2014-15+4th+Grade

Typing Club

Digital Passport DPS Google

**May**
__**Google Classroom**__


 * 1) Sign in to Classroom at [|classroom.google.com].
 * 2) Use your google account email: 555555@dpsk12.net 8 digit bday
 * 3) On the blue login screen use this: lunch # 8 digit bday
 * 4) Click +.
 * 5) Enter the code: UZMBKY
 * 6) click Join.


 * Scratch**


 * Objective: I will create a simple game using Scratch. **

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 * Agenda:**
 * 1) Typing Club**
 * 2) Scratch**
 * BrainPOP**
 * dpssteck**
 * dpsbrainpop**

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March/April
__**Colorado Landmarks**__

dpssteck dpsbrainpop
 * If you're finished with Landmarks project:**
 * Math Games**
 * BrainPOP**

Objective: I will research my 2 Colorado landmarks and discover how it relates to geography, government, economy, and the history of Colorado.

**Walking Classroom Survey (for Mrs. Heinz)**
Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Introduce Colorado Landmarks project 3) Research:
 * -Vail**
 * -National Parks**
 * -National Parks**
 * -Historic Railways**
 * -Bent's Old Fort**
 * -Argo Mine**
 * -Denver Civic Center**

Obejctive: I will have a better understanding of the basics of PREZI (templates, frames, adding images, adding text) so I can create a presentation for my Colorado History project.

Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Prezi 3) Create a Prezi about something that interests you (that's school appropriate) to learn the basics

Objective: I will have a better understanding of the State of Colorado by completing my Colorado Web Quest. **

__**CMAS testing tutorials**__


 * Objective: I will be better prepared for the PARCC test by completing the PARCC games proficiently. **


 * Agenda: **


 * 1) Typing Club **
 * 2) PARCC Games **
 * 3) Choose 2 reading games/2 math games -- share with a partner **


 * Objective: Students will have a better understanding of the CMAS/PARCC tests by completing the testing tutorials proficiently. **

Agenda:

1) Warm Up: Typing Club Test -- record your score in your folder 2) PARCC Tutorials -- click View TestNav 8 Tutorial 3) Complete the PARCC tools and questions worksheet as we work through the tutorials 4) Any questions you have about PARCC // **or** // if you have any advice to give your classmates post it: Menard's Padlet Heinz's Padlet 5) PARCC Practice Tests

**Jan 26-30**
__ **Khan Academy** __


 * Objective: I will have a better understanding of how Khan Academy could help me in my core classes by completing a lesson proficiently. **


 * Agenda: **
 * 1) Typing Club **
 * 2) Khan Academy **
 * 3) Complete a Math lesson **

**Jan 12-16**
__ **InstaGrok-Searching the internet** __

Objective: I will have a better understanding of how to search the internet by creating concept maps and sharing them **. **

***If you finish InstaGrok, try these sites:** helps you find the next best book
 * -brainpop **
 * username= dpssteck password= dpsbrainpop **
 * -NovelList K-8 **

Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) InstaGrok--click Login (top right corner) & create a new account -Name & username = Lunch # -Password = 8 digit birthday -Email = lunch #@dpsk12.net (example - 555555@dpsk12.net) ===
 * *if you don't have an email, use steckstudents4@gmail.com **
 * 3) Search something you're interested in learning more about (must be school appropriate) **
 * 4) Use the InstaGrok worksheet to document your research **

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**Jan 6-9**
__**Creative Credit**__


 * Objective: I will learn about copyright, credit, and plagiarism, and apply it to their own creative work **


 * Agenda:**
 * 1) Typing Club--take the test if you weren't here on Wed.**
 * 2) What do the words //copyright// and //plagiarism// mean?**
 * 3) Log into Digital Passport**
 * 4) Complete Mix and Mash**

__**Google Documents -- Sharing your Projects**__
** Objective: I will create a new document, share it with my teacher, and create links to my projects on the document. ** Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club Test 2) Login into DPS Google (link to Google is above) 3) Follow the Google Power Point

4) Book Checkout 5) Complete this Google Docs Survey ==

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December
__** Scratch **__


 * Objective: I will create a simple game using the Scratch blocks (coding). **

Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Scratch 3) Create an account using your Student ID # as username & 8-digit birthday as password 4) Complete the Step-By-Step Intro in the Tips Window

Book Reviews -- Animoto
Obejctive: I will analyze a book of my choice and produce a book review using Animoto.

