My Neighborhood

Room 10,

Part I

Today you will follow the directions below. You will name streets, as well as locate landmarks according to the directions below. Open Kidspiration and you will find your file called:

"My Hood.name" located in Classrooms/Room 10/My Neighborhood

1. Orient your map by putting the directions on the compass
2. The street that is the most northerly, running East/West is First Street. Name it.
3. The street that is in the center of town and runs North/South is Center Street. Name it.
4. The streets that run East/West are all numbered. Name them.
5. The most Western street running North/South is called Oak Street. The street one block east of it is Pine Street. Name them.
6. The most Eastern street running North/South is called Spruce Street. The street one block west of it is Maple Street. Name them.
7. There is a school on the Northwest corner of Third and Center Street. Place a school there.
8. There is a Hospital on the Southwest corner of Third and Maple Street. Place a Hospital there.
9. Old MacBonkey has a farm on the Northeast corner of Maple and First Streets. Show it on your map.
10. There is a library three blocks north of the Hospital on the same side of the street as Old MacBonkey’s farm. Show it on your map.

Part II

For part II, imagine you are a city planner.  You want to 4 build houses on the West side of the city.  Where exactly would you locate the houses and where would the best place in the city to locate a park for kids to play?  Also, a company wants to build a hat factory where would the best location be? Write your proposal and the reasons why on the blog.  Then locate the 4 houses, 1 park and the 1 factory according to your proposal.

Monedas/Coins

Niños de primer grado/First Graders,

Haga clic para practicar el contar de monedas/Click on the links to practice counting money.

Jugando con Monedas/Playing with Coins

 

Reconocer las monedas/Name the coin

Contar la moneda/Counting Coins

Combinaciones/Coin Combo

Second Grade Links/Enlaces del segundo

Click on the links after you finish your class work.
Haga clic en las enlaces despues de terminar su tarea de clase.

Rooms 1 & 3

Salones 2 & 4

Jamestown Adventure

Room 22,
Today you are going to play a game in which you will make decisions for the  group of colonist that are settling in Jamestown.  You will make decisions about food, safety and relations with the Native Americans (Powhatan). Play the game and at the end you will repond to the questions below.

Jamestown Adventure

• In your posting respond to the following questions:
• What strategies did you use to keep the colonist from starving and/dying?
• What strategies did you use to keep the colonist happy and not have them turn on you?
• What condition was your colony in when you finished playing?

Review the posting directions below. The post your response.

Directions for posting:
1. At the bottom of this post, click where it says "Comments"

2. Type your post in the "Leave your Comment" box.

3. Type the Username: Alvarado21room

4. Type your Password: purple99

5. Click on the orange "Publish your Comment" tab

Chinese New Years

Room 14,

Answer the questions about Lunar New Year (Chinese New Years) below on a scratch sheet of paper.

1. When will Lunar New Year be celebrated this year?
2. In Western culture we are currently living in 2011, what year will be celebrated in Chinese culture?
3. What countries celebrate Lunar New Year?
4. What is the significance of the color red during Lunar New Years?
5. What is the red envelope called and what does it represent?

Chinese New YEars

Chinese Calendar

High Speed Network

Room 10,

Yesterday Alvarado upgraded its Computer Network to 1 Gigabyte connection. The person who installed the connection for us told me that means that 1 gigabyte of information could move through our lines per second. Today we are going to test the line and see how it is working.

These are what you should be looking for while you are testing (evaluating) our new connection.

• Do the websites load faster than before?
• When you play a game or do an activity does it stop at sometime while you are playing?
• Does the website crash and give you an error message?

These are three sites we had problems using before. Please check each of them out. Let's all work together so we can see if traffic effects the connection.
BBC Typing
TVOKids
Tumble Books

Part II

Please post to the blog your experience today, evaluating the three sites. Be as specific about the problems you did or did not experience. Review the posting directions below.

Directions for posting:

1. At the bottom of this post, click where it says "Comments"

2. Type your post in the "Leave your Comment" box.

3. Type the Username: Alvarado21room

4. Type your Password: purple99

5. Click on the orange "Publish your Comment" tab.

High Speed Network

Room 13,

Yesterday Alvarado upgraded its Computer Network to 1 Gigabyte connection.
The person who installed the connection for us told me that means that 1 gigabyte of information could move through our lines per second.  Today we are going to test the line and see
how it is working.

