Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Computer Lab Assignment 1.25.11

In Computer Lab

1. 15 minutes of Type to Learn! If you get to lesson 5, try the lesson 5 warp speed.

2. Pick a country from Europe of your choice. Answer the following questions about your country.... type them in complete sentences, print them... turn them in...

What is the capital of your country?
What is the population of your country?
What language is spoken in your country?
What other countries border your country?
What is the highest point in your country?
What geographic points are in your country? (mountains, oceans, lakes)

3. When finished... do free rice - you can choose between countries or vocabulary.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

today's assignment

Type your I Have a Dream speech.

To get full credit for the assignment you must have the following:
- an introduction - it could start with "I say to you today..." but it does not have to.
-at least 3 dreams (start with I have a dream that....)

- each dream must have 3 sentences to support it. Tell us why you have that dream, why is it important and worth dreaming about?

- a conclusion - this can be just one sentence, but remember, this is a speech... you wouldn't just walk away mid-thought! Dr. King ended his speech with "Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last" You could at least come up with - live well and prosper! Be creative!

Due today!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Computer Lab TODAY

Do the following assignments! You can chose the order that you do them!

- fingerjig: record the score on the class page

- world geography games - european countries level 1 - do it one time through... if you don't know... guess... or wait. It will tell you!

- post on your blog - what is your opinion of cursive handwriting - do you think we should work on it in school? Do you like writing with cursive? would you like to better at it? Do you think it is useful? Why or why not? Write at least 100 words.... email it to your teacher as well....

- 500 grains of rice on free rice VOCABULARY

- When done.... talk to me!

HAVE FUN!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

tree well info

SKI and RIDE SAFELY!
Learn about TREE WELLS!

Your assignment for today: After discussing in class review the material at the web site below. Then write a blog about Tree Wells - what they are and how to stay safe. Please write at least 150 words. Email your post to me and post it on your blog for others to see! Please label your post - tree well safety!

http://www.treewelldeepsnowsafety.com/index.php

Monday, January 10, 2011

good reads

See if you can get all signed up on Good Reads!
Have fun!

Click the link below:

http://www.goodreads.com/

Thursday, January 6, 2011

book review assignment

Include....
Title

Author
Rating and WHy you rate it like that
Summary that includes
- main characters
-setting
- genre
- main ideas

-difficulty of reading - easy, medium or hard? Did it grab you right away or do you have to work for it???

geo bee link

click below to get to the geo bee...

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Today by Hank

today was fun we did basketball for PE and we had to write about embarrassing storeies and today i tackled a couple people well got to go bye :):):):):):):)::):(:)