Want Ad
Today you will create a want ad, similar to the one that Jacob created in Sarah, Plain and Tall, when he wanted a mother for his children. You will learn how to insert a picture from the Internet and how to add a border to your document.
I Am Thankful For…
Your Self-Portraits are complete and so is your writing, so today we will create recordings of your I Am Thankful For… writing, which will be put on a Voicethread and shared with the world!
Writing Prompt
Today we will put your newly acquired keyboarding skills to work! We will learn how to use Microsoft Word to set up a heading, set tab markers, center text, and use the first line indent for paragraphs. Key in your writing prompt once you have setup your heading and title. Next week we will learn how to double space and use the grammar and spelling check.
Parts of Speech
To help you with learning about parts of speech, first we’ll watch a Brainpop clip. Take the graded quiz when you are finished watching the clip. Next head to the Activity section and click on Graphic Organizer. Complete the activity online before heading to the games below.
Characteristics of a Scarecrow
You have drawn and cut out a scarecrow in your classroom and added much detail to it. Today we will use Kidspiration to create a graphic organizer of the inside and outside characteristics of your scarecrow. Try to include a simile about each characteristic. You will also learn how to use the digital camera to take a picture of your scarecrow to include in your document. Finally you will use the graphic organizer to guide you with writing a paragraph about its characteristics. If you are done early go to the Little Critter’s Scarecrow Game.
Morning Girl
Today you will use Inspiration to create a compare and contrast graphic organizer. You will be brainstorming the similarities and differences between Morning Girl and her brother, Star Boy from the novel Morning Girl. In the classroom, on laptops, you will turn the ideas in your graphic organizer into a well written paragraph.
Cloud Voicethread Poems
Cumulus, Stratus, Nimbus, oh my! Grab the digital cameras- we’re heading outside to lie down in the playground field to take pictures of clouds! We’ll write a poem about them and put them in Powerpoint, adding our picture of the clouds as the background. Next, we will create an avatar for our identity on Voicethread using My Avatar Editor. Finally we will create a class Voicethread of our poems.
Time Capsule Letter
Today we will work on the Time Capsule Project. We will review setting tabs and first line indent in Microsoft Word and then key in your letter. You will take a picture of yourselves using Photobooth and add the picture into your document.
If I Were In Charge Of The World
Today you will key in your poem, If I Were In Charge Of The World, based on the poem by Judith Viorst. We will review some of the formatting and editing techniques in Microsoft Word. We will learn how to change fonts and sizes, use Alignment and Spacing, Spelling and Grammar check, Insert a Picture from a file, and use Borders. You will use Photobooth to take a picture of yourself for the project. You will save your document and print to the lab printer.
What’s Your Nickname?
Today you will key in your paragraph about your nickname into Microsoft Word. We will review how to use header and footer, tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent and spelling and grammar check. We will also review how to download a picture from the Microsoft Office website and insert it into your document.
Reading Response
Today you will key in your reading response, in Microsoft Word, to a chosen class read aloud. We will review how to use header and footer, tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent and spelling and grammar check.
Hopes and Dreams for the Coming Year
Today you will key in your writing piece on your hopes and dreams for the coming school year in Microsoft Word. We will review how to use header and footer, tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent and spelling and grammar check. You will also take a picture of yourself in Photobooth to insert into your finished writing piece.
An Important Event
We will review formatting tools in Microsoft Word, so you can key in your paragraph on an important event in your life. You will learn how to use header and footer, tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent and spelling and grammar check.
Introduction to Laptops
Today we will work in your classroom to learn how to handle, setup, and use the laptops. Ms. Cooperman has a short word processing assignment for you as part of your Open House Collage project.
Welcome Back Grade 2!
Welcome to the computer lab. Today we will assign seats and learn how to log on to the computers. We will also learn Our Computer song.
Your first assignment is to read an animated storybook. When you finish reading the book, click on Story Songs and listen to the Metamorphosis song. Click on the book to begin.
