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Neha, 4th Grade

Christmas ABC Poem


A lot of people are getting ready for Christmas

Be in a good mood to celebrate this holiday

Children are excited about the different gifts they are going to recieve

Decorated houses every where

Everybody is waiting for this beautiful and jolly holiday to come

Friends will give presents to each other

Going to celebrate the prettiest holiday in the year

Ho, ho, ho little children act like Santa

I love the holiday of Christmas

Jolly seasons

Kids are really happy and are waiting for some delicious treats

Love the month of December

My favorite date is December 25th

Nice holiday decorations everywhere

Oh, I can't wait I wish Christmas was here today

Precious moments

Queens is going to be covered in snow

Rushing people all over the place

Santa Claus is going to give children presents

Today is December 20th only 5 more days until Christmas

U would love this month

Vushhhh, as the run in the street through the snow

We love the snow

X-celent christmas tree decorations everywhere

You would get many treats on Christmas

Zooomm, zooommm the children say as they are playing with their toys

How to Write a ABCs Poem

Animal Research
Class 4-308
There are a lot of good choices here! Enjoy....

a. white-faced saki
b. Gila monster
c. silver langur
d. wallaroo
e. muntjac
f. black rhinoceros
g. meerkat
h. Jaguar
i. Cheetah
j. Ocelot
k Leopard
l. Cougar
m. Gray Wolf
n. Brown Bear
o. Asiatic Lion
p. Steller Sea-lion
q. Red Wolf
r. Jaguarundi
s. Blue Whale
t. Giant Panda
u. Chimpanzee
v. Sand Cat
w. Tiger
x. Margay
x. Tasmanian
z. Forester
aa. Kangaroo
bb. Argali
cc. Mediterranean Monk Seal
dd. Aye-aye
ee. Hawaiian Monk Seal
ff. African Wild Dog
gg. Mantled Howler Monkey


The Task

Using the Internet, you will learn about the life and habitat of animals.

1. Read and collect facts about your animals using the Internet. (DO NOT copy and paste text. Read it, and put what you want to use in YOUR OWN words!

2. Things to research: size (height and weight), food, habitat, adaptations, enemies and two (2) WOW facts. WOW facts are information that makes you say "WOW" when you read them. Describe your animal and discuss the five senses of that animal (hearing, tasting, feeling, touching, smelling)

Write down any questions you may still have about your animal, and you can get help from the library, tech or the science lab.

3. You will be writing a book. But, you may use your text to write a digital picture book about one of your animals, a video or a podcast for your computer grade. We will be learning about how to create using these methods in class.

Have Trouble Getting Everything Done?

Tips For Your Time

Reminders!

DUE: December 6th, the History of Computers Webquest and the Question of the Week

Concerning Technology Projects

All technology projects given are based on 4th grade national standards. These projects are to "stretch" student creativity, aptitude, increased grade level skills, so therefore, students should be able to complete them in the ample time - two week increments. Instructions are posted on the blog. Although instructions should have been easy to understand, I will ensure that procedures are going to be made "easier" for ALL to understand.

All projects are ongoing! They are broken down by due dates, description of what is due, and I think two weeks to do these 4th grade national standard projects is more than enough time. There should be no excuses for work not being completed. If work is incomplete, it will be returned for revision. When items need to be emailed to me, I will indicate that!javascript:void(0)

Prompts for the Month of November

Each writing prompt begins in class. Please continue to work on your story at home. Send your first draft to me by email before the end of each school week (Fridays)

Prompt 1. Once upon a time there was a turkey who never....

Any writing assignments began in class are expected to be completed at home, and emailed to Ms. Silverberg.

Thank you!

Download of Data Sheet

Greetings,
Below is a link for History of Webquests Data Collection Sheet, and the Grading sheet (so you'll know what's expected.)
Thanks very much!
PS, You can email me if you have questions. I can't fix what I don't know about! So I need your input as well!
Peace

Data Sheet

Example of Grade Expectations

Burning Question of the Week! BQOW

Hi Tekkids,

Kids like us have many questions about ourselves, friends, family, school and everyday decisions. While reading the question, think about how you would answer it, and respond by clicking the link below. Ask your friends/family to answer it too and see if their response is different from yours. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers. Your response is determined by what you believe!

Every week, there will be a "Burning Question." Please click on the following link to respond. (If you remember, all my writing assignments require a minimum of ONE paragraoh. This reminder won't be given every time you have to do writing. So please try and remember the basics.) You will not be graded on your answer, but that you did responded to BQOW

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History of Computers Webquest

A "BIT" of Info About Computers
A WebQuest about the History of Computers

DUE: Week of December 6, 2010
Introduction

Who came up with the idea of a computer or how computers were invented? You will get your chance to find all about computers with this WebQuest!

