Carlsbad Quiz and Thinking Blocks

1. Take the Carlsbad Quiz

2. Thinking Blocks - Change Two Steps - click on the orange block

3. Time Tables Quiz Game

4. Sum Sense Multiplication

5. Play Christmas Hangman

Carlsbad Finale and Bugdom

1. Take the Carlsbad Quiz

2. Finish your Carlsbad brochure.

3. When you're done with your brochure and you have your teacher's permission, you may play Bugdom. Fill up the computers in the back so you do not disturb the students who are still working on their brochures.

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This and That

1. Punctuate This

2. Dance Mat Typing

3. Make sure your checklist is accurate and print out a test copy of your brochure.

4. Area and Perimeter

5. Multiplication

Finish Those Brochures!!!

1. Use your checklist and figure out what you have done and what you need to finish with your brochure.

2. Complete your brochure if possible and get it signed by your teacher.

3. Then you can . . .

3a. Answer Mrs. Maldonado's question.

3b. Write a blog entry.

3c. Do level one and level two of the perimeter activities

3d. Crossnumber puzzle

Wrap Up

1. Look at Miranda's QuickTime about Cave Formations

2. Watch a video about Carlsbad Caverns

3. Look at yesterday's entry to make sure you have what you need for your brochure. Add pictures. If you still have space, you can add a section about bats.

4. If you've finished with your second page of your brochure, answer Mrs. Maldonado's question, then write a blog entry telling what you've learned.

Day Four: Ketchup ... er, I mean, Catch Up!

Today, we're going to concentrate on finishing getting all the information you need in your brochure.

Make sure you have box for:

* Cave formations

* Location

* History (who discovered it and when)

* Inside the Cave (Climate, Size, Description - including the Big Room)

* How the Caverns were Formed

First make sure you have notes for all of that information. If you need more information, look at the National Park Service website, National Parks Traveler and Wikipedia. For more information on formations, go to here. For information about bats, look here.

Day Three: Making a Map

1. Go to Maptrop and put markers for El Paso and Carlsbad Caverns.

2. Take a picture of the map (shift,  and 4 at the same time).

3. Open your brochure, make a new text box and title it Location. Drag the picture file into the brochure and resize it as needed.


When you're finished, make sure you're finished entering in the information about formations and adding pictures. Add new text boxes for other categories of notes that you take.

Formation information can be found here.

Additional information about Carlsbad Caverns can be found at the National Park Service website, National Parks Traveler and Wikipedia.

Day Two - Pictures

After you've finished writing about the formations, raise your hand and your teacher will check to see if what you've written is sufficient. If it is, she will add you to the list. Start working on your other sections.

Mr. Mattson will work with groups of 4-6 to show them how to work with photos. Here are the basic steps:

1. Open up iPhoto. Look for a shared library with Carlsbad Pictures. Drag the ones that illustrate the formations you put in your brochure into your iPhoto Library.

2. When you've found your pictures, open iPhoto. Trim the pictures to focus on the part you're trying to show. Rename the pictures.

3. In Keynote, open the Media Browser and drag each picture you need into your brochure. Resize the picture.

If you need to find more information about the formations, go to this webpage.

Tutoring 11/16/09

1. Work on Perimeter

2. Recognizing Decimals

3. More Decimals

4. Recognizing Equivalent Fractions

5. Math Review


6. Operation Jackpot

Day One - Working with text

You are working for an advertising agency and you have been hired by Carlsbad Caverns to design a pamphlet to inform El Pasoans about what they'll see at the cave and persuade them to visit.

Today you are going to start by entering in the text.

Add a text box to put in each section of information.

Main titles should be 14 point and bold.

Subtitles should be 10 point and bold.

Main text should be 10 point and not bolded.

Save your work often.

Decimals and Equivalent Fractions

1. Go to the Mattson Folder and find the application What's My Place?. Complete Level 4.

2. Equivalent Fractions

3. Equivalent Fractions - Get a score of 10

4. Fraction Frenzy

Mrs. Hulburt's Class-11/12/09

Complete any activities that Mr. Mattson has for you then work on your Carlsbad Caverns Research using the note taking form on Cave Formations. Visit this website and click on the picture of each cave formation to help you.

