Week of 1/4/10
Monday 8:30-9:15
9:18-10:03
10:06-10:51
10:54-11:40
12:35-1:20
1:20-1:53
Tuesday
Grade 5B Room 110 Grade 5B Room 109 1. To format a friendly letter using indent markers. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will compose a friendly letter, indenting the inside address and closing using indent markers. Letters will be sent to members of the military via the website at http://amillionthanks.org. 5. None. Grade 6A Room 111 Grade 6B Room 111 1. To format a friendly letter using indent markers. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will compose a friendly letter, indenting the inside address and closing using indent markers. Letters will be sent to members of the military via the website at http://amillionthanks.org. 5. None. Grade 4A Room 107 Grade 7B 1. To add HTML code to a wiki page. 1. To complete PowerPoint presentations, 2. GCA essays and podcasts for homeroom. 3. C 4. Students will complete “Christmas Around the 2. PTL 3. M-IP-C World” pages at http://edu.glogster.com, and copy 4. Students will use the Shared Documents the generated HTML. Code will be used to embed folder on the server to submit completed the poster into a wiki page. Extra gadgets may be presentations. (J.Szwaya) added to page if time allows. 5. None. 5. Print brochure. Grade 4A Room 108 Grade 4B Room 108 1. To format a friendly letter using indent markers. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will compose a friendly letter, indenting the inside address and closing using indent markers. Letters will be sent to members of the military via the website at http://amillionthanks.org. 5. None. Grade 8 Room 206 Websites used this week: 1. To complete “element” web page and create a link http://school.nettrekker.com to index page. http://j2e.com 2. GCA http://edu.glogster.com 3. DI-I/R-C http://7thgradecomputerproject.pbworks.com 4. Students will complete web page created at http://8thgradecomputerproject.pbworks.com http//www.j2e.com, and create a link to main page http://amillionthanks.org. using tools provided on the site. various search engines 5. Choose Olympics country and begin research. See calendar @ Google.com for afternoon lab use this week.
Wednesday
Thursday
Grade 5A Room 109 Grade 5A Room 110 1. To format a friendly letter using indent markers. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will compose a friendly letter, indenting the inside address and closing using indent markers. Letters will be sent to members of the military via the website at http://amillionthanks.org. 5. None. Grade 6A Room 112 Grade 6B Room 112 1. To format a friendly letter using indent markers. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will compose a friendly letter, indenting the inside address and closing using indent markers. Letters will be sent to members of the military via the website at http://amillionthanks.org. 5. None. Grade 7A Grade 7C 1. To add HTML code to a wiki page. 2. GCA 3. C 4. Students will complete “Christmas Around the World” pages at http://edu.glogster.com, and copy the generated HTML. Code will be used to embed the poster into a wiki page. Extra gadgets may be added to page if time allows. 5. Print brochure. Grade 8 Room 206 Grade 8 Room 203 *Cleaning Crew this week. 1. To complete “element” web page and create a link to index page. 2. PTL 3. DI-I/R-C 4. Students will complete web page created at http//www.j2e.com, and create a link to main page using tools provided on the site. 5. Choose Olympics country and begin research. Grade 8 Room 203 Standards: 1. To complete “element” web page and create a link to 1b—create original works as personal expression index page. 2b—communication information using a variety of media 2. GCA 3b—locate information from a variety of sources. 3. DI-I/R-C 5a—practice safe, responsible use of technology 4. Students will complete web page created at 6b—use applications effectively & productively http//www.j2e.com, and create a link to main page using 6d—transfer current knowledge to learning of new tools provided on the site. technologies 5. Choose Olympics country and begin research. Grade 4B Room 107 Notes: 1. To add animations to a PowerPoint presentation. Students in all grades will practice keyboarding at websites 2. PTL listed in Nettrekker folder, including Free Typing Games. 3. M-IP-C 4. Students will continue to work on PowerPoint presentation based on country research. Students will add slide animations using Formatting Palette. **Thursday afternoon dismissal duty. (J.Szwaya) 5. None.
