Energy Spreadsheets

Click to access the spreadsheet for your class:

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KEEFER

GARDNER

Kinder Connect Form

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Presentation

This week we will be focusing on creating a presentation using Google Slides. We'll focus on the features of Google Slides as well as how to create and deliver a strong presentation.

1) Log-into Google Slides and create a presentation.

2) Review a sample matrix for creating/delivering a Your topic will vary by class but the evaluation criteria, as well as the details about how to create and deliver a strong presentation, remain the same.

Click HERE To share your link.

Black-Animal Presentation
Slide 1-Title slide with animal and presenter name.
Slide 2-Physical Characteristics
Slide 3-Geographical Range/Habitat Info.
Slide 4-Life Span
Slide 5-Diet
Slide 6-Fun Facts

Animal Diversity
Porta Portal (sign-in as a Guest using tblack)
KidsClick

Wade-States
Slide 1-Title slide with state name and presenter name
Slide 2-US Map showing state
Slide 3-Basic facts (capital city, population, largest city, etc.)
Slide 4-Economy (largest export, employer, etc.)
Slide 5-Famous people/places from/in the state
Slide 6-Fun Facts

Robbins-Space
Slide 1-Intro Slide/Title and Author Name
Slide 2-Topic Intro
Slide 3-Question 1
Slide 4-Question 2
Slide 5-Question 3
Slide 6-Conclusion

Penguin Research

This week we will research penguins to support penguin-related learning in the classroom.

Penguin bloopers.

1) Click HERE to see the 17 species of penguins.

2) Click HERE to learn about Emperor Penguins.

3) Click HERE for a penguin growth chart.

4) Click HERE for the Monterey Bay Aquarium penguin cam. What kind of penguins are they?

5) Click HERE to read a Penguin Head to Toe booklet.

6) Click HERE to watch A Penguin Chick's Life.

7) Click HERE to complete a penguin jigsaw puzzle.

8) Click HERE to see baby penguin hatch.

9) Click HERE for African penguins.

10) If there's time, click HERE to access some penguin online activities.

11) Click HERE for more activities.

Community Maps

This week we will explore communities in-detail through interactive mapping. We'll use an online mapping tool to make a map that locates and describes important places in a community.

1) Select a city anywhere in the U.S.

2) Brainstorm important places/buildings/institutions in any community.

3) Click HERE to access the online mapping tool.

4) Map at least three important locations and describe their significance to the community.

5) Click HERE to access a shared spreadsheet to paste the link to your map.

6) View and comment on your classmates' maps.

Oregon Trail Tour with Tour Builder

This week we will begin to create a tour of the Oregon Trail. To support classroom learning about the Oregon Trail, we will be using Tour Builder (with Google Earth) to build unique tours about the journey of early Oregon pioneers. Students will learn more about the important locations along the trail, as well as their geographic significance.

1) Visit the Tour Builder website.

2) Log-in using your Google Apps ID.

3) Select "Create a Tour."

4) Choose a starting point along the trail.

5) Learn how to create placemarks and input pictures, videos, text, etc. for various major locations along the trail.

Biography Presentation

This week we will start creating a presentation to use with the biography speech.

If you don't yet have a subject for your at-home biography:

Click HERE to paste the link to your presentation.

Click HERE

1) Log-in to Google Apps.

2) Create a Presentation

3) Title it Your Name_Bio Presentation

4) Start with a detailed Intro Slide

5) Add at two additional slides.

Slide 1: Intro

Slide 2: Bio Info (name, date and place of birth, school attended, educational accomplishments, picture).

Slide 3: Life Accomplishments (significant contributions/accomplishments, picture).

100th Day of School

This week is 100th day of school. To celebrate, we will be creating digital works of art using different combinations of numbers that total 100.

1) Open KidPix.

2) Select from the different stamps.

3) Use the stamps to create groups of numbers that when added together equal 100.

4) If there's time, click HERE and we'll decorate a digital hundreds chart.

Chinese New Year

This week we will be doing some online activities related to the Chinese New Year. We'll review what you've learned in-class and apply that learning using some different online activities.

