Links and Handouts for Current Studies


5th grade: State research parts 1-4
Located on class web page under For Students/Assignment
or click here.

4th grade: "Facebook" template and an Abe Lincoln sample
(Located on SWIFT under 4th grade)
Trading card template is in same area.

4th grade: Timerime
Log in DianeMoline
(email: molined@edmonds.wednet.edu)
Password: terracepark


5th grade Constitution sites
Constitution for Kids
Bill of Rights (be sure to read this section of this site for certain. If you have time, read through some other chapters.)
Of what importance is the Bill of Rights?


5th grade: In preparation for the "You Decide CBA" you will need to read about the issue salmon vs. dams in Washington state. You will need to determine who the stakeholders are (more than two) and try to get a sense of the reason why there are disagreements.

Here are your links to articles and research sites.
Quest Garden  (This site will also review what you will need to be able to demonstrate.)

Resources:  YOU DECIDE CBA   Salmon/Dams  (scroll to Salmon/Dams for a list of links)

You do not need to go to every link! Find some that help you with what you will need to do as explained below. This is the research/reading part of the assessment. We will practice by holding a discussion where the important points and opposing views will be heard. A rubric will be provided ahead of time so that you know what is expected of you.

WHAT WILL YOU DO ON THE CBA (MAY 28-29, JUNE 1)

In the CBA which you take at school, you will need to write a paper in which you

--identify this public issue

-- take a position on it yourself

--provide background by summarizing the position of 3 stakeholders

--provide reasons for your own position and back it up with researched details.

--You will also need to explain how EITHER a basic right OR the common good relates to your position.

--You will need to include two sources - title, author, and date of the source.


Mrs. Sayward may have also gone over this with you, but we will talk about this more in class. Having this information now might help you as you read about the issue and start to form your own stand. It is important to take good notes and write the resource.


You will have time in class to do this, also, but those of you who can work on this over the long weekend are encouraged to do so. Not too much time, though. Enjoy the sun!

4th grade: Electricity
Blobz
Bitesize - do activities and take quiz

May 19: Read here for some Author writing tips we found on Young Author's Day.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc5pttfx_4dbvnw3r4&hl=en

Young Author Day author web sites
Today you will:
 *Learn a new writing tip and share it.
 *Get acquainted with several authors and enjoy their sites.

Roald Dahl
Judy Blume
Jean Craighead George
Kenn Nesbitt: Poetry4Kids
Jack Prelutsky
Lane Smith (illustrator of Stinky Cheese Man and others)
Sharon Creech
Sid Fleischman (Be sure to go to 9 Tips for Writers!)
Roland Smith

May 14:  Links to get ready for your study of electricity next week.
                Interactive site. Try several. You may need headphones.
               
                Edison

May 11: 4th grade Newspaper pre-write assignment.  You can also find it on class web page under For Students/Assignments.
5th grade: Your questions for We the People, Lesson 3 are on the Discussion Board.

4th grade Chapter 8

5th grade "Mom Quiz" on Blackbird Pond...IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PUT YOUR NAME AS THE FIRST WORD OF THE FIRST RESPONSE, since I forgot to make a place for it on the quiz and cannot go back to edit it in.  Don't forget to hit "Submit"

4th grade Washington cities temperature Excel review of 4/24

Use this link. http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/grayskies/olympics/index.html

Spelling test #2

5th grade link to CBA Lesson 1 questions. Don't forget to SUBMIT.

There are two sides to every story. CBA #2


5th grade Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt

http://molinemoles.wikispaces.com/Excel+temperatures
How to enter data in Excel (temperatures)

Spelling list #2: challenging double letter words

4th grade biography notetaking form

weather data U.S. Cities - average temps by month

Weather data, U.S. cities

4th grade: Here is the link to the Fab 40 Scavenger Hunt located on SWIFT documents.

If you still need to access the message on Mechanical Advantage, go to the Classroom web page/For Students. It is under Assignments.

Big Huge Labs (magazine)

Here is the library.edmonds research site where you can automatically log in and access many different resources.

4th grade: Our Only May Amelia
Please note that The sections don't match with the chapters. I would like you to go ahead and complete the book over vacation.  Use the  page numbers to guide you in your role. We can finish up the role and discussion for this book the week we return and then you'll be ready to concentrate on your biography. With the additional reading, I won't expect the role to be completed when you return. I will supply time in class for you to take care of it.  Thanks for being flexible.

