Check out the Blog!

Practice using the blog to post:


Remember--

•  use only your first name and last initial when you are posting
• show your best work, you have an audience!

What was your favorite part about the summer?  Write at least three sentences!

Welcome to the 2011-2012 School year!

Wow! We are only two weeks away from the start of a new year!  You will notice the blog changing a little bit! Mrs. Preis will now be teaching STEM classes.  STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math.  Students will get to do big projects involving the four areas.  Check back for more details soon!

SuMmEr!!

What are YOU doing over the summer?

Environmental Games

Eeko World

Michael, Michael, Go Recycle!

Planet Protectors 

Switch 'Em Off 

Enjoy some geography games!

Satellite Finder

Where's Buster?

Map STATS

Relay for Life

Our class is selling toys, rainbow pinwheels, and suckers to earn money for Relay for Life.  We will update our earnings daily! 

Day 1: $15.25
Day 2: $41.25
Day 3: $26.89

Branches of Government

Play the Branches of Government game below!

BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

Fractured Fairy Tales

Check out the literary elements in the fractured fairy tales link!

Fractured Fairy Tale Literary Elements

Literary Elements Game

See if you can complete this literary elements game! Be careful, though! It is tough!

Glencoe Literary Elements Game

iCivics

The new iCivics challenge has begun!  Log in using your email or facebook account.  Use the code Taney43158 to become a part of our class on the site.  Make sure your are focusing on getting the most points in the assignment that was sent to you on the site, NOT all of the games.

Remember, the Challenge ends on 4/29/11- the top 3 people in each class get an ice cream party during lunch!

Interactive History Map

 Check out the interactive history map below- see if you know how our country developed over time!

Interactive History Map

Figurative Language Rap

Mrs. Preis' Students performing EducationalRap.com's Figurative Language Rap

Mrs. Preis' Class: Literary Elements

Mrs. Preis' Class: Literary Elements: "Today, practice your literary elements on at this site. Literary Elements Practice Directions: Please make sure you choose the following ..."

Go West & Civil War

Try these games to see what the West and the Civil War were like!

Go West!

Civil War Game

Founding Fathers

Play the "Name the Founding Fathers" game below...

Founding Fathers Game

Then, write three sentences about one of the Founding Fathers that you learned about.

Road to the Revolution

See if you can play through the events that caused the Revolutionary War!

Road to the Revolution Game

Symbolism

Many symbols are used to represent important ideas or beliefs.  One example that we have discussed is the group of symbols that represent America, such as the Statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, and the American flag.  Maps also use symbols to help simplify reading them.  Play the games below to test your knowledge of symbolism.

American Symbols Game

Map Symbols Game

Idioms

Practice using idioms on the game below:

Idiom Game

THEN...write a comment with your own example of an idiom!

Skype Debates!

iCivics

Check out iCivics!  This as a virtual world of our government.  See if you can be president, or a justice, or a lawyer! 

Username: MrsPreisClass
Password: Carroll1

iCivics Home!

Simile and Metaphor Games

Try out these practice games for similes and metaphors:

Simile Match

Metaphor Match

Japanese Destruction

In class and through CNN Student News, we have been following the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan last week.  Here are some links that we looked at:

Aerial views of the damage

Before and After views

Figurative Language Baseball

Play Figurative Language Baseball below:

StarrMatica Figurative Language Baseball

Genre Game

Please play the genre games below:

Genre 1

Sink or Swim

Please play the Sink or Swim sentence game below:

Sink or Swim Sentence Game

Then, please play this sentence structure game:   Sentence Sort

CNN Blog

Go to CNN Student News Blog

Answer the following post ON THE CNN BLOG:

Encapsulating your generation

An unearthed time capsule could give people in Christchurch, New Zealand a portal to learn what life in their city was like more than 100 years ago.

It got us thinking: if you were building a time capsule to represent your generation, what would you include? What one item or artifact would best describe the time you live in to people in the future?

Webrangers Activity

Check out this Patriot game! Pretend you are a Patriot Spy.  Please comment to show that you played the game!

Patriot Game!

Boston Massacre

Review the events of the Boston Massacre!

Boston History- Massacre

Newseum

Check out the trivia game below to see if you are up to date on current events!

Newseum!

CNN Blog

Please respond to CNN Student News' blog post about wrestling.  Do not share your name.  What do you think about it? 

CNN Student News Blog

Causes of the Revolutionary War

What were some of the causes of the Revolutionary War?  Summarize one of them, and tell how it made the colonists upset. 

About Egypt

National Geographic Egypt

Grow Your Roots

Watch the video below on "roots" and then take the quiz from Mrs. Preis!

Roots

Grammar Practice

Grammar- Plurals

Colonial Market

Watch the video on Roanoke, and then comment on it writing at least 4 sentences. 

Jamestown Exhibit — History.com Interactive Games, Maps and Timelines

Jamestown Exhibit — History.com Interactive Games, Maps and Timelines

"I have a Dream"

Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream @ Yahoo! Video

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.  

This was an idea that MLK Jr. felt very strongly about and repeated often.  What does this mean to you?  Reflect with at least 4-5 sentences.

Class Goal

Our class has been charged with some mega-goals! We are excited to do the following:

1) 81% of students will score proficient or distinguished on the next Think Link reading assessment.

2) 75% of students will score proficient or distinguished on the next On-Demand scrimmage.

How will you work hard to meet these goals?

Homonyms

Practice these games and test your knowledge of homonyms!

Funbrain Homonyms

Homonym Memory Game

Brain Teaser Fun

 Enjoy these fun brain teasers!

Hieroglyphics Game

Cyber Chase

Edit the News Report

Edit Dan's news report below:

Dan's News Report

Mad Libs and Parts of Speech

Play the Mad Libs game on the link below! 

Funbrain Mad Libs

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  What are your new year's resolutions?  Think of some goals, hopes, and predictions for 2011.  Write at least 5 sentences!

Colonial Times

Right now in social studies, we are learning about what life was like during the colonial era.  How was colonial life different from your life?  What were some of the hardships the colonists faced?  Share what you know.  Write at least 5 sentences.

Name that Founding Father!

Name that Founding Father!  Play the game and see if you know the founding fathers of our country!

Founding Fathers Game

Comic Creator

Create a comic about what we are learning in social studies or math. 

Read Write Think Comic Creator

Grammar Game

Play the game below to earn grains of rice for the World Hunger Program.  Practice your grammar skills!  Make sure you are in the English Grammar subject.  If you are not, go to "subject" and select English Grammar.

Grammar Game

KET's Virtual Mission

Play KET's virtual mission during colonial/revolutionary times.  To log in, go to the website below and enter the username/password below.

Username: MrsPreisClass

Password: Carroll

KET Mission US Virtual Game

KET Mission-US Virtual Game

CNN Blog

Write a comment on one of the issues on CNN's student blog.

http://cnnstudentnews.blogs.cnn.com/