A/1 -- Thursday, October 31, 2013

Roberts' Class --  Choice Day
Celebration because 1st class to bring back all of their Web 2.0 Permission Forms. 

•  Next Time: Join Mrs. Hilgers' SS group. Nature Works Final day Students will reflect on what they experienced during this group project through written expression.  Students will use a word processor to create a paragraph about what they experienced.  Some of the questions to ponder will include:

1. What would you do differently?
2. How did each person (including yourself) in your group contribute?
3. What worked well or not so well during this project?
4. What should Ms. Reid do differently?

Faulhaber's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 5)

Reviewed how to save PowerPoint slides as jpegs.  Students learned how to import their slides into VoiceThread.  Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints. 

•  Next Time:  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Blackwood's Class -- Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 2)
Reviewed centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining. Students opened candy bar story file from the shared drive or from their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

• Next time:  Edmodo access and registering

D/5 -- Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Bolebruch's Class --  Nature Works (Day 5) --FINAL DAY
Final groups (Habitat, Adaptation and Fresh Water Communities) presented to their classmates.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation.  Students reflected on what they experienced during this group project through written expression.  Students used word processing to create a paragraph about what they experienced.  Some of the questions they were asked to ponder included:

1. What would you do differently?
2. How did each person (including yourself) in your group contribute?
3. What worked well or not so well during this project?
4. What should Ms. Reid do differently?

•  Next Time: Edmodo -- joining grade level groups, school year group and homeroom group.

Stangler's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 5)

Reviewed how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.NC County Project, how to import their slides into Voicthread and add their voiceovers. Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints.
Locked down drill during technology rotation.

•  Next Time:  Students will continue to work on NC County Project and then NC County Voicethreads.

Little's Class -- Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 1)
Reviewed centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining. Students candy bar story file from the shared drive.  Saved candy bar story to their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

• Next time:  Edmodo access and registering

C/4 -- Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Monroe's Class --  Edmodo (Joining groups)
Students finished creating a paragraph about what they experienced during the Nature Works group project.  Some of the questions they were asked to ponder included:

1. What would you do differently?
2. How did each person (including yourself) in your group contribute?
3. What worked well or not so well during this project?
4. What should Ms. Reid do differently?

Students reviewed how to access Edmodo while using Firefox (Note:  Edmodo works best in Firefox because WCPSS uses an older version of Internet Explorer). Students joined school group, grade level group and homeroom group.
Briefly, students learned to create an avatar using Pickaface.net. 

•  Next Time:  Avatar creator  -- creating an avatar while using Pickaface.net . Saving the pickaface.net avatar. 

Lee's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 4)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  Students will learn how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.NC County Project  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Barefoot's Class --  Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 1)
Reviewed centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining. Students candy bar story file from the shared drive.  Saved candy bar story to their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

• Next time:  Edmodo access and registering

 

B/3 -- Friday, October 25, 2013

Hilgers' Class --  Edmodo (Joining groups)
Students finished creating a paragraph about what they experienced during the Nature Works group project.  Some of the questions they were asked to ponder included:

1. What would you do differently?
2. How did each person (including yourself) in your group contribute?
3. What worked well or not so well during this project?
4. What should Ms. Reid do differently?

Students reviewed how to access Edmodo while using Firefox (Note:  Edmodo works best in Firefox because WCPSS uses an older version of Internet Explorer). Students joined school group, grade level group and homeroom group.
Briefly, students learned to create an avatar using Pickaface.net. 

•  Next Time:  Avatar creator  -- creating an avatar while using Pickaface.net

Veeder's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 4)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints. Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs and upload to VoiceThread.  Students were instructed to add a title, description and tags to their NC County Voicethread.

•  Next Time:  .NC County Project  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Nixon' Class -- Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 3)
Opened basic file from their home directory.  Practiced the following skills: Inserting Clip art; Using header.  Saved updated basics file. 

• Next time:  Review centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining.Open candy bar story file from the shared drive.  Save candy bar story to their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story. After finishing, students went to Good Choices in shared drive.

