Liberty`s Kids: #07 "Green Mountain Boys" (2/2)

Math

http://photopeach.com/album/vobvyh

Creating a community with a growth mindset: Jeremy Frith & Rachel Sykes ...

The power of yet | Carol S Dweck | TEDxNorrköping

Growth Mindset : Mindsetmax

Photo Peach

http://photopeach.com/account/signup

Division

http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/Math/Division/

Multiplication

http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/Math/Multiplication/

Fair Game? Rock Paper Scissors

Liberty`s Kids: #06 "The Shot Heard Round the World" (1/2)

Probability - Fair Game 2

New Rules.....
Player A gets one point  27 possible ways x 1 = 27
Player B gets three points  9 possible ways x 3 =27

Liberty`s Kids: #05 "Midnight Ride" (2/2)

Probability with two dice

http://shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ExpProbability/

First Thanksgiving

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VayAyAr-xqI

How Not to Talk to Your Kids

How Not to Talk to Your Kids

How Many Rolls to Get a 1?

1    44                    16  3
2     20                   17
3    23                    18
4    22                    19  1
5    15                    20  2
6    8                      21
7   4                      22  1
8    3                     23
9    6                     24  3
10  4                     25
11  2                     26
12  6                     27 2
13  5                    28
14  5                    29
15  7                    30+   7

What is the probability of rolling a 1?
http://shodor.org/interactivate/activities/RacingGameWithOneDie/

Newspaper Article

fodey.com

http://oklahoma4h.okstate.edu/leadership/file/cloverleaf/2010/news_sample.pdf

http://schools.peelschools.org/sec/lornepark/SiteCollectionDocuments/EQAO/OSSLT%20StED-Writing%20A%20News%20Report.pdf

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752518

http://www.timeforkids.com/files/homework_helper/aplus_papers/NewsStoryorganizer.pdf

http://www.timeforkids.com/files/homework_helper/aplus_papers/NewsStorySampler.pdf

http://www.jhuapl.edu/education/elementary/newspapercourse/samplenewspapers/samples.htm

http://www.timeforkids.com/homework-helper/a-plus-papers

Interactive Spinner

http://shodor.org/interactivate/activities/AdjustableSpinner/?version=1.6.0_03&browser=MSIE&vendor=Sun_Microsystems_Inc.

Probability

Spinning Probability

2 coin toss

cards higher-lower

Probability of 2 dice

racing game 2 dice

Internal Organizational Patterns Introduction

Pay it Forward Video Clip - YouTube.mp4

Apple Motion "Pay it Forward" Clip

Children's Book Booktalks and Video Booktalks | Scholastic.com

Children's Book Booktalks and Video Booktalks | Scholastic.com

Book Talks

Iowa Children Choice

TEDxDesMoines - Angela Maiers - You Matter

Apple - iPad Air - TV Ad - Your Verse

The Importance of Reading Aloud with Expression

Why Prosody Matters: The Importance of Reading Aloud with Expression

fluency-comprehension-strategies

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

This Is Still the Land of the Free - Veteran's Day/Memorial Day Song

Veteran's Day Tribute 2009

History of the Holidays: History of Veterans Day

Everybody has a Gift

Everyone has a gift.   Help those who you influence find it, open it

 & make everyone better for it.

NWEA Parent Letter

https://www.nwea.org/content/uploads/2014/07/ParentToolkit_0.pdf

Early Literacy Guidance

https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/2014-08-26EarlyLiteracyGuidance.pdf

Word Work

www.fcrr.org/staffpresentations/rhudson/word_work_rf_longisland_fcrr.pdf

http://education.ky.gov/educational/readky/documents/painstructionalmenu.pdf

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108002/chapters/phonics-and-word-study.aspx

Schoolhouse Rock - Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here

Classic Schoolhouse Rock : Verb - That's What's Happening! (1974)

Classic Schoolhouse Rock : A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing (1973)

Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar - Unpack Your Adjectives Music Video

Dear Parents,
    Time is flying and the first trimester is almost over.  I’m looking forward to seeing each of you at conferences and sharing your son or daughters academic accomplishments with you.

