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= 2nd Grade Computers: =

June 11th:

 * Jumpstart 3rd Grade

June 8th:

 * Finish Word document, if not done
 * Jumpstart 3rd Grade

June 1st - 4th:
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 * Whole Class: Deleting and Inserting in Microsoft Word
 * Delete using Backspace
 * Delete using Delete
 * Selecting a word
 * Selecting a sentence
 * Selecting a paragraph
 * How to insert a word
 * Practice deleting and inserting in Microsoft Word
 * Download
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:stmcomputers/2ndDeleteInsert.doc|Download]]
 * 24 KB
 * Delete all bold words, sentences or paragraphs. You might want to be careful about deleting the last paragraph before you enter your information because you need to remember what's in the paragraph.
 * Insert the information for YOU!
 * ABCya! 2nd Grade

May 21st - 25th:

 * Whole Class: Reading a web page for information
 * Can you find all the birds in the Little Explorer's Picture Dictionary ?
 * Bird Activities & Games:
 * Bird Quiz
 * Bird Watcher
 * Bird Memory Match
 * Bird Feather Game

May 18th:

 * Whole Class: Answer questions from Miss Taker's Class
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

May 11th - 14th:

 * Fill out Monster Project Survey
 * Review Disney Money Counting & add totals to figure out total amount of money
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade or Money Games from May 4th

May 7th:

 * Finish Disney Money Counting, if not done
 * Whole Class: How much money did each character have & add totals to spreadsheet
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade or Money Games from May 4th

May 4th:

 * Whole Class: Disney Money Counting
 * Practice counting coins:
 * Discovering Coin Values
 * Counting Money
 * ABCya! Learn to Count Money
 * Coin Combo
 * Coin Madness Addition
 * Pick A Coin
 * Garage Sale Wizard
 * Fruit Shoot Dollars & Cents
 * H.I.P. Pocket Change
 * Cash Out
 * Making Change
 * Coins For Candy

April 16th-30th:

 * Whole Class: How to write Monster Project Reflections
 * Monster Project Reflections
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

March 30th:

 * Whole Class: How did you do redrawing your partner's monster?
 * Whole Class: How did your partner do redrawing your monster?

March 26th:

 * Whole Class: "And Then It Was Spring"
 * Draw a spring picture of plants growing in Tux Paint

March 19th-23rd:

 * Whole Class: See where our partner class' school is located (3,827 miles away from our school), what their school looks like & a class blog for Miss Taker's class
 * Can you redraw your partner's monster? You can listen to your partner's description read by a computer voice & then go in to TuxPaint and recreate their monster!
 * Shapes by Ashtin:
 * Whaley by Gavin:
 * Demond by Brianna:
 * Spikey by Taylor:
 * Pig Man by Robert W.:
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

March 12th:

 * Record Favorite project so far
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

March 5th:

 * World Spelling Day !

February 27th - March 2nd:

 * Whole Class: How to type Monster descriptions in Word
 * Type Monster Descriptions
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade or play Dr. Seuss Games:
 * Seussville Games
 * The Cat in the Hat Knows Games

February 13th & 17th:

 * Whole Class: I Love You (A Rebus Poem)
 * Create your own I Love You Rebus Poem in PowerPoint (4-5 slides)
 * Title Slide
 * 2-3 Every ... loves ...
 * And I Love You
 * Valentine Games:
 * Mighty Book Valentine Puzzles
 * Jigsaw Puzzle
 * Drag & Drop Puzzle
 * Word Search
 * Find the Differences
 * Tic Tac Toe
 * Extreme Florist
 * Coloring Pages
 * Billy Bear 4 Kids Valentine's Games

February 3rd-10th:

 * Finish drawing sample monsters
 * Start drawing Monster pictures

January 30th:

 * Whole Class: Which words were best for describing food?
 * Let's draw some monsters!

January 27th:

 * Finish Food Adjectives Web
 * If your penguin picture is not done, finish it.
 * Adjective Games & Quizzes:
 * Wordville Adjectives
 * Adjective Adventure
 * Grammar Blast: Adjectives
 * [|Choosing Adjectives]
 * PickIt: Adjectives Game
 * Find The Adjective
 * Adjective Detective

January 23rd:

 * Whole Class: Read book "Hairy, Scary, Ordinary What is an Adjective?"
 * Build a [[file:stmcomputers/FoodAdjectives.ppt|Food Adjectives Web]]

January 20th:

 * Finish penguin picture in Tux Paint - Make sure you sign your name!
 * How quickly can you finish Keyboard Climber ?

