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Sunday, January 30, 2011

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Picture combining using Paint.net

1- Create a folder in your "My Pictures" documents called "paint dot net"

2- Open firefox and save two pictures into your "paint dot net" folder. One of an animal and one of an illogical background for the animal.
ie- polar bear and desert.

2- Start Paint.net

3- Open both pictures in Paint.net : Click File/ open/ my pictures/ paint dot net

4- Erasing the background:
a) Click on the thumbnail of the animal picture in the top right corner to be erased
b) Choose eraser from the toolbar
c) Adjust the eraser size with brush width in the top left
d) Erase the background adjusting the eraser size if needed

5- Copying and pasting onto the background:
a) click edit- select all
b) click edit- copy
c) click on the background thumbnail (top right)
d) click edit-paste in new layer(keep canvas size)
e) adjust size using corner handle (make image smaller: + / -)

6- Save picture- File/save as/ choose jpeg/ flatten/ save

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Homework-
Math textbook work:
Grade 6 page 232 questions 1,2,6,8,10
grade 5 page 342- questions 1,3,7,10
Holes questions up to chapter 22
3 holes projects due tuesday.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Homework:Holes Questions up to chapter 22
Due thursday

Friday, January 21, 2011

Homewor- bring a french recipe
finish holes tear art
french test on Monday numbers 1-10

Monday, January 17, 2011

Times Tables Spaceship HERE

Area and Perimeter- party designer: HERE

Friday, January 14, 2011

Homework:
Holes questions up to chapter 12
French- study test 3

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Homework: Math questions 1-4
Grade six page: 230
Grade five page: 327
Holes Questions chapters 5-8

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Homework- holes novel questions chapters 5-8
holes website: HERE

Monday, January 10, 2011

animal sorting: HERE
Do - Variation-grouping, variation, food chains, minibeast classification, life cycles,habitats

Bill Nye Cells- HERE

Homework- Science probe- page 7 questions 1-3

1. Look at Figure 1. What is the difference between the fish in the lake
and the fish in the net?
2. Which main characteristic of living things does each statement
represent?
• You are constantly losing skin cells.
• A rabbit gives birth to babies.
• Lobsters can live for 50 years.
• A tadpole develops into a frog.
• Bacteria divide to form two identical, smaller cells.
• A sow bug rolls itself into a ball when it is touched.
3. Choose an organism that lives in your community. Use the
characteristics of living things to show that it is a living thing.

Living things
• are made of one or more cells
• grow and develop
• reproduce
• respond
BBC skillwise math games HERE

Friday, January 7, 2011

Homework: Holes questions- chapers 1-4
Gym strip monday
Vancouver Sun HERE

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Homework- CASH- first aid: Quiz on recovery position
LA_rehearse Holes reading
Science- finish digestive system pictures

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

homework- practise reading holes page
beep test bring gym strip
bill nye digestion video: HERE