Hour of Code 2019

It's time for Hour of Code!  Barnard students in grades 1-8 will code for an hour this week!
Click here for Hour of Code game options


This year The Hour of Code is focusing on AI-machine learning-watch this video to learn how it works with some hands on experiences. AI is like any tool:  "first you get the knowledge, then you get the power." Click here to start learning how Machine Learning works!



 Join a Beach Clean-up with Kodable!

Play Puppy Adventure

Join in the fun and start coding! Click here form more coding fun!

Dance Party
Code a Dance Party to share with your friends. Featuring Katy Perry, Madonna, J. Balvin, Sia, Keith Urban, Ciara, and 25 more!

Candy Quest
Design your own candy troll character and go on a multi-level quest for candy to help your character find its way home. You'll solve coding puzzles to navigate your character through the human world, while avoiding obstacles and collecting gumdrops and mints.

 The Grinch
Learn to program drones and a high tech sleigh with coding magic to capture presents and navigate down the mountain to return Christmas to Whoville.

Grades 6 & 7: Digital Compass-how to be good online citizens

 Click here to go to Digital Compass
 Digital Compass- a fun way to learn how to be a good citizen online. Create an avatar and username, then choose different activities to learn how to make good decisions online. Please post a comment below this assignment in Google Classroom that tells what games you played and one thing you learned.

Grade 8 Media Literacy: Checkology- Infozone Lesson

Click here to go to Checkology lesson
Today you will work on being more media savvy and literate.  You will be using Checkology and working in the lesson called "Infozones." First, create an account with Checkology using your Barnard School email. Then  watch the videos and complete the lessons in "Infozones." At the end of tech class, let Ms. Casassa know how far you got in the lesson (___/15) in the comment section below this assignment in Google Classroom.

Halloween Fun in Tech Class!

HALLOWEEN FUN! It's almost Halloween and time to have some spooktacular fun! Carve a jack-o-lantern! Play some ghostly online games! And test your Halloween trivia with Halloween Hop!

Choose from the activities below:
Make a Pumpkin
Halloween Hop
Pumpkin Carving
Halloween Word Search
Halloween Candy Hunt
Pumpkin Matching
Trick or Treat
Halloween Dot to Dot 
Halloween Coloring
Looking for more Halloween Fun? Use Kidpix to draw a Halloween picture!

Grades 2/3 Learning About Dinosaurs

DINOSAUR RESEARCH PROJECT

Do you like Dinosaurs?  Want to learn more about them?  Well, you've come to the right spot.  We ill watch this Brain Pop video and explore some of the cool dinosaur website listed below! Don't forget to write down your research! Click here to watch the Dinosaur video

Dinosaur Research Resources 

The Dino Directory
Zoom Dinosaurs -for fact sheets and information 



Other good research options
National Geographic for Kids-Dinosaurs
Fact Monster-Dinosaur Timeline

Dinosaur Facts for Kids
Discovery Kids-Dinosaurs
Kid-Dinosaurs
The Dinosaur Museum

Planning and Note-taking
Note-taking Sheet 

Ready to Create!  

Click here to work on your pages in our "We Love Dinosaurs!" Class Presentation!

Constitution Day, September 17th

September 17th is Constitution Day!

Today, you will learn about the rights and responsibilities you have as citizens and how the United States Constitution protects those rights.  Let's start by watching a Brain Pop video to learn more!

Click here to watch Brain Pop Jr.: Rights and Responsibilities

Log in information:
barnard1
brainpop




Want to learn more? 
US Constitution Fact Sheet #1
US Constitution Fact Sheet #2

Brain Pop Jr: Rights and Responsibility Word Play
Duckster: The US Constitution 

Constitution Games
Preamble Scramble
Concentration
Constitutional Board Game (online)
Which Founding Father are You Like?

iCivics Games 
Do I Have a Right?

Click here to watch Brain Pop: The US Constitution

Click here to learn more!






Poster Contest- Deadline October 1st

Sign in to Grade 4/5 Tech Google Classroom

Click here to go to Google Classroom
1.  Sign in using your Barnardschool.org username and password
2.  Join class using this code: zppof8

Review Internet Safety Rules-Grade 4/5

As we begin the school year, let's review some internet safety rules by playing Interland.  Click the link below to play.
Click here to go to Interland

Create a poster helping your classmates remember how to be safe online! You may use Kidpix, Google Drawing or presentation.  Be sure to write your rule and include a picture!