 

A/2 -- Thursday, October 24, 2013

Roberts' Class --  Nature Works (Day 4) 
Last 3 groups (Habitat, Fresh Water Communities and Adaptation) presented to their classmates.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation. 

•  Next Time: Celebration because 1st class to bring back all of their Web 2.0 Permission Forms.  Nature Works Final day Students will reflect on what they experienced during this group project through written expression.  Students will use a word processor to create a paragraph about what they experienced.  Some of the questions to ponder will include:

1. What would you do differently?
2. How did each person (including yourself) in your group contribute?
3. What worked well or not so well during this project?
4. What should Ms. Reid do differently?

Hale's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 4)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  Students will learn how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.NC County Project  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Reynolds' Class --  Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 1)
Reviewed centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining. Students candy bar story file from the shared drive.  Saved candy bar story to their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

• Next time:  Edmodo access and registering

D/1 -- Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Bolebruch's Class --  Nature Works (Day 4) --Almost FINAL DAY
More groups (Habitat and Invasive Species) presented to their classmates.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation. 

•  Next Time: Nature Works Final day -- Last group will present ( Coloration).  Students will reflect on what they experienced during this group project through written expression.  Students will use a word processor to create a paragraph about what they experienced.  Some of the questions to ponder will include:

1. What would you do differently?
2. How did each person (including yourself) in your group contribute?
3. What worked well or not so well during this project?
4. What should Ms. Reid do differently?

Faulhaber's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 4)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints. Students learned how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.

•  Next Time:  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Blackwood's Class -- Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 1)
Reviewed centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining. Students candy bar story file from the shared drive.  Saved candy bar story to their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

• Next time:  Edmodo access and registering

C/5 -- Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Monroe's Class --  Nature Works (Day 4) --Almost FINAL DAY
Final groups (Habitat, Adaptation and Fresh Water Communities) presented to their classmates.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation.  Students reflected on what they experienced during this group project through written expression.  Students used word processing to create a paragraph about what they experienced.  Some of the questions they were asked to ponder included:

1. What would you do differently?
2. How did each person (including yourself) in your group contribute?
3. What worked well or not so well during this project?
4. What should Ms. Reid do differently?

•  Next Time: Nature Works Final day -- Students open saved nat2 file where they had started to reflect on their experience in this group project.  If time allows,  Edmodo -- joining grade level groups, school year group and homeroom group.

Stangler's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 4)

Students learned how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.NC County Project  Students learned how to import their slides into Voicthread and add their voiceovers. Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  Students will continue to work on NC County Project and then NC County Voicethreads.

Little's Class -- Intro to Basic Word Processing (Day 3)
Opened basic's file from their home directory.  Demo'ed basic tools in MS Word 2007. Items covered included:

• Searching and Adding/inserting clipart
• Resizing page and clipart
• Flipping and Rotating clipart
• Adding name in header

Students used demo'ed tools in their basics file.  Students saved their updated basics file to their home directory.

• Next time:  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

B/4 -- Monday, October 21, 2013

Hilgers' Class --  Nature Works (Day 4) -- FINAL DAY
Final group, Coloration, presented to their classmates.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation.  Students reflected on what they experienced during this group project through written expression.  Students used word processing to create a paragraph about what they experienced.  Some of the questions they were asked to ponder included:

1. What would you do differently?
2. How did each person (including yourself) in your group contribute?
3. What worked well or not so well during this project?
4. What should Ms. Reid do differently?

•  Next Time:  Edmodo -- joining grade level groups, school year group and homeroom group.

Lee's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 3)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  Students will learn how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.NC County Project  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Barefoot's Class -- Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 3)
Opened basic file from their home directory.  Practiced the following skills: Inserting Clip art; Resizing pictures, Using header.  Saved updated basics file. 

• Next time:  Review centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining.Open candy bar story file from the shared drive.  Save candy bar story to their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story. After finishing, students went to Good Choices in shared drive.

-/3 -- Friday, October 18, 2013

NO Technology rotations due to Early Release for K-2.

