Fourth+Grade+10-11

The students will be speaking with the experts this class. They will use the skills that they have been practicing and interview a forest expert. || [] [] || The students will be prepping for their specific Skype jobs. They will be responsible for learning about what their job responsibilities are and prepping for their interview days. || Backchannel- Students will be researching for more ideas about questions that could be asked or what they are hoping to discover during the interview.
 * ====__**Technology Lesson Links: ﻿ **__==== || ====__**Learning Links:**__==== ||
 * ** Rotation #26 May 5- May 12- ﻿SKYPE! **
 * **Rotation #25 April 17- May 4** - **Prep for Skype Interview**

[] [] [] [] Blog- Set up the blogs on this site. []

Interviewers- Work together to type script asking 20 questions from this list. []

Photographer- Watch video below and practice shots with camera in classrooms. Take 10 quality photos. Download pictures to the computer and save in a folder.

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Videographer- Students will watch this video and explore on the site to find good examples of what using a Flip camera can help them do while videotaping an interview. [] || The students will start the class off by learning how to backchannel on todaysmeet. they will need this skill for their up coming interview with a rainforest expert. They will learn how to put meaningful information onto the backchannel conversation. After, they will watch a Discovery Ed. on saving the rainforest and they will put their new knowledge to use by backchanneling during the conversation. || []
 * ** Rotation #24 April 15- April 26- ﻿Discovery Ed. learn about backchannel **

[] [] [] || The students will begin research on forest conservation and start to develop questions that they may have. They will complete the research and will begin to develop questions they will write these questions on a Google form. The students will view a short presentation on Skype used in learning. Jobs will also be discussed for the Skype project we will begin and they will list their job preferences in order from 1-3. || []
 * **Rotation #23 April 7- April 14-** ﻿**Forest Conservation research**

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Here is the form: [] || TSW log onto Virtual Hikes and register to receive a username. This will allow them access to the site to be able to hike virtually around the U.S. Along the forest trails the students will have to discover different plants, trees, and animals that are native to that certain forest. Once they have completed a hike, the students will take an online quiz on the different knowledge they gained along the trail. || [] || The students will be working in the Typing Pal program to complete the fourth grade level. They will have to type at least 15 words per minute and less than 10 mistakes to move onto the next apple. || Typing Pal Online || //**The Oregon Trail**// is a best-selling educational computer game developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by MECC in 1974. The game was inspired by the real-life Oregon Trail and was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding his party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley by way of the Oregon Trail via a Conestoga wagon in 1848. || [] || TSW learn about wikis (the definition, the purpose, the "rules of the road") and practice editing and saving on a wiki. A wiki is an editable website and Trinity students will be given usernames and passwords to post information about class projects and assignments as designated by the teacher. || Ms. Honick's Class: http://projectsource.wikispaces.com/Honick%27s+Inquiry+and+Investigation+Wiki || TSW go to [|www.everydaymathonline.com] and complete the log in process with their passwords. They will then play the Multiplication Bingo game. || [|www.everydaymathonline.com] || TSW practice mutliplication for 30 minutes of class. After they are done going through the different games the students will have the opportunity to share the powerpoints they created in a previous class. || Cone Crazy Car Wash Patty's Paints Math Playground-Multiplication Multiplication Facts || TSW take a Google Docs survey about their internet usage and safety. This is for the teachers eyes only. It will be anonymous and the students answers will not be held against them. Once the survey is completed the students will share their PPT from the previous class. || __ [] __ || TSW listen to the story Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving and pay close attention to the illustrations. Each child will have a picture taken of their face and they will edit it in PAINT. They will crop out the background and only leave their side profile. When this has been saved in their folder, they will import their face into Kidpix and create the body of the child with the stuffed turkey around their head. They must come up with a slogan or persuasive statement why not to eat Turkey on Thanksgiving. This lesson will take 2 rotations to complete. || [|turkey2.kpx] Directions for this activity...Tracing in Paint Rt. click on the JPEG image in your folder Open with-Paint Image-Stretch/Skew-25/25 Free Form Select- Trace Head Edit-Cut File-New-No Edit-Paste File-Save As- Face__
 * ** Rotation #22- March 30- April 6- ﻿Virtual Hikes Day 2 **
 * TSW log onto Virtual Hikes and register to receive a username. This will allow them access to the site to be able to hike virtually around the U.S. Along the forest trails the students will have to discover different plants, trees, and animals that are native to that certain forest. Once they have completed a hike, the students will take an online quiz on the different knowledge they gained along the trail. ** || [] ||
 * ** Rotation #21- March 22- March 29- ﻿Virtual Hikes **
 * ** Rotation #20- March 7- March 21- ﻿ Typing Pal **
 * **Rotation #16 #17 #18 #19 January 27-March 4-** ﻿ **Oregon Trail**
 * ** Rotation #15 January 19 - 26 - Wikis **
 * **Rotation #13 December 15- January 7-** ** EM Games **
 * ** Rotation #12 December 7-December 1 ** 4 **- Mutliplication Practice**
 * ** ﻿Rotation #11 November 29- December 6- ﻿ Internet Survey **
 * ** ﻿Rotation #10 November 11-November 22 - Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving**

