to Vocaroo.com and record your response using your microphone headset. If so, do this in a quiet space. Then post the Homework task, and vocaroo embed code on your blog.
Task: 1. Compare and contrast a conventional book with an e-book. Determine the advantages or disadvantages of using an e-book. 2. Find 3 short e-books for children.
Homework Task -
Read a selected passage of one of the short e-books you have found.
Create a T-chart and respond in the two columns:
1. You are in a dark room. What would you have to do to read the book?
2. Your battery has gone dead. How can you read an e-book?
3. How will you mark where you stopped reading?
4. An older family member with poor eyesight (like Ms. Silverberg) would like to look at your book. What can you do to make the text more readable?
5. Pick one of your short ebooks, and create a blog response to the Tekkids Topic of the Week. Your response should be no less than a paragraph, and complete sentences. ;-)
NOTE: you may go to Vocaroo.com and record your response using your microphone headset. If so, do this in a quiet space. Then post the Homework task, and vocaroo embed code on your blog.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Blog Assignments
The following students have started their blog:
Alex, Jaylene, Diego, Matthew
The DigiClub Members from Last year: Send me your blog address so you can get credit!
Thanks, and I can't wait to see what you do to make your blogs great!!!
Alex, Jaylene, Diego, Matthew
The DigiClub Members from Last year: Send me your blog address so you can get credit!
Thanks, and I can't wait to see what you do to make your blogs great!!!
Week of October 25th
Activity 1
Writing Exercise
"How would you be certain a good friend is a 'good' friend? Write about a good friend and answer that question with your writing."
(complete sentences, no less than a full paragraph.) Please!
Activity
Today's Activity 2
Writing Exercise
"How would you be certain a good friend is a 'good' friend? Write about a good friend and answer that question with your writing."
(complete sentences, no less than a full paragraph.) Please!
Activity
Today's Activity 2
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Greetings 5th Graders
Well, I have enjoyed reading your organizers and story maps. Now you know that Part 3 is here. I have given you a NEW blank story map in which you will map out (brainstorm) your own tale that you will write. You may work alone or in parts, and of course a group if you like.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
People who handed their Part I and 2 of September project!
Class 5-304
15 Xtra points for meeting Due Date! Yeah, baby!!!
Story Map (setting, characters, problem, events (leading to solution), solution and lesson(s) to be learned))
Billy - The Kings Palace (organizer)
John - The Man Who Minded the House (Norway) (organizer)
Compare and Contrast Chart
John, Hagar, Penny Billy R., Camila, Louisa, Jonathan, Asha, Shani
PART 3 - A Story map for your original story to be written DUE: November 1st. (I gave you the story map to use.)
Class 5-310
Past Due Projects!
If you did not Meet the October 18th deadline for the project, today will be a quiet working period for your to complete your work. Any papers handed in after the 18th will get 15 points off automatically!
This assignment is a big part of your 1st Marking Period grade. There were other weekly assignments too. If you choose to hand them in, your grade can improve!!
I won't be repeating this message, so it's up to you!!
For those of you who are completed
This assignment is a big part of your 1st Marking Period grade. There were other weekly assignments too. If you choose to hand them in, your grade can improve!!
I won't be repeating this message, so it's up to you!!
For those of you who are completed
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Lost Letter by Hagaar
The Lost Letter
One sunny day a girl named Sarrah liked a boy.She sent a letter to the boy she liked.When the boy she liked was about to read the letter his grandpa came over and said,''you want to go fishing''?The boy replied back and said,''o.k''.The boy took the letter and went fishing.
The sun wasn't shining.It was breezy and cloudy the boy and the grandpa took their fishing tools,got a fishing boat and went fishing.
The boy and the grandpa sailed towards the middle of the sea and started fishing.There was alot of fresh fish so they kept on fishing.
When the grandpa was fishing he saw something silver falling from the sky.Guess what it was,there was stars falling from the sky.
When the boy came to look at the falling stars the letter flew into the water accidently.The boy and the grandpa were looking for the letter but they couldn't find it.When they were looking for the letter they felt another person on the boat.Guess what it was,it was a yellow fairy.
When the fairy asked them what happened they told her that they were fishing and they saw the stars falling into the sea and the boy came to look and the letter that was in his hand flew out.
