Second+Grade+Ideas

= **Report in MS Word** = // **Week of May 14th-28th** // // **Lesson 22-26 in [|workbook]** //

1. Life cycle bug report
 * o ** Collect 5 pictures from Google images—2T
 * o ** Start report—cover page
 * o ** Start typing report
 * [[image:smaatechk-3/bug_report.gif caption="bug_report.gif"]] ||
 * bug_report.gif ||

= = = **PowerPoint slideshow--About Me** = // Lesson 28-30 in [|workbook] //
 * //Week of April 2nd-April 30th// **

1. PP 2. TTL4 for those who finish, or
 * Show samples
 * Explain layout of PP screen
 * Add cover slide with title
 * Add 5 more slides
 * Adjust slide layout to show title at top and nothing else (room for picture at bottom)
 * Add designs--right-click so each slide has a different design
 * Add title to top of each slide--this will be the name of each picture inserted
 * Add transitions
 * Adjust speed of slide transition to be slow or medium
 * Add auto-advance--5 seconds
 * Add sounds--only those available on the Slide Transition section
 * Add animation to each slide
 * Add Word Art The End to last slide
 * Add a picture to each slide that reflects what's happening on the slide
 * Add two gifs to each slide to reflect what's happening on the slide


 * **[|Dance Mat Typing]**
 * **[|Typing Web]**



Done with all slides? Fill out the rubric to see your grade: 3. Finished? Any bookmarks on the [| internet start page]. 4. Presentations as students finish

= = = **Comic about Zero to Hero** =
 * //Week of March 19-26th// **
 * //or Lesson 14-15 in [|workbook]// **

TTL4 Done? Students created a [|comic using an online site] to support learning in the classroom about heroes. Students used traits of heroes (courage, confidence, etc) to show them starting out as an ordinary person and rising to the occasion when required:

= = = Writing Skills in KP =
 * Week of March 13th **
 * //(Lesson 18 in [|workbook])// **

1. KidPix—Open House slideshow--#3
 * This is like the plot in a story. You are here (what are you doing now?) and you end up here at the end of your life story (what are your goals in life?). You can use the paint brush tool and the paint bucket file--but only #1 or the realistic fills from #3
 * TTL4 when you're done
 * [|Game Goo]or [|Zoopz]for those who finish

= Story Writing =
 * Week of March 5th **
 * //Lesson 17 in [|workbook]// **

1. TTL4 2. KidPix Open House project—2 of 4
 * Type two sentences—//S/he lived in a house with// ***//. They//** //*//


 * [[image:smaatechk-3/house.gif align="center" caption="house.gif"]] ||


 * 3. Done? Go to ** [|Brain Pop--Body--UN smaa PW techclass]
 * 4. Done? TTL4 **

= = = Story Writing =
 * Week of Feb. 27th **
 * //Lesson 16 in [|workbook]// **


 * KidPix Open House project—1 of 4 **


 * **Type two sentences—//Once upon a time, there was a//** //* named ***. S/he** *//
 * Tell me something about yourself using good grammar and spelling
 * font size 24
 * Any font and color
 * Add a picture that says the sentence
 * Export to use in your upcoming PowerPoint slideshow

= = = Label the Body =
 * //Week of Feb. 6th-13th// **
 * //Lesson 20 in [|workbook]// **

1. KidPix 2. when done, go to human body websites on [|internet start page or select from this list:]
 * Open ‘human body template’ graphic
 * Add your name to the top
 * Label all body parts
 * Add face, etc. with KidPix stamp tool--cutouts
 * Add clothes with the KidPix pencil or paint brush (see below for finished sample)
 * Save and print
 * [|Blood Flow]
 * [|Body Systems]
 * [|Build a Skeleton]
 * [|Find My Body Parts]
 * 5. [|How the Body Works]
 * [|Human Anatomy Online]
 * [|Human body—explore it]
 * [|Human Body Games]
 * [|Human Body websites]
 * [|Human Body—by a 2nd grade class—video]
 * [|Human Body—videos on how body parts work]
 * [|Inside the Human Body: Grades 1-3]
 * [|Inside the Human Body: Grades 4-6]
 * [|Kid’s Biology]
 * [|Matching Senses]
 * [|Virtual Body]
 * [|Weird stuff your body does]
 * [|World Book Online]
 * [|Brain Pop--the Human Body]
 * [|Mr. Bones--put his body together]
 * [|Label the body]
 * [|Health games]
 * [|Muscles game]
 * [|Nutrition music and games from Dole]
 * [|Human body--interactive]

