This week we will complete our Rock Book poem and review/comment on our classmates' poems.
Fink
Kincaid
Hildebrant
2) With any remaining time, Click HERE to access various typing practice websites.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Typing Practice
This week we will review typing basics and reiterate how important it is to practice typing in preparation for 3rd grade.
1) Keyboard Climber
2) Keyboard Zoo
3) Dance Mat Typing Level 1
4) Dance Mat Typing Level 2
5) Click HERE to access various typing practice websites.
6) Log-into Typing Agent and Practice Typing.
1) Keyboard Climber
2) Keyboard Zoo
3) Dance Mat Typing Level 1
4) Dance Mat Typing Level 2
5) Click HERE to access various typing practice websites.
6) Log-into Typing Agent and Practice Typing.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Landmark MoveNote Presentation
This week we will finish our Landmark presentation and turn it into a MoveNote.
1) Log-into Google Drive and open your Landmark presentation.
2) Finish your presentation and Download it as a PDF (save to Drive).
3) Export from Drive to MoveNote.
4) Create a MoveNote presentation.
5) Click HERE to copy paste the link of your completed MoveNote presentation.
1) Log-into Google Drive and open your Landmark presentation.
2) Finish your presentation and Download it as a PDF (save to Drive).
3) Export from Drive to MoveNote.
4) Create a MoveNote presentation.
5) Click HERE to copy paste the link of your completed MoveNote presentation.
Old Portland MoveNote
This week we will finish our Old Portland info books and turn them into a MoveNote presentation.
1) Log-into Google Drive.
2) Open and finish your Old Portland presentation.
3) Download it as a PDF and save to your Drive.
4) Export your PDF presentation to MoveNote.
5) Record your presentation of your information book.
6) Click HERE to copy and paste the link to your presentation.
1) Log-into Google Drive.
2) Open and finish your Old Portland presentation.
3) Download it as a PDF and save to your Drive.
4) Export your PDF presentation to MoveNote.
5) Record your presentation of your information book.
6) Click HERE to copy and paste the link to your presentation.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Rock Poem
This week we will start writing a rock poem that will be a part of a class collection of Rock Poems..
1) Click on your class below to access the rock poems. Select a slide and enter your name.
Fink
Kincaid
Hildebrant
2) As a class we will brainstorm describing words and locations.
3) Use the words we brainstormed, or your own words, to describe your favorite rocks.
4) Enter your words into the poem.
5) Insert images into your slide and change the design of the slide/text.
1) Click on your class below to access the rock poems. Select a slide and enter your name.
Fink
Kincaid
Hildebrant
2) As a class we will brainstorm describing words and locations.
3) Use the words we brainstormed, or your own words, to describe your favorite rocks.
4) Enter your words into the poem.
5) Insert images into your slide and change the design of the slide/text.
Excel Graphs and Data Analysis
This week we will be working with some different data sets using Google Sheets. We will be graphing, sorting, and analyzing different data.
1) We will complete analyzing the pendulum data.
2) We will look at some new data about weather in two different locations.
Click HERE to access weather data.
1) We will complete analyzing the pendulum data.
2) We will look at some new data about weather in two different locations.
Click HERE to access weather data.
Monday, January 12, 2015
Reading Assessment
This week we will be completing a reading assessment in-class.
With any remaining time, students can scroll down and work on programming and/or math practice activities.
With any remaining time, students can scroll down and work on programming and/or math practice activities.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Weather Webcams
This week we will explore different webcams around the state of Oregon. We will explore visually and note the weather data to compare two different areas in the state.
1) Click HERE to open a Google Map of Oregon. Select two different locations.
2) See if you can find webcams for your locations:
Oregon DOT Traffic/Weather Cams
NW Webcams
Weather Underground Webcams
3) Complete the following survey that tells us what locations you researched, the weather in those locations, and how the weather was similar or different.
1) Click HERE to open a Google Map of Oregon. Select two different locations.
2) See if you can find webcams for your locations:
Oregon DOT Traffic/Weather Cams
NW Webcams
Weather Underground Webcams
3) Complete the following survey that tells us what locations you researched, the weather in those locations, and how the weather was similar or different.
Tour Builder
This week we'll continue working on our Tour Builder tours, and we will share them with our classmates.
1) Click HERE to go to Tour Builder and log-in.
2) Open your tour and work on completing the tour (Wade and Robbins-States; Black-Capt. Cook's voyages).
3) Click HERE to access a shared spreadsheet. Paste the share link for your presentation into the spreadsheet next to your name.
4) Click to visit and learn from your classmates' tours.
1) Click HERE to go to Tour Builder and log-in.
2) Open your tour and work on completing the tour (Wade and Robbins-States; Black-Capt. Cook's voyages).
3) Click HERE to access a shared spreadsheet. Paste the share link for your presentation into the spreadsheet next to your name.
4) Click to visit and learn from your classmates' tours.
Old Portland Research
This week, we will be researching the Old Portland topic that students selected last week.
1) Log-into Google Apps and open your Old Portland presentation.
2) Click HERE to use KidRex to research your topic.
3) Begin to write your information booklet using the details from your research.