    This week in literacy, we have started reading Bunnicula which is about a bunny that may be a vampire.   Ask your son or daughter about the funny characters in the book.  While reading Bunnicula and Poppy we’ve been studying personification which is when animals or objects take on human like characteristics.  We’ve been looking at their animal like and human like characteristics in order to understand this literary element. In addition to reading Bunnicula we’ll be working on the parts of speech.  We will watch the video Grammar Rock and then used this information to make posters to help us remember the parts of speech.  If you haven’t heard your son or daughter use any new vocabulary words that we’ve been studying  you might want to ask them as you’ll be impressed.

 In math we’ve been studying statistics and will soon move on to probability.
 We’ve also been working on subtraction with regrouping and addition, subtraction and multiplication facts.  I have flash cards that can be checked out for the night if your son or daughter would like to borrow a set.  Also on our blog you will find many websites that will help with these skills.  One of the best is gamequarium.
http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/Math/Subtraction/
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/mission/mission.html
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/island_chase/island_chase.html

    In social studies, we’ve finished our study of Colonial America and are working on creating slide shows of the colonies.  We have these posted on our blog for you to view. We have started our study of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War.

    I would like to thank you for your support by signing assignment notebooks and by being involved in your son or daughter’s school work.  We’ve been working very hard here at school on using organization skills and putting papers back in their appropriate folders instead of throwing them in desks.  This is definitely an area we will continue to work on.  Lastly,  could you check with your son or daughter about his or her pencil supply,  several children are out of pencils.
     
    Thank you for your support,
        Mrs. Hill

T3 6 Bill Nye Electric circuits

Electricity

Electricity : Bill Nye on Electricity (Part 1)
Bill Nye Part 2
Electricity: Bill Nye Part 3 

Iowa Reading Research Center Practice Guides

Iowa Reading Research Center Practice Guides

7 Essential Principles of Innovative Learning | MindShift

7 Essential Principles of Innovative Learning | MindShift

The Power of belief -- mindset and success | Eduardo Briceno | TEDxManha...

Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit

Can Focus On ‘Grit’ Work In School Cultures That Reward Grades? | MindShift

Can Focus On ‘Grit’ Work In School Cultures That Reward Grades? | MindShift

Haunted House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-FUgSTwqC8

Electricity

http://thefusebox.northernpowergrid.com/page/circuitbuilder.cfm
http://scienceofeverydaylife.discoveryeducation.com/views/other.cfm?guidAssetId=D1507F6E-09C3-4E7B-B1E9-16708E402009
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/electricity_electromagnetism_interactive/components_circuits_association-series_parallel.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/
http://www.brainpop.com/technology/energytechnology/energysources/
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2847
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/circuits/whatcirc.htm
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/1xa_flash.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa/electricity/circuitsact.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/changing_circuits/play/
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/circuitsconductors.html 

Reading Literature: A Dog's Tale (Fiction) | LearnZillion

Reading Literature: A Dog's Tale (Fiction) | LearnZillion

Identify questions that can be answered using graphs - for teachers | LearnZillion

Identify questions that can be answered using graphs - for teachers | LearnZillion

60 Apps to Teach STEAM in the Classroom

60 Apps to Teach STEAM in the Classroom

The Whirlpool Every Day, Care™ Anthem

Geometry

Geometry Terms
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/geopicture
Acute Obtuse Right Angles
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=200
Congruent Similar
http://www.fuelthebrain.com/Game/play.php?ID=131
Cordinates
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug2/bug2.html
Area Perimeter
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeExplorer/
Surface Area
http://www.brainingcamp.com/resources/math/surface-area/interactive.php
Names of Solid Figures
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/solid_figure_factory/
Symetry
http://www.learningtoday.com/Player/swf/Geometry_Symmetry_L1_V1_t3a.swf
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr3/21.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr4/19.html
Volume
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr5/28.html
Angles
http://www.mathplayground.com/alienangles.html

Reading Sites

phosphate

Newsela Kids

wonderopolis

Reading- Easy CBM

http://www.easycbm.com/trina.hill

Multiplication Learning

Book Trailers

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/videos/#book-trailers

Thank You Tipton Rotary for the Dictionaries!

