Ms. Weissman
This is what you must do today:
May 23, 2011
- Open a word processor.
- Write a letter with at least 5 sentences.
Past Assignments
May 16, 2011
- Make sure your frog life cycle is done.
- DRAW a background (don't import it).
May 9, 2011
- Draw 2 costumes for an adult frog.
- Write a computer program that makes the frog look like it is moving.
May 2, 2011
- Draw 2 costumes for a froglet.
- Write a computer program that makes the froglet look like it is moving.
April 25, 2011
- Draw a frog egg.
- Stamp it so you have at least 10 eggs.
- Make sure your tadpoles are done.
April 11, 2011
- Copy your tadpole.
- Edit it so it has moving hind legs for both costumes.
- Move it to the right spot.
April 4, 2011
- Draw a tadpole (no hind legs) sprite.
- Make a 2nd costume for the tadpole (Make it look like it is swimming)
- Program it to look like it is swimming.

March 28, 2011
We will start a Scratch program on the life cycle of a frog. This is what you need to do today!
- Make a background with 5 arrows.
- Make a text sprite for each of the following:
- egg
- tadpole
- tadpole with hind legs
- froglet
- frog
March 21, 2011
Finish adding continents to your slide show:
North America

Europe
Australia

March 14, 2011
- Insert Antarctica and South America.
- Make sure you have pictures for Africa and Asia too!
Antarctica

South America

March 7, 2011
- Finish your slides from last week
- Insert pictures of Africa and Asia into your slide show
Africa

Asia

February 28, 2011
- Start a new project in PowerPoint
- You will need:
- A title slide
- 7 more slides (one for each continent)
- Write the name of a continent on each slide.
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Australia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Asia
February 14, 2011
- Open your accrostic poem.
- Finish it.
- Spell check.
- Make the first letter of each word size 36.
- Make the rest of the letters size 24.
February 7, 2011
- Open a word processor
- Make an acrostic poem (at least 4 words long)
January 31, 2011
Draw 2 more costumes for your liquid. Make it look like it is moving around.
January 24, 2011
- Draw 2 more costumes for your gas. Make it look like it is moving around.
- Write code to make it switch between the costumes.

January 10, 2011
- Start a new Scratch project.
- Draw the following three sprites.
- solid
- liquid
- gas
January 3, 2011
- Draw a sprite
- Make a new costume
- Program your sprite to change back and forth between costumes
December 13, 2010
- Make a project in Scratch OR go to First in MATH.
December 6, 2010
- Draw or import ONE sprite.
- Draw or import ONE background.
- Write a computer program to make your sprite move form one part of the stage to another part of of the stage over and over again.
November 29, 2010
- Open your scratch flower.
- Make a background.
- Use the following code to make it dance.

November 22, 2010
- Open scratch
- Make a new plant sprite.
- Draw roots, stems, leaves (at least)
November 15, 2010
- Open a word processor
- Type 5 words.
- Make each word a different font and color.
- Copy and past the words many times so they fill the page.
November 8, 2010
- Open a word processor.
- Write your name.
- Copy your name.
- Paste it many times so it fills the ENTIRE page.
November 1, 2010
Draw and label a pictue of the things a plant needs to grow.

October 26, 2010
- Open your map of an imaginary island. Finish it. Make sure you have:
- A compass rose
- 2 things in the map key
- 2 other details

October 18, 2010
Draw a map of an imaginary place. Your map will need:
- A compass rose
- 2 things in the map key
- 2 other details
October 4, 2010
- Open your list of 10 words.
- Make each word a different font.
- Print it if you want to.
September 27, 2010
- Open Word
- Write a list of 10 words
- Use you spell checker
- Save your work
- Call it 10 words
September 20, 2010
- See if how much you can do in skill set 1.
September 13, 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.