These are what you should be looking for while you are testing (evaluating) our new connection.

•  Do the websites load faster than before?
• When you play a game or do an activity does it stop at sometime while you are playing?
• Does the website crash and give you an error message?

These are three sites we had problems using before.  Please check each of them out.  Let's all work together so we can see if traffic effects the connection.

BBC Typing

TVOKids

Tumble Books

Part II
Please post to the blog your experience today, evaluating the three sites.  Be as specific about the problems you did or did not experience. Review the posting directions below.
Directions for posting:

1. At the bottom of this post, click where it says "Comments"
2. Type your post in the "Leave your Comment" box.

3. Type the Username: Alvarado21room

4. Type your Password: purple99

5. Click on the orange "Publish your Comment" tab.

Counting Coins (Money)

Room 5 and 6,

Click on the links to practice counting money.

Name the coin

Counting Coins

50 States Research

Use the links below to answer the questions below. Note your answers on scratch paper.

50 States.com
State Facts and Symbols
Weather and Climate
Famous Citizens

Capital

1.What is the capital of Vermont? 
2. What is the capital of the state that is known as the "Buckeye State"?
3.  Helena is the capital of what state?

State Facts

4.  What year did California become part of the United States?
5.  What is the Arkansas state bird?
6.  What is the Texas state flower?
7.  What is the New Jersey state bird?

Landmarks

8. In what State would you find Mount Hood?
9. In what State would you find the Alamo?
10. In what State would you find the Black Hills?

Famous Citizens

11.  What famous musician was born in Gary, Indiana?
12.  What famous writer was born in Eatonton, Georgia?
13.  What two US Presidents born in Ohio?

My Neighborhood

My Neighborhood
Room 11,

Today you will follow the directions below. You will name streets, as well as locate landmarks according to the directions below. Open Kidspiration and you will find your file called:
"My Hood.name" located in Classrooms/Room 11/My Neighborhood


1. Orient your map by putting the directions on the compass
2. The street that is the most northerly, running East/West is First Street. Name it.
3. The street that is in the center of town and runs North/South is Center Street. Name it.
4. The streets that run East/West are all numbered. Name them.
5. The most Western street running North/South is called Oak Street. The street one block east of it is Pine Street. Name them.
6. The most Eastern street running North/South is called Spruce Street. The street one block west of it is Maple Street. Name them.
7. There is a school on the Northwest corner
of Third and Center Street. Place a school there.
8. There is a Hospital on the Southwest corner
of Third and Maple Street. Place a Hospital there.
9. Old MacBonkey has a farm on the Northeast corner
Of  Maple and First Streets. Show it on your map.
10. There is a library three blocks north of the Hospital on the same side of the street as Old MacBonkey’s farm. Show it on your map.

California Mission Life

Respond to one of the questions below.  Follow the posting instructions below.You should write at leat a 5 sentence posting to the question you choose.

1.  You are a Native American living in California. The padres are building a Mission and they insist you help build their Mission.  They have cut your hair and forced you to wear clothing that is not comfortable.You work 17 hours per day and cannot eat your traditional food. If you complain you are whipped and beaten.  The worst is they do not let you practice your traditions. Think about how this would make you feel.  How would you respond?

2.  You are a Spanish priest. You are in charge of a group of Native Americans who have been forced into helping you build a part of the Mission. They do not seem like they are happy with what they are doing.  They often yell insults at you in their own language and you are afaid one of the workers may try to hurt you.  You cannot understand why they do not like to go to church services on Sunday.You feel like they should be glad that the Spanish have introduced them to God.Think about how this would make you feel. How would you respond?

Directions for posting:
1. At the bottom of this post, click where it says "Comments".