Compliment Corner
Today is the day we will celebrate and share the Hand-Me-Down Project movies that you created. Leave a comment (complimentary, please) for each story on the author’s Compliment Corner page as you move around the lab listening to each story. Then visit Ms. Shapiro’s computer and add a comment about your thoughts on creating the project.
Step Up Day Trading Cards
In June you will meet your new teacher for next year during Step Up Day. Let’s create a trading card so she can learn a little bit about you. Take a picture of yourself using the computer and Photobooth. Key in your introduction paragraph in Word. Head to Big Huge Labs Trading Cards and create your card, cutting and pasting your paragraph into the description area. We will save the card, insert it into Word, resize it, and make a duplicate (one for you and one for your teacher). Finally we will print the page with the two cards on card stock paper.
Sarah Plain and Tall
Today you will key in your writing prompt to Sarah Plain and Tall in Word. Put a school heading in the header section, center a title, indent your paragraph and double space your work. Don’t forget to do a spelling and grammar check. Insert a relevant picture in the paragraph using a square wrap.
Visit the following websites for activities associated with the book.
Hand-Me-Down Stories
Today we will continue to work on the Hand-Me-Down Story.
1. All pictures should be placed in iPhoto and merged into one event.
2. Completed your storyboard today, if you have not done so.
3. Open iMovie HD and create a title for your story in the editing section.
Cool Country Postcards
This week you will begin to create a giant postcard based upon the cool country that you have been researching. We will use two slides in Powerpoint for your postcard. You will find a flag and a map of the country for the Slide 1, the outside of the card. For Slide 2, the reverse side of the card, you will insert an image of a postage stamp from the country and write a friendly letter incorporating some of the fast facts that you researched. We will print the slides and gluestick them to card stock creating an 8.5″x11″ postcard.
Find the map and flag by clicking below.
Grammar Gremlin
Today we will gather around the whiteboard to review the parts of speech with the Grammar Gremlin. We will also use the activotes today.
At your workstation you may visit the following websites to get practice with the different parts of speech and how to use them. If you don’t get to them all in the lab, try them at home!
Descriptive Writing
Today you will key in your descriptive writing paragraph in Word. We will review placing a school heading in the Header area, alignment and spacing, changing fonts, first line indent, spellcheck and how to add a picture to our document.
Acrostic Poem
Today you will create an acrostic poem about yourself, using strong adjectives, in Powerpoint. Choose a vertical Word Art for your name. Use a text box for the adjective. You and a partner will work on taking a picture of your profile in Photobooth. You will insert the picture into your Powerpoint slide and use the drawing tools to trace around your profile. Choose your favorite colors for the fill and drop a shadow on the object.
Letter to Our Penpals
Today you will create a custom heading for your pen pal letter which you will key into Word. You will learn to use the drawing tools to create shapes and then create a text box with our school address in it. Below are a few examples.
Writing Prompt
You will key your writing prompt in Word today. Add a heading to your page and center a title. Indent your paragraph and double space your work. Spell check and add a picture, using a square wrap.
About The Author Page
Today you will key in your About The Author blurb for your stories. We will insert the picture that you took last week and also learn how to use Word Art.
Letter To Our Penpals
Today you will learn how to create a custom letterhead using the drawing tools and borders in Word. Amaze your pen pals from East Elementary with your creativity! Below are a few examples.
Letter to President Obama Voicethread
Today we will work in your classroom using Voicethread to record your letter to President Obama. Learn more about the White House and President Obama by visiting White House 101.
Living In the White House
What would it be like if you lived in the White House? Today you will key in your writing assignment on this topic in Word. When you are finished, find a picture of the White House and add it to your document.
For more information about life in the White House click below.
Winter Diamante
Place a heading on your page and then key in your winter diamante. Create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, behind the text. You can scan your pictures for the Hand-Me-Down story today, too.
Digital Storytelling: The Hand-Me-Down Story Project
We will begin to get organized for the big Hand-Me-Down Story Project. You have completed the first step of interviewing your family members to gather information about a story that is often retold at family events. The next steps include:
- Use Inspiration software to create a graphic organizer that will help you write the actual story.
- Collect pictures and scan them into the computer.
