Wednesday, January 14, 2009

homework week of Jan. 12

Math - We continue to work on measurement - conversion of units as well as surface area and volume (of 3d cubes and rectangular prisms).

We have a test on Friday.

Language Arts:

Media - We are creating soundtracks to Public Service Announcements on Bowmore's Litterless lunch campaign.
We read tdsb documents at school and here is some more information (basic):

What does a waste‐free lunch look like?

Sandwiches and other nutritious food in reusable containers

Whole fruits with no packaging

Drinks in containers that can be reused, such as a thermos or a water bottle

Snacks purchased in bulk and brought in a reusable container

Cloth lunch bags and napkins

Reusable forks and spoons
What does it NOT look like?

Individually packaged foods

Plastic baggies that are not reusable

Disposable forks or spoons

Straws

Paper Bags



You need to 1) write a script trying to promote litterless lunches.
2) write a soundtrack to include as background or part of the PSA.
3) record your voice using audacity. You can use the free program at school or at home (with family permission to download the softward at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/)

4) Save and compile the audio using windows moviemaker (at school). If you want you can add images to make a video.
* I will show you how to save and burn the appropriate format.

For more information on literless lunches go to:

This is the website: http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm


Don't forget to save the file as I can save and download you mp3.
After creating a soundtrack you are using

Some students are still finishing and printing out their reading response journals from last week "China's dinosaur find."

Read 20 minutes each night.
Finish all three historical explorer maps: Alexander Mackensie, Simon Fraser and David Thompson that goes with our read aloud novel Perilous Passage.

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