= = = Valentine Letter to Parents =
 * //Week of Jan. 23rd-30th// **
 * //Lesson 19 in [|workbook]// **

1. MS Word—decorate Valentine card
 * 1st week: write a short letter to your parents
 * include the parts of a letter
 * heading
 * greeting
 * body
 * closing
 * Use font 18
 * 2nd week: Add border
 * Add fonts, colors, font sizes
 * Add pictures
 * Save and print

2. Done? TTL4 3. when done, (on internet start page), check out these websites on the human body:


 * [|Weird Stuff your body does]
 * [|Match senses]
 * [|Human Body videos]
 * [|Match body parts]

= Writing Fables = = Story Websites = // **Week of Jan. 9th-16th** // // **or Lesson 13 in** // ** //[|workbook]// **

Go to [|Story Maker (Carnegie)] = = =  =
 * Create a 4-page fable--practice today; print next week
 * Title--edit this at the end
 * 1st page: tell me about characters
 * 2nd page: tell me about the setting
 * 3rd page: tell me what the problem is
 * 4th page: Middle of plot--what is the character doing to solve it
 * 5th page: resolve it -- what's the moral of the story
 * follow classroom guideline for writing stories

= Word Basics = = Story Websites = // **Week of Jan. 2nd** // // **or Lesson 12 in** // ** //[|workbook]// ** [|Fables and Fairy Tales] [|Story Maker] [|Stories--animated] [|Story Maker (Carnegie)] [|Stories] [|Stories--Mighty stories] [|Fairy tales] [|Aesop Fairy Tales] ||
 * Completed My Number Square in Word
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:smaatechk-3/My_Number_Square.docx|Download]]
 * 17 KB
 * Visit story websites from this list:
 * || [|Stories--signed]
 * [|Storytime for me]

= = = Holiday Websites = // **Week of Dec. 12th** //
 * //or Lesson 9 in [|workbook]// **

Visit holiday websites:
 * [|12 Days of Xmas]
 * [|NORAD Santa]
 * [|Penguin Show]
 * [|Reindeer Orchestra]

= Excel = // **Week of Dec. 5th** //
 * //or Lesson 11 in [|workbook]// **


 * Open Excel--this is 2nd graders first introduction to Excel
 * Review Excel--rows, columns, paint bucket
 * Follow directions on sheet to reveal a holiday picture
 * Be sure to add your name to the bottom and a gingerbread man by the door
 * save and print
 * [[image:smaatechk-3/ginger.gif caption="ginger.gif"]] ||
 * ginger.gif ||

The secret picture comes out like this:
 * [[image:smaatechk-3/ginger2.gif caption="ginger2.gif"]] ||
 * ginger2.gif ||


 * Students could work in pairs for this projects.
 * Those who finished went to Norad Santa on our [|internet start page.]

= Stories = = Publisher Card =
 * //Week of Nov. 28th// **
 * //Lesson 8 in [|workbook]// **


 * Use Publisher to create a holiday card
 * only add a picture to pg. 2 and change the name on pg. 4
 * print
 * visit story websites to collaborate with classroom discussion on stories
 * [|Stories--signed]
 * [|Fables and Fairy Tales]
 * [|Story Maker]
 * [|Stories--animated]
 * [|Story Maker (Carnegie)]
 * [[image:http://protopage.com/web/images/spacer.gif caption="external image spacer.gif"]]
 * [|Storytime for me]
 * [|Stories]
 * [|Stories--Mighty stories]
 * [|Fairy tales]
 * [|Aesop Fairy Tales]

= = = Trunk in KidPix =
 * //Week of Nov. 14th// **
 * or //Lesson 7 in [|workbook]// **
 * Practice TTL4
 * Open KidPix--create a trunk that contains items significant to you, your mom and your dad
 * draw a trunk in KidPix
 * add text to show the three individuals with artifacts in the trunk
 * use stickers to add items to the trunk
 * save and print
 * Here's a sample


 * Finished? Visit c[|oin counting] and [|money]websites to support class discussion of these skills