Monday 8:30-9:15
9:18-10:03
10:06-10:51
10:54-11:40
12:35-1:20
Grade 5B Room 110 Grade 5B Room 109 6. To add images to a Word document using wrapping and alignment tools. 7. TOD 8. DI-C 9. Students will choose images to decorate their letters to the military, and insert as a background image and/or border. Students will use the wrapping tool on the formatting palette to insert image behind text (adjusting transparency as needed) and using alignment and distribution tools to create a border from a single image. 10. Complete letter, if unfinished. Grade 6A Room 111 Grade 6B Room 111 1. To add images to a Word document using wrapping and alignment tools. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will choose images to decorate their letters to the military, and insert as a background image and/or border. Students will use the wrapping tool on the formatting palette to insert image behind text (adjusting transparency as needed) and using alignment and distribution tools to create a border from a single image. 5. Complete letter, if unfinished. Grade 4A Room 107 Grade 7B 6. To format an Excel spreadsheet to include formulas for sum, difference, average. 6. To format text and images in Comic Life 7. GCA program. 8. DI-C 7. GCA 9. Students will format a spreadsheet to keep track of 8. M-IP-C expenditures for a road trip to Vancouver for the 9. Students will use Comic Life to display Winter Olympics. Students will begin researching facts and images related to historical even price information, while teams are chosen for our research. (J.Szwaya) Olympic competition. 10. None. 10. None. Grade 4A Room 108 Grade 4B Room 108 1. To format text and images in Comic Life program. 2. GCA 3. M-IP-C 4. Students will use Comic Life to display facts and images related to historical even research. (J.Szwaya) 5. None. Grade 8 Room 206 Websites used this week: 6. To create animation using tools of Keynote.
http://school.nettrekker.com http://j2e.com http://maps.google.com
1:20-1:53
Tuesday
7. GCA 8. M-GP 9. Students will use Keynote custom animation tools to http://amillionthanks.org. illustrate Newton’s 3 laws of motion. 10. None. various search engines See calendar @ Google.com for afternoon lab use this week.
Faculty Meeting Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Grade 5A Room 109 Grade 5A Room 110 1. To add images to a Word document using wrapping and alignment tools. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will choose images to decorate their letters to the military, and insert as a background image and/or border. Students will use the wrapping tool on the formatting palette to insert image behind text (adjusting transparency as needed) and using alignment and distribution tools to create a border from a single image. 5. Complete letter, if unfinished. Grade 6A Room 112 Grade 6B Room 112 1. To add images to a Word document using wrapping and alignment tools. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will choose images to decorate their letters to the military, and insert as a background image and/or border. Students will use the wrapping tool on the formatting palette to insert image behind text (adjusting transparency as needed) and using alignment and distribution tools to create a border from a single image. 5. Complete letter, if unfinished. Grade 7A Grade 7C 1. To format an Excel spreadsheet to include formulas for sum, difference, average. 2. GCA 3. DI-C 4. Students will format a spreadsheet to keep track of expenditures for a road trip to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics. Students will begin researching price information, while teams are chosen for our Olympic competition. 5. None. Grade 8 Room 206 Grade 8 Room 203 1. To create animation using tools of Keynote. 2. GCA 3. M-GP 4. Students will use Keynote custom animation tools to illustrate Newton’s 3 laws of motion. 5. None. Grade 8 Room 203 *Cleaning Crew this week. Standards: 1. To create animation using tools of Keynote. 1b—create original works as personal expression 2. GCA 1c—use models and simulations to explore complex systems 3. M-GP 2b—communication information using a variety of media 4. Students will use Keynote custom animation tools to 2d—contribute to project teams to solve problems illustrate Newton’s 3 laws of motion. 3b—locate information from a variety of sources. 5. None. 5a—practice safe, responsible use of technology Grade 4B Room 107 6b—use applications effectively & productively 6d—transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies Notes: Students in all grades will practice keyboarding at websites listed in Nettrekker folder, including Free Typing Games. Choose Olympics teams. Grades 5 & 6 Voicethread feedback on wiki experience. **Thursday afternoon dismissal duty.