The grandpa the boy and the fairy spent the whole night looking for the letter.The fairy found a letter floating in front of the boat.She reached her hand and got the letter.''Is this the letter you'r looking for asked the fairy.''Yes it is''said the boy.He took the letterr and said,''Thank you.
After a tiring day looking for the letter the boy and the grandpa sailed back home.The boy read the wet letter it said,
meet you tommoro
from,
Sarah
The boy slept and in the morning and then he met Sarah.
One sunny day a girl named Sarrah liked a boy.She sent a letter to the boy she liked.When the boy she liked was about to read the letter his grandpa came over and said,''you want to go fishing''?The boy replied back and said,''o.k''.The boy took the letter and went fishing.
The sun wasn't shining.It was breezy and cloudy the boy and the grandpa took their fishing tools,got a fishing boat and went fishing.
The boy and the grandpa sailed towards the middle of the sea and started fishing.There was alot of fresh fish so they kept on fishing.
When the grandpa was fishing he saw something silver falling from the sky.Guess what it was,there was stars falling from the sky.
When the boy came to look at the falling stars the letter flew into the water accidently.The boy and the grandpa were looking for the letter but they couldn't find it.When they were looking for the letter they felt another person on the boat.Guess what it was,it was a yellow fairy.
When the fairy asked them what happened they told her that they were fishing and they saw the stars falling into the sea and the boy came to look and the letter that was in his hand flew out.
The grandpa the boy and the fairy spent the whole night looking for the letter.The fairy found a letter floating in front of the boat.She reached her hand and got the letter.''Is this the letter you'r looking for asked the fairy.''Yes it is''said the boy.He took the letterr and said,''Thank you.
After a tiring day looking for the letter the boy and the grandpa sailed back home.The boy read the wet letter it said,
meet you tommoro
from,
Sarah
The boy slept and in the morning and then he met Sarah.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Early "Tales to be Told," Project Handed In!
Fifth graders have surprised and made Ms. Silverberg very happy today. Projects that were due on Monday the 18th, have been turned in today! These students are certainly going to have good habits in middle school and beyond. 25 Extra credits will be given for the early submissions. (Wihout organizer -5 pts)
Organizers Handed In early: (10 pts extra)
Billy, John G., Hagaar, Sharif, Kayla V., Paulina, Alexandra, Kristen, Jaylene, Omayma M., Melissa, Angelina, Inteshar, Richard, Matthew, Heidy, Kayla E., Tangila, Samira,
(inc: Ay, Die)
Groups' Compare and Contract Organizer handed in early: (10 pts extra)
Sharif, Javier, Erick, Edward & Ignacio
Matthew, Diego, Inteshar, Richard & Simi
Jaylene, Omayma, Melissa, Angelina & Brianna
Kristen, Ayah, Tangila, Samira & Khulood
Paulina, Kayla E., Alex, Kayla V., Heidy
Penny
Hagaar
Camila,
Organizers Handed In early: (10 pts extra)
Billy, John G., Hagaar, Sharif, Kayla V., Paulina, Alexandra, Kristen, Jaylene, Omayma M., Melissa, Angelina, Inteshar, Richard, Matthew, Heidy, Kayla E., Tangila, Samira,
(inc: Ay, Die)
Groups' Compare and Contract Organizer handed in early: (10 pts extra)
Sharif, Javier, Erick, Edward & Ignacio
Matthew, Diego, Inteshar, Richard & Simi
Jaylene, Omayma, Melissa, Angelina & Brianna
Kristen, Ayah, Tangila, Samira & Khulood
Paulina, Kayla E., Alex, Kayla V., Heidy
Penny
Hagaar
Camila,
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
October 5, 2010
Please work in your groups on your projects which are DUE: October 18th
YOUR HOMEWORK for this week:
You and your group will pick one of the Scary Starters below to begin an oral tale. After groups practice their story, they can present them as a podcast.
It was a cold Halloween night when I saw the...
The mad scientist was creating a new monster that could...
The large cauldron of purple liquid started to boil when...
I got an eerie feeling when I heard...
The mysterious object started floating in the air and...
The Halloween pumpkin turned into a...
The black cat started to crouch and hiss when...
Something in the closet was making a strange noise, so I opened the door and...
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw...
As I carefully entered the haunted house, the door shut behind me and...
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