Happy Birthday Daire

October 16 - Time Machine

Another week has flown by!
I will collect your limericks and upload them to our blog;-)

Our activity for this afternoon is a bit different. Last week we visited sites that focused on the Age of Discovery and that got me thinking. . . Let’s use our imaginations and think of a time period (other than the current era) which you would like to visit if you had a time machine. Write a small paragraph explaining WHY you have chosen this time period. Collect some images from the internet to include. Let’s see what you come up with!!!!!

Columbus Day - October 10

Hi CyberKids. October 10 is Columbus Day in the United States. We are going to take this opportunity to indulge in many Columbus Day activities online.

• Columbus Day Word Puzzle - http://everythingesl.net/downloads/columbusday_puzzle.pdf
• Explorer's Routes - http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/botr/botr_009_23-24.pdf
• The Story of Columbus Day and Activities - http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/botr/botr_009_8-10.pdf
• Why Explorers Explored - http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/why.htm
• Make a timeline - http://abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/timeline.htm
• Word Search - http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/columbus.html
• Paralaugh - Fill in the blanks and create a story - http://www.mrnussbaum.com/libs.htm
• The History Channel - http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=1044

Check out this site for some cool games - Merchants of the Great Exchange and Whose Lunch Is It Anyway?

THEN

We will write poems - Limerick

A limerick has 5 lines.

The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme.

The last words of lines three and four rhyme.

A limerick has to have a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

An example is:

There was an old man from Peru

Who dreamed he was eating his shoe

He awoke in the night

With a terrible fright

To discover it was totally true

Limericks online - http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/limerick.htm

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/limerick.htm

Zé intends

Sebastião plans

Daniella hopes

Daire wants

October 2 - Welcome Back CyberKids!

School is now in full swing and we can settle in and have some fun combining English and Computers!

Our first task is designed to get each one of us thinking about what we would like to accomplish this year in CyberKids. What goals do you hav for your learning? What would you like to learn in regards to English? Are there any computer skills that you need to know?

1. Go to this web address: http://www.glassgiant.com/back_to_school
2. Write your message (goal that you wish to accomplish in CyberKids)
3. Choose "Chalkboard Type"
4. Click on "Show Message"
5. Right click on"Save As"
6. We will save the text to my pen drive and I will upload it to our blog.

It was that easy:-)