Ms. Herlihy
June 8, 2010
- Make sure your last two sprites are completely out of the egg.
- Write code to make the egg hatch and have them flap their wings.
June 1, 2010
Draw costumes 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.

May 12, 2010
Draw costumes 4,5, 6,7, 8 and 9.
Make the egg start coming apart and draw a little bit of the chick.


May 3, 2010
We will be starting a chicken hatching scratch project today.
- Start a new scratch project
- Draw a sprite egg.
- Make the egg have 3 costumes that show the egg begining to hatch.
- Do Gyms on Know and Show when you are done.

- Open your Scratch conversation from last time.
- Make the conversation longer.
- One sprite needs to say at least 3 things.
- One sprite needs to say at least 2 things.
- Make sure they don't talk at the same time.
- Make a new scratch project
- Make two sprites with at least 2 costumes each so their mouths can move.
- Have them have a conversation (like a knock knock joke)
- Start a new scratch project
- Make a sprite with 2 different costumes
- Make it walk somewhere on the screen. Don't let it walk off the screen.
- Make a new scratch project.
- Make your sprite move from one corner to another corner and back.
March 15, 2010
- Make sure your sprite can really dance.
- Hand your project into the drop box.
- Make your sprite dance.
- Open Scratch
- Draw one sprite
- Draw a background
- Save your work
- Finish your story
- Insert your pictures and your story into a slide show.
- Listen to the parts of your story.
- Record the rest of you story (at least 5 parts).
- Draw pictures for your story.
- Record a story in at least 5 parts
- Save each part
- Draw a picture for each part
December 21, 2009
- Work on cloud slide show
December 16, 2009
- Work on cloud slide show
- Do FIM if you are done
December 7, 2009
Continue recordings
December 2, 2009
Finish your slide show.
Record and save narations for each type of cloud.
November 23, 2009
- Open your cloud slide show.
- Finish describing all the clouds in at least 3 complete sentences (location in sky, type of weather, what they look like)
- Make sure all your pictures are inserted
November 18, 2009
- Open your cloud slide show.
- Describe 2 types of clouds in at least 3 complete sentences (location in sky, type of weather, what they look like)
- Draw and add the rest of your pictures.
November 9, 2009
- Make a new slide show (Clouds)
- Make a Title slide
- Make 4 more slides with room for a title, writing, and a picture
- Title each slide (Nimbus, Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus)
- Draw a picture of one type of cloud and put it on the right slide
November 4, 2009
- Make a new slide show
- You need a title slide
- You need 4 more slides (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall)
- Copy your paintings onto the correct slides
- Don't forget to save!
October 26, 2009
Draw and save the following pictures:
- An apple tree in winter
- An apple tree in spring (with blossoms)
- An apple tree in summer (leaves and tiny green apples)
- An apple tree in fall (ripe apples)
Make sure you use at least 3 tools and 3 colors on each picture.
October 21, 2009
- Open a word processor (Word or Open Office).
- Write your name and a list of 15 other words.
- Make each word a different size.
- Make each word a different font.
- Make each word a differnt color.
- Put 3 words in italics.
- Underline 3 words.
- Make 3 words bold.
- Save your list.
October 7, 2009
- Go to First in MATH (look at links on the left)
- Do Just the Facts
- Do additon, subtraction and multiplication
September 28, 2008
- Go to First in MATH
- Explore and become reaclimated
- Do skill sets, gyms, bonus games, or measurement world.
Sepember 23, 2009
- Go to Accelerated Reader
- Take the STAR reading test
September 10, 2009
Have a good first day of technology. Learn about Internet safety, go over class rules and expectations. Visit NetSmartzKids together as a class and do some activities.
May 11, 2010
Draw costumes 7, 8 and 9.
Make the egg start coming apart and draw a little bit of the chick.

May 4, 2010
- Continue drawing egg cracking costumes until you have 6 all together.
- Go to FIM. Do Gyms or Know and Show when you are done.

April 27, 2010
We will be starting a chicken hatching scratch project today.
- Start a new scratch project
- Draw a sprite egg.
- Make the egg have 3 costumes that show the egg begining to hatch.

