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ONLINE ACTIVITIES

1. Today you will visit the Roots I Web site and test your vocabulary skills.
2. Start at Level One. Type in and submit the puzzle answers. The correct answers will appear immediately, along with the use of the words in context.
3. After playing several games, create your own vocabulary word story on the activity sheet.
4. Before submitting your story, give it to one of your classmates to read and review.
5. After receiving my approval, you may submit your story to Roots I for posting on the Web site.

1. Have you ever recommended a film to a friend? How did you convince your friend that it was a good film to watch? List the students’ replies on the blackboard.
2. Today we will go online to the Film Critic Web site and read what other people have thought about your favorite film.
3. Go to the Film Critic site and read at least three critics’ reviews about a film that you have recently seen. Use your activity sheet to com-pose your own film review. After editing and proofreading, have your teacher approve it. Then submit it to the Webmaster for inclusion on the Web site.

1. Have you ever recommended a book to a friend? How did you convince your friend that it was a good book to read? List the students’ replies on the blackboard.
2. Today we will go online to the Book Review Web site and read what other people have thought about your favorite book.
3. Go to the Book Review site and read at least three reviews about a book you recently read. Use your activity sheet to compose your own book review. After editing and proof-reading, have your teacher approve it. Then submit it to the Webmaster for inclusion on the Web site.

1. There are many different types of rocks, but they can all be placed in one of three categories, and they are all the products of the rock cycle. Go to the What’s in a Rock? and The Rock Cycle Web sites.
2. Read the information, and complete the activity sheet according to the instructions.
3. Use a spreadsheet to organize information.

1. Today we are going back to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia to find out what American people did for a living during the 1800s. What do you think some of the jobs would be?
2. Everyone will get a trade to research. Go to the Colonial Life Web site. Use your activity sheets to organize your facts about your selected trade.
3. You’ll share the information that you find with your classmates by pretending to be that tradesperson. Your classmates will ask you questions about your job, so make sure you find out as many facts as possible.
4. Use multimedia software to create your presentation for the class.

1. Visit the Tangram Pictures Web site to learn about this ancient Chinese art.
2. Click the tangram button and use the interactive pieces to solve a few of the tangram puzzles.
3. Draw a picture on your activity sheet using two or more tangram puzzles. You may choose to use thoseyou solved online or create new ones of your own. Remember that a true tangram puzzle uses all seven pieces in the tangram set.
4. Exchange pictures with a classmate. Make a separate drawing that shows your solutions.

1. Visit the Inventor Haiku Web site to explore the inventions of many inventors.
2. Choose an inventor you find interesting, and write a haiku about his or her invention. A haiku is a simple three-line poem with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second line, and five in the third. Make sure you identify the inventor only by the initial letter of the last name.
3. Use the site’s index to try and identify the inventors your fellow classmates have written about.

1. Do you have what it takes to be a great historical detective? Go to the History Detective site to test your detective quotient.
2. Read the riddle or puzzle and start your detective work. Before beginning your search, read the tips on how to search and uncover clues.
3. Discuss the meaning of a hypothesis. Write a hypothesis on your activity sheet and begin searching for clues. As you find more clues, you might need to change your original hypothesis. Keep track of all your evidence.
4. Before you check your hypothesis, let’s review our class findings to see if we all agree.

1. Write a list of 8–10 words where students can see them. Make sure to include some nouns, adjectives, prepositions, articles, adverbs, and any other parts of speech you want to include. Then ask the class to use these words to form a sentence, either working independently or with a partner.
2. Would anyone like to share the sentence they created? Have students share their sentences with the class.
3. Today you’re going to use an online version of magnet poetry to create your own original story. You may need to add some letters like “s” or “ed” or smaller words like “and” and “the” to help you finish your story. To modify an existing 'magnet', press SHIFT and click on it. Try to use as many words listed at the Magnet Poetry site as you can.
4. Write your story on the activity sheet, then proofread your writing for correct punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.