Class #3 - U.S. Map Quiz Links

Click on the following links to take the quizzes. When you reach the end of each quiz, take a screen shot of your score. Copy and paste both screen shots into a Pages document. Finally, print the document and turn in to Mr. Shaddox.

States
http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/map-quiz-us-states.php

Capitals
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_Caps_2_1024.html

Class #1 & #2: U.S. States and Capitols

LT: I can identify the 50 states and their capitols.
Today we'll begin learning (or re-learning) the states and capitols of the United States of America. Go to this website and play the Capitols and States games. Work your way through the levels from Beginner to Cartographer. Next week we'll have a quiz to see if we can identify all 50 states and their capitols.

Practice with maps here:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Here are other ways to practice capitals (multiple choice):
http://www.50states.com/quizzes/#quiz-head
http://lizardpoint.com/geography/usa-caps-quiz.php

This is a timed quiz to see how well you know the states:
http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/map-quiz-us-states.php

Continuing WTS Reflection & Letters to Mrs. MacDonald

1. Finish WTS reflection (typed, printed and turned in to Mr. Shaddox’s basket)

• See the previous blog post for these directions

1. Letter to Mrs. MacDonald

As you know, Mrs. MacDonald is retiring this year. She will undoubtedly remember our class in a special way. Please write a letter to Mrs. MacDonald that honors her service to the thousands of students she has worked with throughout her 38 years as a teacher. Eleanor Bidwell has created this blog to put digital versions of your letters. You can visit the site: http://mrsmacdonaldsletters.weebly.com/. Here are some ideas for your letter:

• What’s your favorite memory of Mrs. MacDonald?
• How did Mrs. MacDonald inspire and/or support you this year?
• What will you remember most about Mrs. MacDonald?
• What makes Mrs. MacDonald such a great teacher?
• What will you miss most about Mrs. MacDonald?

Mrs. MacDonald was the 2014 Maine Teacher of the Year.

Weathering The Storm Reflection

Name___________________________________ Group_______________ Class________

Weathering the Storm - Expedition Reflection

Directions: Quietly and independently complete this reflection. Copy the questions to a Pages or Google document. Answer the questions thoroughly and honestly. This reflection will be included in your portfolio of work for 6th grade.

HOWLs

1. How did you persevere in this expedition? Provide a specific example.
2. How did you work to cooperate respectfully with your group? Provide a specific example.
3. How did you demonstrate responsibility throughout this expedition?

Group Work & Research

1. What part of this expedition surprised you? Talk about a time (or multiple times) when you discovered something about yourself as a learner or any of the things we learned in this expedition.
2. What were your strengths as a group member throughout this expedition?
3. In what areas would you would like to improve as a group member?

Expedition Design

1. Which part of the research was the easiest? Which part was most difficult?
2. What were the most interesting and enjoyable parts of this expedition?
3. Was there any part of the expedition that was unclear? What could teachers do to improve this part of the expedition.
4. What ideas do you have for revising this expedition or making it even better?

Friday May 29 Sub Plans

Weathering The Storm  Today’s Filming Schedule

May 29 Thursday Day 1 Special Schedule

Sandy (Red) - Music A Andrew (Yellow) - Music B Rita (Red) - Library Conference Room Floyd (Red) - Windsor Hallway Ike (Red) - Science Storage Room

Today, students will work in their groups to accomplish the following:

1) Finish their Meteorology Scene #5 Script (Mrs. Porensky will be meeting with each group throughout the day)

2) Create backgrounds and images for scenes

3) Edit scenes that have been filmed

4) Apply soundtracks and sound effects

iMovie Tutorial: Importing Video From The Web (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.)

Class #28 - Creating Graphics & Selecting Images For Your Scene

LT: I can find relevant images on the Web for my scenes.

LT: I can utilize Pages to create graphics for my scenes.

Questions to consider:

What information needs to be communicated in this scene?

How can you use icons or illustrations to communicate the ideas?

What facts, numbers or information need to be communicated through text?

Let's examine these examples of on screen graphics used in weather forecasts. What do you notice? What are some things used in these graphics that we should repeat in our work?

The Fish Factor

Seven Day Forecast

Storm Track

Snowfall

Mapping Our Your Graphics

Directions: You will refer to your storyboards & scripts and identify the background images and graphics you need to build each scene. You will use this graphic organizer to keep an inventory of the images/graphics you've collected/created for your scenes. When you create graphics in Pages make sure to use a 16:9 ratio. A good size to begin with is 1920x1080 pixels.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14OZxTHk3sAWPPHi_A4Swnw6oJoAujdsGYYditqmfw54/edit?usp=sharing