1) Log-into Google Apps and open your Old Portland presentation.
2) Click HERE to use KidRex to research your topic.
3) Begin to write your information booklet using the details from your research.
Slide #1-Intro
Slide #2-Table of Contents
Slide #3-Intro Paragraph about your Favorite Old Portland History fact (Bridges, Neighborhoods, Buildings, Industry, etc.).
Slide #4-Supporting detail 1 about your fact.
Slide #5-Supporting detail 2 about your fact.
Slide #6-Compare the details of your fact to today (Look, size, importance, etc.).
Slide #7-I want you to know slide.
Slide #8-Picture(s)
Extra slides (optional):
Slide #9-About the Author
Slide #10-Glossary
Slide #11-Resources and links
Landmark Presentation
This week we will work on creating a digital presentation about the landmark students have been researching the past few weeks. We will create a Google Presentation and then turn it into a MoveNote video/audio presentation.
1) Log-into Google Apps and create a new Google Presenatation.
2) Title your presentation and add 5 slides.
1) Log-into Google Apps and create a new Google Presenatation.
2) Title your presentation and add 5 slides.
Slide 1-Intro (name, landmark)
Slide 2-Location (Google Map or Earth image copied and pasted)
Slide 3-Main idea of body paragraph 1.
Slide 4-Main idea of body paragraph 2.
Slide 5-Main idea of body paragraph 3.
Slide 6-Conclusion
Slide 6-Conclusion
3) Spend this week and next week adding info and preparing the presentation to be turned into a MoveNote.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Phonics and Site Words Practice
This week we will be using several online programs to help learn sight words and phonetic sounds.
Objective-To improve reading and spelling fluency by practicing reading, word sounds, and completing spelling activities.
1) Letter Sounds
2) Spelling
3) Consonants Practice
Sight Word Activities:
4) Dolch Sight Word Memory Activity 1
5) Dolch Sight Word Memory Activity 2
6) Dolch Sight Word Memory Activity 3
7) Dolch Listen and Match
8) Dolch Listen and Spell
9) Dolch Jigword
If there's time, click HERE and select a reading activity or play the Plank Game.
If there is time remaining, you may Click HERE and choose a word game.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Math Fluency Check-In and Practice
This week we will review math fluency practice websites, and complete several different activities to help improve basic math fact fluency.
1) Click HERE to complete XtraMath activity.
2) Sign-in with your pin and complete a fact fluency 2 minute practice.
3) With any remaining class time, click HERE to select some math learning activities for extra practice.
1) Click HERE to complete XtraMath activity.
2) Sign-in with your pin and complete a fact fluency 2 minute practice.
3) With any remaining class time, click HERE to select some math learning activities for extra practice.
FP Weather Station
This week we will learn about the Weatherbug weather station and the online school weather website.
1) Click HERE to visit the school's weather website.
2) Follow the steps to access Forest Park's Weatherbug website.
3) We will look at the historic weather trends, tour the site, and complete various lessons and activities.
4) Spend any remaining time touring the site on your own.
Tour Builder
This week we will work with Google Earth and Tour Builder to learn how to map a tour, and build a presentation that shows location and information.
1) Click HERE to access Tour Builder.
2) Learn the basic functions of Tour Builder in order to build a Tour/Presentation.
3) Work with your class topic to build a tour. Each class will have different content to map and information to research.
4) Next week we will keep working on our tours and prepare to share them with the class.
1) Click HERE to access Tour Builder.
2) Learn the basic functions of Tour Builder in order to build a Tour/Presentation.
3) Work with your class topic to build a tour. Each class will have different content to map and information to research.
4) Next week we will keep working on our tours and prepare to share them with the class.
Monday, January 5, 2015
Adventure Story Review and Programming Practice
This week we will review what we have done so far in technology. We will spend some time reading and making comments about classmates' choose-your-own-adventure stories. With any remaining time, we will introduce some programming activities.
1) Click HERE to sign-in to Google Apps and access shared links to stories.
2) Click HERE to practice basic coding using an online Code Monkey activity.
3) With any remaining time, click HERE to practice programming using web-based Scratch.
1) Click HERE to sign-in to Google Apps and access shared links to stories.
2) Click HERE to practice basic coding using an online Code Monkey activity.
3) With any remaining time, click HERE to practice programming using web-based Scratch.
Old Portland Information Book
This week we will begin learning how to use Google Presentation, and we will start researching and writing an informational booklet about Old Portland.
Slide #1-Intro
Slide #2-Table of Contents
Slide #3-Intro Paragraph about your Favorite Old Portland History fact (Bridges, Neighborhoods, Buildings, Industry, etc.).
Slide #4-Supporting detail 1 about your fact.
Slide #5-Supporting detail 2 about your fact.
Slide #6-Compare the details of your fact to today (Look, size, importance, etc.).
Slide #7-I want you to know slide.
Slide #8-Picture(s)
Extra slides (optional):
Slide #9-About the Author
Slide #10-Glossary
Slide #11-Resources and links
Click HERE to see an similar example about a different topic.
We will be using FlipSnack when we're finished to create a shareable informational flip book.
Old Portland Resources:
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