12/18 Wednesday

1. Holiday Quiz-See how well you can do on this Holiday Quiz

2. Christmas Carol-Go here and make your own Christmas Carol! Annoy everyone in your vicinity!

3. Santa's Flight Game-Uh Oh! Looks like Santa is having all kinds of trouble flying his sleigh. Can you help him?

4. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative!

12/16 Monday

1. Creative Write-Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative!

2. Class Novel-Let's get back and check on Nya and Salva.

3. Pre-WW1-We are going to look at some of the causes of the Great War!

4. Christmas Origins-I often say that the best way to fully appreciate something is to know its origin. With that in mind, you are to use the internet to research and find the origins of the following things associated with Christmas.
-Santa Claus
-Christmas Trees
-Gift giving
-Santa's Elves
-Christmas lights

Once you have researched the above things, create a Google Slide presentation that explains in detail the origins of each the items listed above. Make sure your presentation has correct grammar, pictures, and good use of design and color.

12/13 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday-Learn new words, donate some rice to the needy, it's a WIN-WIN situation. It's FREE RICE time!!!

FREE RICE CHALLENGE-Try to get over 400 grains of rice!

2. Ready NC-Are you ready?

3. Article of the Week-back to it!

4. Long Walk to Water Activity-This activity will practice our writing skills!

12/12 Thursday

DID YOU KNOW....The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long. Crazy!

1. Free Read-Grab your books and relax.

YOUR VOICE COUNTS....TIME TO VOTE!!

2. LOGOs-LOGOs misses you guys...

3. ReadyNC-We are almost done with our newest packet.

4. Class Novel-Out of the river, into the desert!

5. Long Walk to Water Activity-This activity will practice our writing skills!

12/11

1. Ready NC-Let's go ahead and get this out of the way!

2. Article of the Week-Let's look at another water crisis a little closer to home.

3 Long Walk to Water-Poor Salva!

4. Long Walk to Water Activity-This activity will practice our writing skills!

5. CNN 10-Let's catch up with the world...

6. Create-A-Quiz-Instructions will follow

7. Industrial Revolution Being There Project-For this assignment, you guys are going to try to put yourselves into the shoes of children that worked in the Industrial Revolution. First, create and share a google doc titled "IR Being There". Next, go to this link and pick a picture. This will be your "character". Then I want you to use the following links to research what life was like for kids who worked in the Revolution. Using that information and the picture, create a story about life in the Industrial Revolution. Your links are here, here, and here. Your story needs to be at least 173 words long.

12/10 Tuesday

1. Scavenger Hunt-Use the internet for correct answers (spelling counts) Put the questions and the answers in an email titled Scavenger Hunt #1 and send it to me. Remember to answer in complete sentences.
On what date did the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico occur?
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
What are three synonyms for the word BIZARRE?
What is the capital of Egypt?
What are two website addresses that allow you to edit video?
What is the largest mammal on Earth?
What are three antonyms for the word ANTIQUE?
Who discovered the cure for the disease polio?
Who is Mark David Chapman?
Who was Leif Erickson?
When, where, and why did the Titanic sink?
What are Greenhouse Gases?
Who created Superman?
Who was the 2nd man to walk on the Moon?

2.  Knoword-Good news....new game


3. Social Studies Games-Some days you just got to kick back and have some fun. Here are some social studies related games that you guys can give a shot.


Oregon Trail is an extremely old-school game about survival and dysentery!


Begscape -puts you in the shoes of a beggar trying to survive


A Dark Room starts you off in a dark room (duh!)

12/9 Monday

1. Free Read-Grab your books!

2. LOGOS-Work on activities 1,2, and 5.

3. RI 7.2-New Standard Time!!!

4. Ready NC-New standard, new lesson.

5. CNN 10-New week, new news!

6.  Industrial Revolution Inventions-Go to the following website and look at the Industrial Revolution invention timeline. Once you have looked at some of the inventions, send me an email (subject should be "IR-Inventions") and pick the five Industrial Revolution inventions you think are the most important. Be sure to explain why you think so and write in complete sentences!