Fourth+Grade+Ideas

= Inventors--PowerPoint = // **Week of March 26-May 28th** //

Homework due this week Review Speak Like a Geek quizzes--and errors Complete PP slideshow according to this rubric:


 * Use these websites to research
 * [|Inventors Hall of Fame]
 * [|Famous Inventors]
 * [|Inventions and Discoveries]
 * [|Famous Inventors--by Kids]
 * [|Famous Inventors--List of]
 * [|Inventors and Inventions]
 * [|Inventors and Inventions--Info]
 * [|A Guide to Inventions]
 * [|Famous Inventions]
 * [|Invention at Play]
 * [|Inventor's Toolbox]
 * [|Inventions: Railroads]
 * [|How Stuff Works--Accidental Inventions]

= QR Codes = = PowerPoint Storyboards = // **Lesson 23 in [|workbook (academic topic or inventors)]** //
 * //Week of March 19th, 2012// **

Remember the QR People we created in October? Let's scan them!
 * Overview of the iPads
 * remove carefully from cart
 * correct treatment of iPads--handle carefully, don't drop, don't touch screen with anything other than your finger
 * open, home, tap apps to make them open
 * explore iPad. Open a few apps
 * Find 'scan' app
 * Can't find it? Use search
 * show how to use Scan app

Done? Finish storyboard for Inventor PowerPoint
 * See if you can guess who the person is on the wall
 * Use the iPad Scan app to see if you guessed correctly

= = = Excel Graphs = // **or Lesson 18 in [|workbook (cover pages)]** //
 * //Week of March 5th-12th// **


 * SLAG quiz today
 * blank KB next week--top group gets a FREE if high enough
 * all redo-makup work past due--come see me if you think you have a special circumstance
 * speed quiz next week--ttl4--hands covered
 * gold rush websites/Transcontinental RRs
 * [|Gold in CA--history]
 * [|Gold Rush]
 * [|Gold Rush II]
 * [|Gold Rush--Untold Stories]
 * [|Gold in CA--Discovery]
 * [|Journey of 49ers]
 * [|Transcontinental RR--video]
 * [|Inventions: Transportation]
 * [|Freight Trains]
 * [|Transcontinental RR]


 * Invention websites
 * [|Inventors Hall of Fame]
 * [|Famous Inventors]
 * [|Inventions and Discoveries]
 * [|Famous Inventors--by Kids]
 * [|Famous Inventors--List of]
 * [|Inventors and Inventions]
 * [|Inventors and Inventions--Info]
 * [|A Guide to Inventions]
 * [|Famous Inventions]
 * [|Invention at Play]
 * [|Inventor's Toolbox]
 * [|Inventions: Railroads]


 * End of T2 3/12

= = = Excel Graphs = // **or Lesson 17 in [|workbook (finish up Publisher Mission magazine/storybook)]** //
 * //Week of Feb. 27th// **

> || websites_1.jpeg || > || websites_2.jpeg ||
 * [|test yr typing speed]
 * speed quiz in a few weeks. It will be with hands covered. Be sure you're prepared!
 * Speak like a Geek--finish
 * remind students to enter their SLAG words into Discussion board for quiz next week
 * all redo-makup work due Friday
 * review websites for quality--use PDF under Courses--internet [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png caption="external image pdf.png" link="file:smaatech/Identifying_High_Quality_Sites2.pdf"]] [[file:smaatech/Identifying_High_Quality_Sites2.pdf|Identifying_High_Quality_Sites2.pd]]
 * 1) work in groups of two
 * [[image:smaatech/websites_1.jpeg caption="websites_1.jpeg"]] ||
 * [[image:smaatech/websites_2.jpeg caption="websites_2.jpeg"]] ||

= = = Excel Graphs =
 * //Week of Feb. 13th// **
 * //In [|Technology Tookit V.II]// **