After you have taken your notes on all of the cave formations you can visit this virtual cave to find out more!

Punctuation, Symmetry and Multiplication

1. Punctuate This

2. Patterns : Symmetry

3. Mighty Math 2D x 1D

4. Spelling Practice

5. Cannon Math

Health Survey, Decimals and Multiplication Practice

1. Brain Pop
a. Copy your teacher's email address:
shulburt@yisd.net
landrade@yisd.net
vandrade@yisd.net
b. Log in to BrainPop by clicking on the BrainPOP folder in your bookmarks toolbar and select BrainPOP
c. Return to this page and go to the Decimals animation. Watch the movie.
d. Take the graded quiz. When complete, email the results to your teacher.

2. Fraction/Decimal Math

3. Math Trainer

4. Multiplication Grand Prix

Internet Safety

1. Log in to BrainPop through the bookmark in your browser, then return to this page.

2. Copy the email address of your teacher.
dbrown@yisd.net
vandrade@yisd.net
rsalazar@yisd.net

3. Watch the online safety animation

4. When you're done, take the online quiz. Email the result to your teacher. Paste in her email address when it asks for it.

5. Do Capitalize This in the Mattson folder

6. Power Proofreading

7. Write a new blog post

Capitalization and Punctuation

1. Nouns

2. Noun Dunk

3. 2D x 1D multiplication

4. Multiplication Mystery

5. Power Lines

Measurement and Tools

1. Measurement - Complete Levels #1 and #2

2. Scientific Tools crossword

3. Inference Riddle Game

4. Power Proofreading

5. Multiplication Trainer - Level two

6. Grand Prix Multiplication

Keyboarding

1. Dance Mat Typing

2. Multiplication Trainer - Level 2

Place Value, Multiplication and the Constitution

1. Place Value in Mattson folder

2. Multiplication Trainer - Level One

3. Mrs. Brown's Class: Complete the All About Me webpage

4. Watch a Lines & Angles presentation created by Peter or Desarae

5. Mrs. Salazar's Class: Go to your blog and log in. Then go back to the list of Blogs and find someone in your class. Read their "I Am" poem. Write a response in the comments section.

6. The Bill of Rights are the first 10 ammendments to the Constitution that list the important rights to the citizens of our country. Can you help rebuild the Bill of Rights for the citizens of Freeville whose computer has crashed?

7. How much have you learned this week in our reading? How much do you already know. Take these quizzes to find out...you might surprise yourself!

8. Take this quiz to find out which Founding Father you are most like!

Mrs. Hulburt's Class 9/17/09

1. Today is Constitution Day! You have been reading articles this week about the Constitution. The constitution begins with a Preamble, which is like an introduction. But today, the preamble is all scrambled! Can you unscramble it?

2. Our Founding Fathers are the men who were political leaders and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Take this quiz to find out which Founding Father you are most like!

3. The Bill of Rights are the first 10 ammendments to the Constitution that list the important rights to the citizens of our country. Can you help rebuild the Bill of Rights for the citizens of Freeville whose computer has crashed?

4. How much have you learned this week in our reading? How much do you already know. Take these quizzes to find out...you might surprise yourself!

5. Blogs:
Read Mrs. Hulburt's Post of the Week and write a comment. You comment should:
a. Tell what you liked about the writing.
b. Tell something you think can be improved in the writing.

Finish or post a new entry on you blog.

Visit other blogs and leave comments-just like what you would tell them during Writer's
workshop (something good, and something that needs improved or questions that you
have).

Fractions and . . .

1. Fractions: A Booster Activity Finish Level 3. Go until it invites you to go to the next level.

2. Fraction Bowling Go until you get all ten pins and the bowling ball knocks them over.

3. If you're working on blogs:

a. Finish their first post "4th Grade and Blogs" where they introduce themselves and describe how they feel about 4th grade and blogging
b. If you've finished a first post, create a 2nd post
c. Visit and comment on the other blogs

3. If you're not working on blogs, you'll be working on learning your multiplication facts:

a. Quickflash
b. Test your times tables
c. Dance Mat Typing
d. Hotmath

Your Next Book Wiki

Go to the wiki to write about the book you read.

