5th graders,
You have sat in this, or another, computer lab for the better part of 5 years.
You have learned how to word process, make presentations, use the internet for research, and so on.
I have 4 questions, answer them in full and complete sentences with proper spelling and grammar...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
3rd Grade - Christmas Break 12/2011 - What are your traditions?
Many people celebrate Christmas. Many people celebrate other holidays this time of year such as Hanukah and Kwanzaa. Many people create their own celebrations.
A tradition is something done on a regular basis. Putting up a Christmas tree is a tradition. Lighting a Menorah is a tradition. Always going skiing on New Years Eve is a tradition. I always do my Christmas present shopping on Christmas Eve, that is my personal tradition...
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A tradition is something done on a regular basis. Putting up a Christmas tree is a tradition. Lighting a Menorah is a tradition. Always going skiing on New Years Eve is a tradition. I always do my Christmas present shopping on Christmas Eve, that is my personal tradition...
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4th Grade - Christmas Break 12/2011 - Technology & You
4th graders, please answer these 2 questions over the Christmas Vacation....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
5th Grade - Thanksgiving - Who's Coming to Dinner?
Imagine you are hosting Thanksgiving. You can invite one person to eat with. That one person can be anyone at all. It must be a living person, but other than that you can choose anyone in the world to share Thanksgiving dinner....
Who would you choose? Why them?
Your assignment:
Post your response, in full and complete sentences, as a comment to this blog post. Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Your comment will not appear right away. I, Mr Casal, will receive an email when you post a comment and I will publish it as soon as I see it.
Thank you, and have a good Thanksgiving...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Who would you choose? Why them?
Your assignment:
- Name the person you'd choose to eat with
- Explain your rational for choosing this person. Why them?
- Describe what you would want to talk about with this person during dinner
Post your response, in full and complete sentences, as a comment to this blog post. Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Your comment will not appear right away. I, Mr Casal, will receive an email when you post a comment and I will publish it as soon as I see it.
Thank you, and have a good Thanksgiving...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
4th Grade - Thanksgiving - How To Cook a Turkey
You are in charge of cooking Thanksgiving dinner. You have to cook a turkey and 2 side dishes (a side dish is usually mashed potato, mac & cheese, stuffing, etc).
How are you going to cook the turkey? What side dishes are you going to make?
Imagine you have no help from your parents, what & how are you going to prepare for Thanksgiving dinner?
Your assignment:
Post your answers to these questions, in full and complete sentences, as a comment to this blog post. Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Your comment will not appear right away. I, Mr Casal, will receive an email when you post a comment and I will publish it as soon as I see it.
Thank you, and have a good Thanksgiving...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
How are you going to cook the turkey? What side dishes are you going to make?
Imagine you have no help from your parents, what & how are you going to prepare for Thanksgiving dinner?
Your assignment:
- Describe your meal in one or two sentences
- List your ingredients for all aspects of your meal
- List the directions you will use for preparing your turkey and side dishes
- If you could have help cooking from one person, who would you choose to help you & why
Post your answers to these questions, in full and complete sentences, as a comment to this blog post. Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Your comment will not appear right away. I, Mr Casal, will receive an email when you post a comment and I will publish it as soon as I see it.
Thank you, and have a good Thanksgiving...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
3rd Grade - Thanksgiving - What is Thanksgiving?
What is Thanksgiving? Do you know where the holiday came from? Do you know some of the myths of thanksgiving?
For me Thanksgiving is about remembering how we got to where we are. Remembering those who came before us to help us get where we are. It is a chance to get together with family and friends and think about our history as well as look to the future. And honestly, for me, it's also a little bit about football. Eating and watching football has always been a big part of Thanksgiving in my family. We have a football tradition, every year we play the "Turkey Bowl". The Turkey Bowl is a 1 hour touch-football game where we split the family into 2 teams and play before we eat. It's all in fun, and it works up an appetite.
Your assignment:
Post your answers to these questions, in full and complete sentences, as a comment to this blog post. Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Your comment will not appear right away. I, Mr Casal, will receive an email when you post a comment and I will publish it as soon as I see it.
Thank you, and have a good Thanksgiving...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
For me Thanksgiving is about remembering how we got to where we are. Remembering those who came before us to help us get where we are. It is a chance to get together with family and friends and think about our history as well as look to the future. And honestly, for me, it's also a little bit about football. Eating and watching football has always been a big part of Thanksgiving in my family. We have a football tradition, every year we play the "Turkey Bowl". The Turkey Bowl is a 1 hour touch-football game where we split the family into 2 teams and play before we eat. It's all in fun, and it works up an appetite.
