1st Grade Simon Says

Try these two links first:

• Pattern Matcher
• Piglet's Round-A-Bout

Kindergarten Funschool

Check out these great activities from Funschool.kaboose.com:

   

   

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5th Grade Colonial Blog

Head on over to the Helab Blog Portal, and read the newest blogging assignment.

2nd Grade Learning and Fun???

Technology can be used to learn and for entertainment. Don't believe me, try out the activities below. Which link did you learn something from? Which link did you find entertaining?







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Kindergarten Alphabet Practice

Try out the following alphabet games:

    

     





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3rd Grade Story Starters

-Teachers & Parents: (Handout) (Lesson)
Create your own wacky story with Scholastic Story Starters. We will be printing out these stories when finished.


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4th Grade Online Stories - Storybird

Finish & publish your stories in Storybird!
Username: helab4th
Password: he1234


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5th Grade Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Japan Quick Facts: Size(146,000 sq miles), Population(127 million), Earthquake(9.0), Lives Lost(10,000+)
Haiti Quick Facts: Size(10,700 sq miles), Population(9.8 million), Earthquake(7.1), Lives Lost(200,000+)

-How Shifting Plates Caused the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
-Map of the Damage From the Japanese Earthquake

Now, let's visit Stopdiastersgame.org and try our hand at their earthquake simulation. Can you do the following?

• Explore how earthquakes cause structures to move quickly
• Discover what variables affect building stability
• Engineer a model city to withstand earthquakes better

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Kindergarten Online Coloring

-Teachers: Lesson "Online Coloring" Kindergarten folder (https://www.dropbox.com/)
We can use technology to help us create items, for example, online coloring books. Let's discuss using an online coloring book compared to paper and crayon coloring books.

  

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1st Grade Counting Money

1. Visit Math Nook for this Counting Money game.  Find the correct change to score points.


2. Practice counting money at these three sites:
         

3. Next, try your coin smarts at Exact Change, also from Math Nook.

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4th Grade Earthquake & Tsunami

Watch the videos below from the recent & devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that followed.


Earthquake Video:



Tsunami Video:



Now, let's visit Stopdiastersgame.org and try our hand at their earthquake simulation. Can you do the following?

• Explore how earthquakes cause structures to move quickly
• Discover what variables affect building stability
• Engineer a model city to withstand earthquakes better

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5th Grade Get Your Blog On!

Come on over to the helab blog portal, sign into your free Kidblog.org account, and publish your very first blog post. Don't forget to follow the blogging rules!



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3rd Grade Our Great State

-Teachers & Parents: (Handout)
Do you remember that we are traveling around Michigan for March is Reading month? How much do you know about our state? Visit enchanted learning and practice scanning your screen to fill in your worksheet.


Now let's use one of my favorite sites, Google Maps, to explore the great state of Michigan!


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3_5.RI.2 Research and Information Fluency

4th Grade Habitat oh Habitat

-Teachers & Parents: (Handout)
Step 1: See if you can get 100% compatibility for all six animals in this Build an Online Habitat Game from Switcheroo Zoo..


Step 2: Different living things like to live in places that suits their needs. Do you know where each animal should live and why? Visit Human and Animal Habitats.


Step 3: Back to Switcheroo Zoo. Time to Make New Animals. Create your new animal, give it a name, and write a brief description about its habitat.



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Kindergarten Addition Practice

Its addition time!

    

    

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Kindergarten Counting

First stop, the Learningplanet's Counting Game.



Moving on to Okta's Rescue. Use your counting skills to save as many Okta's as you can before time runs out.



Now let's try out ICT's New Duck Shoot Game.



Wrap up the counting activities with several awsoem counting games, starting with the Ladybug Game.


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2nd Grade Draw That Habitat

-Teachers & Parents: (Lesson)
How much do you know about habitats? Today we have a two part project:

Step 1: Create your own Wild Self.


Step 2: Use Draw That Habitat to create a habitat that fits your Wild Self.


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1st Grade Magnetic Poetry

First, we shall listen to Mr. Horne read My Hippo has the Hiccups, by Kenn Nesbit.


Check out this short video from BBC Bitesize. It's fantastic:

Let's make our own poems today using Magnetic Poetry for Kids.


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3rd Grade Homophones

Watch one of Mr. Horne's favorite YouTube videos below:

Next, warm up your homophone knowledge with this matching game from BBC Skillswise:


 Now, take homophone to the next level with this Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Game:


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PK_2.TC.7 Technology Operations and Concepts

5th Grade What is Blogging?

-Teachers & Parents: (Example-Paper Blog) ( Lesson)
So, you've heard the word blog before, but what is a blog?

 Check out this BrainPop video about blogs and this BrainPop Jr about Internet safety:

      


Check out the 2010 winner of Edublog's "Student Blog of the Year"

Think Before You Post PSA:

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4th Grade Websites - True or False

-Teachers & Parents: (Handout) (Another Handout)
Do all websites tell the truth? Is every statement you read online a real fact? How can you tell if a website might be biased or contain inaccurate information?

Visit the websites below. Mark on your paper if you think each website is "true or "false". Remember to add at least one reason to support your claim.

Website #1: Dog Island
Website #2: Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Website #3: Dihydrogen Monoxide
Website #4: Mankato, MN
Website #5: California’s Velcro Crop
Website #6: Burmese Mountain Dog

This video walks evaluates the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: 


http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/onlinesources/preview.weml#

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