If finished with ENTIRE project: Kids Know It

How to LINK your Animoto to your typed book review in Google Drive: 1) Once your Animoto book review is finished, PRODUCE it. 2) Click on the link button to your project:

3) Click Copy to Clipboard

4) Go to your Google Drive book review & paste it at the bottom of your book review by clicking below your typed paragraph and Clicking Edit & Paste

Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Go to Animoto 3) Create an account in Animoto (see handout) 4) Find/Save pictures using Kidzsearch 5) Create a book review using Animoto.

// How can BrainPOP help you in your classes? //
 * Oct 6-Oct 10**
 * Searching the Internet--BrainPOP **

**Objective**: I will have a better understanding of the activities/games/videos on BrainPOP by discovering new new activities, explaining them through writing, and sharing them with a partner.

Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Go to BrainPOP 3) Click LOGIN -- ** username: //dpsbrainpop// password: //dpsbrainpop// ** 4) Review Worksheet 5) 5 minutesdiscover new activitiy/write it down; 3 minutes share with you partner

**Introduction to TenMarks**

**Objective**: I will have a better understanding of TenMarks online math lessons by logging into my account and completing the first math lesson.

**Agenda:** **1) Warm Up: Typing Club** **2) TenMarks -- login and complete the first lesson**

**Sept 29-Oct 3** **Introduction to Google Accounts** **Objective**: I will show I understand my Google Account by logging in, finding my Google Drive, and uploading my Comic Life project to my Google Drive. **Agenda:** Student Google login directions: 1) Go to @http://googlemail.dpsk12.net and log in.  -Students’ usernames: Their six-digit student //**ID number**//.  -Passwords: //**Birthday as an 8 digit mmddyyyy number**// (e.g., 01052007 = January 5, 2007).  2) Go to Google Drive -- click on the group of tiles in the top right corner of your Gmail 3) Google Drive Video 3) Upload your Comic Life project into your Google Drive

**Comic Life--Self project**

**Objective**: I will explain what I like to do in my free time, what subjects I like in school, and what I hope to learn in technology class by creating a comic in Comic Life.

**Agenda:**

1) Warm Up: Typing Club

2) Introduction to Comic Life

3) Finding/Saving Images

4) Comic Life Project:

-What do you like to do for fun?

-What subjects do you like in school?

-What do you hope to learn in technology class?

**Cyberbullying**
**Objective**: I will compare different forms of cyberbullying and the roles of those involved,interpret scenarios that illustrate the importance of empathizing with targets of cyberbullying, and identify ways to be an Upstander when cyberbullying occurs.

Agenda: 1) Warm up: Typing Club (click on the link above) 2) Log into Digital Passport (click on the link above) 3) Cyberbullying Video 4) Cyberbullying Mission: the Cyberbullying Mission will unlock on your homepage once you have completed all three rounds of E-volve. You should complete the Mission with a partner. 5) Book Checkout 6) Discussion: How would you describe cyberbullying to someone who didn’t know the term? If you're being bullied, what should you do? What are some ways in which you can be an Upstander?


 * Sept 3-4 **

**Objective**: I will have a better understanding of typing club by logging in and completing the first lesson at a proficient level.
 * Typing Club **

Agenda: 1) Computer Assignments 2) Go to: http://steckstars.typingclub.com 3) Log into your account 4) Typing Club Video 5) Complete Lesson 1 Alphabets 6) What do like about Typing Club? How will Typing Club help you on PARCC?

**Aug 29** //What information is safe and smart to put online?// **Objective**: I will have a better understanding of how to keep myself safe online by completing the Privacy: Share Jumper mission to earn my Digital Passport.

Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Your assigned a computer; Log into your Grade Level; Open Firefox 2) Tape your student Login sheet into your folder 3) Go to: [|Digital Passport] 4) Login in with student information 5) Share Jumper Video 6) Work on Missions 7) Wrap Up: Clean Up procedures

Aug 27
objective: I will have a better understanding of the rules & expectations of technology class

Agenda: 1) Practice coming in quietly & finding your seat 2) Read through rules/expectations 3) Table Partners (powerpoint presentation) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">4) Warning System -- Yellow Cards & Red Cards <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">5) Class Dojo <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">6) Volume Levels <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">7) People Bingo <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8) Sign Expectations