Language games

http://www.funbrain.com/words.html

Free Nook Friday

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/The-NOOK-Blog/bg-p/Unbound

Every Friday they list a new Nook book and a new Nook app that is free for that day!

U.S. History Quiz

http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=245559

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Eighth-Grade-US-History-Test-245100.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Ninth-Grade-US-History-244982.html


http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/United-States-History-254767.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=244890

Simple Machines

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/machine/

http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~mwampole/1-resources/simple-machines/index.html

Why do civilizations fall?

http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/

States and Countries

http://www.missmaggie.org/geospy_files/geospy.html
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Hatchet

http://mrsdejulio.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/aresourceguidetousewithhatchet.pdf

Language Games

http://www.teflgames.com/interactive.html

Medieval Times

http://tayci.tripod.com/chivalry.html

What was chivalry?  Knights were supposed to follow a code that required them to be brave, to be devoted to duty, and to be kind to the weak.

           

1.      Chivalry was a code of ___________________ that knights were expected to follow.

2.      Knights could not attack an ____________________ knight.

3.      Chivalry spread between the 11^th and 13 the centuries but began ______________ at the end of the Middle Ages.

4.      After the Middle Ages, the ideals of chivalry continued to _______________ ways people behaved during the Renaissance.

 

http://tayci.tripod.com/joust.html

 

 

 

 

Knights fought in mock ___________________ at a tournament.  Knights tried to

knock their ____________________ off a horse.  These tournaments allowed knights to show off their ____________________ skills.  As the idea of ____________________ spread, tournaments became more popular.  Even when ___________________ weapons were used, injuries or death still occurred at tournaments.

            The tournament was a colorful ____________________ with knights hanging their ____________________ on trees, tents, or pavilions.  Grandstands, decorated with banners, were set on the grounds for nobles, ____________________ , and judges.  Kings showed off by ____________________ elaborate events.  A knight would show himself a lady’s ____________________ by tying her scarf on his sleeve.

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Online reading comprehension

Reading comprehension

The Twits - Dirty Beards

Zachary, I hope you are having a great spring break. Have you started to read THE TWITS? I started it last night and am really enjoying it.

 

In The Twits, author Roald Dahl doesn't tell us "Mr. Twit's beard was dirty." Instead he shows us how filthy it is in his chapter entitled "Dirty Beards."

Read the details from that chapter again. Quickly draw a picture of what you think the beard looked like, based on the words from the chapter.

 

Make sure you keep this assignment and check back for another one!

SS Research

There were many historical figures and cultural groups had roles in tranforming society. Research these people:

Mansa Musa, Confucius, Charlemagne and Qin Shi Huangdi

On Monday and Tuesday, find out about who these people were and list some basic facts about them. Think about their impact on past and present societies of Europe and South America.
You will be finding out more and creating a product later on in the week.

PI and PIE

http://corbettharrison.com/lessons/Enemy-Pie.htm

We have talked about Pi and Pie. Today we listened to Enemy Pie. Strange name for a pie, huh?? If you could make an enemy pie, what would you put in it?
 Click on the website and read the information.
 The assignment you have for this weekend is listed on the first part of the Writer's Notebook information. Pick one of these questions to come up with the name of a creative pie.

What emotion word could you put in front of the word pie to make a dessert that doesn't really exist but sounds interesting? Jealousy Pie? Exhilaration Pie?

What abstract noun would make an interesting title for a pie? Creativity Pie? Intelligence Pie? Greed Pie? Wealth Pie? Friendship Pie?

Create an interesting name for a creative pie, then create a Pi Poem that describes that pie to us. Illustrate your Pi Poem about Pie.

 

A PI poem's lines has the PI numbers as the number of words for each line.

3.14159265

 

Illustrate your poem and bring it in on Monday!

 

I'm looking forward to your PI POEM!

math websites

http://www.math-play.com/math-millionaire.html

 Zachary has the log in information for these:

www.IXL.com    Make sure you are doing a variety of objectives! (Not just the first one in each section)

www.xtramath.org  

www.English-zone.com