 * 1) continue Speak like a Geek
 * 2) Gather data from the class and turn it into an Excel Chart. Discuss 'data'
 * 3) Format chart with labels, backgrounds, colors,
 * 4) show how to print on one page, landscap


 * 1) sav[[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/excel_charts_2.jpeg caption="excel_charts_2.jpeg"]]e


 * 1) Done? Math websites
 * [|Everyday Math Online]
 * [|Subtraction]
 * [|Math Facts]
 * [|Math minutes]
 * [|Multiplication Games]
 * [|Math Nook Math Games]
 * [|FreeRice.com]

= = = Excel Formulas =
 * //Week of Feb. 6th// **
 * //In [|Technology Tookit V.II]// **


 * 1) continue Speak like a Geek. Be sure to be ready!
 * 2) start formulas in Excel. As an example, lets create a formula in cell C1 that will multiply the contents of cell B1 from cell A1.
 * **Our formula: = D1 * D2**
 * **Our data:**
 * type the number 20 in cell D1
 * type the number 10 in cell D2
 * the formula looks like this:

> || excel_f.png || >> Here's a sample worksheet we worked from:
 * || [[image:smaatechk-3/excel_f.png caption="excel_f.png"]] ||
 * excel_f.png ||  ||
 * **Formula Steps**
 * To multiply 10 to 20 and have the answer appear in cell E1:
 * Type an equal sign in cell E1.
 * Click on cell D1 with the mouse pointer.
 * Type an asterisk sign ( * ) in cell E1.
 * Click on cell D2 with the mouse pointer.
 * Press the **ENTER** key on the keyboard.
 * The answer 200 should be present in cell E1.
 * Even though you see the answer in cell E1, if you click on that cell you will see our formula in the [|formula bar] above the work area.


 * || [[image:smaatechk-3/excel.png caption="excel.png"]] ||
 * excel.png ||  ||
 * Finish worksheet
 * Rename tab to Auto Math
 * Recolor
 * Save as lastname Excel
 * Save as lastname Excel


 * Done? Go to math websites on [|internet start page]
 * [|Everyday Math Online]
 * [|Subtraction]
 * [|Math Facts]
 * [|Math minutes]
 * [|Multiplication Games]
 * [|Math Nook Math Games]
 * [|FreeRice.com]

= Oregon Trail = // **or Lesson 19-22 in [|workbook (finish up Publisher Mission magazine/storybook)]** //
 * //Week of Jan. 16th-30th// **
 * Speak like a geek
 * review Mission newsletter--grading this week
 * review TTL4 so they see how it works; do pretest
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">show students how to add media to MF albums--disaster logos, Mission Newsletters
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">websites on Gold Rush and Transcontinental RR
 * [|Gold in CA--history]
 * [|Gold Rush]
 * [|Gold Rush II]
 * [|Gold Rush--Untold Stories]
 * [|Gold in CA--Discovery]
 * [|Journey of 49ers]
 * [|Transcontinental RR--video]
 * [|Inventions: Transportation]
 * [|Freight Trains]
 * [|Transcontinental RR]


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Oregon Trail [|virtual tour]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Use Oregon Trail app on iPad
 * Start Oregon Trail
 * Work with a partner to complete the checklist while playing the Oregon Trail simulation
 * Complete the checklist on the computer (open from the class file folder and fill in while playing)


 * [[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/ot.jpeg caption="ot.jpeg"]]
 * Learn problem solving skills with this unit because Oregon Trail is quirky on Win 7
 * Alt+F4
 * Escape
 * Ctrl+Alt+Del--task manager--end task
 * check taskbar for program

= = = Speak Like a Geek = = CA Mission Newspaper = // **or Lesson 19-22 in [|workbook (Publisher Mission magazine/storybook)]** //
 * //Week of Jan. 2nd-9th// **


 * Start Speak Like a Geek presentations next week to familiarize students with tech vocabulary
 * 1) sign up for a week
 * 2) sign up for a word
 * 3) be ready to present on your day


