L.A. Binder Covers

You must include the following:

1. Title must be:  Your Name’s L.A. Binder (Ben's L.A. Binder)
2. A photo of yourself (use the ipad camera).
3. 8 adjectives that describe you.
4. Complete this sentence: “My favorite thing to do is ____________.”
5. Insert images of your favorite things including: sports, animals, pets, books, authors, musicians, vacation places, hobbies, colors, foods, etc. No more than 2 images of any one category (for example, not more than 2 images of sports).

Welcome to Technology Class!

I hope that everyone had a great time this summer!  I went to the beach in Rhode Island which is where I grew up.  I am so excited about teaching you again this year.  Your regular Technology class will take place every Tuesday afternoon.  Also, on Thursday mornings, you will come to Technology for part of your Language Arts class.

Today, we will go over the Class Rules and Expectations.  After that, I will hand out ipads to everyone and you will create a cover for your Language Arts binder using Pic Collage.  Your Pic Collage must include the following:

1. A photo of yourself (use the ipad camera).
2. 8 adjectives that describe you.
3. Complete this sentence: “My favorite thing to do is ____________.”
4. Title must be:  Your Name’s L.A. Binder
5. Insert images of your favorite things including: sports, animals, pets, books, authors, musicians, vacation places, hobbies, colors, foods, etc. No more than 2 images of any one category (for example, not more than 2 images of sports).

Our color printer is not working right now. I will print your binder covers after class using the printer in the library.

Summer Reading Prezis!

Today, I would like you to finish your Prezis about five books (or more!) that you would like to read this summer.

Please consult the Rising 5th Grade Summer Reading List here:

http://htssummerlearningblog.blogspot.com/p/rising-5th-grade-summer-reading-list.html

I would like you to include:

The name of the book, the author, a description of the book...

A picture of the cover of the book

And WHY you would like to read it.

The link to Prezi can be found here:  www.prezi.com

I would like to share your Prezis when you are done on this blog...

When your Prezi is perfect, you can have free choice.

Shape Poems!

Today, you will work on Shape Poems using the ReadWriteThink website:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/theme_poems/

When you sign in, you will see a screen that looks like this:

And you will be able to select from five themes:

With lots of options:

You can brainstorm excellent salsa words to use in your poem...

Then write them in the shape!

Have fun!

Poetry and Typing

Today, if you have poetry to type, I would like you to spend the period working on typing your poetry.

If you do not have poetry to type, I would like you to spend some time working on your keyboarding :)


You may do BBC Dancemat Typing

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

or Type to Learn!

(which is on your desktop)

our  password is htstype
our account code is 100092

Happy Typing!

Mrs. Morell

You may also try

Typer Shark:

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

Acrostic and Diamante Poems

Today we will use the links on the ReadWriteThink website to create:

Diamante Poems:

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/diamante-poems-a-30185.html

and

Acrostic Poems

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

 

Be sure to have a teacher approve your work before you print!

Mrs. Morell

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