4th grade: Characteristics of Greatness

4th grade: General directions for all roles
   (Click on the link for each role listed in Ch. 1 to get a general description of
    that role.  Click on the role description for the chapter you are doing to get
    a more specific description (such as the actual words you need....)
4th grade: Role descriptions for Ch. 7
4th grade:  Role descriptions for Ch. 8

5th grade: Virtual Field Trip, Salem, Massachusetts

Movement Homework: Due Friday 3/20
Do all the questions on the handout. Here are the links:

Is your state magnetic or sticky? AND
Remade in America, New York Times map of immigration patterns


PI scavenger hunt

Washing Hair

4th grade Washington places list for test




3/11
Today in the lab, spend about 30 minutes on the following science links. Take notes in your Science Notebook. Then work on the writing or social studies pieces you started previously.

Simple Machines  (March 12)
Edheads
My Kids.com
Simple Machines
Rube Goldberg

4^th graders:

Here are some typical interview questions that would “get back” some good information about your topic. You should revise them to match your specific needs but examples are:

What special training or education did yoo need for your job? 

How has your job changed over the years?

Why is your job or business important to the state?

What challenges and difficulties have you or are you facing now?

What satisfactions do you get from your job? What’s the best thing about it?

How do you think you are contributing to our state or society by your work?

What other skills (getting along with people, organizational, etc…) do you need in your job?

 

 

Go here for the questions you must address in your ARtist paragraph. 

Math Rotation Feb. 5
Go to this site and choose an algebraic puzzle or problem to solve with virtual manipulatives. Be sure you are in the 6-8 column of activities.


How Muscles Work

Math class Jan. 28:
Here's the link to the Protractor/Angle activities. You may do the Teacher Controls to determine what you want to practice.


Jan 21. Inauguration assignment due Tuesday, Jan. 27:
1. A paper assignment will be distributed later today.
2. Read this site for some interesting facts. Then, on Word, design 5 trivia questions based on the information. Copy them into the discussion board.
3. Participate in If You Were President....
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/president/game.htm

4th grade: Danish resistance sites.
Number the Stars link
Another one
This one is fairly challenging reading.


 Jan. 20
5th grade: Using 3 different sources, you will be gathering information about the original 13 colonies, starting with:

How did each of the 13 original English colonies get its start? Who started it? When? What was the motivation for settling? What can you tell us about the leader? Was it a successful colony? What did it grow? make?

For each link, try to determine what the source of information is. Is it a college or university? A single person? A student? A commercial organization?

Colonial chart - this will give you data you need. Then you'll need to search out the story behind each state.

The 13 Colonies - this site has good information about each of the state colonies.

Social Studies for Kids - has a clickable map

How geography affected each colony region


weather:
Detailed weather information for cities
Read article latitude longitude
Latitude and Longitude of cities

Place the state

Geography Bee



Dec. 12
Here are the links for the muscular system.
Take notes on notebook paper or a side-by-side screen. You will be designing two Jeopardy questions for each of 5 levels (easy to hard) for both muscular and skeleton system.
Overview of system (Be sure to "pick a point" or two so you can interactively see these muscles.
Yucky Discovery site
Thinkquest
Kids Health


Previous Launcher Links listed below and in right column.



















 November, 2008
electoral college map
Use the map for 2004 (Winner view) to color in U.S. map. Identify states(official abbreviation) with pencil or fineline.

Look at 2004 (margin of victory)
2000 maps (Read comments at bottom)
maps from earlier elections  (which states seem to never change, which states vary?)
your magazine
and N.Y. Times article

 to make your best judgments about Tuesday's election.  If you have a laptop, you may want to use the "neutral" map to start with (2008 drop down menu). You will color in your predictions on a 2nd map by the end of Tuesday.  Concentrate on "swing states" especially.

Do not just "wish" something to be true. Be ready to support your decisions.  You may work with a partner (sharing a laptop) but you do not have to agree. Have some discussions and see if you can convince your partner when you disagree. Each person will do his or her own map.

This map may also help.

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/election/college.htm
Nov 3-4: How the Electoral College Works
TeacherTube Video (Electing in Plain English)   This video is on the classroom web page now.

Did you complete this work from Sept. 29?
Decide on 10 vocabulary terms relating to the presidential election that were included in today's video.
Copy them and write your own definition. Later they will go into a book; this is practice to make good definitions.


spelling test

skeleton test
 You  may need to go to the Resource page
     at this site to find Human Skeleton
      which takes you to the answer page with        links to the original photograph/test         question.
skeleton information

Wk of 10/27 (conference week):
Here are the Halloween links from which to make a scavenger hunt. Most of your questions should relate to some fact or concept about Halloween, so that the participants will learn something useful. But a silly one here or there won't hurt, either!

