Merry Christmas!

We'll take a break from our Around the World Research today, and you are welcome to explore the following websites, watch the videos and play games...

First I'd like to show your this amazing video from the crew at Google, who have compiled a visual tour of the most searched issues of 2012:



Try this "Holidays Around the World" Crossword puzzle from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/xwords/20071115.html


Watch portions of Christmas movies such as the Polar Express and the Chronicles of Narnia on the Literacy Shed website:

http://www.literacyshed.com/the-christmas-shed.html


Create your own holiday word cloud using Wordle:

http://www.wordle.net

You may try to name all the countries of the World on Sporcle:

http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world

Or you may always play Mathletics, FreeRice, or CoolMath4Kids - links to the right :)

Merry Christmas 6th Grade - you rock!

Mrs. Morell

Where in the World?

 Where was Mrs. Morell? But more importantly, where will you go, and how is your research going?

Here is the rubric we will work from over the next few weeks to keep us organized...

6^th Grade Noodletools Rubric: Research Portion

Your Name		5 points
5 Countries Chosen		15 points
“Why do you want to visit this country” has been answered for all 5 countries		15  points
Noodletools account set up		5 points
Notecards shared with teachers		5 points
Source 1 completed		5 points
Source 2 completed		5 points
Source 3 completed		5 points
		Total part 1:  60 points
The following questions answered on a series of notecards in Noodlebib: Country 1:
Which continent is it on?		5 points
What is the capital city?		5 points
What language is spoken in this country?		5 points
What currency (or type of money) is used here?		5 points
What is the weather in your country?		5 points
What is the population of this country?		5 points
What are the major religions about this country?		5 points
Name two interesting facts about your country:		10 points
Name of the city or site you would like to visit in your country, and why:		10 points
		Total part 2: 55 points
The following questions answered on a series of notecards in Noodlebib: Country 2:
Which continent is it on?		5 points
What is the capital city?		5 points
What language is spoken in this country?		5 points
What currency (or type of money) is used here?		5 points
What is the weather in your country?		5 points
What is the population of this country?		5 points
What are the major religions about this country?		5 points
Name two interesting facts about your country:		10 points
Name of the city or site you would like to visit in your country, and why:		10 points
		Total part 3: 55 points
The following questions answered on a series of notecards in Noodlebib: Country 3:
Which continent is it on?		5 points
What is the capital city?		5 points
What language is spoken in this country?		5 points
What currency (or type of money) is used here?		5 points
What is the weather in your country?		5 points
What is the population of this country?		5 points
What are the major religions about this country?		5 points
Name two interesting facts about your country:		10 points
Name of the city or site you would like to visit in your country, and why:		10 points
		Total part 4: 55 points
The following questions answered on a series of notecards in Noodlebib: Country 4:
Which continent is it on?		5 points
What is the capital city?		5 points
What language is spoken in this country?		5 points
What currency (or type of money) is used here?		5 points
What is the weather in your country?		5 points
What is the population of this country?		5 points
What are the major religions about this country?		5 points
Name two interesting facts about your country:		10 points
Name of the city or site you would like to visit in your country, and why:		10 points
		Total part 5: 55 points
The following questions answered on a series of notecards in Noodlebib: Country 5:
Which continent is it on?		5 points
What is the capital city?		5 points
What language is spoken in this country?		5 points
What currency (or type of money) is used here?		5 points
What is the weather in your country?		5 points
What is the population of this country?		5 points
What are the major religions about this country?		5 points
Name two interesting facts about your country:		10 points
Name of the city or site you would like to visit in your country, and why:		10 points
		Total part 6: 55 points
		Project total:  335 points