Fourth and fifth grade viewed a "Think before you post" video. Then students began Glogging their reflections.
Third grade:
- Logged onto Google Classroom
- Edited Google Doc
- Cut
- Paste
- Bold, italic, underline
- Practiced keyboarding
- Recorded their scores on a GoogleDoc
First grade:
- Logged onto Google Classroom
- Created a Google Doc
- Learned that number keys can also create symbols, when we use the shift key
- Practiced keyboarding
- Earned Dojo points
- Earned a few minutes of free time with Dojo points
Kindergarten:
- Logged onto Google Classroom
- Created a Google Doc
- Discovered that a Google Doc is called a document
- Discovered that a Google Doc can display anything typed on the keyboard
- Turned in their Document
- Practiced keyboarding with ABCya's rocket
- Logged onto Google Classroom
- Opened a Spelling Document
- Reviewed Spell check in Google Classroom
- Inserted clipart
- Practiced keyboarding
- Captured keyboard scores on Google Doc.
Thursday and Friday (2/25 and 2/26) were snow days.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Fifth graders worked on their Lunar Landers
Fourth graders worked on their Final Musc exams.
First grade enjoyed Peter and The Wolf. We learned about instruments.
Third grade found notes on the Treble Clef and listened to pitches.
Ear training: http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/games/music-memo...
Online music games: http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.php
Intervention
: sight words
Kindergarten:
- Sang:
- I Can Follow The Rules
- Shake My Sillies Out
- Head and Shoulders
- We learned about Steady beat. We practiced a steady beat with an online Metronome. We practiced: Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar
School was dismissed at 1:30 today.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Fifth grade began engineering their Lunar Landers.
Fourth grade converted inches to feet, and documented their data using a Google Sheet Chart. They opened Glogster accounts to illustrate their findings.
- edited a Google Doc page by
- spell checking
- aligning text
- coloring text
- submitting their work
We earned Dojo points, so we were able to visit these sights for free time:
- http://www.arcademics.com/
- http://www.crayola.com/kids-playzone/fireworks-spectacular.aspx?n_id=2&mt=games
Kindergarten:
- Logged on
- Opened Google Classroom
- Opened Google Drawings
- Drew shapes using shape tool
- Practiced submitting assignment
- Navigated to http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games/game11.htm after earning Dojo points.
- http://www.arcademics.com/
- http://www.crayola.com/kids-playzone/fireworks-spectacular.aspx?n_id=2&mt=games
Monday, February 22, 2016
Fifth grade began a Lunar Lander project. They heard John F. Kennedy's speech about why the U.S. chose to go the moon. They heard the audio clip with the actual moon landing. They developed teams and began engineering what they thought would be an acceptable Lunar Lander that could be dropped from two feet without falling apart.
Fourth grade worked on Google Sheets. We measured ourselves in inches, and then converted those measurements to feet. We will chart that data tomorrow.
Third grade:
- edited a Google Doc page by
- spell checking
- aligning text
- coloring text
- submitting their work
We earned Dojo points, so we were able to visit these sights for free time:
- http://www.arcademics.com/
- http://www.crayola.com/kids-playzone/fireworks-spectacular.aspx?n_id=2&mt=games
- http://www.arcademics.com/
- http://www.crayola.com/kids-playzone/fireworks-spectacular.aspx?n_id=2&mt=games
- Logged on
- Opened Google Classroom
- Opened Google Drawings
- Drew shapes using shape tool
- Practiced submitting assignment
- Navigated to http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games/game11.htm after earning Dojo points.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Intervention: Sight words lists: 1-5
Second and Third grade used teacher dictation to learn keyboarding skills. Kindergarten and First grade accessed Dance Mat Typing to sharpen their skills.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Fourth and fifth grade worked on:
- finished labeling Treble Clef notes
- they drew and labeled ledger line notes with the Treble Clef
- submitted their workbooks.
Intervention: Sight words lists: 1-5
Kindergarten through third grade continued preparations for their March 17 Irish Sing-a-long.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Fourth and fifth grade worked on:
- labeling Treble Clef notes
- submitting assignment requiring them to listen in order to answer
- See their progress with this Dojo story:
- https://dojovideoscf.classdojo.com/36524603a03de52602100022/2016-02-17/f02ba1ab7dde10d069eca598fbb55b808d9ead0f_ec5ead9af3be_998294411951.mp4
Intervention: Sight words lists: 1-5
Kindergarten through third grade continued preparations for their March 17 Irish Sing-a-long.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Fourth and Fifth grade notated notes and labeled Treble Clef notes.
