Author Archives: Cynthia Alvarado

I can locate and summarize information about light using Myon.con and a Google Form.

Log on to Myon.com using your student ID number and your birthday.

Find a book about light by using the search feature. Read one of the books you find. Fill out the information below and then summarize the book.

 

This is Digital Citizenship Week. We are going to use an online learning game called Digital Passport. Mrs. Alvarado will give you your login. Here is the link to log in. Mrs. Alvarado can see how you progress through the levels, so it will be part of your computer grade.
Digital Passport

I can explain how force changes the motion of an object by giving three examples of force changing the motion of an object.
Click on the image below to see what forces cause the roller coaster to move.

 

Click on the picture below to see how forces affect a soccer ball.

 

 

 

 

How do distance and force affect the motion of the pig?

 

I can summarize text about motion by writing 3 facts from my reading.

I can explain how friction affects the movement of objects by writing a paragraph in a Google From.

Try this friction experiment.

 

Objective: I can use Powtoon.com to make a video to persuade others to read my favorite book.

Here is my example:

Now:

1. Log in to Google.

2. Use your Google account to make a  account.

3. Make a Powtoon about your favorite book.

4. Download it as an MP4 and save it to your Google Drive. Share with Mrs. Alvarado.

 

Objective: I can write a summary of the first chapter of “Call of the Wild”.

Click on the picture to hear the first chapter of “Call of the Wild”.

 

 

 

objective: I can write an advertisement or a book trailer for my favorite book.

Click on the picture to see how Scholastic advertises books.

 

 

Now log in to GoogleDocs and create your own ad or book trailer. We will use the best for Battle of the Books next week.

objective: I can explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources.

Click on the picture to find out about renewable and nonrenewable resources.

 

Now play the Energy Hungry Mice Game.

 

Find out more about energy sources.

Nonrenewable

Renewable

 

 

 

Click on the picture to take a survey for Mrs. Stanley.

objective: I can use technology to revise and edit a piece of writing with a partner.
1. Login to Google Drive

2. Open your animal story.

3. Share it with two other people in your class.

4. Choose Shared with Me on Google Drive and make a revision to each story shared with you.

5. Open your own story and see what was cahnged.