Veeder's Class --  skipped due to Early Release (refer to Friday, October 11 for previous tech rotation)

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  (Day 4)Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Nixon's Class -- skipped due to Early Release (refer to Friday, October 11 for previous tech rotation)

• Next time:  Intro to Basic Word Processing (Day 3) Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

A/2 -- Thursday, October 17, 2013

Roberts' Class --  Nature Works (Day 3)
Students met with their video group to put the final touches on their presentation and rehearse.  Some groups created pictures for their presentations.  Groups were chose at random to present.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation.  The groups that presented included:  Decomposers, Coloration and Invasive Species.

•  Next Time:  Final groups (Adaptation, Fresh Water Communities and Habitat) will present to their classmates. 

Hale's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 3)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  Students will learn how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.NC County Project  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Reynolds' Class -- Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 3)
Opened basic file from their home directory.  Practiced the following skills: Copy and Paste; Inserting Clip art; Using header.  Saved updated basics file. 

• Next time:  Review centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining.Open candy bar story file from the shared drive.  Save candy bar story to their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story. After finishing, students went to Good Choices in shared drive.

D/1 -- Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Bolebruch's Class --  Nature Works (Day 3)
Students met with their video group to put the final touches on their presentation and rehearse.  Some groups created pictures for their presentations.  Groups were chose at random to present.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation.  The groups that presented included:  Decomposers, Adaptation and Fresh Water Communities..

•  Next Time:  Final groups (Coloration, Invasive Species and Habitat) will present to their classmates. 

Faulhaber's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 3)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  Students will learn how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.NC County Project  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Blackwood's Class -- Practicing Basis Word Processing Skills (Day 1)
Opened basic file from their home directory.  Practiced the following skills: Copy and Paste; Inserting Clip art; Using footer.  Saved updated basics file. 

• Next time:  Review centering, applying bold and italics, color, font, size and underlining.Open candy bar story file from the shared drive.  Save candy bar story to their home directory.  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story. After finishing, students went to Good Choices in shared drive.
  

C/5 -- Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Monroe's Class --  Nature Works (Day 3)
Students met with their video group to put the final touches on their presentation and rehearse.  Some groups created pictures for their presentations.  Groups were chose at random to present.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation.  The groups that presented included:  Decomposers, Coloration and Invasive Species.

•  Next Time:  Final groups (Adaptation, Fresh Water Communities, Habitat) will present to their classmates. 

Stangler's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 3)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  Students will learn how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.NC County Project  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Little's Class -- Intro to Basic Word Processing (Day 2)
Opened basic's file from their home directory.  Demo'ed basic tools in MS Word 2007. Items covered included:

1. Changing font:  bold, underline, italic, type, size, color, high lighting
2. Copy and Paste (Copied and pasted a sentence mulitple times)
3. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified

Students used demo'ed tools in their basics file.  Students saved their updated basics file to their home directory.
Next time:  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

B/4 -- Monday, October 14, 2013

Hilgers' Class --  Nature Works (Day 3)
Students met with their video group to put the final touches on their presentation and rehearse.  Some groups created pictures for their presentations.  Groups were chose at random to present.  While not presenting the other students were active listeners during each presentation.  Some students asked questions related to the presentation.  The groups that presented included:  Decomposers, Habitat, Adaptation, Fresh Water Communities and Invasive Species.

•  Next Time:  Final group, Coloration, will present to their classmates. 

Lee's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 2)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to complete this project.  Reviewed how to find info from the websites (NC Home Locator, US Census, NC Pedia and Google Maps).  Demo'ed how to create the NC County PowerPoint using the info listed on the PBWiki for 4th Grade.  When they finished collecting all of the need info, students started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and continue to create their PowerPoint.  

Barefoot's Class -- Intro to Basic Word Processing (Day 2)
Opened basic's file from their home directory.  Demo'ed basic tools in MS Word 2007. Items covered included:

1. Changing font:  Bold, Italics, underline, type, size, color
2. Copy and Paste (Copied and pasted a sentence mulitple times)
3. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified

Students used demo'ed tools in their basics file.  Students saved their updated basics file to their home directory.
Next time:  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

 

A/3 -- Friday, October 11, 2013

Roberts' Class --  Nature Works (Day 2)
Students met with their video group to discuss how they would present their topic to their peers: rap, puppet show, song, dramatic play, voicethread, etc.  Students watched their video again and took detailed notes to prepare for their group's presentation. Students met with their group and planned for presentation.

