Hello Students:
Today I want you to demo this hour of code activity.
The game is called Dragon Blast
Today I want you to demo this hour of code activity.
The game is called Dragon Blast
Click on the hyperlink and have a go.
Enjoy!
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017
Google Classroom
Welcome Students!
Today we are going to get you logged in to your Google Classroom.
Your username is: 18 first name last initial @ps138school.com
Your password is: students18
Your class code is: t933z0w
On the homepage, click + Add Join class.
Enter the code and click Join.
Saturday, September 30, 2017
The First Inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere
Hello Students:
On Monday, October 8th, we had a day off from school to celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus is credited with "discovering" America and yet there were people living here for thousands of years before that. Today you are gong to read about the first inhabitants of North America and answer some questions in a quiz in your Google Classroom.
The first inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere were Native Americans. It is thought that they originally came from Asia (Siberia) by way of the Bering Strait about 40,000 years ago. The hunters and gatherers constantly walked south (away from the glaciers) in search of food.
One of the animals hunted were mammoths, a giant elephant-like animal
They probably followed them over the land bridge shown on the map above and eventually got to what is now Canada, the United States and points south.. They stopped and settled in certain regions, perhaps, because they found a good geographic location. Food, water, and a means of transportation were all considerations. If they found a place with a Spring and Summer season long enough to grow crops, these early hunters and gatherers could become farmers. This permitted them to stay in one place, to form villages.
How do we know how long the Native Americans have been here? Archaeologists have done some digging and have come up with some very old artifacts. For instance, they have found artifacts that date the presence of Native Americans in present day New York State back 11,500 years! The people did not write anything down then, so the only clues we have are what the scientists find buried in the ground. They have found such things as stone axes, projectile points (arrowheads), pottery or stone bowls, and fire rings. With knowledge, an archaeologist can date these materials and tell when people lived where.
DEFINITIONS:
Inhabitant- person who lives in an area
Bering Strait - a narrow body of water separating Asia and North America at Alaska
Native American - an American Indian
Archaeologist- a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about the past.
Artifact - an object made by people who lived in the past.
Click here to sign into your Google Classroom and take the quiz.
When you have finished answering the questions, raise your hand and I will check your answers before you submit them.
On Monday, October 8th, we had a day off from school to celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus is credited with "discovering" America and yet there were people living here for thousands of years before that. Today you are gong to read about the first inhabitants of North America and answer some questions in a quiz in your Google Classroom.
The first inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere were Native Americans. It is thought that they originally came from Asia (Siberia) by way of the Bering Strait about 40,000 years ago. The hunters and gatherers constantly walked south (away from the glaciers) in search of food.
One of the animals hunted were mammoths, a giant elephant-like animal
They probably followed them over the land bridge shown on the map above and eventually got to what is now Canada, the United States and points south.. They stopped and settled in certain regions, perhaps, because they found a good geographic location. Food, water, and a means of transportation were all considerations. If they found a place with a Spring and Summer season long enough to grow crops, these early hunters and gatherers could become farmers. This permitted them to stay in one place, to form villages.
How do we know how long the Native Americans have been here? Archaeologists have done some digging and have come up with some very old artifacts. For instance, they have found artifacts that date the presence of Native Americans in present day New York State back 11,500 years! The people did not write anything down then, so the only clues we have are what the scientists find buried in the ground. They have found such things as stone axes, projectile points (arrowheads), pottery or stone bowls, and fire rings. With knowledge, an archaeologist can date these materials and tell when people lived where.
DEFINITIONS:
When you have finished answering the questions, raise your hand and I will check your answers before you submit them.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Topic: Introduction to Technology
Hello Students:
A new year and (for me) a new school!
Welcome to our Technology class. You are living during a time when we are experiencing the largest increase in expressive capability in human history. It will be a function of this class to help you become effective communicators in the media of your time.
We will be meeting here and online every week where we will use and study technology.
Today you will be assigned a seat here in our classroom, we'll go over the rules and then jump right in to our first assignment.
The Rules Of Our Class:
1) Be respectful of yourself and others.
2) Raise your hand to speak during class.
3) Listen quietly while others are speaking.
4) Always do your best!
Behavior Rubric
Grading
Each week you will be given an assignment to complete in class. If completed satisfactorily, you will get a check in the grade book beside your name as per the rubric below.
Technology Rubric
Check Plus = The main idea of the assignment is clear and related to the purpose or theme of the project.
Check =The main idea of the assignment is more or less clear and related to the purpose or theme of the project.
Check Minus = Completed week's assignment approaching standard. The completed assignment does not have a clear purpose or central theme.
No Check = Assignment was not completed.
Final Grade Rubric
All check pluses for the projects and weekly assignments, along with good behavior, during a grading period will result in a final grade of:
4
A mixture of checks and check pluses for the projects and weekly assignments, along with good behavior, during a grading period will result in a final grade of:
3
Too many check minuses and/or questionable classroom behavior during a grading period will result in a final grade of:
2
Too many check minuses, unexcused absences from class and poor classroom behavior during a grading period will result in a final grade of:
1
TODAY'S ACTIVITY
Today we have gone over the rules and procedures of our class, you watched a PowerPoint presentation introducing you to myself and our class and you learned how to sign in and access the online activities for this class.
Now you will notice New York State's geographical location in the United States by completing an online activity where it's up to you to point out where the 50 states go on a map of the United States:
Click the hyperlink above and begin.
Good luck!
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