4th Grade - BrainPOP FREE Movie (Day 2)

LESSON

1. Today, you will pick a BrainPOP FREE MOVIE to watch!
2. Read the Q&A Section
3. Take the GRADED QUIZ and PRINT YOUR RESULTS
4. Write a SUMMARY of the movie you watched - include at least 5 sentences.  You need to include the TITLE of your movie.
   Write your summary by clicking on the comment link below. When you are finished writing, click "Comment as" and choose "NAME / URL" type your first name in and leave URL blank. Make sure you capitalize and add punctuation.
5. When you finish, you can comment on your classmates summaries, read the FYI Section, or complete one of the Activities for the movie, make sure you print it.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• All

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• BrainPOP FREE Movies

4th Grade - BrainPOP FREE Movie Summary

LESSON

1. Today, you will pick a BrainPOP FREE MOVIE to watch!
2. Read the Q&A Section
3. Take the GRADED QUIZ and PRINT YOUR RESULTS
4. Write a SUMMARY of the movie you watched - include at least 5 sentences.  You need to include the TITLE of your movie.
   Write your summary by clicking on the comment link below. When you are finished writing, click "Comment as" and choose "NAME / URL" type your first name in and leave URL blank. Make sure you capitalize and add punctuation.
5. When you finish, you can read the FYI Section and complete one of the Activities for the movie, make sure you print it.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• All

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• BrainPOP FREE Movies

4th Grade - BrainPOP Featured Movie

LESSON

• Today you will watch the BrainPOP Featured Movie - "Wind Energy"
• After watching, you need to:

1. Read the Q&A Section AND the FYI Section
2. Take the GRADED QUIZ and PRINT YOUR RESULTS
3. Answer the question below in this blog! Write your answer by clicking on the comment link below. When you are finished writing, click "Comment as" and choose "NAME / URL" type your first name in and leave URL blank. Make sure you capitalize and add punctuation.
4. When you finish, you can play the game ElectroCity.

WRITE ABOUT IT:

Should the US and other countries use more wind energy? 

Why or why not?
(You need to write at least 5 sentences.)

4th Grade - Bullying Outline

LESSON - Day 1

• Today we will watch "Outlines" on BrainPOP and"Bullying" on BrainPOP Jr.
• You will create an outline of the Bullying movie using Kidspiration.

LESSON - Day 2

• Today you will format your poster using Kidspiration.
• Make sure you format each text box, and add clip-art to your poster.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Language Arts - Outlines
• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Kidspiration
• Mozilla Firefox

3rd Grade - Teacher Appreciation

LESSON

• THANK YOU TEACHERS!!!
• The school year is almost over, so let's make a card for your teachers to show them how much we appreciate their work!
• We will watch the BrainPOP movie "Adjectives" to learn about using descriptive words.
• Using ComicLife, you will create an acrostic poem based on your teachers name.  Make sure that you use descriptive adjectives!
• You need to format the layout of the page, the font styles and colors.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Writing - Acrostic Poem

SOFTWARE USED

• Comic Life

1st Grade - Dinosaurs

LESSON - Day 1

• We will watch "Dinosaurs" on BrainPOP as an introduction to dinosaurs.
• Students will explore the world of Dinosaurs on the Dinosaur Field Guide!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Science - Dinosaurs
• Language Arts
• Art

3rd Grade - Earth Day Rebus Poem

LESSON

• Students will watch "Poems," "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" on BrainPOP Jr. and "Recycling" on BrainPOP.
• Students will use Kerpoof's "Make a Card" to create an Earth Day Rebus Poem.
• Students must include at least 4 sentences!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Science
• Writing - Rebus Poem
• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

4th Grade - Digital Animation

LESSON

• Watch "Traditional Animation" on BrainPOP and learn how cartoons were made!
• Learn how to animate your drawings using Disney's Flip Book!
• You will learn how to use frames to organize and add detail to your animation.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Art
• Programming - Animation

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Flip Book
• ABCya! Animation Fun

KYSTE Conference - Using BrainPOP In the Classroom

4th Grade - Internet Safety Poster

LESSON Day 1/2

• Today you will watch "Internet Safety" on BrainPOPJr., and "Online Safety" on BrainPOP.
• You will create a Internet Safety poster using Comic Life.
• You need to type 5 ways to stay safe while using the Internet.  Be descriptive!
• Format the background of the poster, format the title and your name, and add clip art.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Writing
• Internet Safety

SOFTWARE USED

• Comic Life
• Mozilla Firefox

3rd Grade - MOBASSO

MOBASSO

LESSON

• MOBY + PICASSO = MOBASSO!!!
• In collaboration with your Spanish teacher, Señora Jennings, we are going to study the famous Artist Pablo Picasso!  
• We will watch the BrainPOPJr movie "Picasso" and the BrainPOP movie "Cubism" to learn about how Picasso's art has influenced artists all around the world.
• Using Kerpoof, you will draw MOBASSO!  
• Once you have completed your masterpiece, you will take your drawing to Spanish class and write a descriptive paragraph in Spanish describing Moby's body parts and their colors! 