January 13th:

 * Whole Class: "If You Were a Penguin"
 * Finish Penguin Math Book, if not done
 * Draw a picture of a penguin in Tux Paint & write a sentence starting with "If I were a penguin I would"

January 9th:

 * Finish Penguin Math Book
 * Penguin Games
 * Save The Egg
 * Penguin Puzzle
 * Another Penguin Puzzle
 * Humboldt Penguin Puzzle
 * [|Penguins Walking Puzzle]
 * Penguin Word Search
 * Sink or Swim
 * Arctic Antics

January 6th:

 * Whole Class: Watch March of the Penguins trailer
 * Whole Class: What do you know about Penguins?
 * Whole Class: Can you keep an egg on your feet?
 * Penguin Math Book

December 12th:

 * Finish your Gingerbread Person disguises, if not done
 * Finish your Gingerbread House decorations, if not done
 * Holiday & Gingerbread Games:
 * Design a Gingerbread House
 * Gingerbread Man with Everything
 * Gingerbread House Addition
 * Decorate a Gingerbread Cookie
 * Gingerbread House Jigsaw Puzzle
 * Gingerbread Spot the Difference
 * Bake Gingerbread Cookies
 * Decorate a Gingerbread House
 * Christmas Matching Game
 * Christmas Coloring
 * Rain Deer Orchestra
 * Dress the Reindeer
 * North Pole Elf Clubhouse

December 9th:

 * Whole Class: Watch The Gingerbread Man
 * Disguise your gingerbread man so everyone will stop chasing him and the fox won't eat him!

December 5th:

 * Whole Class: How to decorate Gingerbread House in Excel
 * Finish Gingerbread House in Excel, if not done
 * Decorate Gingerbread House
 * Gingerbread Games:
 * Design a Gingerbread House
 * Gingerbread Man with Everything
 * Gingerbread House Addition
 * Decorate a Gingerbread Cookie
 * Gingerbread House Jigsaw Puzzle
 * Gingerbread Spot the Difference
 * Bake Gingerbread Cookies
 * Decorate a Gingerbread House

December 2nd:

 * Whole Class: Gingerbread House in Excel
 * Create Gingerbread House in Excel
 * Gingerbread Games:
 * Gingerbread Man with Everything
 * Gingerbread House Addition
 * Decorate a Gingerbread Cookie
 * Gingerbread House Jigsaw Puzzle
 * Gingerbread Spot the Difference
 * Bake Gingerbread Cookies

November 28th:

 * Finish Leaf Person Story, if not done
 * ABCya!

November 21st:

 * Finish your Leaf Person Story
 * Thanksgiving Games:

November 18th:

 * Whole Class: Writing Your Leaf Person Story in Word
 * Finish Leaf Person in TuxPaint
 * Write Leaf Person story in Word

November 14th:

 * Whole Class: Look at examples of Leaf People
 * Whole Class: Introduction to TuxPaint
 * Create a Leaf Person in TuxPaint

October 31st:

 * Whole Class: Record 5 Little Pumkpkins
 * Pumpkin Games:
 * Pumpkin Supply
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October 28th:

 * Whole Class: Let's look at the World's Biggest Pumpkin
 * Whole Class: Read the poem " Five Little Pumpkins "
 * Student Work: Create a drawing for assigned line of the poem.
 * Pumpkin Games:
 * Pumpkin Carving
 * Pumpkin Remover 3
 * Halloween Pumpkin Catch

October 24th:

 * Finish Fall picture in Kerpoof . You must add a sentence to your picture about what you like best about Fall. If you are done with your picture, you may explore other things in Kerpoof.
 * Play some Fall Games:
 * Nut Hunt
 * Fall Jigsaw Puzzle
 * Fall Word Search
 * Spot the Differences
 * Fall Fever

October 21st:

 * Whole Class: Demonstrate Kerpoof
 * Create a fall picture in Kerpoof . Add a sentence to your picture about what you like best about the fall.

October 17th:

 * Computer Parts Detectives using Pink Panther Theme
 * Are you a good detective? Can you spot the differences?
 * Play Kids Games
 * Family Photos
 * South Bridge
 * King of the Forest
 * Marcelino & the Monkey
 * Up To Ten Ostrich Game
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

October 7th - 14th:

 * Where the Wild Things Are
 * Discussion:
 * What happened at the beginning of the story? The middle? The end?
 * Do you think Max really sailed to where the wild things are?
 * Have you ever had a dream about a "wild thing?
 * Draw a picture of the wild thing from your dream. Add a list of adjectives to your drawing that describes your wild thing.
 * Build Your WILD Self!
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

October 3rd:

 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

September 26th:

 * Whole Class: Computer, Computer What Do You See?
 * ABCya! Find the Technology
 * Label Computer Parts
 * Quia - Parts of the Computer Matching
 * Solve the Jigsaw Puzzle

September 16th - 23rd:

 * Acrostic Poem in Word
 * Review adding a picture to a Word document
 * Review selecting fonts: font, sizes, colors
 * Review adding page border
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

September 12th:

 * Finish self-portrait in KidPix
 * Jumpstart 2nd Grade

September 9th: This Year in Computer Class

 * Whole Class: Review our Hive Rules
 * Whole Class: Assign Seats & remind how to use headphones
 * Whole Class: Dismissal Procedures Practice
 * Draw a self-portrait in KidPix