Music

This week we are focusing on music and the emotions we can feel listening to music.  I have posted 15 youtube videos, you need to listen to each song and then write two sentences on how the song made you feel.  View below blog posts to listen to the music posted.

Tool of choice: Youtube

Content Standard: 5th grade music Standard 1 Objective 2, b. explain how music can communicate a certain meaning of serve a specific purpose.

Ed Tech Standard: Standard 4. use general purpose productivity tools to support personal productivity and facilitate learning. 

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love

The Phantom Of The Opera - Theme Song

Anberlin - Impossible

Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

Madonna - Vogue

Def Leppard- "Hysteria"

30 Seconds To Mars - Closer To The Edge

Elton John - Circle Of Life

Elvis Presley. Jailhouse Rock

Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

Tony Bennett: "The Way You Look Tonight"

The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun

Mozart - Requiem in D minor

This is rather long, please listen to at least 5 minutes of it before creating your sentences.

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

This is rather long, please listen to at least 5 minutes of it before creating your sentences.

Cyber Bullying

Animoto is the program I used this week to discuss a very serious topic.  Cyber Bullying is a serious problem and i hope this video can help each of you become aware.  Help stop cyber bullying today by reporting it when you see it to an adult and to the website you see it on.  

Cyber Bullying Video

Tool of Choice: Animoto

Content Standard: Health 6th Grade, Standard 5, Objective 1. Recognize abusive situations: physical, emotional, sexual.

Ed Tech Standard: Standard 3: Discuss basic issues related to responsible use of technology and information.  Describe personal consequences of inappropriate use. 

Spike Learns How To Say Goodbye

Losing a friend or family member can be hard.  I want you to read the book I've created on coping with loss and take note of how I used technology to create knowledge for our classroom.

Spike Learns How To Say Goodbye

Tool of choice: Story Bird

Content Standard: Health 5th Grade, Standard 1, Objective 2 Demonstrate coping behaviors related to grief and loss.

Ed Tech Standard: Standard 5, Use technology to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. 



Water Cycle

Earth Science is important why? That's right because we live on Earth and we should know how it works.  Join me with a fun little display about the water cycle!  At the end of the presentation give me your "why" on why the water cycle is important to us!

Water Cycle Presentation

Tool of Choice: Prezi

Content Standard: 4th Grade Science, Standard 1, Objective 2, Describe the water cycle

Ed Tech Standard: Determine when technology is useful and select the appropriate tools and technology resources to address a variety of tasks. 

act it out

For this assignment you will go to the class pinterest page and view the plays that have been pinned under Theater.  Pick a play and you will prepare a 5-10 minute scene that you will improvise based on personal experience or your imagination.  I want you to get really creative.  You cannot change the words to the script the only thing you can change is how you act it out, the scenery, time period, etc. 
Classroom pinterest page

Tool of Choice: Pinterest

Content Standard: Theater 5th grade, Standard 1 Playmaking, The student will plan and improvise plays based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history for informal and formal theatre.  Objective 3, Plan and improvise a scene from a book or play in which the major conflict comes from within the character. 

Ed Tech Standard: Grades 3-5, Standard 4, Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning throughout the curriculum.