Summer Reading!

Have reading fun online!

For nonfiction readers, try Newsela for just right news articles on engaging and current topics. 

Reading Rockets has some great ideas for avoiding the summer reading slide.

Take Scholastic’s summer challenge!  Read for the world record.  Log your minutes on Scholastic Summer reading 

 For more ideas from Scholastic go their website.

Sign up for PBSkids six-week summer reading challenge, receive daily emails and book suggestions to keep the family reading all summer!     

 

 

Grade 4/5 Tech Class

Today you are going to be revisiting some tech favorites and sites/apps you have worked with before.  See the list of options below.  You MUST complete the first two, after that you can choose which apps you want to explore.

1.  Practice keyboarding (complete level 1)
2.  Create a Father's Day Wordle

•      brainstorm a list of words that describe your father (or another important man in your life).  

•      type these words/phrases on a Google document (if it is a phrase or compound word add this symbol ~  This will keep the words together in the Wordle)  For example get~icecream~together

• Go to Wordle site and create your word collage.  If you have trouble at this point (typically the problem is with the java script), try another browser.  Click allow when it ask you about the applet (don't worry about that)

• Once you have a Wordle you like you may print a copy.

3.  Explore a  sites/application  from the list below
Scratch (continue to learn about coding)
Voki (make a Voki of a character in the book you are reading)

Create a Wordle

What's a Wordle?  It's a word collage.  See the one I created below about my family and interests.  Click here to create your Wordle

Creating a Voki

2nd and 3rd graders will be practicing their fluency as they create Vokis.  A Voki is an avatar which the students can personalize by adding hair, clothing and backgrounds. 

Click here to go to the Voki website

1.  Practice your reading fluency passage
2.  Record your passage on Qick Time player.  Save the recording to your desktop.
3.  Create your Voki
4.  Add your audio recording to the Voki
5.  Be sure to save and share with Ms. Casassa!

Learning about Habitats

Today we are going to learn about habitats.  Do you know what a habitat is?  Let's watch Sid the Science Guy to find out!

Click here to watch the video
Now visit the PBS Wildkratts site to learn more about different habitats

Create a Timeline of New Hampshire History

Barnard 4th and 5th graders have been studying New Hampshire History this year.  They have researched topics related to the state of New Hampshire, written about their findings, and created a Thinglink based on their information. Now they are going to create a timeline of all the important events that have happened in New Hampshire since the first settlement was founded in the early 1600s.

Click here to sign up for an event for the timeline


Click one of the two Timeline Options below:
(username and password are:  barnardtech)

Dipity:  New Hampshire History Timeline
Tiki-Toki: New Hampshire History Timeline

Some timelines to use as resources.  Remember to put the events in your own words and do more research if you need information on the event.
New Hampshire Student Resource Guide
New Hampshire History Timeline
Timelines of History:  New Hampshire
World Atlas NH Timeline

You will be responsible for finding the important events in one of the following time periods:
1600-1700
1700-1800
1800-1900
1900-present day

Your time line entry must include:
1.  Title of the event or a key word
2.  Date (exact if possible)
3.  Description of Event (2 complete sentences if possible!)
4.  Image or link related to event

Example:

Dartmouth College
December 13, 1769
The charter establishing Dartmouth College was signed in 1769, by John Wentworth, who was the governor at the time. Dartmouth's founder was Rev. Eleazar Wheelock who started the College as a place to educate Native Americans.

National Geographic Young Explorer

Click here to go to National Geographic Young Explorer