Linus explains Christmas!

Don't forget to check-out all of the great Christmas activities.  Track Santa beginning at 5am on Christams Eve.


www.nck12.computerlab.blogspot.com
Mrs. Whipple's Blog

Thanksgiving Journal Entry Example

Election 2012

Vote for President
Time For Kids - Election
Brain Pop Election
Scholastic Election 2012
Electoral Vote
President
Congress For Kids
Weekly Voting Poll
If You Were President
Step Inside the Voting Booth
Electing the President
Ben's Guide to Elections
Voting: The Machinery of Democracy
Your Chance To Be President
Ben's Guide to Elections
The Electoral Challenge
Electoral Maps
On The Road to The White House
Would You Want to Be President?
Video - Electoral College

FREE RICE

Click on the FREE RICE link and work on your vocab as you earn grains of rice to donate to the hungry around the world.

Cyberbullying: Crossing the Line

Please watch the video and complete the handout.

| Common Sense Media

6th Grade - Word Processing Assignment

Please make sure you can locate and explain each of the following menus for word processing. We will have a review quiz next Thursday, September 13.

File - allows you to create, open and save new files. You can also set-up, preview and print documents.

View - will allow you to select toolbars and icons for your use. This menu may look different on each word processing program.

Insert - allows you to add various items such as pictures and other files.

Format - gives you the option to change items such as fonts, bullets, paragraphs and tabs.

Help - offers tools to help you with the word processing program.

Please make sure you know the following definitions:

Word Processing - using a computer program to create, edit and print documents. Word processing is the most common computer application.

Icon - represents an object or a program on your computer. Example: The trash can on your desktop is an icon.

Counting down until I see your smiling faces new and old! It is going to be an exciting year of learning with technology.

Mrs. Whipple

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Good morning class! I will be attending the Florida Educational Technology Conference in Orlando today so I will miss being with you today. Below you will find your assignment for day listed by your grade. Have fun!!

1st Grade - Go to abcya.com and create a car (like we did last week). After you have created the car click the SAVE button. I would like for you to save your car to the desktop. Don't forget to put your first and last name in the document title before you save. After you finish this you may go to any of the activities listed under 1st grade.

3rd Grade - Today you will work on Dance Mat Typing Level 3 Stage 8. Once you have completed Stage 8 you may work on any of the the multiplication or division activities.

4th Grade - Begin your Lemonade Stand or Coffee Shop today. Your sub will record your loss or profit at the end of class.

6th Grade - You will complete the Internet Scavenger Hunt. Do your best to complete as much of this assignment as possible today. Fill in the blanks on your paper copy. Use the copy below to go straight to the sites. Enjoy!!

INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT

Name ____________________________________________

1. Find a book about the Internet at www.amazon.com

Book Title: ____________________________________________
Price: _________________

2. List one of the top news stories at www.cnn.com
News story: ___________________________________________

3. Find a car you like at www.gm.com or www.autobytel.com
Car type: __________________ Cost: _______________

4. How far is it from Sioux Falls to Branson, Missouri? Use
www.mapquest.com or maps.yahoo.com - driving directions
Print out the page of directions.

1. Go to www.mathsisfun.com/games/dayofweek.html to find the day of the week you were born on. Day _______________________________________
2. Go www.ebay.com and pick out a product you might like to purchase at an auction site.
   Item: _______________ Cost: __________
   
   7. Go to www.SFzoo.org and find the name a new animal at the San Francisco Zoo.
   New animal: _____________________________
   
   8. Find a toy at www.toysrus.com you would like to buy. Toy:____________ Cost:___________
   
   9. Click on www.africam.com What is unique animal is photographed?
   Describe what you saw: _______________________________________
   __________________________________________________________
   
   10. Find the headline news story of the NYTimes at www.nytimes.com
   Headlines: ______________________________________________
   
   11. Go to www.lowestfare.com and find the cost of a vacation you would like to go on.
   Site: ____________________________ Cost: ____________________
   
   12. Find the weather for your home town at www.wunderground.com
   Print out a copy of the weather.
   
   13. Translate “How are you?” in French from babelfish.altavista.digital.com
   French translation: ___________________________________________
   
   14. Go to www.wal-mart.com and select an item to purchase.
   Item: ______________________ Cost: _________________
   
   15. Go to www.russiatoday.com and list a news story from there.
   News story: ________________________________________________
   
   16. Go to www.royal.gov.uk and name two topics at the top of the page.
   1. ________________________________________________________
   2. _______________________________________________________
   
   17. Go to www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ and name the number one movie for the week and what it grossed on the weekend.
   Movie: ________________________________________Grossed: ________________________
   
   18. Go to www.tropicalglen.com/Jukebox/1970Top/Channel1970.html and find a song in Seventies Juke Box that you like.
   Song Title: _____________________________
   
   

19. Go to http://allrecipes.com/ and choose a recipe you like.
Name of recipe: _____________________________________________

20. Go to http://www.tvguide.com/ and list the time American Idol will air next.
Broadcast: _________________________________________________
Time: _____________________

21. Go tohttp://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/ and name one of the top most wanted fugitives.
Fugitive Name: _________________________________________