Direction for KidPix... Open KP Add-Add Graphic Select the JPEG file-Open Place and resize your face in the correct spot before you click off of it. Otherwise, you can't manipulate it and select it again. || TSW be responsible for creating a design cohesive powerpoint from the Inspiration they exported to PPT. They will need to add 2 pieces of clipart to every page and import their photographs from their folders.
 * ** ﻿Rotation #9 November 3- November 10: ﻿ Complete PPT **

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media type="file" key="Grade_4_PPT_Part_2.swf" width="360" height="270" || **When you are done:** Typing Pal Online || TSW create and Inspiration web with the following points... 1. My Family 2. My Favorites 3. My Hobbies 4. Fast Facts They will learn how to navigate through Inspiration and add bubbles with links. They will learn how to add pictures, change the text and color of the bubbles. TSW learn how to import their Inspiration Web into PPT and complete the following. Each slide must have 2 images from clipart. Save in your folder || **When you are done: here are some fun activities!** **Carve Pumpkin** **Halloween Puzzles** ||
 * **Rotation #8 October 25- November 2:** ﻿**Inspiration/PPT**
 * center titles
 * change font
 * change design, background and transitions
 * ** Rotation #7 October 15- October 22: Graphing With Skittles Using Graph Club**

Materials: paper napkins, individual sized bags of skittles Each student will be given their materials. They are to sort, count, tally and graph the results of what's in their bag of skittles. TSW open Graph Club and set the counter to the amount of different colors that they have, they can change the menu items to represent skittles. The students will graph their skittles, print out a copy with all 5 different types of graphs and their name located at the top. Tittle: Graphing with Skittles What: Color of Skittles​

Graph Club allows the children to...Generate QuestionsCollect DataSort and ClassifyConstruct and InterpretCompareDiscover PatternsMake Predictions and Conclusions || If you want to try this at home, you can use Microsoft Excel. Here is a document that will take you through all of the steps necessary to graph with Excel. [|skittles excel.pdf]

Here is a link to a web based graphing site. You can create 5 different types of graphs from this website. []

Typing Pal Online ||
 * When you are done:**
 * Rotation #6 October 6- October 14: ﻿Graph Club

* introduce Graph Club tools


 * demonstrate choosing symbols from the library
 * add titles where needed
 * show how the notes bar can be used
 * TSW complete a class graph, save and print || ===When You Are Done:===

Complete strengths puzzle pieces in KidPix || TSW analyze two different types of posters made for a presentation. TSW then decide what makes the poster that was made using Microsoft word a better presentation piece. TTW show the students how to navigate Microsoft Word (Wordart, Clipart, how to create tables and how to make titles for projects). TSW then be responsible for creating individual posters about their historical figure using at least 3 out of the 4 elements, sharing 3-4 facts about their figure. ||
 * **Rotation #5: September 25- October 5** ﻿: **Presentation Tips from Microsoft Word**

