Steps Taken to Complete Turkey and Research
First, students choose a book they read in November, and decorated a turkey to look like the main character.
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Second, students selected an exotic vacation location for turkey. (If he left America over Thanksgiving break, he would not get eaten.) Some turkeys stayed home.
Third, students researched a vacation destination using reference books and World Book Online.
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Fourth, students wrote the first draft of our turkey narratives. Students opened up their Google Docs and started typing their story. A link with a writing prompt was provided in Google Classroom.
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Steps Taken to Complete the Vacation Photos
First, students were guided in adding the application Google Earth to their GAFE (Google Apps for Education).
Next, students located the country they had researched, and used the man icon to get a street level view.
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Then, students took a screen shot of their selected location.
Lastly, students uploaded their photo onto their Google Doc.
To Bring it all together.....
We used the app Green Screen to superimpose the turkey onto the Google Earth image
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Below are the published pieces (more to come soon)
Turkey swims to the Pacific Ocean:
by Belana
Turkey visits Israel:
by Amit
Turkey visits the Grand Canyon:
by Sam
Turkey goes to Scottsdale, Arizona:
by Tyler
Turkey jets off to Canada:
by Cameron
Where would your turkey go if he tried to escape Thanksgiving?
Which story did you enjoy and why?
Hi I am Cyrus. On spring break I will go to Big Bear.
ReplyDeleteI will peacefully (adj) rest in my hotel room. I will go fishing in the beautiful (adj) lake in Big Bear. Then, I will walk (verb) in the grassy, dark (adj) forest with my pretty mom and curious dog. My dog will run very fast (adv) in the grassy land. Have you ever gone to Big Bear? What did you do there?
Hi Cyrus. It is Dylan. I hope you have a nice (adj) spring break. For my spring break, I am planning on going to beautiful (adj) Arizona with my cousins. I am going to hike (verb) and play with my cousins in the pool. Soon (adv) we will go to the hotel.
DeleteI have never been to Big Bear but I heard that the weather is nice in the spring. When I go to ski, I go to Mammoth. Do you ski (verb) or snowboard (verb)? I always (adv) ski. We usually go to Mammoth during the New Year break.
From,
Dylan
Hi my name is Alexa, My brother is going to have a bar mitzvah in march he is exited,(adj) so am I! He has practiced a lot I sometimes come in to see him . All my cousins are coming we will have a blast ! My Aunts , Uncles , and Grandparents are all coming out quickly (adv) to celebrate him. As soon as I see my family I will run (verb) to greet them . Like I said before I cant wait !
ReplyDeleteHi class, this is Alex.
ReplyDeleteI went(ver) to Las Vegas on my winter break.
We went(ver) to the Penn and Teller show. They are very(adv) famous magicians. I saw(ver) them on TV many times.
There where many magic tricks. My favorite trick was the golden money fish.
My mom went(ver) on stage to be part of the trick.
I also went on stage to help with the trick . When I was helping Teller, I heard(ver) his voice. It was very(adv) interesting because he usually(adv) never talks.
The audience did a final trick with cards. They picked(ver) 4 different cards, tore them into small pieces. In the end all the pieces matched(ver).
It was a very amazing(adj) show, I want to go again.
Did anyone see Penn and Teller too?
Thanks
Hi my name is Caspian,in December my family and I went to Idaho
ReplyDeletethere,on the first day It was about 20 degrees,the cold crisp air felt like cold hands griping onto you(adj),soon it started to snow!
after an hour or so, me and my brother had a snowball fight. (Verb)
Soon my mom's sister and cousins came over,I got to meet my brand new cousin
"Fadra" Her bright blue eyes and was SOOOOOO cute!
A few days later me and my brother went sledding with our cousin Ronin and Lucas,
as quickly ran(adverb)through the icy(adj) snow I got a little scared when I looked down,I was amazed,the height had to be at least 30 feet!
as I went down the hill I zoomed! I was going so fast.When we had to fly back to California the flight was exhausting! when we finally got there,the wind was blowing(verb)so fast(adverb) we got back at our house at 12:30 a.m!
Then we had a nice and peaceful day after
THE END
Hi , my name is Amit, I loved the turkey because you can imagine where your turkey goes. I was surprised and happy when we got to decorate our turkey. My turkey flew so fast to Israel you could even barely see him . Where did your speeding turkey go? I also put myself on my happy picture . My big brother was right by me . His name is Ido. He also wore a hat. I hope you liked the same things as I did. Bye
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Hi, it's me Kristian. I'm so (adj) excited for the weekend. I am going to Temecula for a soccer tournament. It is going to be a cool (adj) weekend there. I'm going to play (verb) three (adv) soccer games. What are you doing on your weekend?
ReplyDeleteHi, this is Alex. On spring break I may go(adv) to Colorado. Colorado is a very(adv) beautiful state. I will stay at my uncle's house.
ReplyDeleteIn(pre) the yard there are real bears, deer, moose, and even a stream.
It will be warm(adj) so I will go(ver) to the forest. Also, there are a lot of rivers, you can fish in(pre).
