My new favorite website maker is Weebly. I will be teaching it to several of my different classes. It is extremely easy to use. Here are a few of the resources to get started using Weebly.
http://help.weebly.com/beginners-guide.html
http://67techcamp.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/4/6/1446140/weebly_intro_class_handout2.pdf
http://www.memphis.edu/lead/hiad/online/pdf/weebly-guide.pdf
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
All About Me
Fifth Grade
The students will be creating a newsletter about themselves. They will have five articles about their lives. Then they will go to this link: http://www.tammyworcester.com/Tips/ScavengerHunt.html Here they will explore some other facts about themselves using the internet. They will choose three of these to go in their newsletter also. This newsletter will be created in Word.
The students will be creating a newsletter about themselves. They will have five articles about their lives. Then they will go to this link: http://www.tammyworcester.com/Tips/ScavengerHunt.html Here they will explore some other facts about themselves using the internet. They will choose three of these to go in their newsletter also. This newsletter will be created in Word.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Fifth Grade Assignment
In a Google Document – Write about these topics. Each one is a separate Document.
Title: Life
Prompts that encourage students to think about what is really important in life.
Choose 1
1. If you had a million dollars to do holiday shopping, but you couldn't spend anything on yourself, what would you buy for your friends and family? Explain why.
2. There is an old saying; "It is better to give than receive." What do you think this saying means? Is it true? Write an essay sharing your feelings about this quote.
3. Imagine that you can receive anything you want for Christmas... but it cannot be a tangible item you can hold or see. What would you want for Christmas? Explain why.
Title: Memories
Memoirs: Prompts that require Descriptive Writing
You are never too young to begin writing your Memoirs. Challenge students to write about one of their favorite Christmas memories with vivid descriptions and plenty of details. Encourage them to express the emotions they experienced at the time.
Title: Christmas Eve
Prompts to Encourage Creativity 150 words
1. It is Christmas Eve and everyone is sleeping. Suddenly, you hear the faint sound of sleigh bells approaching....
Title: Life
Prompts that encourage students to think about what is really important in life.
Choose 1
1. If you had a million dollars to do holiday shopping, but you couldn't spend anything on yourself, what would you buy for your friends and family? Explain why.
2. There is an old saying; "It is better to give than receive." What do you think this saying means? Is it true? Write an essay sharing your feelings about this quote.
3. Imagine that you can receive anything you want for Christmas... but it cannot be a tangible item you can hold or see. What would you want for Christmas? Explain why.
Title: Memories
Memoirs: Prompts that require Descriptive Writing
You are never too young to begin writing your Memoirs. Challenge students to write about one of their favorite Christmas memories with vivid descriptions and plenty of details. Encourage them to express the emotions they experienced at the time.
Title: Christmas Eve
Prompts to Encourage Creativity 150 words
1. It is Christmas Eve and everyone is sleeping. Suddenly, you hear the faint sound of sleigh bells approaching....
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
American Music Project - Seventh Grade
Each nine weeks we will be doing a technology project with the history of American Music. The time period for this first nine weeks is:
More details coming!
Jazz and Blues
You will create a project:
A brochure about one singer/musician.
More details coming!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Timelines
http://www.softschools.com/teacher_resources/timeline_maker/
Students used this timeline maker to create timelines of the History of Computers.
Students used this timeline maker to create timelines of the History of Computers.
Wordle
http://www.wordle.net
The seventh grade class created "wordles" that contained information about themselves.
Friday, August 10, 2012
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