Spelling Practice

• Have your Spelling Lesson ready.
• Choose the words you are going to use.
• Plan the activities, pictures and sentences you will use with your partner.
• When all the information is ready: Go to the SonicPics.

How to use SonicPics?

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Digestive System

1.- Go to this link 

How the body works?

2.- Watch the movie.

3.- Answer the quiz. Tell your teacher when you have finished so she can write your score.

4.- Print the word find.

5.- Print the activity.

6.- Answer them and hand them in to your teacher.

Good job!

Quotations and Commas

Watch:

Quotations

Commas

Do:
Go to  
Make Beliefs Comix do the comic using your draft.

You can select the characters, amount of panels, background and text bubbles.

• Print your comic when it is done.
• When your comic is printed, double check it. Make sure you don't have any spelling mistake. If you find one, highlight it and write it correctly on the space below.
• On the bottom of the page, write the comic dialogue with quotations.
• Write the story on the bottom of the page, highlight the quotations and the commas you used.
• Check the example.

Remember to leave it in the drop spot when you are done.

NOVEL STUDY

I Have a Dream

The Story of Martin Luther King

By Margaret Davidson

READ ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PROJECT IN THE COMPUTER

1. Go to:   ReadWriteThink

2. Get started with the Flip Book. Follow instructions carefully. (Use the information you received in a hard copy).

3. Make sure you are including all the information asked.

FIRST: do all the written part. You can change the font going to the left hand chart. 

4. When you are done, print it and do the drawings by hand NOT  in the computer.The printing option you are going to choose is black and white. (It is asked before you begin the Flip Book)

5. Staple the flip book with the help of your teacher and cut out the parts you won´t use. (Follow the example displayed on the white board).

6. If time is going to be over and you are not done with the written part, print all the titles. You will have time to finish it next week.

7. Don´t forget to give that little extra.

If you have time, you can WATCH the video of the march.

Castes Project

Ideas for your finger puppets:

You can do the drawing 

of your puppet in paper, 

color it and then cut it 

to make the puppet 

for your finger. 

You can make 

the drawing and 

paste it to a sick.

You can bring fancy material to paste on them.

Use the following points as a checklist before you begin your project:

• DO YOUR PUPPETS WITH YOUR PARTNER BEFORE FILMING THE VIDEO. 
• MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM ALL READY SO THEY LOOK WONDERFUL AND REPRESENT THE CASTAS YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. 
• WRITE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO EXPLAIN ABOUT EACH PUPPET.
• PRACTICE WITH YOUR PARTNER, REMEMBER YOU BOTH HAVE TO SPEAK.
• YOU ARE GOING TO APPEAR IN THE VIDEO, COME DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION.
• USE YOUR TIME WISELY.

You need to explain: Creoles (criollos), Half-blooded (mestizos), Africans, Castizos and mulattoes (mulatos) use your Social Studies notebook as a reference or the SEP History book.

Do your best and use your time wisely.

Lesson after the puppets are done

WATCH:

What are castes? (Spanish version video)

Example of a finger puppet play

BEGIN FILMING:
1. Use Photo Booth
2.Speak loud and slow
3. Look at the camera.
4. Look for a quiet spot so the sound won't get in your video.
5. Explain what a caste is
6. Show your puppets and explain what caste they represent.
7. Give complete information about each caste like: what they did for a living, which political positions could they have, if they were slaves etc.


WHEN YOU ARE DONE FILMING:
1. Watch your video with your rubric, make sure you are not missing information.
2. Make sure you can hear your voices and the explanation.
3. Let your teacher know you are done with your video.
4. Give yourselves a pat on the back because you are done and you did a great job.

GETTING READY TO EDIT YOUR AND MAKE YOUR MOVIE:


1. Open iMovie in your iMac.
2. Follow your teacher's instruction to upload videos step by step.
3. Begin creating and developing your own personal video.
4. When your video is done let your teacher now, she will help you with the publishing process.

Well done !!!

Powers of ten

WATCH

DO
1. Go to pages.

2. Choose Brochures. You can select any template.

3. Explain in you brochure what is power of ten in your own words, explain what is the exponent, give examples.
4. Peer asses, complete your work and hand it in.

America´s Discovery

WATCH.

DO.
1.- Go to pages.
2.- Choose Festive Invitation from the templates.
3.- Make an invitation.  Write as you were Christopher Columbus.
4.- Add a picture of him.
5.- Add some images of things he found in America.
6.- You must include:
- the place you are going
- the reason you are going there
- how you will travel to that place
7.- Print it, color it, and give it to your teacher.

Fossils

WATCH

What are fossils ?