History Channel, history of Halloween
Halloween.com
Halloweenishere  (good pumpkin facts)
Pumpkin carving
Halloween safety
And then, because you've worked so hard,
  go to the "pumpkin simulator" and carve one!

Oct. 7 - 4th grade social studies
Open up the site, open a new blank Word document or Inspiration document as we practiced previously. Take side-by-side notes on this overview of Pacific Northwest history at this website.
(Also at SWIFT in social studies section.

Oct. 3 computer lab work:
1.  Complete Oct. 2 homework: scientist links and discussion board
2.  Add your ideas about what a president should have (from your Election pamphlet) to the Discussion board.
3.
4. Read the Prelutsky poems posted on our web page that classmates wrote. (Click on the red title "Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky" to get to them.)
4. Respond to discussion board questions, "Create-a-Graph vs. Circle Grapher."
5. Go to Discussion board and enter your Problem Solving answers, including a little of the problem but not the full explanation.
6. Go the Election Map simulation
6.5  Here's a way for me to tell if you will and can follow directions. Before doing the next thing on this list, please sign up for a day to be Roving Reporter. The calendar for the month is on the table outside of the library. Remember your own weekly schedule; don't sign up for a night to write the summary if it's a busy night for you.
7.  Using the two-screen notetaking format, take notes on one of these timeline birthdays:
     JIm Henson
     Groucho Marx
     Charles Schulz

Oct. 2 homework
Discussion board question (Don't forget to read other updated prompts and responses when you can.)

Please read overview of types of scientists and choose 3 of the articles to read in depth to find out more. Take a few notes to be able to use to share in class. Then quiz yourself on thpes of scientists.

Links for Types of Scientists and interviews

Oct. 1 - Circle Grapher (If you are otherwise prepared)

Do the How Do I Spend My Day?
Be sure you have a hard copy graph with key ready for Friday's activity. If you were working on late work today and didn't have a chance to do this in the computer lab, you will need to do it on your own (and try not to fall behind.)

Just for fun and extra credit:
Create a graph for How _____ (a fictional character or cartoon character) spends his day.

Which do you like better? Create-a-Graph or Circle  Grapher? Why? What advantages/disadvantages does each one have over the other one?

Sept. 29: How the Electoral College Works
TeacherTube Video (Electing in Plain English)

We will continue to work in class on: (due date will be announced.)

Decide on 10 vocabulary terms relating to the presidential election that were included in today's video.
Copy them and write your own definition. Later they will go into a book; this is practice to make good definitions.

Make 10 Jeopardy questions (2 each of easy, harder, harder, harder still, hardest) based on what you read and have seen this morning.


Sept. 25 4th grade map skills:
Make me a Map
   You need a piece of white paper, ruler,
    and coloring materials.
Map Symbols - have headsets
The Compass game

Sept 23 Book review Homework Directions & Guide    (due Friday 9/26))
Book review site
Skill: Use a template to practice a book review that reflect your connections with the book and  entices the audience to want to read it.

Jim Henson
Skill: Use two side-by-side screens to take notes while reading a nonfiction article.

Sept. 22 Graphing homework directions
Skills: Deal with data at two highest thinking levels  by analyzing and evaluating data

Sept. 18: dictionary entry
Skills:
Applying knowledge from lesson
Manipulating type: bold, italic, regular
Opening Student Locker; saving to Common Locker


Sept. 12 computer lab: Make a nameplate
Skills:
Using two open windows at at time
Selecting, copying, pasting  copyright-free images
Using Launcher to access documents
Manipulating fonts and images



Student Lockers:
To orginally get on or you need to reset:
Username is first 5 letters of last name and first three of the last name followed by three zeros. Password is first 4 letters of last name followed by two digit month of birth and two digit day of birth.

To change password:
1) use one that follow this format:
    -mol01(or 02 or 25...in other words, classroom                     number)
     -followed by a word that means something to you,          -followed by 08

Example: mol26cubs08
                    mol01books08

1) write it on colored index card for Ms. Moline


   

Common, Useful,  and Past Links

5th grade State and Region research
Statistics

Photos and pictures you have permission to use

    Picts4Learning
    Archive.org
    Department of Education
    Flickr (those designated as Creative Commons; read symbols)
     Morgue
     Photos8
     Library of Congress
     National Archives
     America's Story
     Copyright-friendly

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/index.php
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/

Website for Poetry
http://www.poets.org/index.php


Creative Commons video
Google Docs in Plain English

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1st week Handouts  
(under Handbook category)

Quick link to Student Writing (SWIFT)
Fancier link to Student Work (web page)

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