Your assignment:
- What does Thanksgiving mean to you?
- Why do you think we celebrate it?
- How do you celebrate it?
- What are your family's traditions?
Post your answers to these questions, in full and complete sentences, as a comment to this blog post. Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Your comment will not appear right away. I, Mr Casal, will receive an email when you post a comment and I will publish it as soon as I see it.
Thank you, and have a good Thanksgiving...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
And one more thing...
"And one more thing..." was a famous line Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer, always used before unveiling an amazing new product.
Among all the legendary and visionary products Apple produced they also produced some amazing commercials and videos
Many people know the 1984 commercial introducing the Macintosh (a film-style commercial with reference to the George Orwell novel 1984), but that is #3 on my personal favorites list.
#1 and #2? These are my 2 favorite Apple videos...
Among all the legendary and visionary products Apple produced they also produced some amazing commercials and videos
Many people know the 1984 commercial introducing the Macintosh (a film-style commercial with reference to the George Orwell novel 1984), but that is #3 on my personal favorites list.
#1 and #2? These are my 2 favorite Apple videos...
Thursday, April 14, 2011
5th Grade - Spring Break - The Space Shuttle...
In honor of New York City getting a space shuttle (albeit a prototype) your Spring Break assignment revolves around NASA and the Space Shuttle program.
Your assignment:
Watch the video about the history of the Space Shuttle.
Write a response to the video as a comment here on the blog.
- Here are some questions to get you thinking about the type of response to write:
> What do you think about the video?
> What did you learn from it?
> What was the most interesting part of the video for you?
Write your response in full and complete sentences.
Here are some other space related links you might also find interesting (feel free to comment about the links too):
Space Shuttle fact site
NASA video gallery
Solar System
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Your assignment:
Watch the video about the history of the Space Shuttle.
Write a response to the video as a comment here on the blog.
- Here are some questions to get you thinking about the type of response to write:
> What do you think about the video?
> What did you learn from it?
> What was the most interesting part of the video for you?
Write your response in full and complete sentences.
Here are some other space related links you might also find interesting (feel free to comment about the links too):
Space Shuttle fact site
NASA video gallery
Solar System
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
4th Grade - Spring Break - Going where no man has gone before...
In honor of New York City getting a space shuttle (albeit a prototype) your Spring Break assignment revolves around NASA and the Space Shuttle program.
Your assignment:
Watch the video showing the first Space Shuttle flight...
Write a response to the video as a comment here on the blog.
- Here are some questions to get you thinking about the type of response to write:
> What do you think about the video?
> What do you think it was like to be on the first Space Shuttle?
> What do you think it would have been like to watch the first flight in person?
> What was the most interesting part of the video for you?
The only audio you will hear on the video is the communication between the control tower and the Shuttle. Think about what you are seeing more than what you are hearing.
Write your response in full and complete sentences.
Here are some other space related links you might also find interesting (feel free to comment about the links too):
Space Shuttle fact site
NASA video gallery
Solar System
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Your assignment:
Watch the video showing the first Space Shuttle flight...
Write a response to the video as a comment here on the blog.
- Here are some questions to get you thinking about the type of response to write:
> What do you think about the video?
> What do you think it was like to be on the first Space Shuttle?
> What do you think it would have been like to watch the first flight in person?
> What was the most interesting part of the video for you?
The only audio you will hear on the video is the communication between the control tower and the Shuttle. Think about what you are seeing more than what you are hearing.
Write your response in full and complete sentences.
Space shuttle Columbia launched on the first space shuttle mission on April 12, 1981, a two-day demonstration of the first reusable, piloted spacecraft's ability to go into orbit and return safely to Earth. This video depicts the historic launch, in-orbit activity by astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen, and the vast crowds who witnessed the landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Here are some other space related links you might also find interesting (feel free to comment about the links too):
Space Shuttle fact site
NASA video gallery
Solar System
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
3rd Grade - Spring Break - In a galaxy far, far, away...
In honor of New York City getting a space shuttle (albeit a prototype) your Spring Break assignment revolves around space and the solar system.