•  Next Time:  Students will meet with their group to prepare and rehearse their group's presentation.  Groups will present as time allows. 

Veeder's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 3)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to collect info about their assigned county for this project.  Students, who had previously started creating their PowerPoint, continued to work on their PowerPoint.  When the other students finished collecting all of the need info, they started creating their NC County PowerPoints. Students learned how to add the URL's for their sources to their PowerPoint slides.  Students learned how to save their PowerPoint slides as jpegs.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish creating their PowerPoint, importing their slides into Voicthread and adding their voiceovers. 

Nixon's Class -- Intro to Basic Word Processing (Day 2)
Opened basic's file from their home directory.  Demo'ed basic tools in MS Word 2007. Items covered included:

1. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
2. Copy and Paste (Copied and pasted a sentence mulitple times)
3. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified
4. Changed view (page width to whole page)

Students used demo'ed tools in their basics file.  Students saved their updated basics file to their home directory.
Next time:  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

D/2 -- Thursday, October 10, 2013

Bolebruch's Class --  Nature Works (Day 2)
Students met with their video group to discuss how they would present their topic to their peers: rap, puppet show, song, dramatic play, voicethread, etc.  Students watched their video again and took detailed notes to prepare for their group's presentation. Students met with their group and planned for presentation.

•  Next Time:  Students will meet with their group to prepare and rehearse their group's presentation.  Groups will present as time allows. 

Hale's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 2)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to complete this project.  Reviewed how to find info from the websites (NC Home Locator, US Census, NC Pedia and Google Maps).  Demo'ed how to create the NC County PowerPoint using the info listed on the PBWiki for 4th Grade.  When they finished collecting all of the need info, students started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and continue to create their PowerPoint.  

Reynolds' Class -- Intro to Basic Word Processing (Day 2)
Opened basic's file from their home directory.  Demo'ed basic tools in MS Word 2007. Items covered included:

1. Word 2007 Ribbons to access tools (home, insert, view, etc.)
2. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
3. Underlining and bold
4. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified
5. Inserting clipart

Students used demo'ed tools in their basics file.  Students saved their updated basics file to their home directory.
Next time:  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.

C/1 -- Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Monroe's Class --  Nature Works (Day 2)
Students met with their video group to discuss how they would present their topic to their peers: rap, puppet show, song, dramatic play, voicethread, etc.  Students watched their video again and took detailed notes to prepare for their group's presentation. Students met with their group and planned for presentation.

•  Next Time:  Students will meet with their group to prepare and rehearse their group's presentation.  Groups will present as time allows. 

Faulhaber's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 2)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to complete this project.  Reviewed how to find info from the websites (NC Home Locator, US Census, NC Pedia and Google Maps).  Demo'ed how to create the NC County PowerPoint using the info listed on the PBWiki for 4th Grade.  When they finished collecting all of the need info, students started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and continue to create their PowerPoint.  

Blackwood's Class -- Intro to Basic Word Processing (Day 2)
Opened basic's file from their home directory.  Demo'ed basic tools in MS Word 2007. Items covered included:

1. Word 2007 Ribbons to access tools (home, insert, view, etc.)
2. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
3. Selecting All
4. Cut, Copy and Paste
5. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified

Students used demo'ed tools in their basics file.  Students saved their updated basics file to their home directory.

• Next time:  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.  

B/5 -- Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Hilgers' Class --  Nature Works (Day 2)
Students met with their video group to discuss how they would present their topic to their peers: rap, puppet show, song, dramatic play, voicethread, etc.  Students watched their video again and took detailed notes to prepare for their group's presentation. 

•  Next Time:  Students will meet with their group to prepare and rehearse their group's presentation.  Groups will present as time allows. 

Stangler's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 2)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to complete this project.  Reviewed how to find info from the websites (NC Home Locator, US Census, NC Pedia and Google Maps).  Demo'ed how to create the NC County PowerPoint using the info listed on the PBWiki for 4th Grade.  When they finished collecting all of the need info, students started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and continue to create their PowerPoint.  

