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