Go to this website:
http://www.solarsystemscope.com/
It is an interactive view of the solar system. You can click on planets to zoom in on them, you can also rotate your view around the plantes, and solar system as a whole, to get a 360 degree view. You can measure the distance between different stars and planets.
Your assignment is:
Go to the Solar System Scope website.
Click on the planets. Look at them, rotate them.
Write a response to the site as a comment here on the blog.
- Here are some questions to get you thinking about the type of response to write:
> What do you think about the site?
> Did you learn from it anything from it?
> Does it make you think about space differently than before you saw the website?
Add your thoughts about the website as a comment. Please comment in full and complete sentences.
Here are some other space related links you might also find interesting (feel free to comment about the links too):
Space Shuttle fact site
NASA video gallery
Solar System
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Go to this website:
http://www.solarsystemscope.com/
It is an interactive view of the solar system. You can click on planets to zoom in on them, you can also rotate your view around the plantes, and solar system as a whole, to get a 360 degree view. You can measure the distance between different stars and planets.
Your assignment is:
Go to the Solar System Scope website.
Click on the planets. Look at them, rotate them.
Write a response to the site as a comment here on the blog.
- Here are some questions to get you thinking about the type of response to write:
> What do you think about the site?
> Did you learn from it anything from it?
> Does it make you think about space differently than before you saw the website?
Add your thoughts about the website as a comment. Please comment in full and complete sentences.
Here are some other space related links you might also find interesting (feel free to comment about the links too):
Space Shuttle fact site
NASA video gallery
Solar System
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Friday, February 18, 2011
5th Grade - February Break - This day in history...
People are born every day. In fact, many people share birth days (not the same year necessarily, but if there are only 356 days odds are a lot of people are born on the same day)
2 people considered important in the world of technology have birthdays this week.
Who are they? Why are they considered important in the world of technology? Have you heard of them before? Do you think they are important to technology?
Use this link:
Click here
This assignment has 2 parts:
Part 1 - Figure out who I am thinking of (born this week and important to technology) and answer the questions:
Who are they? Why are they considered important in the world of technology? Have you heard of them before? Do you think they are important to technology?
Part 2 - Find your birthday in the calendar and answer the questions:
Who was born on the same day you were? Do you recognize any of the names? Do you know why they are famous?
To complete the assignment you must post a comment with answers to all questions in both Part 1 and Part 2.
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
2 people considered important in the world of technology have birthdays this week.
Who are they? Why are they considered important in the world of technology? Have you heard of them before? Do you think they are important to technology?
Use this link:
Click here
This assignment has 2 parts:
Part 1 - Figure out who I am thinking of (born this week and important to technology) and answer the questions:
Who are they? Why are they considered important in the world of technology? Have you heard of them before? Do you think they are important to technology?
Part 2 - Find your birthday in the calendar and answer the questions:
Who was born on the same day you were? Do you recognize any of the names? Do you know why they are famous?
To complete the assignment you must post a comment with answers to all questions in both Part 1 and Part 2.
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
4th Grade - February Break - Who was born this week?
People are born every day. In fact, many people share birth days (not the same year necessarily, but if there are only 356 days odds are a lot of people are born on the same day)
2 people considered important in the world of technology have birthdays this week.
Who are they? Why are they considered important in the world of technology? Have you heard of them before? Do you think they are important to technology?
Use this link:
Click here
Figure out who I am thinking of and answer the questions:
Who are they? Why are they considered important in the world of technology? Have you heard of them before? Do you think they are important to technology?
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
2 people considered important in the world of technology have birthdays this week.
Who are they? Why are they considered important in the world of technology? Have you heard of them before? Do you think they are important to technology?
Use this link:
Click here
Figure out who I am thinking of and answer the questions:
Who are they? Why are they considered important in the world of technology? Have you heard of them before? Do you think they are important to technology?
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
3rd Grade - February Break - Your day in history...
People are born every day. In fact, many people share birth days (not the same year necessarily, but if there are only 356 days odds are a lot of people are born on the same day)
Who was born on your birthday?
Use this link:
Click here
Figure out who shares your birthday and answer the questions:
Who are they? Why are they famous/what are they famous for? Have you heard of them before? What do you think about them?
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
Who was born on your birthday?
Use this link:
Click here
Figure out who shares your birthday and answer the questions:
Who are they? Why are they famous/what are they famous for? Have you heard of them before? What do you think about them?
Have a great vacation...
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
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