Task

You are a research analyst for a millionaire who is interested in starting her own computer business. Your job is to find out all you can about computers- why they are made the way they are-and to present your findings to your boss in the form of a presentation.

Process

Click on the link below to begin your research on the History of computers. Record what you find on your Data Sheet.

The History of Computers

Once you have completed your research, exit out of the Internet and open a drawing program (KidPix, NetPaint, Paint (Windows), Appleworks. If you need help, please Kontactr Ms. Silverberg

Create illustrations using the Checklist your teacher gave you. Be sure to include all the important information that you found during your Internet research.

Present your artwork to your boss and her board members.

Evaluation

Each student will receive a maximum of 100 points total. The points can be earned as follows:

* Completed Data Sheet based on Internet Research (50 points)

* Completed pictures based on the Illustration Checklist (35 points)

* Presentation of Findings (15 points)

Neatness and spelling will count!!!

Conclusion

You have learned about how computers were developed into what they are today. You can learn more about computers by looking at websites listed below.

http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/History.htm

http://www.thocp.net/index.html

http://www.thocp.net/hardware/pascaline.htm


Origin

E-books..

E-books (electronic books) are regular printed books (fiction, nonfiction) in a digital format. They can be read on computers, e-readers or some mobile phones. A portable e-reader can hold hundres or more books in a device the size of a paperback book (Kindle). e-Books can be purchased online (Amazon, etc.) or many books that are in the public domain are available free online (Gutenberg, Librivox.org)

Task: 1. Compare and contrast a conventional book with an e-book. Determine the advantages or disadvantages of using an e-book.
2. Find 3 short e-books for children.
3. Read a selected passage of one of the short e-books you have found.
4. Create a T-chart and respond in the two columns:
a. You are in a dark room. What would you have to do to read the book?
b. Your battery has gone dead. How can you read an e-book?
c. How will you mark where you stopped reading?
d. An older family member with poor eyesight (like Ms. Silverberg) would like to look at your book. What can you do to make the text more readable?
e. Pick one of your short ebooks, and create a blog response to the Tekkids Topic of the Week. Your response should be no less than a paragraph, and complete sentences. ;-)
NOTE: you may go to Vocaroo.com and record your response using your microphone headset. If so, do this in a quiet space. Then post the Homework task, and vocaroo embed code on your blog.

Week of October 25th, 2nd Class

Activity

Next Step for Fairy Tale Webquest!!

Step 3:

* Print out a copy of the Story Map Template.

* Use the Story Map to create an outline of your own creative fairy tale.
* Use at least three recurring (repeating) themes in the fairy tale genre that you've identified in themes organizer to be included in your fairy tale.

The Realm of Fairy Tales - Due Today!!!

Thanks to the following people who handed in the first part of this assignment:
25 extra points for meeting the due date
Graphic Organizer:
Adisa, Jamie, Gil, Laiba, Rikelmi, Ashley, Gabriela, Sophia, Perciphany, Ryan, Yaseen, Angelo, Jordan, Neha, Ahamed, Eros

Story Map:
Adisa, Jamie, Gil, Laiba, Rikelmi, Yahya, Eros & Ashley

Original Story drafts:
Adisa

"What does October feel like?

In October fall is starting
Coldness is coming in
Tell everybody, "Take out your candy it is almost Halloween."
On the ground you see dried-up leaves
Better zip up your jacket!
Everybody is jumping into leaf piles
Race you back to school!

Nazaret

When October comes, I feel so happy.
I get so excited because it's my birthday on the 29th. I love my birthday because it's important for me since it's when I was born. I love my birthday! Also, in the month of October is Halloween. I love dressing up for Halloween! I have so much fun decorating my house scary and spooky with webs, pumpkins, pumpkin lights, spiders, and ghosts.

I truly love October! October for me is so exciting! I love October!
Booo-oooooooooo!

Nafisa
What Does October Feel Like?

October feels scary, spirits arriving. When I sleep it reminds me of Halloween. Ghosts, devils, angels, ghosts, spooky animals arrive to me. I stay awake all night wondering animals sucking my blood. "BOO-OOOOOOO!" out of nowhere a ghost comes. I start screaming like crazy but then I see it's just a game. I go back to sleep. "Trick or Tread! Trick or Treat! Some goblins come with green and blue faces. A-aaaa-gggghhhhhh," I yell. We want candy, candy, candy is what we want. I imagine that I'm a hero in my dream so I take some of my secret weapons and kill them. Then you see them lying down dead. October makes me feel like Jack 'O Lanterns and scary pumpkins taking over the Earth. I start crying and crying until the whole Earth is filled with my tears. Then all of a sudden, my tears wash all the pumpkins and Jack 'O Lanterns away. I'm the hero again!

That's how October makes me feel.