 * Create a newspaper on your California Mission
 * fill out this brief storyboard:
 * [[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/newspaper1.png caption="newspaper1.png"]]
 * select a template for a newsletter from Publisher
 * fill in the above info into the right spots on the newspaper template
 * delete all but one page for the newspaper--your project will only be one page long
 * replace Inside this Issue with a quote from the era
 * Special facts should be interesting information about your mission
 * Here's a sample:
 * [[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/np2.png caption="np2.png"]]
 * Here's a grading rubric:
 * [[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/np3.png caption="np3.png"]]


 * 4 Fascinating Facts about student mission can be found on the websites under Dec. 12th

= = = Holiday Websites = = Google Earth Mission Tour = // **Week of Dec. 12th** //
 * //or Lesson 3 in [|workbook (on GE lats and longs)]// **


 * Follow Google Earth[| Google Earth Mission Tour]
 * More CA Mission websites? Try these:
 * ** [|CA missions]
 * [|CA Missions--general]
 * [|CA Missions--general II]
 * [|CA Missions--general III]
 * [|Mission Websites for Kids]
 * [|CA mission history]
 * [|CA Mission life]
 * [|CA Missions 1780 to present]
 * [|CA Missions--more]
 * [|CA Missions--each]
 * [|CA Missions--list of sites]
 * [|CA Mission websites--list of]
 * [|CA Missions--info on each]
 * [|CA Missions--info on each II]
 * [|CA Missions--info on each III]
 * [|CA Missions--Santa Barbara]
 * [|CA Missions today]
 * [|CA Missions--Christianity]
 * [|Father Serra]
 * [|Father Serra II]
 * [|Father Serra III]

Done? Try these holiday websites:
 * [|12 Days of Xmas]
 * [|NORAD Santa]
 * [|Penguin Show]
 * [|Reindeer Orchestra]

= = = Speed Quiz = = Hardware Quiz = = Question Board Quiz = = Keyboard Quiz =
 * //Week of Nov. 28th-Dec. 5th// **
 * //Or Lesson 6 in [|workbook]// **

<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">speed quiz (week of Nov. 28th)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">QB problem solving quiz next week (week of Dec. 5th)--list of questions is on My Falcon <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" caption="Question Board Quiz--4th-5th grade 2011.docx" link="file:smaatech-fourthgrade/Question Board Quiz--4th-5th grade 2011.docx"]]
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:smaatech-fourthgrade/Question Board Quiz--4th-5th grade 2011.docx|Download]]
 * 24 KB
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:smaatech-fourthgrade/Question Board study guide for quiz 2011.docx|Download]]
 * 32 KB

> || || || > || || > Here's the grading rubric: > > || || ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/qb_study_guide.gif caption="qb_study_guide.gif"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/qb_quiz.gif caption="qb_quiz.gif"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">homework due--review December homework
 * Sign up at the front of the classroom for the Question Board before week of 12/12 (There's a sheet there for your grade level). You must select a date and a question. The first presentation starts week of 10/3. See below for samples:
 * ||  || [[image:smaatechk-3/Question_board_questions.png caption="Question_board_questions.png"]] ||
 * Question_board_questions.png ||  ||
 * ||  || [[image:smaatechk-3/question_board_rubric.png caption="question_board_rubric.png"]] ||
 * question_board_rubric.png ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">review hardware--hardware quiz next week (week of Dec. 5th)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/hw.gif caption="hw.gif"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">blank KB quiz today (week of Nov. 28th)
 * Done? Visit holiday websites:
 * [|12 Days of Xmas]
 * [|NORAD Santa]
 * [|Penguin Show]
 * [|Reindeer Orchestra]

= DTP Brochures = // **Lesson 14-15 in [|workbook]** //
 * Week of Nov. 7th-14th **

= =
 * Question board
 * Create a trifold about natural disasters in Publisher. Create a template in tech class, to be edited in the classroom. Here's a sample:
 * Tech grades the project using the provided rubric
 * Done? Create a card in Publisher. You've done this since second grade. See if you can remember how it goes.