- Write the story in Word.
- Storyboard the story for iMovie
- Narrate the story in iMovie, arranging words, pictures, and music into a heartfelt tale.
Doorways to Learning
Do you know who Janus was? He was the two headed Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings. Today you will create a three page Doorways to Learning Book in Word. On the left inside page you will create a bulleted list of ten things that you learned in 2008. On the right inside page you will bullet a list of ten things that you want to learn in 2009. Create a title page for the front that is attractive and includes a picture of Janus. You will use your book to establish goals for the coming year. For this project, you will learn page orientation, how to change your margins, how to create columns and column breaks, and how to create a bulleted list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(mythology)
Contractions
We will work at the whiteboard today to learn about contractions and do some fun activities. Then we will use the activotes to take a quiz on contractions.
Here are some activities to try at home.
If I Were An Animal
Today you will use Word to key in your writing piece, If I Were An Animal. Please use the Header for a school heading and Alignment and Spacing to center the title. After a Spellcheck and Font changes, visit Build Yourself Wild by clicking on the picture below, and create a unique animal. You will learn how to take a screenshot of the picture and add it to your document.
Winter Poems
We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in your Winter Poem. First, we will learn how to put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word. You will learn how to center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, edit the font, and add a picture. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, behind the text.
Contractions
We will work at the whiteboard today to learn about contractions. You will also finish your Winter Wonderland picture and print it out. If there is time we will use the activotes to take a quiz on contractions.
Here are some activities to try at home.
Introduction to Word
We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in one of your writing prompts. First, we will learn how to put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word. We will learn how to Center a title, use the First Line Indent, and Line Spacing to double space. Next week we will learn how to use Spelling and Grammar check and format your fonts. Finally we will learn to add a picture to your document.
Contractions
We will work at the whiteboard today to learn about contractions. You will also finish your Seasons graph and print it out. If there is time we will use the activotes to take a quiz on contractions.
Here are some activities to try at home.
Contractions
We will work at the whiteboard today to learn about contractions. You will also finish your Cultural Heritage graph and print it out. If there is time we will use the activotes to take a quiz on contractions.
Here are some activities to try at home.
Cinquain Poems
Today you will use PowerPoint to key in your cinquain poem. These poems will be used to create a class VoiceThread. Use a different Word Art style for each line of your poem, trying to match the form to your words. You may choose a very subtle background for your poem, one that does not distract from the Word Art style. Finally, you will create an avatar to represent YOU on the VoiceThread!
My Special Place
Today you will key your descriptive writing piece, My Special Place, into Word. You will learn how to set up a school heading in the Header area and download and insert a picture from the Microsoft Office website.
If I Were An Animal
Today you will use Word to key in your writing piece, If I Were An Animal. We’ll learn how to use the Header for a school heading and Alignment and Spacing. You will download and insert a picture of the animal that you chose to write about.
When you are finished, visit the websites below.
An Important Person In My Life
Today you will put your newly acquired keyboarding skills to work! I will introduce Microsoft Word so that you can publish your paragraphs. You will learn how to use the Header, Alignment and Spacing, First Line Indent, Spelling and Grammar check, and how to format the font. Next week we will learn how to download and add a picture from the Microsoft website and print our finished work.
Thanksgiving Couplet Poems
Mrs. Leary will lead you in computer lab today as you use Microsoft Word to key in your Thanksgiving Couplet Poems. Remember to use a Header for your school heading, center your title with Alignment and Spacing, use Spelling and Grammar check, format the font, and add a picture.
Descriptive Paragraphs
Today you will put your newly acquired keyboarding skills to work! I will introduce Microsoft Word so that you can publish your descriptive paragraphs. You will learn how to use the Header, Alignment and Spacing, First Line Indent, Spelling and Grammar check, and how to format the font. Next week we will learn how to download and add a picture from the Microsoft website and print our finished work.
Origin Story 2
Your origin story is ready now for written publication. You have edited many times and scanned your drawing into the computer. We will use this story template to hold your story, thus creating a small book. Use your scanned image on your title page of the storybook.