Take your Science notebook out and take notes of the different kind of Fossils

Kind of Fossils

Do
1. Open pages, go to Newsletter

2. Choose Green Grocery Newsletter

3. Change the information with what you learned about Fossils. Explain what is a Fossil and a paleontologist, the different kind of Fossils ( Trace Fossils, Mold Fossils, Resin Fossils, Body Fossils) using the notes you took from the video. Include pictures in your Newsletter.

4. Double check your work before handing it in. Don't forget to check your spelling and the rubric.


EXAMPLE

PLAY


Ask your teacher for play doh and make a Fossil using your the tools you brought from home (tooth picks, shells, leaves, chicken bones)

Mesoamerican Cultures

WATCH

Mesoamerican Civilizations

Mayan Civilization 

" Juego de Pelota "

DO
1. Open Keynote






2. Select a Theme

3. Do a Keynote presentation with the Mesoamerican Civilizations (6 cultures). Using the notes from your notebook.
4. Use different slide transitions between slides.

5. The presentation should be no longer than 6 slides, one slide per culture (choose at least 3 important facts of the culture). Should have images to support what you wrote about the culture.
6. Check your spelling and the rubric.
7. Ask your teacher to check your work, before printing it.

PLAY
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Mexico_GL_Click.html

Decimal Place Value

PRACTICE


Pirates


Money


Asteroids


Ducks and ships

VERBS

WATCH

DO

1.- Go to www.readwritethink.org

2.- Search Diamante Poems.

3.- Follow the Instructions.

4.- Before printing, check your spelling.

PLAY

ballons

yes or not

Order of Operations

WATCH

DO
1.- Go to pages.


2.- Click Brochures.  Choose your favorite.


3.- Write the procedure to solve problems following the order of operations.


4.- Add pictures showing the procedure.  Please leave the back empty.


5.- Remember to write your full name, #, and date.


6.- Print it after checking spelling and grammar.

PLAY


Explanation
Dino
With timer
Pass the level

Comparing Adjectives

WATCH.

PRACTICE.
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/adjective_detective.swf


http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/adjectives/quiz328.html




DO.
1.- Go to pages.
2.- Click Posters options.
3.- Choose BBQ Poster Small

4.- Write a poster inviting people to a BBQ Party.

5.- Your poster should include 3 pictures and a caption for each one.

6.- In the first caption you must use 2 adjectives to describe an object of the picture.

7.- In the second caption you must compare the same object.  Use the same adjectives.

8.- In the third caption you must use the superlative of the same adjectives.

9.- Poster must include your full name, date, and # (Check the example).

PLAY.


trampolini game



quiz



magic tower

Bering Strait

Watch

DO

1.- Click pages.

2.- Select Flyers.

3.- Imagine you are a tour guide.  Your tour is trough the Bering Strait, From Asia to America.

4.- Design a flyer explaining your service: 

* Describe the setting

* Explain what you will do to eat and survive 

* Explain how you will cross from one continent to other.

5.- Use images.

EXAMPLE

How do Plants Make their Food?

WATCH.

DO.


Create a POSTER on PAGES that explains photosynthesis. Include images for the following words: 

1. ___ Leaves
2. ___ Sunlight
3. ___ Roots
4. ___ Water
5. ___ Chloroplasts
6. ___ Photosynthesis

1. Open PAGES

2. Choose the  POSTER --> Garden Project Poster Small

3. Read about Photosynthesis. Look for information on Google and use the READING LEVEL SEARCH.

4. Write about Photosynthesis in your own words.

5. Add images to help communicate your idea.

PLAY.


LAUNCH INTERACTIVEPRINTABLE VERSION

Explore how photosynthesis works by helping the process along in this game.

	The Oxygenator - Slide your tree back and forth, catching CO2, nutrients and water. The more you catch, the more oxygen your tree produces. Avoid anything that is red, that’s plant disease and pollution!
	Ask the Agronomist - Find out the answers to some frequently asked questions that our Agronomist gets asked!
	A-Maze-ing Underground - Play this Pac Man™ like game to create the perfect balance of nutrients for a crop of corn. While you are down there, take lots of pictures to review later!
	SoilTris Game - Build a soil profile with sand, silt and clay blocks like you are playing Tetris®. Remember not to pack the particles too tightly though - soil must be loosely packed for the best results.
	Survivor Soak - Find the right water balance for corn plants. If you do well, you will get more plants that need attention.
	Survive with Light - How well do you know the photosynthesis process? Find out by taking this fun sun quiz.
	Photosynthesis - Need a refresher on photosynthesis before taking the ‘Survive with Light’ quiz? If so, take a few minutes to watch this animation.
	2 Games in one bundle! Watershed Detective - Investigate water samples to find the causes and solutions for challenges in a watershed. Watershed Explorer - How quick can you find the plants, animals and insects in a watershed? Learn fun facts about each item you capture.