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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Monday, January 14, 2013

This year we are going to try out Sumdog.com. Sumdog is a site where you can practice your elementary mathematics skills through a game environment. In other words, you can play games and learn math at the same time!
You are going to need a username and password, which I will provide as soon as you are ready to start. To get started, go to the Login page and enter your information.

If you need more help, follow these instructions below:

Sumdog has many games to help you practise a variety of numeracy topics at 10 different levels.

Your teacher may have created school logins for your class, if not you can register yourself or justplay as a guest.

Once you have logged in or chosen to play as a guest you can have a look at all the games and make your choice.

This will return you to your dashboard where you can select your level by clicking on ‘Show Levels’ then choose from level 1 to 10.

Next choose your skill, choose ‘select none’ to deselect all skills if you wish to choose just a few skills.

Selecting Play will now allow you to play your game with your chosen skills and level.

Note that if you log in you can track your progress.

If you feel a little insecure on topics like directed numbers (many students do) you may find this a great way to practise.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica - 4th Grade

Your next project is to make another presentation (using Google Presentation) to show what you have learned about the ancient civilizations of Meso-America.

Meso-America means the (middle-America, or the region in what is now central Mexico and Central America) Look at this map. All the names are names of nations that once ruled over different parts of Mexico and Central America.

Your job is to make a Presentation using Google Docs to teach others about that civilization, or group.

Objective: To make a 10-12 slide presentation about a group like the Aztecs, Maya, Zapotecs and research about the food, technology, religion, customs and culture, and daily life of that group.

1. Go to the resources below and find a culture you are interested in, either the Mayas, Aztecs (Mexicas) or other.

2. Read At least four to five articles or pages

3. Start a presentation in Google

4. Make the following slides: 1. cover 2. introduction (where, when) 3. food 4-5 technology and science 6-7 religion 8-9 customs 10-12 daily life

General Resources:

http://www.kathimitchell.com/mesoamericans.htm

http://www.ballgame.org/main.asp?section=5

http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0274-mayans.php

http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/ancient-biblical-history/mesoamerica

http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/mexico/mexico.htm

http://mayas.mrdonn.org/index.html

http://www.mayankids.com/

http://www.mayadiscovery.com/

Spanish resources:

http://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/

http://bibliotecadigital.ilce.edu.mx/Colecciones/index.php?clave=mayas&pag=2

http://bibliotecadigital.ilce.edu.mx/Colecciones/Colibri/mayas/html/Pag3.php?index=1

Aztec Food
http://suite101.com/article/aztec-food--what-did-the-aztecs-eat-a315203

http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-food.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/food.html

Mayan Food

http://library.thinkquest.org/C005446/Food/English/maya.html

http://www.discoverchichenitza.com/chichen-itza-mexico/the-ancient-maya-diet/

http://www.sfgate.com/mexico/mexicomix/article/10-Maya-foods-that-changed-the-world-s-eating-2477935.php

Monday, December 3, 2012

5th Grade: Revolutionary Trading Cards

For this project you will show how much you have learned about the people, causes, and events surrounding the U.S. Revolutionary War. You will use this information to create trading cards for famous revolutionary leaders, famous events or battles, and important places of your choosing. You will be using readwritethink to make your cards, but before, you will need to prepare for this by filling out this document that I have shared: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ZTYLOFCyNHnEo9cklJ6voFVWRxaHxpH96kT5dLuXIE/edit Choose a person: 1. Time Period: When did this person live, or when did the events in this person's life take place? 2. Location: Where did this person live during the important part of his/her life? 3. Role: What was this person's job or role in the revolution? 4. Events: What two important events happened in this person's life? Explain briefly 5. Change: How did this person change during these events? 6. Problem: What problem was this person trying to solve? 7 Goal: What goal did this person have? What where they trying to achieve? 8. Outcome: Did this person succeed? Did they accomplish what they were trying to do? 9. Quote: Pick one memorable thing they said. 10. Action: Pick one thing they did that caught your attention. 11. Interaction: How did this person get along with others? Answer these questions in a doc.