Finally, we will record your reading of the story for voicethread, and use the avatar you created for your identity on the thread.
Thanksgiving Senses Poem
Today you will key in your Thanksgiving senses poem. We will learn how to use the Header, use Alignment and Spacing, format the font, spell and grammar check, add a picture and put a border on your page.
If you are done early, visit The First Thanksgiving.
Grammar Gremlin
Today we will gather around the whiteboard to review the parts of speech with the Grammar Gremlin. We will also use the activotes today.
At your workstation you may visit the following websites to get practice with the different parts of speech and how to use them. If you don’t get to them all in the lab, try them at home!
Pumpkin Point of View Paragraphs
Today you will key in your Pumpkin paragraphs that describe why or why not you should be chosen to be a Jack o’ lantern or Thanksgiving pie from the point of view of the pumpkin in the patch. Using Microsoft Word we will review how use a Header and Footer, First Line Indent, Alignment and Spacing, and Spell and Grammar check. We will also experiment with some of the drawing tools in Word to merge a picture of yourself with either a picture of a pie or Jack o’ lantern which you can then add to your writing piece.
Characteristics of a Scarecrow
You have drawn and cut out a scarecrow in your classroom and added much detail to it. Today we will use Kidspiration to create a graphic organizer of the inside and outside characteristics of your scarecrow to help you with writing your paragraph. Try to include a simile about each characteristic. If you are done early go to the Little Critter’s Scarecrow Game.
Origin Story Project
The Origin Story explains how something in nature came to be; for example, how the tiger got its stripes. You have been working very hard in the classroom to create this story, and now it is time to work on getting it published on Voicethread. The Origin Story Project consists of four components.
1. Plan, write, edit, and key in your story.
2. Create an original work of art by hand to illustrate the story and scan it into the computer.
3. Create and save an avatar for your Voicethread identity.
4. Practice reading your story aloud with a partner and then record your story on Voicethread.
Verbs of Steel Paragraph
Today you will key in your Verbs of Steel paragraph. First, we will review some formatting and editing functions in Microsoft Word that you will need to use for the paragraph. You will learn how to use Header and Footer, First Line Indent, Alignment and Spacing, Spelling and Grammar check, and how to change font style and size. You will also learn how to insert a picture into your document.
Time Capsule Letter 2
Today I will introduce you to our new interactive white board. We will review three parts of speech, the noun, the adjective, and the verb.
We will finish formatting the Time Capsule Letter and print it.
If I Were In Charge Of The World Poem
Today you will key in your poem, If I Were In Charge Of The World, based on the poem by Judith Viorst. We will review some of the formatting and editing techniques in Microsoft Word. We will learn how to change fonts and sizes, use Alignment and Spacing, Spelling and Grammar check, Insert a Picture from a file, and use Borders. We will use Photobooth to take a picture of yourself for the project. You will save your document as World, and print to the lab printer.
Personal Narrative
We will review formatting tools in Microsoft Word, so you can key in your personal narrative. You will learn how to use header and footer, tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent and spelling and grammar check.
Time Capsule Letter
Today we will work on the Time Capsule Project. First we will learn how to take a picture of ourselves using Photobooth. Next, we will review some formatting and editing tools in Microsoft Word. We will learn how to set a tab, indent a paragraph, format the font, and use the spelling and grammar check. Finally, we will learn how to add the picture you took in Photobooth to your document.
Bio Poem 2
Today you will learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture of yourself and how to insert that picture into your Bio Poem. You also will learn how to place a border around the page of a Word document. Finally you will print the finished product for Open House.
Bio Poem
Today we will review some of the formatting and editing features of Microsoft Word so that you can type the Bio Poem. We will focus on formatting fonts and spelling and grammar check. Please go to the dock, click on the icon for Word, and click Open to create a blank document in Word.
Week 1
Welcome to the computer lab. Today we will assign seats and learn how to log on to the computers. We will also learn Our Computer song.
Your first assignment is to read an animated storybook. When you finish reading the book, click on Story Songs and listen to the Metamorphosis song. Click on the book to begin.
