Sunday, December 15, 2013

Netsmartz

Today you may visit the Netsmartz website!  You may watch and play the videos, games, bios.  There are some activities which require you to print, so we will not be doing these today.  Have fun exploring and practicing your netsmartz!

Here is the link: http://www.netsmartzkids.org/

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Google Earth

This week we will be using Google Earth to find places in our community!

Can you find:

Your house
Skillin School
Willow's Pizza
Portland Jetport
Maine Mall
South Portland Fire & Police
Any South Portland Bank
Maine Medical Center
South Portland Community Center

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Spiders Videos and Games

Please use your log-in card to watch the videos at United Streaming

Then you can try these games:
Mighty Spider (try this on easy- it is wicked hard!!)

Image: Spider in its web (2) Paul Fuqua,  2003 . Image.
Discovery Education. Web. 9 October 2012. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Poetry & more

Hey kids!
Great work on the MAP tests!  Yahoo!  You're done!

Here are some websites we would like for you to check out:

Acrostic Poems

Comic Creator

Diamante Poems

Theme Poems

Word Mover


Monday, March 25, 2013

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Arctic

Hello!

Mrs. Jennings' students:
Visit United Streaming for the Arctic Videos
Also visit the photographs here at Extreme Ice Survey
Finally, here is a great webinar from the Arctic!


Mrs. Violette's and Mrs. King's students:
We will be starting your arctic projects!  Visit pebblego to learn about animals of the arctic.

The username is: mylibrary
The password is: digital

Visit animals, animal habitats, polar animals
Most of the animals are located in animals, mammals, polar mammals.
The water mammals are in animals, mammals, whales and other water mammals.


View from an ice cave on Ellesmere Island in Canada, looking towards the Arctic ocean and the north pole. Photograph: Alexandra Kobalenko/Getty http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/apr/07/arctic-sea-ice-recovers-slightly