The Real Cost of the 12 Days of Christmas

Click here to calculate the real costs of 12 Days of Christmas

Create note cards to give as a holiday gift

Try this fun pictionary game

Click here to go to Quickdraw

Winter Holidays 1-3

What are the holidays that are celebrated in the winter time?  Watch this Brain Pop to find out! Click here to watch Winter Holidays with Annie & Moby
Log in to Brain Pop:

username: barnard1

password: brainpop

Choose one of the Winter Holidays and tell us about it in a Kidpix creation.  Be sure to use some of the words you learned in the video and add details to your picture!  Print out two copies--one for Ms. Casassa and one to bring home.

Where does your Thanksgiving Meal Come from?

Where does your Thanksgiving dinner come from?

Grades 1-3 Tech Thanksgiving

Click here to try this fun Thanksgiving word search!

And for some Math Thanksgiving fun try Turkey Touchdown!

The First Thanksgiving-Exploring the Mayflower and Plimouth Plantation

Community Helpers

There are many people who help our community.  Learn more with Moby and Anne about community helpers.

Community Helpers Brain Pop












Let's learn more about what firefighters do to help our community by reading the book below.

Click here to read this Scholastic Books:  Firefighter

Grade 1--Click here to go to our Community helper chart

Grade 2-3 Fill in the Community Helper chart 

Click here to go to our SLIDE SHOW--much less crazy :)

 Finally, let's show what you have learned.  Go to Kidpix and draw a picture showing what you have learned about Community Helpers and how YOU can be a community helper too!

Click here to print a Firefighter Coloring page.

Storyboard

Click here to go to STORYBOARD THAT


Sign in to Storyboard That
Click here to sign up.

School/Teacher: scasassa
Class Code: words0555

Join Tech 4/5 Class: working5666

Epic Books!

 1st Graders-

Sign in to Mrs. Moran's Epic Books Classroom.
Click here to go to Epic Books

   

Here's  your Class Code: 

eze9169

Now start reading!!

Tech: Grade 2-3 Week 2 "All About Me"

First, practice your keyboarding skills- 

You may try this game, Cupcake Bugs, or play another keyboarding game on the Tech Page.
Cupcake Bugs

Review the parts of the computer with this memory game.

 

 

 

 

 

Now, click here to  fill out this "All About Me' sheet!

Technology-Grade 1

Welcome to Week 2 of Tech Class! 

Last week we learned about the computer rules and the different parts of the computer.  First let's play a game to review the computer parts

CLICK HERE TO PLAY MATCH COMPUTER PARTS MATCH











PRACTICE USING THE COMPUTER MOUSE WITH THESE FUN GAMES! 
Click here to play some fun games Mouse Games

Welcome Back! Technology in Grades 1-3

Let's review the computer lab rules!

 

Can you identify the different parts of the computer?

Let's play this matching game to find out!

Print out this word search for more computer fun! 

Ready for a game? Try Fuzz Bug Factory!

Grade 4/5 Book Trailers

Top Ten Things about First Grade

Today, you are going to think about all you've learned and the fun things you have done in first grade.  We will brainstorm a list and then choose the class "Top Ten" favorite things of the year.  Then we will create a memory book for each of you to have using Google Slides and Kidpix.     Click here to go to our Google presentation

Tech 4/5-Digital Citzenship

Explore The Digital Compass and make real world decisions about the internet, technology and how to be safe online. Click here to go to the Digital Compass. 

Tech 4-6 How to Be Safe Online

Let's review how to stay safe on the internet with Mobey

Click here to watch the video (Brain Pop Jr)
Here's the Brain Pop version
Click to learn how the Internet actually works
Click here to watch Share Jumper

Tech 4-6-Take the Engineering Challenge!

Try some of these challenges to test your problem solving skills.  See if you have what it takes to be an engineer!

Challenges

Light On

Escape Challenge

2D World Physics game

Car Ferry Challenge Game

Joe Lost

Engineering Challenge

Invention Engine

Zippy Boxes

Sliding Block

Robo Trobo

Spelling Bees

(Resources from Mrs. Badgley, Rochester School)

Digital Citizenship Lesson Grades 1-3: : "What Makes a Website Right For Me?"

What Makes a Website Right for Me?
Today we are going to explore a website and decide what you like about it and whether it is a site you would like to visit again.  Take a look at the site below and complete the worksheet to decide whether the site is right for you.

Key Vocabulary:
subject:  the topic that something ( a website) is about
link (noun): something you can click on to go to another part of the site
rate: to judge how good or valuable something is

We will visit the first site together as a class:
Curious George

Now explore the site below and complete the "Sites I Like" chart:
Color with Leo

Valentine's Day Online Fun!

It's almost Valentine's Day! 
Visit some of these sites and have some Valentine's Day fun!

Valentine's Day Puzzle
Valentine's Day Word Search
Valentine Matching Game
Sweet Stones Matching Game
Build a Valentine
Valentine's Puzzle
Tic-Tac Cupid
Valentine's Coloring Pages
More Coloring Pages

Grade 4/5 Tech- People of The Revolutionary War

Our next tech project will be about People of the Revolutionary War.  Today you should go People of the American Revolution and look at the twenty seven people listed there, choose several that you are interested in and read more about them.  Next week you will choose one to do a Tech Project on.

Click here to go to the site

Grade 7 & 8 Tech: In Plain English-Barnard Explains US History

In Plain English-Barnard Explains US History

Now that you have an idea of what your final product should be like--sort of a mix between the Crash Course information and the Zombie style pictures and video--choose your topic and start researching! 

RESEARCH YOUR TOPIC

• Start with these sites-ask for permission to search elsewhere
• Best US History websites for students 
• History 
• History Place
• Digital History
• DocsTeach 
• The Smithsonian Learning Lab
• The Price of Freedom-America at War a history
• Click here to watch more John Green Crash Course for info and inspiration!
• Click here to watch more In Plain English videos
• Complete the Graphic Organizer in Google Classroom (click here for copy)
• Click here to access cut outs

PLAN YOUR VIDEO

1.      Write a script-this should be simple—written in PLAIN ENGLISH—the video should not be longer than two minutes.  Stay on topic and focused. You might watch John Green’s  Crash Course videos and some of the In Plain English videos as well to get a feel for the genre.  If you can pull it off—humor and playfulness is fine in this video. HAVE YOUR SCRIPT APPROVED AND EDITED BY MR. SZELIGA OR MS. CASASSA.       

2.     Create your stick figures and props.  Black and white with just “splashes” of well chosen color work best. They show up better if they are outlined with BLACK sharpie! The “stage” is a desk.  Don’t make your figures too small.

3.     PRACTICE-this requires practicing READING the script—slowly and with animation and PLACING stick people and props onto your stage.  This actually does require practice.  Timing is crucial!

4.     Once you’ve practiced and gotten the timing down, it’s time to video your In Plain English video!  Be prepared for several takes—and retakes—it will take time to get it right. 

5.     Download to Youtube and post to your blog! Congratulations!

6th Grade Infographic

You are finishing your research project in Social Studies on a country.  Using the information you have gathered, create an infographic illustrating the country's interesting features and highlights.  Use images, text shapes and color to present an easy to read, engaging infographic to share with your class.