Caves/Caverns

Use these links to help you identify the cave formations. Caves 1,2,and 3 are for cave formations and caves 4, and 5 are for different cave formations.
caves 1
caves 2
caves 3
caves 4
caves 5
caves 6

Changes to Land

1. How caves form - this is an interactive site showing different ways that caves can form. Once you are in the site, click on the "How caves form" link in the picture
2. Weathering - this site allows you to see the effect of weather on the land. You can discover types of mechanical and chemical weathering

Mrs. Hulburt's Class 5/14/09

1. Review Wind Concepts at Brain Pop. Pay close attention to the details as you watch the movie. take the graded quiz at the end. Raise your hand when you are finished to show your teacher your score.

2. Create a Keynote showing how important the sun's energy is to Earth.

STAR and Soil

1. Take the STAR test

2. Mrs. Brown's Class: Watch the Soils video and take quiz.
Mrs. Andrade's Class: Watch the Erosions video and take quiz.

3. Pumpkin Multiples

Weather Data

1. Go to this page and find your weather data.

2. Open up the Numbers document.

3. Complete the chart.

4. Make a graph.

Mrs. Hulburt's Class 5/6/09

After you have taken your STAR Test complete the following:

1. Watch Adventures 1-6 of Sunguard Man
Write down 8 facts about UV Rays and Skin Cancer.

2. Look at the UV Index. Answer the following questions:
a. What is the current UV Rating for El Paso? Is this on the low or extreme side?
b. What is the highest current UV Rating in the United States? Is this low or extreme?
c. What is the lowest current UV Rating in the United States? Is this low or extreme?

3. Take a Crash Course with Miller to learn about Wind

4. Review the The Water Cycle.

5. Work on the logic puzzles listed below.

6. If you finish all activities you can visit the Blogs.

Logic Puzzles

1. EdHeads Weather

2. Tower Puzzle

3. Hares and Hounds

4. Space Racer

Fractions, Decimals and Problem Solving

1. Thinking Blocks - Multiplication Models


2. Fraction Halves

3. Decimal Darts

4. Name the Operation Jackpot

5. Study Island

The TAKS Math Review Special

Study Island

or

1. Official Edgemere Math TAKS Review Crossnumber Challenge!

2. Word Blocks

3. Math Vocabulary Hangman

Tutoring V

1. Thinking Blocks - Change Two Steps

2. Fourth Grade Math Review

2. Drag Race Division

Tutoring IV

1. 2D x 1D Multiplication

2. Thinking Blocks - Compare 2 Steps

3. Fraction Sorter

4. Island Chase Subtraction

Logging in to Study Island

Go to Study Island.

For your Study Island username, put in your AR username followed by @edgemereroadrunners.com.

For your password, put in your six-digit lunch number (the same as AR).

Symmetry and Multiplication Practice

1. Crossnumber Puzzle

2. Lines of Symmetry

3. Complete a Pattern

4. Tractor Multiplication

Biomes

These websites will be helpful in finding information on your biome

Animal classifications

Maps and locations
biomes1
biomes2
biomes3
biomes4
biomes5
biomes6
biomes7
animals

Math Tutoring - Session I

1. Thinking Blocks - Compare 1 Step - Get 5 problems correct!

2. Metric Mass Match - Matching

3. Metric Mass Match - Concentration

4. Practice regular fractions

5. Practice Number Line Fractions

6. Find Grampy

Beaulieu 4-2-09 Endangered animals

1. Earth's endangered creatures

2. Enchanted Learning endangered animals

3. Endangered species

4. Thinkquest endangered animals

Beaulieu 4-9-09 - Main idea

1. Main idea in text

2. Main idea in pictures

Capacity Activities

Watch the lesson on weight and capacity

Can you fill it?