American Revolution

Learning goals:

• Why the Pilgrims came to the New World
• What was it like to live in the colonies
• What relationship did we have with the Native Americans
• Quartering Act
• 1st Continental Congress
• Boston Tea Party
• No Taxation without Representation
• Paul Revere's Ride
• Lexington and Concord
• Common Sense- Thomas Paine
• Declaration of Independence- July 4, 1776 Thomas Jefferson
• Revolutionary War
• War 1776-1781
• 1st Republic- Governed for the people, by the people- The Constitution of the United States

Electricity

Electricity

multiplication

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/105/missing_digits_multiplication

Metacognitive Awareness

wewd1a2.tmp - =schraw1994.pdf

LiteracySolutions - Bibliography of Assessment Instruments

LiteracySolutions - Bibliography of Assessment Instruments

Metacognition

Thinking Stem for Metacognition Notebooks

1.  In my story (tell me an event that is happening in your story) then they write a thinking stem - (I'm thinking... feeling,... seeing... noticing... or this reminds me of....) 

2.  The word I didn't know was ...... The sentence was......  The fix-up strategies strategies I tried are.... This is what I think the word means.

3.  Today when I read I had a picture in my mind.... What I saw was......

4.  Today when I read I had a movie playing in my mind..... My characters were....

 

Liberty`s Kids: #04 "Liberty or Death" (2/2)

Academic OneFile - Document

Academic OneFile - Document

Academic OneFile - Document

Academic OneFile - Document

Academic OneFile - Document

Academic OneFile - Document

Academic OneFile - Document

Academic OneFile - Document

MCCollege

http://kidblog.org/MuscatineCommunityCollege-IntrotoCollegeReading/

Photo's from the White House

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/a-window-into-the-white-house/

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/documenting-the-president/

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/a-nation-goes-to-war/

Photography Scavenger Hunt
Teaching with Digital Images By Glen L. Bull and Lynn Bell ISTE, 2005
Take your camera outside for 20 minutes and shoot each of the following:

1.Cat Cam: Imagine a cat has a camera. What would it photograph? 
Purpose: changing camera position

2. Who’s Got the Blues:    Take a photo of something that has a lot of blue tones (not the sky).
Purpose: looking at color

3. Hugantic Ant: Take a photo that makes something small seem really big. 
experimenting with perspective, depth of field, close-ups

4. Shaq Cam: Purpose:  Take a photo with the camera held as high as you can. 
changing camera position, using auto focus

5. A Motion Picture:Take a photo of a fast-moving object, 
keeping the camera’s viewfinder framed on the object as it moves by.

6. Lean Scene: Tilt the camera and take a photo. 
experimenting with camera position/orientation

7. Assimilate This:  Take a photo of at least three of the same things in a row. 
Focus on the one that is closest to you. experimenting with patterns, depth of field

Kay Rewerts   krewerts@mchsi.com    319.230.1017

Liberty`s Kids: #01 "The Boston Tea Party" (1/2)

It's My Life . Games . Wheel Houz | PBS Kids GO!

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

Digital History

Digital History

UH - Digital History

UH - Digital History

multiplication

http://multiplication.com/flashgames/ConeCrazy.htm
http://multiplication.com/flashgames/FishShop.htm
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/times-tables/math-lines-xfactor-12.html
http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/Math/Multiplication/

Sharp Wits

The Marshmallow Eating Monster mediaincorporated.com

Three things in each paragraph
1. Topic Sentence
2.  Body
3. Closing Sentence

Three different types of Paragraphs
1. Expository- Explain something
How do you catch a marshmallow eating monster
and what is included .... steps in order .... in correct sequence

2. Descriptive- Describes something (a picture in your mind)
and what is included ..... DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS  (sight, smell, feel, taste)
What does a marshmallow eating monster look like

3. Narrative- Tells a story
and what is included .... details... beginning, middle, end
The Marshmallow eating monster lead us on quite the chase....

Above And Beyond

The First Thanksgiving Student Activities for Grades PreK-12 | Scholastic.com

The First Thanksgiving Student Activities for Grades PreK-12 | Scholastic.com

The First Thanksgiving: Virtual Field Trips, Videos, and Slideshow

The First Thanksgiving: Virtual Field Trips, Videos, and Slideshow

Growth vs Fixed Mindset

The Power of Belief - Mindset and Success: Eduardo Briceno at TEDxManhat...