- Start a new scratch project
- Make a sprite with 2 different costumes
- Make it walk somewhere on the screen. Don't let it walk off the screen.
- Open a new Scratch project.
- Make a sprite go from one corner to another corner over and over again when the flag is clicked.
March 30, 2010
You may do one of the following:
- Make a new scratch project
- Do First in MATH
March 16, 2010
- Make sure your sprite can dance.
- Hand it in the drop box.
March 9, 2010
- Make a new scratch project
- Make a sprite move from one corner to another corner over and over again when the flag is clicked.
March 2, 2010
- Look at your scratch project from last week.
- Make sure you have a sprite and a background.
- Make sure it is saved in the H: drive.
- Make something else in Scratch or visit the Featured Scratch Projects made by kids.
February 23, 2010
- Open Scratch.
- Draw a sprite.
- Draw a background.
- Save it in the H drive.
February 9, 2010
- Finish your story slide show.
February 2, 2010
- Go to the Third Grade Animal website.
- Click on your animal.
- Record the information you need to for science class.
January 26, 2010
- Continue making your story slide show.
January 19, 2010
- Begin combining story and pictures into a slide show.
January 12, 2010
- Continue recording parts and drawing pictures for your story
January 5, 2010
- Listen to all your story recordings.
- Record more if you need to.
- Continue drawing a picture for each part.
December 15, 2009
- Record a story in at least 5 parts
- Save each part
- Draw a picture for each part
December 8, 2009
We will be doing 2 things today. About half of you will start with recording and half of you will start with the weather activity. Then we will switch.
- Recording activity-Experiment recording audio with the microphone.
- Go to Edheads and do the weather activities.
December 1, 2009
Copy and paste the following questions into a word processor then use "Copy" and "Paste" to turn the questions around and answer them in a complete sentence.
1) What is your favorite color?
2) Who do you live with at home?
3) Do you have a pet?
November 24, 2009
- Open your letter
- Finish it
- Proof read it
- Use the spell checker
November 17, 2009
- Open a word processor
- Write a letter to someone.
- A heading
- At least 10 sentences
- At least 1 question
- A closing
November 10, 2009
- Open your apple slide show.
- Finish it.
- Add slide transitions, animations, and slide backgrounds.
- Make a new slide show
- You need a title slide
- You need 4 more slides (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall)
- Copy your paintings onto the correct slides
- Don't forget to save!
October 27, 2009
Draw and save the following pictures:
- An apple tree in winter
- An apple tree in spring (with blossoms)
- An apple tree in summer (leaves and tiny green apples)
- An apple tree in fall (ripe apples)
October 20, 2009
- Open your seed work from last time
- Finish it (do it again if you didn's save it)
- Copy this text: alll abowt seaeds
- Paste it at the top
- Use the spell checker
- Save
October 13, 2009
- Open a word procesor
- Write your name at the top
- Copy this text: a seeed growes intoo a plantt. first it spruots. then it groews and groews. the plnat will makee flowers and make seeds of itts owne. the plant needs suun wattter and soiil to grow.
- Paste the text into the word processing document.
- Use your spell checker
- Make sure each sentence starts with a capital letter
- Make sure the writing makes sense
- Make everything size 24
October 6, 2009
- Go to Accelerated Reader
- Log in and take the STAR reading test
September 29, 2009
- Go to First in MATH
- Get reaclimated. Do Skill sets or Gyms first.
September 22, 2009
- Go to First in MATH
- arge;">Go to Just the Facts
- Do Addition
- Do Subtraction
- Do Multiplication
September 8, 2009
- Open a word processor (Word or Open Office).
- Write your name and a list of 15 other words.
- Make each word a different size.
- Make each word a different font.
- Make each word a differnt color.
- Put 3 words in italics.
- Underline 3 words.
- Make 3 words bold.
- Save your list.
- Print it.
September 3, 2009
- Go to my homepage and add it to your favorites.
- Do the following activities at NetSmartzKids. Make sure to press the back button to get back to this page after each activity.
September 2
Have a good first day of technology. Learn about Internet safety, go over class rules and expectations. Visit NetSmartzKids together as a class and do some activities.

