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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Verbs of Steel

We will use the Word to type in your paragraph, which includes many verbs of steel. We will review how to set up a heading in the header, set tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent, and spellcheck. We will also learn how to use the highlighter tool to highlight the verbs of steel.

Bio Poem

Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.

My Special Person

Today you will key into Word your Special Person writing prompt. Place a heading in the header, center a title, and indent the first line of your paragraph. Double space your work and run a spell check. Change the font and size and add a picture to your document.

My Special Person

Today you will key into Word your Special Person writing prompt. Place a heading in the header, center a title, and indent the first line of your paragraph. Double space your work and run a spell check. Change the font and size and add a picture to your document.

Best Birthday Prompt

Today you will put your newly acquired keyboarding skills to work. We will learn how to use Microsoft Word to key in your Best Birthday writing prompt. You will learn how to place a heading on your page, center a title, indent a paragraph, edit the font, spell and grammar check as well as insert a picture.

Thanksgiving Writing

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.

An Important Person in My Life

Today you will put your newly acquired keyboarding skills to work! I will introduce Microsoft Word 2011 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, add a border, and print our finished work.

Best Birthday Prompt

Today you will put your newly acquired keyboarding skills to  work. We will learn how to use Microsoft Word to key in your Best Birthday writing prompt. You will learn how to place a heading on your page, center a title, indent a paragraph, edit the font, spell  and grammar check as well as insert a picture.

Verbs of Steel

We will use the new Word 2011 to type in your paragraph, which includes many verbs of steel. We will review how to set up a heading in the header, set tabs, alignment and spacing, first line indent, and spellcheck. We will also learn how to use the highlighter tool to highlight the verbs of steel.

Time Capsule Letter

Today we will work on the Time Capsule Project. We will review some formatting and editing tools in the new Microsoft Word 2011. We will learn how to set a tab, indent a paragraph, format the font, add a border, and use the spelling and grammar check. Next, we will learn how to take a picture of ourselves using Photobooth and how to add the picture to your document.

Bio Poem

Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.

Digital Storytelling: The Hand-Me-Down 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:

  1. Use Inspiration software to create a graphic organizer that will help you write the actual story.
  2. Collect pictures and scan them into the computer.
  3. Write the story in Word.
  4. Storyboard the story for iMovie
  5. Narrate the story in iMovie, arranging words, pictures, and music into a heartfelt tale.

Snow Poems

We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in your Snow Poem. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.

A Special 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 writing prompt about a special person in your life. 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.

Bio Poem

Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.

Time Capsule Letter

Today we will work on the Time Capsule Project. 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. Next, we will learn how to take a picture of ourselves using Photobooth. Finally, we will learn how to add the picture you took in Photobooth to your document.

Bio Poem

Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.

Reading Response

Today we will key your reading response into Microsoft Word and review some formatting features. First, we will learn how to put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word. We will review how to Center a title, use the First Line Indent, and Line Spacing to double space. Next week we will review how to use Spelling and Grammar check and format your fonts. Finally we will learn to add a picture to your document.

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Hopes and Dreams Voicethread

We are going to create a Voicethread from your Hopes and Dreams paragraphs! Here are the steps that we need to take to publish your work on the web.

1. Word processing your paragraph in Microsoft Word.

2. Scan in your original drawing.

3. Create an avatar for your identity on Voicethread using My Avatar Editor.

4. Learn how to use Garageband to record your hopes and dreams into an mp3 file.

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Revolutionary War Puppet

Today you will type into Microsoft Word the information that you will use on the panels of your Revolutionary War puppet. Use the template in the group folder to type in your information. Open a new template for each of the areas of research. You will center the title for each panel and create a bulleted list for the information.

Fables

Today you will key your fable into Microsoft Word. Use the story template in the group folder so that the finished product looks like a short book. We will format the book as a children’s book with large fonts and pictures that you can share with your Kindergarten Learning Buddies.

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A Special Day

Today you will key in your writing prompt, A Special Day. Place a heading in the header and center a title on the page. Indent the first line of each paragraph using the first line indent marker. Double space your work, change the font, spellcheck, and add a graphic.

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.

wantad

Weather Paragraph

Today you will independently use Microsoft Word to key in your paragraph about weather, which you will use to help teach your Learning Buddies all about weather. Remember to place a school heading in the header area of the page. Center a title and indent your paragraph. When you finish typing run the grammar and spellcheck, change your font, and add a picture. Use your best keyboarding techniques.

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.

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.

nickname

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.

Sarah Trivia Game

Sarah Plain and Tall

Quia Games

Meet The Author

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.