Little's Class -- Basic Word Processing (Day 1)
Students learned to use a few basic tools in MS Word 2007. Students wrote 4-5 sentences

1. My name is _____________.
2. I am ___ years old.
3. I am in ____________'s class.
4. I live in _______________.

Students saved their file to their home directory as basic (1st 3 letters in teacher's name) (their initials)

• Next time: Demo basic tools in MS Word 2007. Some of the items to be covered include:

1. Ribbons to access tools (home, insert, view, etc.)
2. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
3. Selecting All
4. Cut, Copy and Paste
5. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified

A/4 -- Monday, October 7, 2013

Roberts' Class --  Nature Works (Day 1)
Students choose one of 6 different videos from Nature Works to view.  Students created a document where they recorded what they knew about the topic they choose.  Students watched their choosen video.  After watching, students formed a group with other students who had watched the same video and discussed what they had learned from the video.  Students reflected on today's experience by participating in a survey.

•  Next Time:  Students will watch their video a 2nd time while they take detailed notes.  Students will use these notes to present their topic to classmates.  

Lee's Class --  NC County Project (Day 1)

Students watched Randolph County example.  Students chose a partner to work with or chose to work alone to complete this project.  Some students chose a county they wanted to research.  If they didn't have a county in mind, it was choosen at random.  Demo'ed finding info using specific websites (NC Home Locator, NC Pedia and Google Maps NOTE:  couldn't use US Census due to government shutdown).  Students worked with their partner to collect information about their specific county from the specific websites.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and start their PowerPoint. 

Barefoot's Class -- Basic Word Processing (Day 1)
Students learned to use a few basic tools in MS Word 2007. Students wrote 4-5 sentences

1. My name is _____________.
2. I am ___ years old.
3. I am in ____________'s class.
4. I live in _______________.

Students saved their file to their home directory as basic (1st 3 letters in teacher's name) (their initials)

• Next time: Demo basic tools in MS Word 2007. Some of the items to be covered include:

1. Ribbons to access tools (home, insert, view, etc.)
2. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
3. Selecting All
4. Cut, Copy and Paste
5. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified

 

D/3 -- Friday, October 4, 2013

Bolebruch's Class --  Nature Works (Day 1)
Students choose one of 6 different videos from Nature Works to view.  Students created a document where they recorded what they knew about the topic they choose.  Students watched their choosen video.  After watching, students formed a group with other students who had watched the same video and discussed what they had learned from the video.  Students reflected on today's experience by participating in a survey.

•  Next Time:  Students will watch their video a 2nd time while they take detailed notes.  Students will use these notes to present their topic to classmates.  

Veeder's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 2)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to complete this project.  Reviewed how to find info from the websites (NC Home Locator, US Census, NC Pedia and Google Maps).  Demo'ed how to create the NC County PowerPoint using the info listed on the PBWiki for 4th Grade.  When they finished collecting all of the need info, students started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and continue to create their PowerPoint.  

Nixon's Class -- Basic Word Processing (Day 1)
Students learned to use a few basic tools in MS Word 2007. Students wrote 4-5 sentences

1. My name is _____________.
2. I am ___ years old.
3. I am in ____________'s class.
4. I live in _______________.

Students saved their file to their home directory as basic (1st 3 letters in teacher's name) (their initials)

• Next time: Demo basic tools in MS Word 2007. Some of the items to be covered include:

1. Ribbons to access tools (home, insert, view, etc.)
2. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
3. Selecting All
4. Cut, Copy and Paste
5. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified

 

C/2 -- Thursday, October 3, 2013

Monroe's Class --  Nature Works (Day 1)
Students choose one of 6 different videos from Nature Works to view.  Students created a document where they recorded what they knew about the topic they choose.  Students watched their choosen video.  After watching, students formed a group with other students who had watched the same video and discussed what they had learned from the video.  Students reflected on today's experience by participating in a survey.

•  Next Time:  Students will watch their video a 2nd time while they take detailed notes.  Students will use these notes to present their topic to classmates.  

