Halloween Trivia:

Use the following link: Fact Monster  to answer the trivia questions on your sheet. Answer all eight correctly to earn a prize!! 

Easter Trivia

https://www.factmonster.com/cool-stuff/holidays/easter-and-passover

Answer nine questions correct to earn a prize! 

Thanksgiving Trivia 

Follow this link to go to Fact Monster: https://www.factmonster.com/cool-stuff/holidays/thanksgiving Answer all nine questions correctly to get a prize!! 

MLK Webquest Poster

You will work in groups of two or three to follow a MLK webquest and create a poster. Here is the link to the webquest: http://www.compassioninjudaism.com/mlk-challenge.html

One or two of the links do not work, please use the following sites: 

Pictures of MLK: http://time.com/4157473/martin-luther-king-jr-photos/

Page One Timeline: http://www.softschools.com/timelines/martin_luther_king_jr_timeline/58/

Easter Trivia:

Follow this link to Fact Monster: http://www.factmonster.com/search?query=easter

Answer at least seven questions correctly to get a prize!

Digital Storytelling with Storybird

Click on the link to log-in to your account: https://storybird.com/accounts/login/ 

1.) Change your password to your first name and room number.

2.) Begin browsing the artwork to brainstorm ideas for your story

News ELA Instructions:

Go to: www.newsela.com

• Click on “Sign In”.

• Click on “I’m a Student”.

• Sign-up code is “UKKKGZ”. They enter their first and last names. For user name have them put their first name followed by “ae”. No spaces, please. For password have them all use “apples”.

Spelling Bee Practice

Use the following websites to practice for the upcoming Spelling Bee:

https://www.learner.org/series/interactive-spelling-bee/ 

http://www.abcya.com/spelling_practice.htm

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE THIS PAGE IS THE LINK TO THE SPELLING BEE PRETEST DOCUMENT!!

New York State Explorers Project 

Use the following resources to research the explorer of your choice:

http://www.biography.com/ Find biographies for da Verrazano, Cartier, Hudson and de Champlain.

http://www.history.com/topics/henry-Hudson

http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-Columbus

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml

Remember, you can also use the online encyclopedias World Book and Grolier.

My Librarian is a Camel Research:

Use the following website to research your country:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ 

http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/

Math Website: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

American Revolution Project:

Use the following websites to research your American Revolution Heroes and to complete your poster person.

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/people.aspx

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/americanrevolution/index.htm 

http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/index.cfm

http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/10/10-amazing-women-revolutionary-war/

http://www.revolutionary-war.net/revolutionary-war-women.html

Explorer Wordle:

Go to https://www.edwordle.net/create.html and click on "Create." Put in your twenty words, the more times you put a word in the larger it will be. When you are done, click the word "Go." Now you can customize your Wordle with different colors and fonts. When you are ready to print raise your hand, DO NOT PRINT on your own.

Gettysburg Address:

Use World Book Student to search "Gettysburg Address."

Read the article and then click on the link below and take the quiz.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1671948.html?AP_rand=1111344802

When you are finished, you may work on your typing skills.

 Animal Research

After using World Book Online, go to one of the following sites to find information about your animal. When you leave today, you should have two full articles printed and stapled about your animal.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/

More sites from Mrs. Slade: 

http://theanimalfacts.com/

www.softschools.com

http://mentalfloss.com/

Map Games:

1.) http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-States-of-USA-_pageid52.html

2.) http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html

Erie Canal Sites:

Browse these sites to get ready for your field trip!

http://www.eriecanal.org/

http://www.eriecanalway.org/

Watch a video of how they built The Erie Canal: http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/building-the-erie-canal#building-the-erie-canal

http://eriecanalmuseum.org/history/

Haiku Project:

Start by writing your Haiku. Click on the link to get to the Read Write Think website: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/haiku-poem-interactive-31074.html

Write your poem, check it over for mistakes and print it to LMC 2055.

Go to: http://www.animoto.com

Click on "Log In"

Username: allendaleLMC@gmail.com

Password: poetrymonth

Select a style and start putting in your text and pictures.

Find pictures using the following websites

https://schools.clipart.com/ -username: wscsd-ae password: wscsd

 https://search.creativecommons.org/ - you will need to download each photo and save them to your school file 

 Save the pictures to your school file and then upload them to Animoto.

Make sure you:

1.) Name your video

2.) Save your video each time you work on it.

Iroquois Research:

Use the following websites to fill out your graphic organizer.

Longhouses: http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/iroquois/longhouses.html

All about the Iroquois: http://bookunitsteacher.com/indians/reports1/iroquois.htm#homes

Who Were the Iroquois: http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/iroquois/index.html

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/iroquois/leagueofnations.html

Gary Paulsen Research:

Read through two of the websites listed and write down at least five facts about Gary Paulsen using Microsoft Word. Use full sentences and check your spelling.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/gary-paulsen

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/

New York State Research Project:

Introduction to the symbols of NY: https://www.dec.ny.gov/education/1887.html 

http://www.50states.com/ - click on "State Facts"

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/New_York/NewYorkStateSymbols.html 

http://www.albany.org/about/ - facts about Albany, NY

Typing Lessons:

http://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-lesson.asp

Start with Lesson 1: F and J Keys

Your goal is 15 words per minute.

Free Rice:

http://freerice.com/user/login

Login: allendalefreerice

Password: allendalerice