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Art
• Spanish
• Writing - descriptive paragraphs (in Spanish!!)

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof
• Picasso
• Cubism

3rd Grade - PicassoHead

LESSON

• In collaboration with Senora Jennings Spanish class, our students are learning about Picasso and Cubism!
• Students will watch "Cubism" on BrainPOP.
• Students will create and print their own Picasso masterpiece using the PicassoHead website!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Spanish
• Art - Cubism

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• PicassoHead 
• Kerpoof's Cubism Scene

4th Grade - BrainPOP FREE Stuff!

LESSON

• Today you will go to BrainPOP and go to their "FREE STUFF"
• You may pick any movie and you must complete the following in this order:

1. Watch Movie
2. Read FYI
3. Read Q&A
4. Read TIMELINE
5. Read EXPERIMENT (print it if you would like to try it at home)
6. Complete AND Print 1 ACTIVITY
7. Complete AND Print your results of the QUIZ

• IF you finish early, you may watch another FREE movie.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• All subjects
• Reading comprehension
• Writing

4th Grade - Parts of Speech

LESSON

• Today, you will watch "Parts of Speech" on BrainPOP.
• Go to the 4th Grade Websites and click on "Reading & Writing"
• You will play the following games:

1. Wacky Web Tales
2. Word Invasion
3. Verb Viper
4. or any Grammar/Vocabulary game!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Grammar

4th Grade - New Years Resolutions

LESSON - Day 1-2

• Today we will watch "New Year's" on BrainPOP.
• You will choose a New Years Resolution to write about.  Using Kerpoof, you will illustrate your resolution.
• You must include at least 4 text boxes detailing how you will accomplish this resolution.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Writing

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof

3rd Grade - Make a Digital Flip Book

LESSON

• Watch "Traditional Animation" on BrainPOP and learn how cartoons were made!
• Learn how to animate your drawings using Disney's Flip Book!
• You will learn how to use frames to organize and add detail to your animation.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Art
• Programming - Animation

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Flip Book

4th Grade - Simple & Compound Machines

EdHeads

LESSON - Day 1

• Watch "Simple Machines" on BrainPOPJr.
• Play EdHeads - Simple Machines.  
• You must print your results after you complete each room.

LESSON - Day 2

• Watch "Gravity" AND "Force" on BrainPOP.
• EdHeads - The Compound Machine.  
• You must print your results after you complete each room.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Science - Force and Motion, Simple and Compound Machines

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof
• Simple Machines on BrainPOPJr
• EdHeads - Simple Machines
• EdHeads - The Compound Machine

4th Grade - Thanksgiving

LESSON - Day 1

• Today we will watch "Thanksgiving" on BrainPOP and you will take the quiz.
• You will start the Scholastic Thanksgiving Tour.

LESSON - Day 2

• You will finish the Scholastic Thanksgiving Tour.
• When you finish the tour, take the Scholastic Thanksgiving Quiz.

LESSON - Day 3

• Complete the Thanksgiving Games!

1. Thanksgiving Challenge 
2. Cornucopia Word Search
3. Spot the Differences
4. Wacky Web Tale - My Amazing Thanksgiving
5. Thanksgiving Word Search
6. Funny-Fill-In - A Turkey Story
7. Turkey Swap
8. The Story of Squanto

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Social Studies

4th Grade - Online Safety

LESSON - Day 1

• Watch Online Safety on BrainPOP


• Play online safety games

LESSON - Day 2

• Read on TumbleBooks - "Little Red in Cyberspace"


• Take the TumbleQuiz on the book


• Play the TumbleBooks games for the book

LESSON - Day 3

• Read on TumbleBooks - "SurfingSafely.com"


• Complete the TumbleBook Report on the book - make sure to use complete sentences, with capital letters and correct punctuation!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Internet Safety


• Language Arts

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

How to Make Your Own BrainPOP Movie!

Check out some of our homemade BrainPOP movies:
Volcanoes (created by a 3rd grade class)
Sacagawea (created by a 4th grade class)