How the brain works

How to Help Every Child Fulfill Their Potential - Carol Dweck

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness | Talk Video | TED.com

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness | Talk Video | TED.com

Children's Book Booktalks and Video Booktalks | Scholastic.com

Children's Book Booktalks and Video Booktalks | Scholastic.com

Keene_Mosaic_1-4_2 extended - chapter1.pdf

Keene_Mosaic_1-4_2 extended - chapter1.pdf

Colonial America

http://www.virtuallrc.com/american_history.html

Making the Thirteen Colonies The Southern Colonies

13 Colonies: America the Story of Us

Akeelah and the Bee (3/9) Movie CLIP - Our Deepest Fear (2006) HD

Using Context Clues to improve vocabulary

Instilling a Love of Reading: What Every Teacher and Parent Should Know - Scientific Learning

Instilling a Love of Reading: What Every Teacher and Parent Should Know - Scientific Learning

10 Questions to Ask Your Child’s Teacher This Year (Don’t Forget Cognitive Skills!) - Scientific Learning

10 Questions to Ask Your Child’s Teacher This Year (Don’t Forget Cognitive Skills!) - Scientific Learning

easy CBM

http://www.easycbm.com/trina.hill

Metacognition Notebook

Dour is a word that I didn't know.  The sentence is Dour is a Bullwhyte vocabulary word that could be properly used to describe him.  I know that Bullwhyte is is my character's aunt's name.  I also know that she is describing the doctor as "dour".  I went back, reread, and thought about all the clues from the paragraph.   He didn't talk much and wasn't very friendly.  I think that "dour" means stern, strict or rigid.

Today my character was talking about being locked in her bedroom.  I feel really bad for her.  She is writing letters to her brother and I wonder if she can send them since she's locked inside.  She is now sick and the doctor came to visit.  She says that his nose whistles,  I think that is funny and grose.  I wouldn't want a doctor like that.  It reminds me of the dentist I went to when I was a kid.  I also think it's interesting how she describes her mean aunt as having fat ankles.  I think this shows that she doesn't really like her aunt.  I wouldn't either, she has her locked in her bedroom.

I predict that she is going to run away because the doctor said that she needs fresh air.  I think when her aunt leaves the windows open she'll sneak out. I hope she is able to find her brother.  I know that he is at war and the year is 1944.  I don't think it will be safer for her to be at war, but I can't imagine being locked inside a bedroom by a mean aunt.

Today in my reading I found out that Perlies' brother Martin (who she is writing her letters to) was drafted in the war and that her mother and father are dead.  This is why she is staying with her Aunt Bullwhyte. I can't imagine being locked in a room by my aunt, having no parents and my brother off to war.  Pearlie has to be very scared and lonely.  I wish her aunt would take care of her and love her.

The doctor came to visit Perlie again and this time she did something that even surprised her...she bit him. :)  He asked her aunt if she was feral.  At first I didn't know what this meant, but here is a clue from my reading.  The doctor asked if the child could speak or was she raised by a pack of wolves.  (That's why he got bit. )  I think that feral means a child that was raised in isolation and doesn't know anything.     It was funny when Perlie wrote to her brother Martin that her bite was only small, not wolflike at all.  It didn't even break the skin.

I'm scared for Pearlie now because she has Pneumonia and she's really sick.  Her aunt is staying in the room with her and holding her hand and telling her stories of her mother. She also said that if she would have known that her father had died she's have sent for them to live with her.  I think her aunt is starting to love her.  Also Pearlie said she thinks she knows why her aunt has thick ankles.  She believes that her thick ankles are a clue to her character.  STALWART. I think that word is just prefect it means loyal, dependable, sturdy and strong. I think her aunt can be all of these things.

I was relieved that Pearlie woke up after her fever broke and she found her bedroom door unlocked and open.  She went downstairs and made a sandwich.  I think things are going to turn out well between Pearlie and her Aunt and she won't have to run away to find Martin.