= Drop Box = = Question Board = // **Week of Oct. 31st** // // **or Lesson 5** **in [|workbook]** //


 * Question Board--remember quiz at end of all presentations. Plz post your question and answer to MF Discussion board
 * Posted October homework to class Drop Box. This included:
 * a verification that homework had been completed--10 min. / week, 40 minutes for the month
 * a reflection on the typing--homerow, covering hands, DanceMat Typing
 * thoughts on how this month of practice will affect the future homework


 * Done? Visit websites on Natural Disasters (see below)
 * Or, create a Thanksgiving card in Publisher

= Mix Multiple Programs = // **QR Codes** // // **Week of Oct. 17th-24th** // // **or Lesson 9-10** **in [|workbook]** //


 * Question Board--remember quiz at end of all presentations. Plz post your question and answer to MF Discussion board
 * Tech programs/software can be used in tandem to create a project. Today, we'll go from an online program to KidPix to Word to create a QR Person.
 * [|QR code]created her with student name and a fun fact about themselves
 * QR person drawn in KidPix, being careful not to smudge edges of QR code
 * QR person inserted into a Word doc where students add three hints about who this is

(QR code purposely damaged)
 * Done? Watch natural disaster videos and visit websites to correlate with classroom discussion on this subject
 * [|Avalanches]
 * [|Earthquakes]
 * [|Earthquake simulations]
 * [|Earthquakes--USGS]
 * [|Earthquakes for Kids]
 * [|Hurricanes]
 * [|Storm Chasing]
 * [|Tornadoes]
 * [|Tornadoes II]
 * [|Tsunamis]
 * [|Volcanoes]
 * [|Volcano Adventure]
 * [|Volcano Underwater]

= Excel--Mean, median, mode = // **or Lesson 9-10 in [|workbook]** //
 * //Week of Oct. 10th// **
 * //In [|Technology Tookit V.II]// **
 * Question Board--remember quiz at end of all presentations. Plz post your question and answer to MF Discussion board
 * reviewed HW
 * Taught formulas for mean, median, mode, using keyboard speed quiz data as sample
 * Done? Animal websites:
 * [|Animal Games]
 * [|Animal Adaptations][|Animal Habitats]
 * [|Endangered Marine Animals]
 * [|Virtual cockroach]

= = = Excel--Mean, median, mode = // **or Lesson 8 in [|workbook]** //
 * //Week of Oct. 3rd// **
 * //In [|Technology Tookit V.II]// **

)
 * Question Board starts today--remind students there's a test on all questions at the end
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">blank kb quiz--in group of three--T2 you'll have to retake until all letter keys are perfect ( <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" caption="blankkeyboard.pub" link="file:smaatech-fourthgrade/blankkeyboard.pub"]]
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:smaatech-fourthgrade/blankkeyboard.pub|Download]]
 * 162 KB
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Wk 1 of 2--Excel
 * started Excel with a discussion on mean/median/mode
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Use class KB speed numbers



= DMT = = Animal Traits Diagram in Word = // **Week of Sept. 26th** // // **Lesson 7 in [|workbook]** //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Falcon Discussion Board--on topic only
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">review last week speed quiz
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">show how to do kb hw on Dancemat while signing up for QB
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">finger exercises; DanceMat homerow--don't worry about covering keyboard yet; blank kb quiz each trimester--next week
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">review requirements for QB--starts next week--quiz at end in groups so listen well
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">blank kb quiz next week
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Word diagram of animal traits
 * Create a SmartArt diagram in MS Word of animal traits
 * discuss animal classifications with class
 * each row selects a different group--mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians
 * add heading to top of Word doc
 * Add title, centered
 * Insert SmartArt diagram
 * Your animal in the center
 * Add traits around it
 * save an image from Google images to your picture file and add it as the background of your animal
 * Save and print
 * Finished? Visit a[|nimal adaptations], [|make an animal], [|animal matching game]