When You Are Done:
TSW work collaboratively in groups of 3-4 to match the internet safety words that are supplied in ziploc bags. They are to match the vocabulary word with the definition. TSW complete the activity called [|Who's Your Friend on the Internet.] When this has been done, TSW go to their computers and watch the video called [|The Boy Who Loved IM]and [|Don't Open that File]. When they are done they can complete their choice of online Activities related to the WizzyWigs in the Learning Links column. || **[|NetSmartzKids]**
 * Arcademic Skill Builders
 * FreeRice.com
 * Multiplication.com
 * Vocabulary Fun ||
 * Rotation #4: September 17-September 24 :**Internet Safety Activities**
 * [|Who's Your Friend on the Internet?]**


 * Online Activities**
 * "[|NetSmartz What 2 Do on the Web]"
 * "[|Meet the WizzyWigs]"
 * "[|WizzyWig Guessing Game I]"
 * "[|Who's Your Friend on the Internet?]"
 * "[|WizzyWig Guessing Game II]"
 * "[|Which WizzyWig is Which?]"

Online Games

 * "[|NetSmartz Coloring Book]"
 * "[|NetSmartz Comic Book]"
 * "[|NetSmartz Picture Puzzle]"
 * "[|WizzyWig Make-A-Match]"
 * "[|Clicky's Quest]"
 * "[|NetSmartz Agents]"
 * "[|Scavenger Hunt]"
 * "[|Clicky's Dance Studio]"
 * "[|Maze Game]"
 * "[|Inbox Defender]"

Offline Activities
**Internet Safety Presentation (3-6) Presentation** The goal of the NetSmartz Workshop is to extend the safety awareness of children to prevent victimization and increase self-confidence whenever they go online. These goals include how to: * enhance the ability of children to recognize dangers on the Internet The NetSmartz Workshop teaches children three basic rules for online safety.
 * "[|NetSmartz Activities!]"
 * "[|Clickers]!"
 * "[|NetSmartz Coloring Book]"
 * "[|Which WizzyWig Was It?]"
 * "[|NetSmartz: Race to the Finish]" ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **Rotation #3: Se****ptember 9-September 16**
 * enhance the ability of children to understand that people they first "meet" on the Internet should never be considered their friend
 * encourage children to report victimization to a trusted adult
 * support and enhance community education efforts
 * increase communication between adults and children about online safety
 * I will tell an adult I trust if anything makes me feel scared, uncomfortable, or confused.
 * I will ask my parents or guardian before sharing my personal information.
 * I won't meet in person with anyone I have first "met" online. || [|www.netsmartzkids.org]

TTW (The Teacher Will) Present the NetSmartz Presentation using the previously requested information. This takes approximately 30-40 minutes to complete. The children will gather on the rug and watch as the teacher interacts with the DVD.

Follow-up Activities are on the next rotation. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **Rotation #2: August 27 - September 8** **Strengths Puzzle**


 * review Kid Pix and show the students an example of what we're going to create http://smsteacher.wikispaces.com/seasonpuzzle


 * TSW brainstorm ideas, images, symbols about their different strengths and create their illustration in Kid Pix using the CENTER of the page.
 * When the children are done, they will save, print, and cut out their illustration using a puzzle piece template and they will be put together on the wall.
 * log off || ======If you're looking for a program similar to Kidpix. TuxPaint is a free download that uses the same tools as kidpix. [] You can purchase Kidpix Deluxe 4 online at []====== ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ====== ** Rotation #1: August 19 - 26 ** ======

**Welcome to Technology!**
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 * introductions
 * review rules and expectations
 * learn how to log on and off using new username and password || [[file:Intro to Tech Lab.ppt]]