Self-efficacy

http://www.strivetogether.org/sites/default/files/images/20%20SEQ-C_Brief%20Survey%20and%20subscale%20pullout_Self-Efficacy%20Questionnaire%20for%20Children.pdf

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion

Giving Students Permission to Forget

Data-Driven Decision Making: Implementing Strategies for Student Achieve...

Being A Reader

http://www.scholastic.com/teacher/videos/teacher-videos.htm#3194413933001

Book Talks

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/65-book-videos-build-excitement-summer-reading

Scholastic Book Talks

http://bcove.me/okr8b1bj
http://bcove.me/ymutzqc0
http://bcove.me/7heesoqx
http://bcove.me/9cct21nw
http://bcove.me/cnai7rec
http://bcove.me/boeos71n
http://bcove.me/sj4c0fj5
http://bcove.me/a48zo0nr
http://bcove.me/ijb0nerg

Book Talks

http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid10032341001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFv844g~,BASb5BU03X9LAFtp2XgAYiGpgEafcTHp&bctid=1787707429001

Metacognition- Reading Comprehension

Mosaic of Thought

http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E01035/chapter1.pdf

Book Talks

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/PD2Go.php

Reading comprehension

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/articles-detail-view-print.php?id=85

He's a Bully, Charlie Brown Pt. 2

He's a Bully, Charlie Brown Pt. 1

PBS Bullies

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/bullies_flash.html

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/story_strips_flash.html

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/wheelhouz/index.html

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/index.html

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/video/index.html

Bill Nye Electricity

http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=7833#.TqY2t2qBABA.blogger

4-3's Bucket filling

I like your.....shoes, coat, bag..
Help them up if they fall.... drop something, help them pick something up
I like you...I think you're nice
Do good work and you'll feel proud
Welcome someone new to your school
smile at someone
invite someone to play
say kind things
help someone get ready to go
wish them good luck 
say good morning
say Hi

Reading Comprehension and Decoding Strategies | Parents | Scholastic.com

Reading Comprehension and Decoding Strategies | Parents | Scholastic.com

Specials schedule

Our special classes are daily from 1:10-1:40
Day 1 PE
Day2 Music
Day 3 Art
Day 4 PE
Day 5 Music
Day 6. Guidance 

Digital Passport

http://www.digitalpassport.org/student/landingpage

Shiloh

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/naylor

Why Are We Here?

http://padlet.com/trina_hill/6juqw3rgoeyp

4-3 Class Rules

http://padlet.com/trina_hill/l7iajmj258cp

Bucketfilling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5R6-2m_qHk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GOh18uZBlw

Spencer Johnson - Audiobook- Who Moved My Cheese?

Who moved my cheese? Full Movie

4-3's Summer Fun 2014

Boys and Girls,
Click on the link below to tell us about your summer fun!
Make sure you put your name at the top so we know who you are.
http://padlet.com/trina_hill/7b1xwyz6djmg

Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit

Guy's Edu Blog: Motivation to Innovate- or five reasons to risk fa...

Guy's Edu Blog: Motivation to Innovate- or five reasons to risk fa...: The lens I most often use to view motivation is Bandura 's concept of self efficacy . The idea is that we are more likely to succeed w...

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

LearnZillion

Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do: TED Talk

SQ3R Reading Method

RTI/ MTSS

http://educateiowa.eduvisionmobile

Classroom Strategies | Resources for educators of kids in grades 4-12 | AdLit.org

Classroom Strategies | Resources for educators of kids in grades 4-12 | AdLit.org

Teach the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers | Adolescent Literacy Topics A-Z | AdLit.org

Teach the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers | Adolescent Literacy Topics A-Z | AdLit.org

Technologies Combined With Extraordinary Teachers Can Revolutionize Education

Technologies Combined With Extraordinary Teachers Can Revolutionize Education

What does it Mean to be Powerful?