 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">If you don't know how to upload docs to MyFalcon, come see me at lunch/recess

= Speed quiz = = EMO = = Question Board =
 * Week of Sept. 19th **
 * //Lesson 2 of [|workbook]// **
 * took speed assessment
 * benchmark
 * lost one point for poor posture/hand position/etc


 * [|Dancemat Typing]
 * practice only homerow
 * this is what October homework will be
 * Bored/too easy? cover your hands


 * Signed up for Question Board--starts 1st wk of Oct.--while practicing DanceMat
 * MyFalcon--log in; practice
 * uploading documents--resources, inbox, send an email,
 * putting homework in dropbox


 * Done? Sign onto EMO; see if it works
 * Done? animal websites
 * [|Animals]
 * [|Animal games]
 * [|Animal Habitats]
 * [|Cockroach—virtual]

= = = Class Intro = = Question Board =
 * Week of Sept. 12th **
 * //Lesson 1 of [|workbook]// **


 * 1) Assign seats
 * 2) Tour classroom--what changed
 * QR codes--extra credit for QR codes you see out and about this week
 * sign up for QB
 * Lab hours
 * discuss homework--changes
 * 1) every trimester, you'll be graded on key placement
 * 2) every month, I watch you type with cloth over your hands
 * 3) due end of month
 * notes on wall with major skills
 * Vocabulary Wall--prepare for Speak like a Geek


 * 1) Log onto computer with username (first.last) and unique id
 * 2) Open internet. Set start page to| SMAA Internet Start Page ( [] ) by going to tools-internet
 * 3) tour internet start page
 * 4) go to [|SMAA webpage]
 * 5) log in with UN: firstname.lastname PW Falcon2011
 * 6) change PW
 * 7) go to MyFalcon on left sidebar
 * 8) explain
 * 9) Explore 'classes'. Go through tech class page
 * 10) find discussions and comment


 * 1) Take pictures
 * 2) When picture done, take a binder.
 * 3) Decorate cover in KidPix
 * 4) add page with PWs


 * 1) Sign up at the front of the classroom for the Question Board before 9/23 (There's a sheet there for your grade level). You must select a date and a question. The first presentation starts week of 10/3. See below for samples:


 * ||  || [[image:smaatechk-3/Question_board_questions.png caption="Question_board_questions.png"]] ||
 * Question_board_questions.png ||  ||
 * Question_board_questions.png ||  ||
 * Question_board_questions.png ||

Here's the grading rubric:

= = = Poetry Book in Word = // **Week of May 16th-30th** //
 * ||  || [[image:smaatechk-3/question_board_rubric.png caption="question_board_rubric.png"]] ||
 * question_board_rubric.png ||  ||
 * question_board_rubric.png ||  ||
 * question_board_rubric.png ||
 * //Either follow lesson below or go to Lesson 12-13 (Publisher Trifold) in [|workbook]// **

· ** Reset printers (start button, 'devices and printers', select our printer) to lab 105 ** · ** Type poems for poetry anthology **
 * o **Four poems for poetry**
 * o **Save with your last name, type of poem**
 * o **Print**
 * Go to poetry sites to support poetry unit inquiry. They include:
 * [|Fourth Grade Poems]
 * [|Funny Poetry]
 * [|Glossary of Poetry Terms]
 * [|Parts of Speech Poetry]
 * [|Poetry forms]
 * [|Poetry with a Porpoise]
 * [|Shel Silverstein]
 * [|Shaped Poems--fun]
 * [|Magnetic Haiku poetry]
 * [|Robo Poem]
 * [|Musical poem—you write poem, web adds music]