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To format text and images in Comic Life program. GCA M-IP-C Students will use Comic Life to display facts and images related to historical even research. (J.Szwaya) 5. None.
Monday 8:30-9:15
Grade 5B
Room 110
9:18-10:03
Grade 6A Room 111
10:06-10:51
Grade 4A Room 107
10:54-11:40
Grade 4A Room 108
Grade 5B Room 109 1. To center text and graphics in a Word document. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will use the zoom tool to see entire document. Adjusting margins, text size and spacing will be used to center letter content on sheet. Finished letters will be printed. 5. None. Grade 6B Room 111 1. To center text and graphics in a Word document. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will use the zoom tool to see entire document. Adjusting margins, text size and spacing will be used to center letter content on sheet. Finished letters will be printed. 5. None. Grade 7B 11. To test formulas by adding data to spreadsheet. 12. GCA 13. DI-C 14. Students will get ticket prices from Olympics website, and add data to spreadsheet, checking to see that formulas are working properly. 15. None.
12:35-1:20
Websites used this week: http://school.nettrekker.com http://j2e.com http://maps.google.com http://amillionthanks.org. http://www.vancouver2010.com/ various search engines 1:20-1:53
aculty Meeting Wednesday
Tuesday
Grade 4B Room 108 1. To customize colors of text and images in Comic Life program. 2. GCA 3. M-IP-C 4. Students will use “details” tool in Comic Life to customize colors of facts and images related to historical even research. Finished documents will be printed. (J.Szwaya) 5. None. Grade 8 Room 206 11. To create animation using tools of Keynote. 12. GCA 13. M-GP 14. Students will continue to illustrate Newton’s 3 laws of motion using “move” and “rotate” animation tools. Students will also use “shape” and “group” tools to create stick figures for animation. 15. None.
See calendar @ Google.com for afternoon lab use this week.
Wednesday
Thursday
Grade 5A Room 109 Grade 5A Room 110 *Cleaning Crew this week. 1. To center text and graphics in a Word document. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will use the zoom tool to see entire document. Adjusting margins, text size and spacing will be used to center letter content on sheet. Finished letters will be printed. 5. None. Grade 6A Room 112 Grade 6B Room 112 1. To center text and graphics in a Word document. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will use the zoom tool to see entire document. Adjusting margins, text size and spacing will be used to center letter content on sheet. Finished letters will be printed. 5. None. Grade 7C 1. To test formulas by adding data to spreadsheet. 2. GCA 3. DI-C 4. Students will get ticket prices from Olympics website, and add data to spreadsheet, checking to see that formulas are working properly. 5. None.
Standards: 1b—create original works as personal expression 1c—use models and simulations to explore complex systems 2b—communication information using a variety of media 2d—contribute to project teams to solve problems 3b—locate information from a variety of sources. 5a—practice safe, responsible use of technology 6b—use applications effectively & productively 6d—transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies Notes: Students in all grades will practice keyboarding at websites listed in Nettrekker folder, including Free Typing Games. Choose Olympics teams. Grades 5 & 6 Voicethread feedback on wiki experience. **Thursday afternoon dismissal duty.
Grade 8 Room 203 1. To create animation using tools of Keynote. 2. GCA 3. M-GP 4. Students will continue to illustrate Newton’s 3 laws of motion using “move” and “rotate” animation tools. Students will also use “shape” and “group” tools to create stick figures for animation. 5. None. Grade 4B Room 107
1. To customize colors of text and images in Comic Life program. 2. GCA 3. M-IP-C 4. Students will use “details” tool in Comic Life to customize colors of facts and images related to historical even research. Finished documents will be printed. (J.Szwaya) 5. None.
