This is what you must do today:

June 7, 2011

Dissassemble and put away your LEGOS.

May 9, 2011

• Write a computer program that makes your top

1. Spin
2. turn of the mottor when the distance sensor moves.
   

Past Assignments

May 3, 2011

• Build a spinning top with your partner out of LEGOs.
  

April 5, 2011

• Continue working on your maze from last week.
• Click here for an example.
  

March 29, 2011

• Make a maze with at least two levels.  You will need:

1. A sprite that moves with arrows.
2. The sprite needs to go back to start if it touches the wall.
3. The stage needs to switch to the next level when the spite gets to the goal.
4. You must use a broadcast.

Example Sprite Code:

Example Stage Code

March 22, 2011

Open your code from last week.

1. Make sure your sprite moves with the distance sensor.
2. Draw another sprite.
   
3. Program it to do something when sprite 1 touches it.

Here is example of some code for that:

March 15, 2011

• Disassemble your birds.
• Write a program using scratch that:

1. Has 1 sprite.
2. Makes Sprite A move with the distance sensor.

March 8, 2011

1. Look at the table
2. Observe and record your observations of both birds in all 3 situations.

March 1, 2011

• Finish building your birds.
  
• Use Scratch to write a program that:

1. Makes the birds spin
2. Change directiosn
3. Do at least 2 other things

February 15, 2011

• Begin building your spinning birds with your partner.

February 8, 2011

• Inventory your LEGOs with your partner.
  

February 1, 2011

• Finish writing your program.
  

January 25, 2011

• Review you plan.
• Change it if you need to.
• Continue programming.

January 11, 2011

You will be designing and programming a Scratch project of your choosing.  Please decide what you will do and fill out a "Scratch Programming Plan."

January 4, 2010

• Continue your diamante poem
  

December 21, 2010

Directions: Write a diamante poem in a word processor about a subject of your choice.  Choose two contrasting or opposite nouns such as bat and ball. Center your poem and use the following format:

First noun

Two adjectives that describe the first noun

Three verbs that tell what the first noun does, use the –ing form

2 nouns associated with the 1st noun, 1 noun associated with both, 2 nouns associated with the 2nd noun

Three verbs that tell what the second noun does, use the –ing form

Two adjectives that describe the second noun

Second noun

 Here is an example:

Cat

Soft Small

Running Sleeping Leaping

Clawing Post Tree Fur Dog House Leash

Fetching Barking Jumping

Smelly Loud

Dog

December 14, 2010

• Draw your dead tree.
  
• Program your tree so it stays dead at the very end.
  

December 7, 2010

1. Rename your stages. Call them "winter," "spring_summer," and, "fall."
2. Write the following code to make your stages switch the right way.
   

November 30, 2010

1. Rename your costumes.  Call winter, "winter." Call spring, "spring." Call summer, "summer."  Call fall, "fall."
2. Program your tree to change seasons 10 times after it grows.

November 23, 2010

• Make 4 more costumes for your sprite
• Draw your tree in winter, spring, summer and fall

November 16, 2010

• Make a total of 3 backgrounds for your tree project:

1. winter
2. spring/summer
3. fall
   

November 9, 2010

• Make sure you are caught up in your coding and drawings for your apple tree project.
  

November 1, 2010

• Make sure you have all 4 costumes for your tree.
• Write code to make your sprite start at the seed and then switch through the costumes.

October 26, 2010

Open up your apple tree scratch project.

Make  3 new costumes for your apple seed.

You should have 4 in total.  A seed, a seedling a small tree and a bigger tree.

October 19, 2010

We will begin a long term project today.  Our final goal will be an apple tree growing from a seed into a full grown apple tree and eventually dying.  It will take a VERY long time.

For today, I need you to:

1. Draw a background for your apple tree (stage)
2. Draw an apple seed.

October 11, 2010

Open Scratch

• Make a sprite
• Make a background
• Make your sprite dance

October 5, 2010

Edit and print your letter.

September 28, 2010

• Open Word
• Write a letter to someone.

• Your letter will need the following:

1. A heading
2. 5 sentences
3. A closing
4. Correct spelling
5. Correct grammar

September 21, 2010

• Open the list you made last week
• Add 7 more words for a total of 20
• Make sure 5 words are 5 different colors
• Make sure to follow the directions from 9/14
• Spell check
• Print if you want to

September 14, 2010

• Open a word processor
• Make a list of 13 words
• Write your name at the top
• Make 5 words bold
• Make 5 words underlined
• Make 5 words a different font
• Make 5 words a different size
• Don't forget to save

September 7, 2010

First we will review the class rules.

Then we will watch 2 movies about internet safety together.

Finally, you will go to your own computer and do the following 2 activities on your own.

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