= Inventors--PowerPoint = // **Week of March 28-May 9th** //

Complete PP slideshow according to this rubric: =

= = Inventors--PowerPoint = // **(or Lesson 23 to research any academic topic in** // // **[|workbook]** //
 * //Week of March 14th-21st// **


 * Practice typing on [|Test your typing]for next week's speed quiz
 * Show samples of PowerPoint slideshows on inventors (or any academic topic) from last lear
 * Have student fill out the attached storyboard to lay out their slideshow:

1. [|A Guide to Inventions] 2. [|Famous Inventors] 3. [|Famous Inventors—by Kids] 4. [|Famous Inventors—List of] 5. [|Great Inventions] 6. [|Inventing a New Pencil] 7. [|Invention at Play] 8. [|Inventions: Transportation] 9. [|Inventor’s Toolbox] 10. [|Inventors and Inventions]
 * Use these websites to reseasrch:
 * [|Inventors Hall of Fame]

= Oregon Trail = // **Week of Feb. 28th--March 7th** // // **(or Lesson 19-22 in** // // **[|workbook]** //


 * 1) Work with a partner to complete the checklist while playing the Oregon Trail simulation
 * 2) Complete the checklist on the computer (open from the class file folder and fill in while playing)

= Typing Practice = = **Keyboard Keys** = = **Websites** = // **Week of Feb. 16th** //
 * //or Lesson 23// ** // **[|workbook]** //

> · [|Gold Rush] > · [|Gold Rush 2] > · [|Gold Rush: 49ers] > · [|Gold Rush: Fun] > · [|Gold Rush: Untold Stories] > · [|Gold Rush—PBS movie] > > =
 * 1) Continue Speak like a Geek
 * 2) Practice keyboardin on TTL4
 * 3) Test your speed and accuracy on [|Test your typing speed]
 * 4) Divide into groups of three to see which keys you remember on the keyboard
 * pass out the blank keyboard template
 * students will have 15 minutes to fill in as many of the keys as they know
 * the student team with the most right answers will get a FREE pass
 * 1) Finished? Go to gold rush websites to support classroom discussion on this unit
 * 2)  · [|Gold Rush History]

= = Excel Formulas =
 * Week of Jan. 24th-Feb. 9th **
 * //In [|Technology Tookit V.II]// **

> || excel_f.png || >> Here's a sample worksheet we worked from:
 * 1) took our hardware quiz
 * 2) started Speak like a Geek. Be sure to be ready!
 * 3) started formulas in Excel. As an example, lets create a formula in cell C1 that will multiply the contents of cell B1 from cell A1.
 * **Our formula: = D1 * D2**
 * **Our data:**
 * type the number 20 in cell D1
 * type the number 10 in cell D2
 * the formula looks like this:
 * [[image:smaatechk-3/excel_f.png caption="excel_f.png"]] ||
 * **Formula Steps**
 * To multiply 10 to 20 and have the answer appear in cell E1:
 * Type an equal sign in cell E1.
 * Click on cell D1 with the mouse pointer.
 * Type an asterisk sign ( * ) in cell E1.
 * Click on cell D2 with the mouse pointer.
 * Press the **ENTER** key on the keyboard.
 * The answer 200 should be present in cell E1.
 * Even though you see the answer in cell E1, if you click on that cell you will see our formula in the [|formula bar] above the work area.


 * [[image:smaatechk-3/excel.png caption="excel.png"]] ||
 * excel.png ||

=

= = CA Gold Rush Websites = // **or Lesson 16 in [|workbook (Smart Art on colonies in Word)]** //
 * //Week of Jan. 17th// **


 * Reviewed the speed quiz results
 * Showed how to find the definition of their word for Speak like a Geek (go to google.com, type //define:their word// in the search bar)
 * Reviewed the difference between Save and Save-as. I think this is why some of the students in Lydia’s class had difficulties. Instead of saving back to the network where they opened their doc, they save-as and saved it to Documents on the local computer—which would mean it would only open on that classroom computer. They should understand it better now.
 * Visited several websites on the Gold Rush to support classroom inquiry into this topic:

· [|Gold Rush History] · [|Gold Rush] · [|Gold Rush 2] · [|Gold Rush: 49ers] · [|Gold Rush: Fun] · [|Gold Rush: Untold Stories] · [|Gold Rush—PBS movie]

= = = Speak Like a Geek = = CA Mission Newspaper = // **or Lesson 14-15 in [|workbook (trifold on history)]** //
 * //Week of Jan. 3rd-Jan. 10th// **


 * Started Speak Like a Geek presentations to familiarize students with tech vocabulary
 * 1) sign up for a week
 * 2) sign up for a word
 * 3) be ready to present on your day


 * Create a newspaper on your California Mission
 * fill out this brief storyboard:
 * [[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/newspaper1.png caption="newspaper1.png"]]
 * select a template for a newsletter from Publisher
 * fill in the above info into the right spots on the newspaper template
 * delete all but one page for the newspaper--your project will only be one page long
 * replace Inside this Issue with a quote from the era
 * Special facts should be interesting information about your mission
 * Here's a sample:
 * [[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/np2.png caption="np2.png"]]
 * Here's a grading rubric:
 * [[image:smaatech-fourthgrade/np3.png caption="np3.png"]]

= = = Speed Quiz = = Google Earth Mission Tour = = DTP Holiday Cards = // **or Lesson 6 in [|workbook]** //
 * //Week of Dec. 13th// **


 * Take keyboard speed quiz
 * grade depends upon your improvement from quiz taken at the beginning ot T1


 * Open Google Earth. Take the Google Earth CA Mission Tour (from GE Community)-- [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/zip.png width="32" height="32" caption="MG_California_Missions.kmz" link="file:smaatech-fourthgrade/MG_California_Missions.kmz"]]
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 * [[file:smaatech-fourthgrade/MG_California_Missions.kmz|Download]]
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 * Zoom in on missions
 * turn on 3D buildings and Street View
 * take a mission tour where they are available

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 * Done? Go to Publisher and make a holiday card

= = DTP Brochures = // **Lesson 14-15 in [|workbook]** //
 * Week of Nov. 29th-Dec. 6th **

(credit: [| Elementary Tech Teachers] )
 * Use the trifold created the last few weeks as a template. Students edit it to meet classroom requirements on a similar topic
 * Tech grades the project using the following rubric:
 * Done? Create a card in Publisher. You've done this since second grade. See if you can remember how it goes.
 * Done? Follow directions to reveal a hidden picture in Excel by filling cells with color:
 * I don't show students the picture.
 * Add a clip art gingerbread man or a copy-paste image from internet. Be sure to make the background transparent in Excel
 * Save and print

= DTP Brochures =
 * Week of Nov. 1-15th **

// **Lesson 14-15 in [|workbook]** //

Sample: =
 * Question Board
 * Continue on Publisher trifold on Natural Disasters:

= = MS Word Holiday Story = // **Lesson 8 in [|workbook]** //
 * Week of Oct. 18th-25th **

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 * Question Board
 * Visit Google Earth tour of endangered animals (under 'layers', 'global awareness', 'arkive')
 * write a Halloween story using 6+1 traits discussed in class
 * fluency
 * word choice
 * voice
 * idea development
 * organization
 * conventions


 * Format with
 * border
 * fonts
 * font sizes
 * font colors
 * title
 * pictures


 * save and print

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= = MS Smart Art Diagram on Animals = // **Week of Oct. 11th** // // **Lesson 7 in [|workbook]** //
 * Question Board (see below)
 * Create a SmartArt diagram in MS Word of animal traits
 * Visual diagram
 * Insert diagram
 * Your animal in the center
 * Add traits you are using in the library around it
 * Add background of your animal
 * Save and print
 * Finished? Visit a[|nimal adaptations], [|make an animal], [|animal matching game]