I would like to climb(ver) to the red mountains.
Colorado means "colored red" because there are a lot of red mountains.
My uncle told(ver) me there are about(pre) 200 waterfalls and a huge national park. We will fly(ver) on a plane from(pre) the LA airport.
Have you ever been to Colorado?
Alex
Hi this is Alexa, during thanksgiving break I went to Flordia with my cousins to celebrate my grandpa's Birthday On thanks giving we went to a Peruvian restaurant and we went in the salty(adj)ocean almost every day My grandpa loved it I loved it ! we ran(verb) as fast(adv) as we could to see grandpa . We had the best time ever I hope to do that astonishing(adj) vacation again for now i'll have to wait.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Cyrus and I have a beautiful (adj) parrot. His name is Simorgh. He has beautiful, (adj) dark (adj) orange eyes. He has green, red, and blue (adj) feathers. He is very noisy! (Adv). He is very talkative (adj). He said "I love you." Simorgh eats slowly (adv). He talks loudly (adv). When he is happy, his feathers go up.
ReplyDeleteHi Cyrus and Simorgh. This is Dylan.I don't have a pet is it hard taking care of a pet? I think that your parrot is very beautiful (adj) and Colorful (adj).I want a dog I would name him Skippy.Cyrus I also think that Simorgh is a cool (adj) name.What is your favorite animal? My favorite animal is a cheetah.Do you like cheetahs? Cheetahs are fast the run 75 mph! What do you feed Simorgh? How much food does he (pro noun) eat? does he copy what you say? Parrots seem really interesting (adj) and seem very fun (adj)to have as a pet. I've never had a pet died before I was born. I hope I get a pet they seem fun to play with. Bye Cyrus and Simorgh.
DeleteHi, It's me Kristian. When I was at my soccer tournament, the weather for my first game was 72 degrees! I tied my first game 1-1. My second game was about 78 degrees and I tied 4-4. The last game, it was cold and windy. We won 14-0, so we had 5 or 6 points. These were out winning and tying points. In order to advance to the next round, there were only 12 teams that could do so. However, we got number 13, so we didn't make it.
ReplyDeleteDear Kristian, This is Dylan. Our soccer team got to play basketball and train with the amazing (adj) Gary Grant. He played on many NBA teams including the Los Angeles Clippers. Before (adverb) we played a scrimmage, we warmed up. Part of the warm included practicing lay-ups, cross-overs and jump shots on a court that was outside (adverb). Our team versed kids from Bay Laurel and we won. Do you play basketball? Have you ever practiced with an NBA player before? Good luck on your next soccer tournament.
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Dylan
Hi class this Brooke,
ReplyDeleteI am very happy(verb)to get to do a turkey I made a interesting (adj) story, she (pronoun) had an amazing (adj) adventure to Paris. If you read mine on the blog there is never enough cousins if you ask turkey the Eiffel tower is so noise!(adv)
well turkeys calling me GTG (got to go )
Hello class. My name is Matthew. For New Year's Eve I went to Legoland and I stayed at the Sheraton Hotel. At the hotel, they had a really fun New Year's Eve party. The theme of the party was good vs. evil. Some people dressed up in fancy clothes. Other people dressed up in super hero and villain costumes. They had a giant game room with fantastic free sodas. We joyfully danced to great music all night and at midnight they had an exciting balloon drop. I frantically ran around the room trying to catch balloons. We had a great night. What did you do for New Year's Eve?
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Hi class, its Alex. Last(adv) summer I went (ver) to Universal Studios.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite ride was the Harry Potter ride. It was inside the castle. The ride went upside down where the dragon was. It was very (adv) fast (adv).
When the ride was over you could buy(ver) butter beer. I tried (ver) both varieties and I liked (ver) both.
The biggest (adj) line was for Jurassic park . It was a wet ride through a jungle.
There where dinosaurs that spit water at you. The ride was short but very fun(adj).
Also, I went (ver) on the bus to see how to make movies. There where lots (adj) of effects like fire, flood, shark attack, and gun fight.
I stayed at (pre) Universal Studios about (pre) 7 hours, and at the end there were fireworks.
Hello class, this is Tyler. A few summers ago I traveled with my family to Iceland. Iceland is one of the coolest places I have ever been. One of the first things that we did was hike for two hours to the top of a large mountain near a volcano. It was very steep and very hard to climb up to the top. Along the way my aunt could not keep up with us, so she tried to take a short cut. She went off the path and fell in the mud! The mud was so deep and sticky. I felt really bad for her, but it was also really funny.
ReplyDeleteWhen we got to the top there was a river with people swimming in it. It was confusing because it was freezing outside. When I went and put my hand in the water it was as warm as a hot tub.
Have you ever been to a natural hot springs before?
Hello class,
ReplyDeleteToday my dad, John, has a birthday . He is so exited we are going to Lake Arrowhead for his birthday. It has all the thing he likes, he likes to climb hard boulders. He likes hiking. He loves exploring off trail. What did you do for any of you relatives birthdays?
Bye