http://storyworks.scholastic.com/video-archive

Story works

http://storyworks.scholastic.com/video-archive

Coaching and Support | Facing History and Ourselves

Coaching and Support | Facing History and Ourselves

Two-Column Note-Taking | Facing History and Ourselves

Two-Column Note-Taking | Facing History and Ourselves

Civil War Project Template

https://www.smore.com

In your project include as many of the following tools as possible to teach us about your battle of the Civil War.  When done post the link to your Smore to Kidblog so we can view your project.
Voki
Tellagami
Video project (movie)
iMovie
Audio project
Picasa Collage
Photo Peach
Quiz using Google Form

Civil War - Antietam

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/antietam.html

http://www.nps.gov/anti/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm
http://www.nps.gov/anti/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm

http://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm

Civil War- Bull Run

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/bullrun.html

Civil War- Chattanooga

http://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm
http://www.battlesforchattanooga.com/

Civil War - Fort Sumter

http://bcove.me/amn6o0qc
http://youtu.be/r3ibiLqb5TQ

Civil War - Gettysburg & Fredricksburg

Gettysburg
Fredricksburg
http://www.nps.gov/frsp/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm

http://www.virtualgettysburg.com/
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now/2013-09/take-teacher%E2%80%99s-tour-battle-gettysburg

Civil War Project

http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=5819779&height=267&width=200

Maniac Magee

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/maniac-magee#cart/cleanup

7 Wonders of the World

http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders/

http://www.aceonlineschools.com/25-awesome-virtual-learning-experiences-online/

True Flix

U.S. Government

http://tfx.grolier.com/video/node-33060/01001870

True Flix

The Civil War

Summer Reading

Summer Reading Links
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/keep-kids-reading-all-summer-long

Book Flix
http://auth.grolier.com/login/bookflix/login.php?bffs=N

True Flix
http://auth.grolier.com/login/tfx/login.php?bffs=N
http://www.iowareadingresearch.org/

http://www.fcrr.org/for-educators/sca.asp

Fractions

https://sites.google.com/site/mrstrinahillsclass/

May 2014 Message from Director Brad Buck

Fractions

http://www.hoodamath.com/games/fraction.html

Fractions

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/menus/fractions.htm

fraction quiz

fractions

http://www.freewebs.com/weddell/comparing%20fractions.swf

http://hoodamath.com/games/fraction.php

Equivalent

Equivalent

Fractions

http://player.vimeo.com/video/65323917

Learn Zillion- Fractions

http://learnzillion.com/courses/42?collection_id=536#collection_538

Learn Zillion- Geometry

http://learnzillion.com/courses/42?collection_id=536#collection_537

Adding fractions

Adding

Fractions

http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/Math/Fractions/Equivalent/

TEDxDesMoines - Angela Maiers - You Matter

Geometry

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/menus/geometry.htm

Fractions

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/menus/fractions.htm

Emergency Preparedness: Tornados

Tornado Safety

Metacognition Notebook

My author Avi really described his character well.  Here is what he wrote about Mr. Middleditch.
He was standing in front of the looking glass fussing over his neck cloth.  (The year is 1872 so I think the looking glass is a mirror and the neck cloth is some type of scarf or tie.)  Perfection achieved, he slicked down his hair with billiantine and then smoothed down his waxed mustache, of which he was very proud. (I think that billiantine is a type of wax that he may have put in his hair.)
     Of middle height, Mr. M was quite stocky, thick arms, large hands, barrel chest.  Longish golden hair was brushed back over his collar.  His face was as round as a ball, a ball upon which features- wide-set eyes, rounds nose, and puckered lips- seem to have been affixed with hours glue.  His full handlebar mustache was, I will allow, dashing. 
    He did not walk so much as swagger.  At the moment he was wearing his best dark four-button cutaway jacket  with finely checked trousers and polished boots.
      I admire how Avi not only has a great description of Mr. Meddleditch so I have a picture in my mind but also how he told so much about what kind of person Mr. M is.

Can you draw a picture of him?
Do you think he is proud of himself?
Do you think he ever admits to being wrong?
Do you think he is soft and kind or rigid and mean?

Metacognition Notebook

Dour is a word that I didn't know.  The sentence is Dour is a Bullwhyte vocabulary word that could be properly used to describe him.  I know that Bullwhyte is is my character's aunt's name.  I also know that she is describing the doctor as "dour".  I went back, reread, and thought about all the clues from the paragraph.   He didn't talk much and wasn't very friendly.  I think that "dour" means stern, strict or rigid.

