Prezi time!

Today, you will begin your Prezis to present your Biography research.

www.prezi.com

Remember to be careful with spelling and grammar while you're designing your masterpieces!

Mrs. Morell

Online Research for Your Bio Project

Today, you will have a chance to do some research online for your biography project.

If you think you are completely done with your research, I suspect you can find even more cool information online.

The American Library Association keeps a page of biography resources that I think would be a good place to start:

On that site, if you have someone who is from the last 100 years or so, try the Gallery of Achievers:

And  Bio.com is a great resource - It does have quite a bit of advertising though.

Of course, if you have not yet had a chance to look at our online encyclopedias, please take a look there as well. 

Please let me know if you need to print anything before you try to do so!

Mrs. Morell

Prezis!!

Finally, we will set up Prezi accounts today:

http://prezi.com/

You will need to set up an account with your HTS Email account and password - it will be a free account for students.

You will be creating a Prezi for your biography project, so I thought it would be fun if you created a quick biography about yourself to practice.  Here is my sample:



Let's watch a Prezi tutorial:


In your Prezi biography, I would like you to include:

Where you were born
Three words to describe you
Your favorite books
Your favorite foods
Your greatest accomplishment, or thing you are most proud of...
Your family

I'd like you to include pictures on each slide.

Let's have fun with this!!

Mrs. Morell

It's St. Patrick's Day!!

... or at least it is in the 4th Grade today!

First, we will watch a couple of videos about St. Patrick's Day, the first from BrainPop:

www.brainpop.com

And a pair of videos from the History Channel, one titled: Bet You Didn't Know: St. Patricks Day, and one on the New York City St. Patricks Day Parade:

http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/videos#st-patrick

And let's take a quick peek at Irish step dancing from Riverdance:

The we'll do a bit of research from The History Channel, where you can find this great infographic:

 from the National Geographic Blog

Internet Searching Tips and A Scavenger Hunt

Today, we'll talk about effective Internet Searching Tips by watching the following Prezi:




Then, we will use the Internet to try to find the answers to a series of questions, using the tips we have just discussed.

www.google.com

What is 4789+895?

Name two facts about dolphins

What is the population of Australia?

What is today’s temperature in Tokyo, Japan?

Name the president of Greece.

What are the hours of the Newseum on a Friday?

Who is the author of Journey to the River Sea?

What book won the Newberry Medal in 2013?   Name the three runners-up

Name three moons of Saturn

What was the score of the Villanova vs. Georgetown basketball game this week?

Name a famous painting by Norman Rockwell .

What is the capital of Kenya?

Name a sculpture found in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Art

Define braille

Name two websites that have braille games for kids

Name one photo of the day from the White House website

Define onomatopoeia

Name the new US Secretary of Defense

Iditarod WebQuest

Today, we are going to work in teams, and use two websites to try to find the answers to the following questions:

http://iditarod.com/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/

I promise you, all the answers can be found on these two websites - It may take a bit of hunting, though!  Please be sure to answer the questions using complete sentances... and neat handwriting.

Have fun!

Mrs.  Morell

Iditarod Webquest.  Your Name:
When was the first  Iditarod race run?
Who is known as “Mother  of the Iditarod” and why?
What was the Iditarod Trail used for on a day to day basis in the early 1900s and until as late as the 1930s?
Why did Joe Redington want to have this race?
Who is the “Father of the Iditarod?” Why is he called that?
What is the all-time speed record for completing the Iditerod?
What does the world “Ideitarod” mean?  What language is it in?
Who were the oldest and youngest mushers to race the Iditarod?
What does “Gee!” mean?
What is a dropped dog?
What is pedaling?
What is the fewest number of dogs that a team can run with?  What is the maximum number of dogs allowed on a team at the start?
Explain some ways that a musher can be disqualified from a race?
Name 3 mandatory items mushers carry?	1.   2.   3.
In what city does the Iditarod begin?
How many days does the race usually last?
What is the coldest temperature the mushers may endure?
What prize does the first musher to cross the finish line receive?
How many times has Jeff King won the Iditarod?
How big are Alaskan huskies when they are born?
What is the important milestone puppies reach when they are 6 months old?
What are four rules that mushers must follow for their dogs?	1.   2.   3.   4.
What else do you still want to know?

 

Focus on Keyboarding this Week!

Hello Dear 4th graders!

Today, I would like you to focus on keyboarding.

Let's start with a quick typing test to see how you're doing... and who is close to being faster than Mr. Delaney!

Then I would like you to work on BBC Dancemat Typing... it's a great warm-up that should take a few weeks...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

When you finish that, move to Type to Learn!

(which is on your desktop)

our  password is htstype
our account code is 100092

Happy Typing!


After you have typed for 20 minutes, you may move on to Mathletics if you'd like:

http://www.mathletics.com

Mrs. Morell

Extra Credit:

Typer Shark:

http://kids.aol.com/games/typer-shark/