Variety of Capacity Games

Weight and capacity

Parts of Speech

1. Wacky Web Tales

2. Word Invasion

Compare Problems and Mass

1. Thinking Blocks - Compare 1 Step Get 5 problems correct!

2. Metric Mass Match - Matching

3. Metric Mass Match - Concentration

4. Math Blox

Followup Proofreading Practice

You'll do one of the following this week in computer lab. You may not have to do all of these, so listen to directions!

1. Go to Mattson Folder and launch Proofreader. Follow the directions on your slip.

2. Read Mrs. Hulburt's blog entry on "Show Me, Don't Tell Me" and complete the assignment as a comment. If you like it what you wrote well enough, you can copy it and paste it as an entry in your own blog.

3. Fourth Grade Math Review - play with a partner

Math Review

1. Lines and Angles

2. Fourth Grade Math Review (play with a partner)

3. Math Blox

Proofreading and Play

1. Get up to a 100 in Proofreader

2. Then take the challenge with Master Proofreader!

3. Put on your headphones and listen to the play the tutoring group did. Leave them a comment and tell them how they did!

4. Character Traits

Proofreading Practice

1. Go to Power Proofreading

2. Play Verb Vipers

3. Tractor Multiplication

Fact and Opinion

1. Binky's Facts and Opinions

2. Fact or Opinion Game #1

3. Fact or Opinion

4. Sign in to Study Island and go to Fact and Opinion (5c)

February 12

Review problems from 3rd Nine Weeks Math Benchmark.

Take Two

Listen carefully to your teacher. She will give your directions as to which of the following activities you're going to do this week:

1. Go to the Mattson folder and start on the same level of Punctuate This! you were on at the end of last week's class

2. Go to Power Proofreading

3. Go to Study Island

4. Go to your teacher's website and practice your spelling words

5. Write a new post on your blog

6. Write comments on other people's blogs

Addition and Odd Numbers 2009

1. Dance Mat Typing

2. The Word Factory

3. Speed Grid Challenge

4. Odd Numbers

5. Soccer Smash

Study Island and/or Power Proofreading

Some of you will go to Power Proofreading

Some of you will go to Study Island.

QuickFlash Multiplication

Number Line Fractions 2009

1. First practice regular fractions.

2. Then try number line fractions

3. See if you can Find Grampy

4. Play Matho. Play 3 games and see what your best score is.

Drawing Inferences and Conclusions

1. COWS

2. Captions Help Tell a Story

3. Practice Drawing Conclusions

4. Word Meanings Battleship

Beaulieu - 1-22-09 (Inherited traits/Learned characteristics)

Click on this site to take a nature hike on the web. You will need to think about
- inherited traits (those that come from a parent or ancestor) - traits from nature
- learned characteristics (acquired traits) - traits we learn - do not come from parent or ancestor

Hulburt's Adaptions

1. Practice Identifying Animal Adaptations with this game

2. Discover how Adaptations can help animals Meet Their Needs

3. Go on an Arctic Adaptation Adventure

4. Rags to Riches...earn money by correctly identifying the adaptations

5. Creature Features...more adaptations activities

6. Take this quiz on Adaptations...raise your hand to tell your teacher your score when you are done!

7. You may finish off computer lab time working on your blog.

Food Chains

Use this link to complete your food chains. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
This link will assist you completing your individual organism.

Food Chain

1. Listen and watch this clip on food chains

2. Read about Food Chains by exploring this website. Don't forget to click on all the different buttons to learn different information about food chains and to play the 2 games (Producers, Consumers, Decomposers and Food Chain Games)

3. Build Another Food Chain here

4. Now Try your hand at Food Webs

5. Multiplication Flash

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Mrs. Hulburt's Class 1/8/09

1. Finish your plant key note and add it to your blog

2. Listen and watch this clip on food chains

3. Read about Food Chains by exploring this website. Don't forget to click on all the different buttons to learn different information about food chains and to play the 2 games (Producers, Consumers, Decomposers and Food Chain Games)

4. Build Another Food Chain here

5. Now Try your hand at Food Webs

6. If you still have time, begin posting your "Favorite Place" Composition on your blog. You can give it your own title if you wish, but please include (My Favorite Place) in the title as well.