Today my character was talking about being locked in her bedroom.  I feel really bad for her.  She is writing letters to her brother and I wonder if she can send them since she's locked inside.  She is now sick and the doctor came to visit.  She says that his nose whistles,  I think that is funny and grose.  I wouldn't want a doctor like that.  It reminds me of the dentist I went to when I was a kid.  I also think it's interesting how she describes her mean aunt as having fat ankles.  I think this shows that she doesn't really like her aunt.  I wouldn't either, she has her locked in her bedroom.

I predict that she is going to run away because the doctor said that she needs fresh air.  I think when her aunt leaves the windows open she'll sneak out. I hope she is able to find her brother.  I know that he is at war and the year is 1944.  I don't think it will be safer for her to be at war, but I can't imagine being locked inside a bedroom by a mean aunt.

Today in my reading I found out that Perlies' brother Martin (who she is writing her letters to) was drafted in the war and that her mother and father are dead.  This is why she is staying with her Aunt Bullwhyte. I can't imagine being locked in a room by my aunt, having no parents and my brother off to war.  Pearlie has to be very scared and lonely.  I wish her aunt would take care of her and love her.

The doctor came to visit Perlie again and this time she did something that even surprised her...she bit him. :)  He asked her aunt if she was feral.  At first I didn't know what this meant, but here is a clue from my reading.  The doctor asked if the child could speak or was she raised by a pack of wolves.  (That's why he got bit. )  I think that feral means a child that was raised in isolation and doesn't know anything.     It was funny when Perlie wrote to her brother Martin that her bite was only small, not wolflike at all.  It didn't even break the skin.

I'm scared for Pearlie now because she has Pneumonia and she's really sick.  Her aunt is staying in the room with her and holding her hand and telling her stories of her mother. She also said that if she would have known that her father had died she's have sent for them to live with her.  I think her aunt is starting to love her.  Also Pearlie said she thinks she knows why her aunt has thick ankles.  She believes that her thick ankles are a clue to her character.  STALWART. I think that word is just prefect it means loyal, dependable, sturdy and strong. I think her aunt can be all of these things.

I was relieved that Pearlie woke up after her fever broke and she found her bedroom door unlocked and open.  She went downstairs and made a sandwich.  I think things are going to turn out well between Pearlie and her Aunt and she won't have to run away to find Martin.

Balanced Literacy

Richard Allington

balancedliteracydiet/Home

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies

http://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/intervention-and-prevention

balancedliteracydiet

Learn Zillion- Geometry

http://learnzillion.com/courses/42?collection_id=536#collection_537

Apple Motion "Pay it Forward" Clip

Akeelah and the Bee - 14. "Small Words"

You Are Special

Reading

Reading Comprehension and Decoding Strategies | Parents | Scholastic.com

Tornado Safety- Night of the Twisters

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzoOHrQXL0iJT0w2Snh1aUlOZDA/edit?usp=sharing

TEDxBloomington - Shawn Achor - "The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positi...

Listen to the first two and a half minutes and then create a story that you are going to retell as an audio project.  Think about writing in enough detail so that your reader will have a picture in their mind as you are retelling the story.  Then, as you record think about how you can use your voice and expression to retell the story to hold your listener's attention.
http://learnzillion.com/lessons/2271-develop-a-sequence-of-events-for-a-narrative-response

April Rain Song - Liev Schreiber - A Poem Is... - Disney Junior Official

April 2014 Message from Director Brad Buck

The Underground Railroad

@Scholastic

http://www.history.com/topics/slavery/videos#harriet-tubman-and-the-underground-railroad

map of Underground Railroad 

Hand Drawn Maps of the Underground Railroad

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/undergraound RR

Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman

http://gitwisters.com/

http://www.gitwisters.com/twentyfiveyears/technology.php
http://www.gitwisters.com/twentyfiveyears/truefacts.php

Author Visit

Meet Jeff Knapp on April 8
http://vimeo.com/69358963

John Kennedy

http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/jfk-a-new-generation
http://www.history.com/videos/jackie-kennedy-glamorous-first-lady

