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SAU 83 Online Classroom
Animated, curriculum-based content for grades 3 and up.
Brain Pop Jr.
Educational movies and homework help for K-3 students
Search engine for education
United Streaming
Streaming educational video
Free instructional videos
Welcome to the San Diego Zoo
Build a Beast
Letters2
Get over 744 to beat Mrs. G!
Just fun info
Internet Safety
Internet Safety
Kindergarten to Grade 1 Reading
Math review/Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Math games on Funbrain.com
A variety of math games
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Pictures with bibliographies
Online animation game

Ellis School.
SCHOOL HOURS ARE:
| Building Open to Staff | 7:30 AM |
| First Bell | 8:25 AM |
| Tardy Bell - Homeroom | 8:35 AM |
| Dismissal | 2:55 PM |
| Building Closed | 4:30 PM |
5/6 BellWork 
Welcome Back!
Getting to know our Acceptable Use Policy
Computer Lab Expectations/
PBIS Matrix
Emergency Procedures
Read the directions and click on the links to find out your assignment for today
***June 2008***
Portfolio Work
Open Moodle
Open my Documents
Face Middle for instructions
Today you will visit Atomic Learning to watch tutorials on Google Sketchup. Follow the directions hung on your copy clip. After watching a few tutorials, open Google Sketchup
Next class we will begin assembly of our electronic portfolios!!
***May 2008***
Keyboarding-building healthy habits and accuracy using Type to Learn 3
***April 2008***
***Spreadsheet Assignment Today***
Click on the word Moodle, log in and follow the directions.
If you finish early, you may use Google Sketchup.
Click on this link to find directions on how to access Atomic learning and watch a tutorial on Excel 2003:
Once you have watch the video, click here for your directions on using excel today:
March, 2008
GO GREEN:
Vist: Scholastic.com
Browse this page and find ideas to help you GO GREEN!
The Speak Up results are in!!
Voicethread
It is time to plan your class voicethread. Click on the voice thread guide sheet for directions on this project.
Please do not open or log into voicethread today! We are not ready to go there yet. :)
Happy New Year 2008!!
HTML-
(Hyper Text Markup Language)
We are using freewebs to create a website using html. Our websites will have a title, a brief description, an embedded video, and a picture. Each student will use the html tutorial to assist them in adding these elements to their websites.
A brief quiz in html will follow this unit. The quiz will include questions like:
What code would I add to this to make the text appear in the center of the page?
<p><FONT SIZE=7>My Wonderful Vacation</font></p>
What is missing from this code?
Learning HTML is <B>so B> much fun!
December, 2007
First!!! Please take a few minutes to complete this survey:
Your input is needed!
Your secret Word is: Ellis....
Next...
Click here and respond to the question then come back to this page:
Finally:
Go to Freewebs and face middle for directions. :)
Let's practice with Html
Color Codes for Web pages
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp
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October 22-30, 2007
Click on this link to find directions for your bellwork this week:
old bellwork
Nwea testing! Bring a book and a pencil. You are taking the Math Portion of the test.
BellWork: Read all directions before leaving this page. :)
Sept 7-13 Click on this link and save it to your file.
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Welcome Back!!
Your bellwork is on the table. We will be reviewing the AUP (acceptable use policy), classroom guidelines, and classroom grading rubrics.
Practice your keyboarding and navigating the computer network! In the next few weeks, we will be checking to see what you remember. :)
2006-2007
5th and 6th grades: Your PowerPoint should be complete. Click here for a list of requirements: Checklist To bring home, you must save your presentation as a PowerPoint Show and then save it to a cd or to your flash drive.
Now:
Let's organize our folders! Click on these links to read and follow the directions.
Mrs. Kenney will also demonstrate these directions to help you.
Next Week:
It is time to reflect! Let's look at our files and reflect on what we have learned this year. :) Click on this link to find out how to get to your files:
Old Bellwork
5th grade:
Go to Atomic Learning and listen to the tutorials for PowerPoint. Then open PowerPoint and try what you learned. (start-all programs-microsoft office-microsoft powerpoint 2003)
6th grade:
Go to Atomic Learning and listen to the tutorials for PowerPoint. Then open PowerPoint and try what you learned. (start-all programs-microsoft office-microsoft powerpoint 2003)
Complete these fraction activities:
On your desktop, click on Google sketch up and design 3D models.
Fractions with like denominators
Fractions with unlike denominators
Complete these fraction activities:
Fractions with like denominators
Fractions with unlike denominators
5th grade: Complete your movies!
See the rubric for details.
6th grade: Open Word, put your name on it and save it into your folder as schematics
Follow your directions sheet and use your help menu to complete this assignment.
5th grade: Open Movie Maker, import your pictures (if you haven't already). Check under tools/options, do you need to change the timing of your pictures? If you do, you have to do it before you drag the pictures into the storyline.
6th grade:
Open excel and continue to enter sunset/sunrise data for graphing. If you do not have your data with you, share with someone who does. :)
5th grade: Go to Pics4learning.com and find pictures you like for a movie.
Quotation Marks! Visit this link to read about quotation marks, then complete the exercise to practice using quotations. Take you time and good luck!!
Copy the practice page into Word so you can add quotations marks. Check your answers when done. Pay attention to where quotations go when there is punctuation. Save the word document as "quotations"
Practice Using Quotation Marks
Old Bellwork
December:
Follow the links below to get to the independent practice for math. As you answer the questions, pay attention to the pop-up windows that give you feedback on your answer. When you are finished, please go to all programs, then accessories and open Movie Maker 2.
November 20
Click on the link for Antartica 2006. Click on a date to read the journal entries on the calendar. Think of a question you could ask Ms. Elwood, the science teacher who is in Antartica.
November 6-15
Open Microsoft Office Excel. Start-all programs-Microsoft Office-green x. Explore for a few minutes.
October 10-16
Follow the link below to get to the independent practice for math. As you answer the questions, pay attention to the pop-up windows that give you feedback on your answer.
October 18-25
1. Use the White Pages to perform a reverse look-up using your phone number. What did you find out?
2. Now use Google to find yourself on the Internet. Put in your name and see what happens.
If you haven't already saved this to your folder on the server, then now is a good time to do it.
3. Internet Safety Action Plan After completing the sentences print the Internet Safety Action Plan to: Lab Phaser.
Frequently Asked questions about Mrs. Kenney
Next week's Bellwork