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Last Years Lessons and Activities

Students will be reviewing their knowledge of online safety and media uses through video games. Please log on to Digital Passport and type in your username and password that Mrs. Simenson gave to you. Good Luck! And let's get ready to have a safe and fun summer! Digital Passport

To Log on:type in your user number type in your password; goethe make sure it shows Goethe in the school opening.



[|Geometry Vocabulary] Also, if you have time, please visit this new website called Spelling City:

[] Thursday-What is Private Policy? Why should it matter to us?We will explore the privacy policy of a few of these websites. Be ready to discuss why we need a website to have a seal of private policy approval? Complete page 18 on your Common Sense Media Workbook while you check out one of these sites:
 * Club Penguin: www.clubpenguin.com
 * Nickelodeon: www.nick.com
 * Yahoo! Kids®:www.kids.yahoo.com
 * Kids Running: www.kidsrunning.com
 * Nintento: www.nintendo.com

Then, students will use Common Sense Media workbooks to conduct research on a chosen science topic. First, discuss with your partner quietly what would you like to research. Turn to page 62 on the Common Sense Media workbook and complete the questions 1-3. List the key words that you will use in your search. Use the following websites:


 * Yahoo! Kids ®: [|www.kids.yahoo.com]
 * Ask Kids ®: [|www.askkids.com]
 * KidsClick! ®: [|www.kidsclick.org]
 * Fact Monster: [|www.factmonster.com]
 * Awesome Library: []
 * Quintura for Kids: [|www.quinturakids.com]
 * SafeSearch for Kids: [|www.safesearchkids.com/google-for-kids.html]

After you are done with your research think about which features you liked most and least. Consider the results of their search, and whether the results were clear and useful. Lastly, we will discuss how our research went and what we liked most and least of the features provided on the websites that you visited. Complete Lesson Assessment on page 63. Thank you! Have a great week!

Students will choose **ONE** challenging word to define in your own words from your vocabulary bank and provide 2 examples. A drawing is optional. Students will need to use a word document with proper heading ( Name, School and Date). Worth 10 points. For example:

Name: School: Date: Room:

Word: Biography Definition:A book about someone's life that he/she did not write.

A biography of 1.__Thomas Jefferson: Author of America__ by Christopher Hitchens 2. __Oprah: A Biography __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6b00ff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> by Kitty Kelley

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6b00ff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Click on the link to view an example using a word document.

[|www.makebeliefscomix.com]
Students should be continuing to practice their keyboarding skills at Dance Mat Typing

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c4059; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; text-align: center;">What is Alliteration?

<span style="background-color: #808080; color: #eee2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**Definition:** When two or more words in a poem begin with the same letter or sound. <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #eee2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Example: Dancing Ducks Doddle in the Dark

Visit Alliteration Poems for more explanation of Alliteration.

<span style="color: #549211; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Your Assignment: Complete an Alliteration Poem Using a Word Document.