Monday 8:30-9:15
9:18-10:03
10:06-10:51
10:54-11:40
Grade 5B Room 110 Grade 5B Room 109 1. To explore the tools of Sumo Paint. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will be introduced to the basic tools of sumopaint.com and given time to use and explore. Before leaving, students will be guided through the process of creating rings for Olympic logo. 6. None. Grade 6A Room 111 Grade 6B Room 111 1. To create columns of number patterns and use formulas. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will generate a column of data including numbers from 10-200, and use formulas in order to calculate acceleration. (Science problem re: Kufta) 6. None. Grade 4A Room 107 Grade 7B 16. To calculate gas mileage using spreadsheet formulas. 1. To create custom animation. 17. GCA 2. GCA 18. DI-C 3. M-IP-C 19. Students will gather data about rental cars, mpg, and size of gas tank. Students will then visit Mapquest to 4. Students will xtranormal.com to create animated films about their historical find distance from Oak Park to Vancouver. Gas event. (J.Szwaya) mileage estimates to be calculated in spreadsheet. 5. None. 20. Continue to gather images for use in Keynote presentation. Grade 4A Room 108 1. To create custom animation. 2. GCA 3. M-IP-C 4. Students will xtranormal.com to create animated films about their historical event. (J.Szwaya) 5. None.
12:35-1:20
Websites used this week: http://school.nettrekker.com http://xtranormal.com http://mapquest.com http://budget.com http://sumopaint.com http://www.vancouver2010.com/ http://soungle.com various search engines 1:20-1:53
Tuesday
Grade 4B Room 108 6. 7. 8. 9.
To create custom animation. GCA M-IP-C Students will xtranormal.com to create animated films about their historical event. (J.Szwaya) 10.None. Grade 8 Room 206 16. 17. 18. 19.
To add sound effects to Keynote presentation. GCA M-GP Students will search for appropriate sound effects to add to Laws of Motion illustrations. Sound clips will be downloaded to iTunes and inserted into presentation using the Media palette. 20. None.
See calendar @ Google.com for afternoon lab use this week.
Wednesday
Thursday
Grade 5A Room 109 Grade 5A Room 110 1. To explore the tools of Sumo Paint. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will be introduced to the basic tools of sumopaint.com and given time to use and explore. Before leaving, students will be guided through the process of creating rings for Olympic logo. 5. None. Grade 6A Room 112 Grade 6B Room 112 *Cleaning Crew this week 1. To create columns of number patterns and use formulas. 2. TOD 3. DI-C 4. Students will generate a column of data including numbers from 10-200, and use formulas in order to calculate acceleration. (Science problem re: Kufta) 5. None. Grade 7A Grade 7C 1. To test formulas by adding data to spreadsheet. 2. GCA 3. DI-C 4. Students will get ticket prices from Olympics website, and add data to spreadsheet, checking to see that formulas are working properly. None. Grade 8 Room 206 Grade 8 Room 203 1. To add sound effects to Keynote presentation. 2. GCA 3. M-GP 4. Students will search for appropriate sound effects to add to Laws of Motion illustrations. Sound clips will be downloaded to iTunes and inserted into presentation using the Media palette. 1. None. Grade 8 Room 203 Standards: 1. To add sound effects to Keynote presentation. 1b—create original works as personal expression 2. GCA 1c—use models and simulations to explore complex systems 3. M-GP 2b—communication information using a variety of media 4. Students will search for appropriate sound effects to add 2d—contribute to project teams to solve problems to Laws of Motion illustrations. Sound clips will be 3b—locate information from a variety of sources. downloaded to iTunes and inserted into presentation 5a—practice safe, responsible use of technology using the Media palette. 6b—use applications effectively & productively 5. None. 6d—transfer current knowledge to learning of new Grade 4B Room 107 technologies Notes: Students in all grades will practice keyboarding at websites listed in Nettrekker folder, including Free Typing Games.
**Thursday afternoon dismissal duty.
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To create custom animation. GCA M-IP-C Students will xtranormal.com to create animated films about their historical event. (J.Szwaya) 5. None.