Neha
In October, the weather is both hot and cold. It is basically a warm weather. Sometimes in October it is really, really cold and sometimes it is really hot. I don't think that October is not a bad month, but it is okay (according to my mood). I don't like when it is raining really hard, but I like it when it is sunny. I like it when it is sunny because you could go outside and play. October is mostly a cold month and different from all the other months. During October you see the leaves fall off from the tree. The leaves fall off and the tree gets ready for the winter. Everybody during October, gets ready for the upcoming pleasant holidays. People start to wear their cozy sweaters and jackets to stay warm. October is different because it is the month where the season slowly changes from summer to winter. These are some ways October is special and different from the other 11 months.

Ready and Prepared to Work Today! 4-311

Rajiv, Shamya, Ashley, Diony and Adisa! Great job. Keep up the good work!

How to Handle Rudeness!

Nazaret
I remember when I was a little girl, about three years old, I was with my scooter. I was going to the swings. Then, I boy about my age popped out of nowhere. While he came walking toward me, he looked at me and at my scooter. I was beginning to feel annoyed he began to laugh. Until he said out loud that my scooter looks like a boy's scooter. I ignored him even though he really annoyed me. He is now in third grade in the school.


Ahamed
Two years ago, when my sister was in fifth grade, my class was lined up and all of a sudden two students from my sisters class came up to me and my friends a saying things that weren't nice. Soon they called us cry baby when we weren't even crying. I handled it by ignoring them. I also told my sister that and she told me that she was going to talk to them. Soon I felt a little better. By tomorrow after-school my sister said she talked to then and I felt much better.

Gabriela
One day when a classmate did not let me have a string for my beads and she aid "No" I said "please" "please" "please! and she still said "No! she said "only people who have their beads" and I said "ok! . I told her I will bring my beads!

Citlali
One day I was sitting down on a bench when someone pushed me aside.I was at the end of the bench. I stood up and told her to please move.She ignored me.So I asked again. But she still wouldn't listen.So she got up and screamed.Then she said sorry.She said she was frustrated because nobody wanted to be her friend.She asked me if I wanted to be her friend. I said okay.

Victoria K.
The thing that someone did bad to me was, in my old school a girls, called me bad names. They talk about me in secret places. My friend Anazina told me. She felt sad in her heart. She told me that the girls were talking about me. I sat next to my friend. She was the only person that did not talk about me. The last day of school Anazina gave a nicer gift to me than the girls who talks about me. I was really upset about her. They still might talk about me but i changed schools and i miss my friend Anazina alot.

How i handled this... How i treated the girls was by ignoring them. Sometimes being their friend to get along and trying to be nice to them.

Neha
When my friend Kristina didn't wanted to be my friend, my feelings were really hurt. Still I handled everything and took care of myself. I kept one thing in mind that if she doesn't want to be my friend it's okay because almost all of my classmates consider me their friend. I don't really care if she doesn't want to play with me. When she said that she's not my friend and she wouldn't play with me, I handled everything. I didn't fight with her, and I went to play with my other friends. With my other friends I had a lot of fun, and I even forgot everything that she said to me. My friends and I, played a lot of different games and enjoyed our day.

Nicholas M.
One day in greek school a boy came up to me and grabbed me by the shirt and lifted me up. At that moment I said to myself, "I'm sick of this!" and I hit him on his knee with my foot and I was happy. My brother was glad that I handled that on my own. He told the teacher what happened and the boy got in trouble. He never bothered me again. Now we're friends and we never fight. The End

Percephany
When Somebody Wasn’t Nice to M e

One day I came to my grandma’ s house to play with my
friends on the block. So my friends came out and we were
playing. I really enjoy playing with my friends.

Then my not so good friend anymore came- her name is
Stella- and she doesn’ t like all of us on the block. So, she came
and we were playing. One of my friends, Elma, said, “ Let’ s make
her jealous” , and we were going to, but I didn’ t like that idea. So
my sister and I didn’ t do it. I told my friend, Elma, that I wasn’ t
going to do something mean like that. I decided to tell my friend
Stella the truth. So then my other friend, Elma, started to give me
a attitude. So I started to tell Elma that she was wrong and we
forgot about it. We also remembered that we were friends and that
we shouldn’ t act this way.

We said, “ Hey! We are like sisters. Why are we fighting?
Let’ s go play.” So we played and …..Whenever my friend Stella
comes out, there is a problem. She is mean to us sometimes and
has an attitude. But, whenever I play with my friends, Valentina,
Elma or Georgia, we don’ t have a problem. We always figure
things out.

