Our Digital Footprint - Challenge 6

We have spent a lot of time in class talking about how to be safe on line.  Here is our list of things to remember:
1. Keep your private information private!
     *Don't give out your last name.
     *Don't give out your phone number.
     *Don't give out your address.
     *Don't give out your birthday.
     *Never share your passwords.
2.  Check your privacy settings.
3.  Only go to sites your teacher or parents say are okay.
4.  Be nice and say kind words.
5.  Be yourself.
6.  Be truthful.
7.  Think before you post.
8.  If you see something bad online turn it off and tell your parents.
9.  Remember not everything on the internet is true.
10. Once you put it online it is there for good.

We hope this video makes you think about your digital footprint.  

Are you leaving a positive mark on the world?

Using an Image in a Post - Challenge 4

We learned how to use a picture legally in a post in this challenge.  We learned how important it is to give the photographer credit.  

Do you use pictures legally?  

You can check out more of our pictures on our blogs:  Shaun, Byron, Mike, Andrew, Madisyn, Carlito, and Noel.

This one is by Makayla. 

I like Baseball! How do you think he jumped so high? Do you think he caught the ball? I think this is a cool picture!

Baseball

Photo Credit: Tom Clifton via Compfight cc

Top 10 Jobs We'd Love to Have - Challenge 2

Student Blogging Challenge 2013

Challenge #2

The challenge was to write about our top 10 jobs.  10 of us each gave our top pick to develop this list.  Check out our individual blogs for our complete lists!

1.  Train driver - Andrew

2.  Fix trains - Carlito

3.  Work at a funeral home - Madisyn

4.  Auto mechanic - Byron

5.  Work as a model - Noel

6.  Be a pop star - Brianna

7.  Take care of dogs - Brooke

8.  Movie actor - Shaun

9.  To be a Doctor - Makayla

10. Designing video games - Mike

Top10 People We'd Like to Meet - Challenge 1

We are participating in the Student Blogging Challenge 2013.  

This is challenge #1.

Here is our class list of the top 10 people we'd like to meet, and the questions we would ask them.  Some of us have complete lists on our individual blogs.  Feel free to visit us.
1. Billy West (voice actor for Ren and Stimpy) Did you hang out with friends when you were younger? - Mike
2. Ringo Star (voice actor for the old Thomas the Train and a Beatle)  Why did you go from drumming to narrating? - Carlito
3. Kelly Clarkson - How did it feel to win American Idol? - Makayla
4. Justin Bieber - Are you coming to Buffalo for a concert soon? - Brooke
5. Kendall (from Big Time Rush) What is your favorite song? - Shaun
6.  President Andrew Johnson - What was your favorite food? - Andrew
7. John Deere - Why did you pick the color green for the tractors? - Byron
8. Alice Green - Is there going to be another Twilight movie coming out? - Brianna

9. Big Time Rush - Can I have a backstage pass/ - Dannielle

10.   Ben Roethlisberger - What does it feel like to win a super bowl? - Noel

World Read Aloud Day

March 6^th was World Read Aloud Day.

We learned that 793 million people cannot read!  We spent extra time reading that day.  We also thought of some ways that we could help people that don’t know how to read.  Here are some of our ideas:

We can read for them.

We can read to them.

We can help someone when they get stuck on a word.

We can give them a book that’s easier to read and then keep pushing them with harder books.

We can show little kids the pictures in a book..

We can give books away that we don’t read anymore.

 We can teach someone how to read.

We can be a good friend and not make fun of someone who can’t read well. 

We can record a book for people to listen to.

We can do a lot of things to help, what can you do?

Dignity For All

Here is our class project from February.  We hope you enjoy it.

Rock the Presidents by Shaun, Andrew, Noel, and Makayla

We went to Sheas in Buffalo to see Rock the Presidents.   There were 3000 people there so it was a loud audience.  We liked the show.  They sang 28 songs!  The songs were all about our presidents.  They led us as we waved our arms back and forth, did fist pumps in the air, and other fun motions.

The Cast was just 3 people:  Yolanda London, Eric Boudreau, and Colin Ross.  They had cool outfits, nice shoes, lots of energy, and good voices.  The 2 young men ran out into the audience 2 times.  They ran to the back of the auditorium and then back to the front giving high 5’s along the way.  Two of our favorite songs were: They Got a Dog,, and Hail to the Chief.  We also liked Are You a President-to-Be? 

They taught us some interesting facts about our past presidents.  We played a game called Presi-tron.  They described a president and we had to try to figure out who they were talking about. 

Here are some facts we did not know:

Ronald Reagan once tried stand-up comedy.  Gerald and Betty Ford were fashion models.  Ulysses S. Grant got a speeding ticket on a horse.  President Obama collects “Spiderman” comic books.

After the show, we picked up a pizza at Marks Pizzeria on our way back to school.  It was a long ride.  We all ate in the cafeteria before going home.  It was a really fun day.

The Pilgrims by Makayla, Madisyn, and Brianna

In History we have been leaning about the Pilgrims. They left England and went to the Netherlands for religious freedom. Then they went to America. They were on a ship called the Mayflower and it was a long journey. Some people died on the trip. Before they got off the ship all the men signed the Mayflower Compact. They promised to set up a government and follow the rules of the new government. A Native American named Squanto made friends with the pilgrims and helped them.

Merry Christmas!

What We've Been Learning

We have been learning a lot lately that we wanted to share with you. Mike, Makayla, Madisyn, and Mrs. Tharp wrote about what we have been studying, learning, and doing.  We have been doing a lot of writing.  We had lessons on dignity for all and writing assignments that made us think about how the characters in the book we were reading were responsible and showed respect for each other.  We wrote about a respectful or responsible person we know, or a time when we acted responsibly.  We wrote about our 12 favorite things and participated in a Day of Blogging on 12.12.12.  We worked hard to reply to all of the comments on our blog.  We did lots of writing!

We finished our history unit on Henry Hudson.  We learned about elements, compounds, and mixtures in science.  We did math in a lot of different ways.  We worked on the computer, on the board, and some of us still really like worksheets.  We finished the book " The Boy Who Ran For President".  We liked it a lot.  It was about a boy our age who ran for president and actually won!  

We did Christmas bowling in gym and earlier we had some fun with a parachute.  We also learned soccer and hockey skills.  We finished some cool Christmas projects in Art class.  We used water colors to paint our own Christmas trees, and other techniques to create some unique tiling effects on ornaments and decorations.  Miss Tharp ordered one of our famous cookie platters for students in the YALT program at Daemen College, and so we made brownies and rice crispy treats. In Home and Careers we made some really fun Christmas cards using recycled cards.  We also started a fun Friday where we get to choose which station we want to go to.  We have games, snacks, nail polish etc.

Mrs. Tharp signed us up for 2 new sites, Zondle and Magna High, to help make learning fun at school and home!  We all love working on edmodo whenever we have time.  The apps are fun and we like sending messages to each other.  Some of us were able to join an edmodo group with students from other states and countries that we are working with on a project.  We liked meeting them and sending messages to them.  It turns out we like a lot of the same things - computers, sports, games, TV, and we even like some of the same books.

Makayla's Day of Blogging 12.12.12

Makayla’s  12 favorite things:

 Sports, Soccer, Games, Yellow, Cats, Dogs, Kittens, Christmas music, wii, snowflakes, snowmen, and playing outside in the snow.