1) Click HERE to make some Tangram puzzles.

2) Click HERE for some different Tangram puzzles.

3) Click HERE for Chinese Dragon game.

4) Click HERE for New Year coin catch.

5) Click HERE to countdown to New Year.

Math Fluency Practice

This week we will review math fluency practice websites, and complete several different activities to help improve basic math fact fluency.

1) Click HERE to complete XtraMath activity.

2) Sign-in with your pin and complete a fact fluency 2 minute practice. 

3) With any remaining class time, click HERE to select some math learning activities for extra practice.

Mapping and Route Planning

This week we will continue learning about maps. We'll use Google Maps to find our houses and plan a trip to school and back.

1) Click HERE to open Google Maps.

2) Type in your address to locate your house (we will hand out address cards).

3) Zoom in and out and explore the area around your house.

4) Find where the school is and learn how to create a trip to and from school.

Google Earth

This week we will continue learning about maps by using Google Earth. We will explore North America, learning how placemark location and how to measure the distance between two points.

1) Click HERE to complete Xtramath practice.

2) Open Google Earth.

3) Learn the basic tools for using Google Earth and spend some time searching.

4) We will focus on the North America. Find some of the following places. Placemark at least two places.

Countries
    Canada
    United States
    Mexico
    Guatemala
    Honduras
    Nicaragua
    Costa Rica
    Panama
    Cuba
    Jamaica
    Puerto Rico
    Haiti

Water Features
    Pacific Ocean
    Atlantic Ocean
    Caribbean Sea
    Gulf of Mexico
    Gulf of California
    Bering Sea
    Panama Canal
    Great Lakes (HOMES)
    Great Salt Lake
    Colorado River


Physical Features
    Alaska Range (Mt. McKinley)
    Rocky Mountains (US & Canada)
    Great Plains
    Mojave Desert

5) What is the distance from Portland to New York?

6) Explore anywhere on Earth with remaining time.

Weather Report

This week we will continue working with maps and learning about weather by making a class weather report.

1) Open Google Earth and select a city anywhere in the world.

2) Click HERE to visit Weather Underground and search for the weather in your city.

3) Select a view of your city in Google Earth and copy the image.

4) Click on your class below to access your weather report slide. Find your slide and paste your picture in the slide. Complete the slide weather report and share with classmates.

Fink
Smith
McGinnis


-Open Google Maps Collections Gallery.

-View the different collections available.

-Click HERE to open google maps

-Shark Tracker map.

5th Grade Survey and Result Analysis

This week we will wrap-up our work using Google Sheets. We'll complete a survey and then analyze the results using charts/graphs and calculations.

Before we work on analyzing our survey results, please complete this 5th grade legacy project survey.

Legacy Survey

1) Click HERE to complete this online survey.

2) Log-into Google Drive and open your Google Sheets Workbook.

3) Click HERE to access the results and copy/paste them to your workbook.

4) Brainstorm some ways you can analyze and chart the results.

5) Complete at least one calculation and one graph/chart/table.

Google Earth

This week we'll be learning details about maps and how to use Google Earth.

1) Open Google Earth

2) Practice using the different tools (Zoom, Search, 3D Box, Compass)

3) Practice visiting different landmarks.

5) Visit the White House and zoom into the building so you can tour around the different rooms inside.

6) Select your favorite location and view. Copy and paste it to a shared Google Presentation. Insert shapes, arrows, lines to annotate your image and explain it to your classmates.

Fink

Smith

McGinnis

If there's time, check out GOOGLE COLLECTIONS

Mapping

This week we will explore the world with Google Maps Collections. Since you have been learning about oceans in the classroom we'll explore the Google Maps Collections underwater ocean gallery.

1) Learn about how Google Collects Street View Images.

2) Open Google Maps Collections Gallery.

3) View the different collections available.

4) Click HERE to open google maps. Let's find some different locations. 

5) Open Google Earth. Where should we go?

If there's time, we'll look the Shark Tracker map.