Angelo 4-308
My Friend

When I was playing with my friend Jack he wanted more fake money than me. I said “we have to have the same fake money.“ Then he started to throw stuff at me. I couldn’t take it Then he spilled grape juice on the floor. Jack said it was me who spilled grape juice on the floor. I didn’t say anything. I then stopped talking to him. Jack kept on teasing me. I just ignored him. I was playing with my Dsi. Jack threw a ball in my eye. I said I got hurt with the ball. I didn’t want him to get in trouble. I just didn’t play or talk to him. Then my friend Jack stopped teasing me or throwing stuff at me .Jack said sorry. We played the rest of the afternoon.

Homework for the Week of October 5, 2010

"What does October feel like? Write a poem or story that explains your opinion of and emotions felt for this month. How is it different from the other eleven months of the year."

Anagrams Challenge 4-308

Yaseen, Casey, Daniel, Bashar = 109 pts

Nafisa, Tenzing, Elvis, Perciphany = 105 pts

Cindy, Ryan S, Gabriela, Nicholas = 111 pts

Angelo, Reba, = 22 pts

Nikki, Yahya = 25 pts

Sophia, Farouk = 71 pts

Faid, Jocelin, Victor, Jennifer = 103 pts

Jordon, Victor K, Andrew, Citlali = 79 pts

Ahamed Neha = 109 pts

Class 4-308 Prepared for Class Today!!

For 15 extra credits toward report card grades:

Victoria, Perciphany, Jennifer, Tenzing Y., Nafisa, Jocelin, Citlali, Faid, Elvis, Angelo, Jordon, Yahya, Fariouk, Gabriela, Sophia, Ryan S., Paula, Daniela, Bashar, Ahamed Bilal, Yaseen, Neha, Casey.

Five extra points for people who lent a writing instrument:

Gabriela (10pts), Paula (5pts), Casey (5pts), Tenzing Y., (15pts)

THANK YOU!!!!


*** Writing Assignments from today emailed to Ms. Silverberg: 20 extra points toward report card.

Students Who Are Ready to Work!!!

Yay! There are very responsible students in class 4-311. They came prepared with notebooks and writing instruments, ready to work. These students will get 15 EXTRA credits toward their grade.

Kate, Emir, Kamila, Rashel, Jasmin, Justin, Nazaret, Jamie, Abdullah, Christian, Laiba, Labiba, Sheehan, Ashley, Gil, Adisa, Rikelmi, Shamya, Rajiv, Sumayyah, and Brian.

If anyone would like extra points for today, you may email me your prompt response.

Thank you very much.
Ms. S

September, 2010 Project

The Realm of Fairy Tales

Please click on the following website and begin the webquest.

http://www-ma.beth.k12.pa.us/jhoke/jhwebquest/jhwebquest.htm

DUE DATE: October 18th, 2010

The Last Word of a Bluebird

This is a poem form. The original poem
written by Robert Frost. Please fill in
the blank lines. But! the poem must rhyme!
1. Go to http://www.rhymezone.com for help!
2. Paste the form into Kontactr (my email link.)
3. When complete, your name should be at end of poem.
4. Send to Ms. Silverbg.

As I went out, a _____________
In a low voice said, "Oh,
I was ______________________.
How do you do?
I just came to ________________
To tell _____________. Will you?
That her little _________________
Wanted me to bring you word
That the north wind___________
That made the ________ bright
And made ice on the trough
Almost made me______________
His _______ feathers off.
He just had to ________!
But he sent her ____________,
and said to be __________,
and wear her red _____________,
And look for skunk ___________
In the snow with an _________ -
and do everything!
And perhaps in the _____________
He would come back and _____________."

Patterned after "The Last Word of a Bluebird,"
by Robert Frost.

Poetry Month...

You will create a book of poems. Copy the site for Step 1.
In Firefox choose FILE + New Tab. In the New Tab that opens, paste the site from Step 1. Follow steps for this first assignment.

1. Open www.tinyurl.com/poetry12
2. Open Apple or Word doc
3. Select "All About Me," poem
4. Complete + Click "Create..."
5. Hilight poem + paste to Word Proc Doc (WP)
6. Save = First Name + Space + Date
7. Create "All I Want," poem (on same WP doc)
8. Repeat Steps 4-6.

9. Go to our new blog: ps85qtekkids.blogspot.com
10. Click "Kontact Me"
11. Type = Your name, Your email (or use my email: lsilver3@schools.nyc.org)
(If you use your OWN email, you get 25 extra points)
12. Subject = poem
13. Paste both poems in the message box
14. Type code
15. On bottom of page + Click "Send."

Ellis Island

Uncorrected Text

COPY to a word processing document and make corrections if needed.

Ellis Island, an imigration station in New York harbor, opens for the first time on January 1, 1892. During its' busyest days, thousands of immigrants entered the united States there. More then 100 million Americans can trace there roots to an ancestor who past through Ellis Island. Today, ellis island is a Museum. Museum visators can lern what it was like for 12 million immigrants who arrived in America at the turn of the century.