= Country of Origin =

KidPix
// **Week of Oct. 31st-Nov. 7th** //
 * //Lesson 4 in [|workbook]// **
 * TTL4
 * Google Earth-KidPix project--your country of origin
 * go to Google Earth
 * go to your country of origin
 * save the picture
 * go to KidPix
 * Add image—your country of origin
 * Add the flag for your country
 * Add your name
 * Save and print

= Halloween =
 * //Week of Oct. 31st// **
 * //Lesson 6 in Workbook// **

= = = MS Word =
 * //Week of Oct. 17th-24th// **
 * //Lesson 5 in [|workbook]// **


 * Introduce MS Word
 * review ribbons, tools
 * review start-up screen
 * Add heading at top
 * center title 'Halloween'
 * type story about last Halloween or this Halloween
 * Add border
 * add 3 pictures
 * add 3 fonts/color
 * Does your letter look like this?

= = = =

= = = Moneyville = = Dancemat Typing =
 * //Week of Oct. 3rd-Oct. 10th// **
 * //or Lesson 10 in [|workbook]// **
 * [|DMT]practice--homerow only. Those who felt ready put cloths over their hands so they couldn't see the keys.
 * We played [|Moneyville]to tie in with classroom discussion on money. Great simulation. Kids loved it.

= = = Internet skills =
 * //Week of Sept. 26th// **
 * //Lesson 3 in [|workbook]// **


 * visit [|this website] and put your face on money
 * Go to [|Dance Mat Typing], Level 1, Step one, and practice home row keys

= = = Keyboarding =
 * //Week of Sept. 19th// **
 * //Lesson 2 in [|workbook]// **


 * finger exercises to prepare for keyboarding
 * start [|DanceMat Typing-]-home row only
 * try not to look at your hands
 * EMO--try log in; play games

= = = **Intro to 2nd Grade Tech** =
 * //Week of Sept. 12th// **
 * //Lesson 1 in [|workbook]// **

= = = **Comic about Zero to Hero** = // Lesson 31 in [|workbook] //
 * Assign seats boy-girl
 * tour classroom--walk around
 * This month's EC: find QR codes as you're out shopping
 * review how to hold mouse
 * [|internet start page]--explore
 * mouse skills while taking pictures
 * review mouse posters
 * TAKE PICTURE OF EACH STUDENT FOR WALL MONTAGE
 * Parts of computer--headphones, volume, mouse rt and left button, connections
 * put label on binder
 * put sheet with PWs on it inside
 * //Week of May 31st// **

Have four more students give their PowerPoint presentations

Students created a [|comic using an online site] to support learning in the classroom about heroes. Students used traits of heroes (courage, confidence, etc) to show them starting out as an ordinary person and rising to the occasion when required:
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:smaatechk-3/comic zero to hero.pdf|Download]]
 * 250 KB

=

= = **Report in MS Word** = // **Week of May 2nd-May 24th** // // **Lesson 22-26 in [|workbook]** //

1. Life cycle bug report =
 * o ** Collect 5 pictures from Google images—2T
 * o ** Start report—cover page
 * o ** Start typing report

= = **PowerPoint slideshow--About Me** = // Lesson 28-30 in [|workbook] //
 * //Week of March 21st-April 29th// **

1. PP

2. TTL4 for those who finish, or
 * Show samples
 * Explain layout of PP screen
 * Add cover slide with title
 * Add 5 more slides
 * Adjust slide layout to show title at top and nothing else (room for picture at bottom)
 * Add designs--right-click so each slide has a different design
 * Add title to top of each slide--this will be the name of each picture inserted
 * Add transitions
 * Adjust speed of slide transition to be slow or medium
 * Add auto-advance--5 seconds
 * Add sounds--only those available on the Slide Transition section
 * Add animation to each slide
 * Add Word Art The End to last slide
 * Add a picture to each slide that reflects what's happening on the slide
 * Add two gifs to each slide to reflect what's happening on the slide


 * **[|Dance Mat Typing]**
 * **[|Typing Web]**



Done with all slides? Fill out the rubric to see your grade: 3. Finished? Any bookmarks on the [| internet start page]. 4. Presentations as students finish

= Writing Skills in KP =
 * Week of March 7th **
 * //(or Lesson 21 in [|workbook])// **


 * 1) KidPix--Open House slideshow #4 of 4
 * draw a picture of yourself thinking
 * title it If I had one wish, it would be
 * add stamps of what you'd wish for
 * circle the stamp that is your favorite
 * export
 * 1) Done? Go to[| Game Goo][| or Zoopz]