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back Minions GIF from Welcomeback GIFs

WriteReader

• WriteReader use the class code to join

                       Grade 1- l41u
                       Grade 2/3- o1r1
                  

Grade 1-Learning About Habitats

Learning about Habitats
 Let's learn about Forest Habitats

Click here top watch the Brain Pop video about Forest Habitats

Log-in:
username:barnard1

password: brainpop

Let's learn about Ocean Habitats with Annie and Moby

Click here top watch the Brain Pop video about Ocean Habitats

Log-in:
username:barnard1

password: brainpop

Today we are going to learn about Desert habitats

Click here to watch the Brain Pop video about Desert habitats.

Log-in:
username:barnard1

password: brainpop

Let's learn about Arctic Habitats with Annie and Moby

 Click here to watch the Brain Pop video about Arctic Habitats.

Log-in:
username:barnard1

password: brainpop

Activities to learn more about Habitats
Build a Habitat
Switch Zoo 
Wild Kratts Habitats 
National Geographic Animals 
The Great Habitat Match-up
Design a Habitat

Click here to watch this short video of finding habitats for the creatures your create!

Grade 2/3-Learning How to Use Google Drive

Today we are going to have some fun learning how to create and use Google Drive document! You have published stories with Mrs. Pruitt on Google Drive. We are going to learn even more fun features you can use!

1.  Click here to go to Google
2.  On right corner you should see this.

3.  Click the blue SIGN IN box and type in your barnardschool google address.
4.  Click on the box in the right corner.

 
5.  Then click on the DRIVE icon
6.  Click on the + NEW button

7.  Click on the blue Google Docs button

   










8.  A new document should open.  Give your document a title! Maybe--April Vacation.

9.  Now you can write a paragraph about what you are excited for during April vacation or for this spring.  It could be a trip, seeing family, playing outside, going on an all school hike...anything that you think is going to be fun this month or in May!
10.  Once you have a paragraph written, we will learn how to do differnt things with your document!
11.  Have fun!!!

Grades 4/5: Exploring the United States

Today, you will have a chance to explore the 50 States.
 Learn about a different part of the country.

Click here to Explore the States


Others resources to learn about the 50 state
Duckster: United States Geography 
Duckster Geography game

Celebrate Read Across America and Dr Seuss's Birthday!

March 2nd was Dr Seuss's Birthday!  Before the month is over, let's celebrate by watching a video, and exploring some of Dr Seuss's magical worlds and characters.  Visit the sites below for some Fun with The Cat in the Hat and so much more!

Click here to watch some video clips of some of you favorite Dr Seuss books.

Click here to go to the PBS Dr Seuss site

Click here to go to Seussville!

Black History Month

February is Black History Month.  Learn about some amazing African American Inventors, scientists and other remarkable men and women.

Choose a famous African American and learn more about him/her.  Write about this person using:

• Kid Pix

• StoryMaker

• WriteReader use the class code to join

                       Grade 1- l41u
                       Grade 2- o1r1
                       Grade 3- 8bod

DUCKSTER- Scroll down to bottom of entry to use the audio feature.  You can listen to the entire article!

Famous African-Americans-

Muhammad Ali George Washington Carver Frederick Douglass Michael Jackson Martin Luther King, Jr. Thurgood Marshall Barack Obama Rosa Parks Brain Pop Jr. --Log in using barnard1/brainpop Famous African Americans in Science  FactMonster Biography.com InfoPlease Resource Reading Rocket has a lot of resources

Colin Powell Jackie Robinson Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Booker T. Washington Ida B. Wells Oprah Winfrey

Martin Luther King Jr Webquest Grades 2/3

Learn more about Martin Luther King Jr by watching this Brain Pop movie
Complete the webquest to learn even more!
Using the National Geographic online magazine, answer the T/F questions about Martin Luther King
Click here to go to the Google Presentation to make your slide about Martin Luther King

Grade 1 Tech: Learning about Martin Luther King Jr.

On Monday, January 21st, we remember Martin Luther King Jr. Today we are going to learn more about him.Click here to go to the Brain Pop Junior Biography. Log in using barnard1/brainpop