Spreadsheets

I think that spreadsheets are awesome. Once a person knows how to use the spreadsheet they are very handy. They would be great in a fifth grade class for figuring percentages, averages and general math. It can be used for making charts and even advertising. I think that using spreadsheets in google docs is really useful because you can communicate with people through the computer, not even at the same time. There can be several people involved in a spreadsheet at the same time. We learned how to do surveys Friday in class through google docs and they are awesome. They would be good in a fifth grade class because the students could do personal projects with the help of their fellow students.

Collaborative Writing

I think that collaborative writing is awesome. I think that google doc is something that everyone can use. As soon as I familiar with the program I could work it easily. I feel that elementary students would be able to use it as well. The younger ones might struggle, but the fourth and fifth grades could do it. I want to teach fourth or fifth grade and they could use it in different ways. They could use it to write stories like we did today. They could use it for group projects, sharing information or as a study tool for the project. There are so many ways this could be used and having access to it would be great. It is something that the students would be able to use for the rest of their lives. I just barely learned it but I will use it in the future for sure.

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This Valentine's Day stinks! Bertha yelled to herself in the mirror.

"You are ugly and no one wants to give you a Valentine.  Even Timmy the neighbor boy gave you a weird look when you gave him your handmade, doily backed Valentine," She said.

"Ugh!  But why does he have to be so perfect?  I've loved him for oh so long and all he ever does is look googely eyed at Helga down the street!"

"What does Helga have that I don't?, I guess I will just have to wear my pink retainer valentines day so he will look googely eyed at me!" " I can just see him now. He will look so cute in his overalls and his earmuffs. Oh, how I love his earmuffs.  They make his eyes look even more googely.  I don't know what could make me love him more...maybe if he had the courage to wear my pink, fuzzy earmuffs.  As Bertha walked out the door, she knew what the day would have in store.  She would get the courage to ask Timmy to be her Valentine and ask him to wear her pink, fuzzy earmuffs.  Suddenly, she knew it was going to be a great day! I got to school and there he was... Oh so dreamy! The glare of the sun was reflecting off of his braces. What a HUNK! I felt for him like I have never felt for any other person. Well except my dog Duke! But still, it was love!   As she arrived at school, she saw the telltale purple fuzzy earmuffs of Helga, her greatest enemy...on the head of her greatest love, Timmy!  Fury welled up in her heart, and she knew vengance would be hers.  "I WILL GET HER!!!" Bertha screamed in her heart.  This would not be the last time they felt the fury of Bertha Barbara Baxter!  She would get BOTH of them!!  To be continued.....

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day
is officially single awareness day! I have given up on boys.I have
given up on boys. It is not my fault I am hard to love. I am needy
and overly sensitive which is apparently not attractive to the
opposite gender. I just want someone to tell me I’m beautiful.
My mom always tells me I’m beautiful, why don’t boys
think so too? It’s because boys are dumb and they don’t
see inner beauty. It is because girls are needy and should know they
are beautiful before someone has to say it to them. Girls are not
that needy it is just that guys don’t notice us for our true
beauty. Most guys are so stupid that they can’t see anything
past outer beauty. Yes, boys are stupid, they always want a stupid,
shallow, skinny girl who can only look that way when airbrushed! Even
though boys can be stupid and only want girls for their shallow
skinniness there are a few who actually have feelings. These are the
ones that decorate your bedroom and send you roses on valentines
because they want to. They love you for who you are…. Remember
these boys are few and far between.

Second Grade Math- Subtraction

Lesson Plan #1