2. Type your post in the "Leave your Comment" box.

3. Type the Username: Alvarado21room

4. Type your Password: purple99

5. Click on the orange "Publish your Comment" tab.

California Missions

Room 10

Below are some links to help you answer the questions about the California Missions.
California Missions

More California Missions

Mission History

Mission People

Visit a Mission

Mission Locations

Native American Perspective

Definitions

Definitions
Room 22,

PART I:
Use the links below to define the following terms:

Class Mammals
Class Aves (Birds)
Class Pisces (Fish)
Class Reptiles
Class Amphibians
Endangered Animals
Threatened Animals

Yahoo Science Dictionary
Harcourt Science Glossary
Make a note on scratch paper of what each term means using your own words.
PART II

Review the directions for posting. Then choose three of your defintions and post them to the blog.
Don't forget to include you name at the end.

Directions for posting:

1. At the bottom of this post, click where it says "Comments".

2. Type your post in the "Leave your Comment" box.

3. Type the Username: Alvarado21room

4. Type your Password: purple99
5. Click on the orange "Publish your Comment" tab.

Definitions

Room 11,

PART I:
Use the links below to define the following terms:

Class Mammals
Class Aves (Birds)
Class Pisces (Fish)
Class Reptiles
Class Amphibians
Endangered Animals
Threatened Animals


Yahoo Science Dictionary
Harcourt Science Glossary

Make a note on scratch paper of what each term means using your own words.

PART II
Review the directions for posting.  Then choose three of your defintions and post them to the blog.
Don't forget to include you name at the end.

Directions for posting:

1. At the bottom of this post, click where it says "Comments".

2. Type your post in the "Leave your Comment" box.

3. Type the Username: Alvarado21room

4. Type your Password: purple99

5. Click on the orange "Publish your Comment" tab.

Happy New Year!

Room 13,
Happy New Year to you all! I hope it is going well so far in 2011. For today's blog I would like for you to think about two questions and then post a response on the school's blog site. First question is: What is your resolution for 2011? In other words, what do you want to do better or differently this year? Also, I want you to think about, if you could change one thing about our school, what would it be? and why?

Below are the directions for posting to the blog. Write at least a paragraph (4-5 sentences)
and then post it to the web. I look forward to hearing from you!

Directions for posting:

1. At the bottom of this post, click where it says "Comments".2. Type your post in the "Leave your Comment" box.

3. Type the Username: Alvarado21room

4. Type your Password: Purple99

5. Click on the orange "Publish your Comment" tab.

Bird Links

Room 16

Click on the links below to look for info about your bird.
Username: Alvarado
Password: sparrow
Bird Links I


Click below to find bird call audio files.
Bird Sounds I

Bird Sounds II

Math Sites

Room 1 & 3

Click on the links below in order to practice counting and making change.

Counting Money!

Spending Spree!

Making Change!

Change Maker

Happy New Year!!

Room 14,

Happy New Year to you all! I hope it is going well so far in 2011. For today's blog

I would like for you to think about two questions and then post a response on the school's blog site. First question is: What is your resolution for 2011? In other words, what do you want to do better or differently this year? Also, I want you to think about, if you could change one thing about our school, what would it be? and why?

Below are the directions for posting to the blog. Write at least a paragraph (4-5 sentences)

and then post it to the web. I look forward to hearing from you!

Directions for posting:

1. At the bottom of this post, click where it says "Comments".

2. Type your post in the "Leave your Comment" box.
3. Type the Username: Alvarado21room

4. Type your Password: Purple99

5. Click on the orange "Publish your Comment" tab.

Happy New Year!

Room 11 & 22

Today after you have finished editing and publishing your "Grandma" story,I want you to
post a response to the following questions:

1. What is your New Year's Resolution?
2. If you could change one thing about Alvarado what would it be? Tell Why?

Follow the posting directions.

1. At the bottom of this post click where it says "Comments".
2. Type your paragraph in the "Leave your Comment" box.

3. Type the Word Verification.

4. Type the Username: Alvarado21room and the Password: purple99

5. Click on the Orange "Publish Your Comment" button.

 When you are finished you can check out some of the following links:

Math Playground

Brainpop Free

California Missions

Here are some links below that have info on California Missions:

Link 1 (General Info)

Link 2 (More Info)

Link 3 (Timeline)

Link 4 (People of the Missions)

Link 5 (Tour of Mission)

Link 6 (Where they are located)

Link 7 (Native Perspective)