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-elected-president
http://www.history.com/videos/campaign-spot-kennedy-kennedy-1960
http://www.history.com/videos/jfks-goddaughter#jfks-goddaughter
http://www.history.com/videos/jfks-last-parade

Tornado Alley IMAX Trailer

Storm Chasers

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/storm-chasers-what-is-the-dominator.html

Sean Casey Presents The Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV).mp4

How Tornadoes Form

Tornado Safety

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm
http://www.ready.gov/tornadoes
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide.htm
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-safety-tornado.htm

Tornado Safety

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/storm-chasers/videos/best-of-storm-chasers.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/15-tornado-safety-tips.htm#page=5
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/weather/
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/tornado-chase-game/tornado-chase-game.html

Disney's John Henry

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Tipton's 4th Graders

https://sites.google.com/a/tipton.k12.ia.us/reading/welcome

George Washington Socks

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Poppy

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Among the Imposters

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Geometry

Geometry Terms
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/geopicture
Acute Obtuse Right Angles
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=200
Congruent Similar
http://www.fuelthebrain.com/Game/play.php?ID=131
Cordinates
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug2/bug2.html
Area Perimeter
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeExplorer/
Surface Area
http://www.brainingcamp.com/resources/math/surface-area/interactive.php
Names of Solid Figures
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/solid_figure_factory/
Symmetry
http://www.learningtoday.com/Player/swf/Geometry_Symmetry_L1_V1_t3a.swf
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr3/21.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr4/19.html
Volume
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr5/28.html
Angles
http://www.mathplayground.com/alienangles.html

Potential Energy: Wile E Coyote & Roadrunner

Motion and Design

Motion and Design

http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/resources/rubber_band_car.html

Rubber Band Energy
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/ApMech_p017.shtml

http://www.ncsu.edu/kenanfellows/kfp-cp-sites/motion-design/index-61222.php.html

http://www.brightstorm.com/science/physics/heat-and-thermodynamics/kinetic-and-potential-energy-of-atoms/

Kinetic and Potential Energy
Energy is defined as the ability to do work. When the work is actually being done, we term
the energy “kinetic.” When the work is waiting to be done, or when there is the potential
for work to be performed, we term the energy “potential.” Kinetic energy is the energy of
motion, potential energy comes from work having been done on an object which was then
stored. For example, a rubber band zinged from your finger has kinetic energy. While it was
stretched, waiting for you to release it, it had potential energy. The rubber band was stationary,
but work had been done on it to move it to its present position.

Now, we know that the farther we pull back a rubber band, the faster and farther it will
fly. Consider this situation in terms of potential and kinetic energy: When I pull back the
rubber band to a great distance, I am doing more work to it than if I pulled it back only
a small distance. More work means more energy is provided to and stored by the rubber
band. When I release the rubber band, it has more energy to move. More energy means
more work can be done by the rubber band. There is a connectedness, then, between
potential and kinetic energy for matter.

For moving objects, we can easily calculate kinetic energy using the formula:
KE = (mass x velocity2)/2 or 1/2 mv2
Although mass and velocity both have great effects on kinetic energy, it is velocity, more
significantly, that determines kinetic energy.

Motion & Design

• http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=7916  
• http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/SqoolTube_Videos/Science/Forces_and_Motion/Momentum/
• http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/SqoolTube_Videos/Science/Physics/ 
• http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/Science/Forces_and_Motion/
  
  
  http://www.compasslearning.com/Sampleactivities/launch.aspx?title=Introduction%20to%20Forces&flashsrc=common/activity/13/activity.swf?scale=no~activityPath=../../../13/physics/ph017/assets/xml/activity.xml&flashbase=common/activity/13/
  
  
  http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/activities/simulations/gr6/unitf.html
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/pushes_pulls.shtml
  w.gamequarium.org/dir/SqoolTube_Videos/Science/Forces_and_Motion/
  
  
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/space/level1/MoonOlympics.htm
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/friction.shtml
  http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/allaboutforces.htm
  
  
  http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/balancedandun.htm
  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/newton/index.html
  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/205/deploy/interface.html
  http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot.htm
  Test
  http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/tests/questions/allaboutforces.htm