Sixth+Grade+Computer+Lab

**Remember to keep practicing for NWEA Spring Test. Reading or Math?**
 * Final Project Due May 24th**  **What is technology and how does it change the way we live?**   **4th Quarter Rubric**   **Spanish Rubric**

**April 3-5, 2013**  **What are your goals? 6 weeks till NWEA.....What will you work on?**

**Compass Learning, Math Score, or Achieve 3000**

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**Week of April 1, 2013**  Spring is Here!!!You will need to take the student survey. This will take at least 30 minutes. My School, My Voice Surveys  []   You will need your student ID number and birth date to log on. When you have completed this make sure you have completed the assignments from the quarter. ThingLinks and Diigo....remember to fill in the Google form below. Then work on your NWEA goals on MathScore, Compass Learning, or Achieve 3000

**Week of March 18, 2013**

1. Learn how to set goals and accomplish them for Spring NWEA. What are you weak in? How much time will it take? 2. Take the 5 essentials survey on the Home page. 3. Practice your weaknesses on MathScore, Compass Learning, or Achieve 3000

Week of March 11, 2013 So you want to be an author? What story do you want to tell the world? What is the setting, who are the characters, and what is the lesson? Grab images from Google images to help illustrate your story. Use Bookemon to create fabulous online books. You will have to create an account first. Use your CPS email to sign up.

ISAT Practice Math Rates: Learn Zillion http://learnzillion.com/lessons/839-understand-rates-as-a-type-of-ratio

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 * Did you watch the Oscars? Do you realize movies are just moving stories? **
 * You will choose a movie that you have seen and create a ThingLink. This ThingLink needs to sell the movie to those that have not seen it. **

__** This will include: **__
 * 1. A picture representing the movie **


 * 2. Five of the following should be included: Make sure to state what you are doing and then give an example from the movie. **
 * For example: The main idea of Argo is how the United States CIA worked to free the hostages from IRAN during the 1970's hostage crisis. **


 * Main Idea **
 * Fact and Opinion **
 * Drawing Conclusions **
 * Summary **
 * Prediction **
 * Author's Purpose **
 * A word to represent the movie **
 * Sequence of events **
 * Cause and Effect **
 * Inferences **
 * Compare and Contrast **

You will take the Math Score February assessment. When finished you will do topics and learn something new. You can go to Achieve 3000 as well. If you are doing a great job you can have 15 minutes of free time.
 * Week of February 18, 2013**

We will now create a ThingLink 1. Choose something you want to know more about that is appropriate!!!! 2. Find an image 3. Find facts 4. Create an opinion 5. Add a video 6. Tell us what you learned today Show this to Mrs. Simenson before you leave today
 * Week of February 11, 2013**

Check out our final projects on the Class of 2015 wikispace.

Please log on to Meograph Create a sample by next week about yourself.
 * Week of February 4, 2013**

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This quarter we are going to practice our research skills. You will start with a question about health and exercise.....and start exploring that question on the internet. Remember to save your sources and the sites you found them on (are they primary or secondary sources). Use a Google doc draft to do this. Then you will transfer this information to the Google form below for a grade. This form is due when you come to class the week of the 26th of November. If you submit it late you will only receive half credit.

Creating presentations using Google presentation or Prezi
 * December 10, 2012**

If you copy and paste from the Internet you must cite your work. How do I cite my research? Use [] Include this on a citation page in your presentation.

The final research project will be presented online to your class with a partner. You will post this on the class wikispace http://goetheschoolclassof2015.wikispaces.com/

These will be completed before Winter Break. Please see the word document attached for a complete breakdown of the project. Project Rubric

Also remember to practice your typing words per minute. We will have a grade level contest in January.

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