Hale's Class --  "Who We Are" Voicethread Project Presentation and NC County Project (Day 1)

Students watched "Who We Are" Voicethread. Students watched Randolph County example.  Students chose a partner to work with or chose to work alone to complete this project.  Some students chose a county they wanted to research.  If they didn't have a county in mind, it was choosen at random.  Demo'ed finding info using specific websites (NC Home Locator, NC Pedia and Google Maps NOTE:  couldn't use US Census due to government shutdown).  Students worked with their partner to collect information about their specific county from the specific websites.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and start their PowerPoint. 

Reynolds' Class -- Initial Voicethread Project Presentation and Basic Word Processing (Day 1)
Students watched their class' "Initial" Voicethread.  Students learned to use a few basic tools in MS Word 2007. Students wrote 4-5 sentences

1. My name is _____________.
2. I am ___ years old.
3. I am in ____________'s class.
4. I live in _______________.

Students saved their file to their home directory as basic (1st 3 letters in teacher's name) (their initials)

• Next time: Demo basic tools in MS Word 2007. Some of the items to be covered include:

1. Ribbons to access tools (home, insert, view, etc.)
2. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
3. Selecting All
4. Cut, Copy and Paste
5. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified

B/1 -- Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Hilgers' Class --  Nature Works

Students choose one of 6 different videos from Nature Works to view.  Students created a document where they recorded what they knew about the topic they choose.  Students watched their choosen video.  After watching, students formed a group with other students who had watched the same video and discussed what they had learned from the video.  Students reflected on today's experience by participating in a survey.

•  Next Time:  Students will watch their video a 2nd time while they take detailed notes.  Students will use these notes to present their topic to classmates.  

Faulhaber's Class --  "NC County" Project

Students watched Randolph County example again.  Students chose a partner to work with or chose to work alone to complete this project.  Some students chose a county they wanted to research.  If they didn't have a county in mind, it was choosen at random.  Demo'ed finding info using specific websites (NC Home Locator, NC Pedia and Google Maps NOTE:  couldn't use US Census due to government shutdown).  Students worked with their partner to collect information about their specific county from the specific websites.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and start their PowerPoint. 

Blackwood's Class -- Students learned to use a few basic tools in MS Word 2007. Students wrote 4-5 sentences

1. My name is _____________.
2. I am ___ years old.
3. I am in ____________'s class.
4. I live in _______________.

Students saved their file to their home directory as basic (1st 3 letters in teacher's name) (their initials)

• Next time: Demo basic tools in MS Word 2007. Some of the items to be covered include:

1. Ribbons to access tools (home, insert, view, etc.)
2. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
3. Selecting All
4. Cut, Copy and Paste
5. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified

A/5 -- Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Roberts' Class --  Catch-Up Day

Students watched their classes "Who We Are" Voicethread.  Reviewed what finished Mad Money spending and earnings graphs look.  If needed, students completed their "Who We Are" voicethread or Mad Money graphs.  Students, who were finished with voicethread and graphs, viewed other 5th grade classes voicethreads, started creating their own voicethread (of their choice) or practiced keyboarding using Type to Learn.

•  Next Time:  Edmodo -- joining Edmodo and Edmodo groups.

Stangler's Class --   "NC County" Project

Students watched Randolph County example.  Students chose a partner to work with to complete this project.  Some students chose a county they wanted to research.  If they didn't have a county in mind, it was choosen at random.  Demo'ed finding info using specific websites (NC Home Locator, US Census, NC Pedia and Google Maps).  Students worked with their partner to collect information about their specific county from the specific websites.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and start their PowerPoint. 

Little's Class -- Initial Voicethread Project
Students watched their class' "Initial" Voicethread.  If needed, students recorded their name and something that most people didn't know about themselves in their class' "Initial" Voicethread.  Students, who were finished with their recording, created a picture in paint, chose a program from good choice folder (these include Code Cracker, Making Connections, or Uncle Fred's How to Draw") or  watched other 3rd grade classes voicethreads

•  Next Time:  Edmodo -- joining Edmodo and Edmodo groups.