Third grade studied networks and suffixes:
- .com
- .net
- .edu
- .gov
First grade:
- logged on to Google Classroom
- Opened an assignmnet
- Opened Google Drawings
- Eearned Dojo points
Intervention: Sight words lists: 1-5
Kindergarten:- Reviewed log on process
- Logged onto Google Classroom
- Completed a drawing assignment
- Submitted their drawing assignment
- Explored ABCya with earned Dojo points
Second grade:
- Reviewed log on process
- Logged onto Google Classroom
- Completed a Google Docs assignment
- spell check
- font size
- font color
- Submitted their drawing assignment
- Explored ABCya with earned Dojo points
Monday, February 15, 2016
Professional Development (no students)
Friday, February 12,2016
Third grade used teacher dictation to learn keyboarding skills. First grade accessed Dance Mat Typing to sharpen their skills.
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Fourth and Fifth grade continued work on their music understanding:
- http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/quiz...
- http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/quiz...
- http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/quiz...
- http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/quiz...
Kindergarten through Third grade continued to work through their songs for the March 17 St. Patrick's Sing along.
Students had a half day. Professional Development finished the staff day at 3:00, when Parent Teacher conferences commenced until 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Students continue to sharpen their music notation skills, as seen in the movie below.
Third grade:
- Reviewed Irish Fest songs
- Reviewed Treble Clef
- Reviewed note names and placement on staff
- Played a game "Around the World" where the class was divided into two teams, and students had to identify the note and play it on a Xylophone or Glockenspiel
First grade:
- Learned Irish Fest Songs
- Reviewed rhythms
- Played 5 measures of rhythms
- Read
- Clapped
- Played on rhythm instruments
- Reviewed Irish Fest songs
- Reviewed treble clef
- Played notes on Xylophone and glockenspiel
- We competed against each other
Kindergarten:
- Learned Irish Fest Songs
- Reviewed high and low sounds
- Reviewed Forte and Piano
We are LOVING being in the Media Center!!!
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Visit https://teach.classdojo.com/#/classes/56a8ba65feca0863313ab596/story to see pictures of what students in Fifth grade did today.
Fourth grade studied Bass Clef note names. They documented their findings, and their class story was posted on https://teach.classdojo.com/#/classes/56a8baf544508e6608138eac/story
Kindergarten through third grade worked on:
- internet safety
- what is a good choice?
- what is a bad choice?
- when should we be online?
- what can we put online?
- Logged onto Moby Max: MobyMax is an outstanding online resources that offers a free math, language, and reading curriculum for K-8 teachers. All lessons are aligned with the Common Core Standards and teachers can implement them easily.
- earning Dojo points. Students earning enough Dojo points were able to choose online educational web sites for exploration
Monday, February 8, 2016
Fourth and Fifth grade notated treble clef white and black notes using two different web pages:
- http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/quiz_mighty_music_man001.htm
- http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/quiz_mighty_music_man002.htm
After submitting their assignments, they practiced their notation skills as they continued work on the Music Theory Workbook. They learned that notes on or above the third line have stems down on the left side, and notes below the third line have stems on the right side going up.
They earned Dojo points which allowed them to have Free Time for the remaining time of class.
Kindergarten through third grade worked on:
- internet safety
- what is a good choice?
- what is a bad choice?
- when should we be online?
- what can we put online?
- Logged onto Moby Max: MobyMax is an outstanding online resources that offers a free math, language, and reading curriculum for K-8 teachers. All lessons are aligned with the Common Core Standards and teachers can implement them easily.
- earning Dojo points. Students earning enough Dojo points were able to choose online educational web sites for exploration
Friday, February 5,2016
Fourth and fifth grade worked to sharpen their keyboarding skills on Typing Web. Scores were collected on a Google Doc.
Students earned Dojo points for good work, good attitudes, and helping one another. These points were used to earn time on pre-approved web pages. Some students chose to continue work on content work that we're doing Monday through Thursdays, focusing on music.
Kindergarten, First, Second, and third grades worked to sharpen their keyboarding skills too. They too earned Dojo points. Seen here, are students enjoying some Free Time they earned.
Fourth and fifth grade worked on their music skills by:
- naming notes
- listening to pitched
- labeling pitches
- drawing notes
- drawing Treble clef
- listened to Mrs. V as she introduced the flute (and she played it)
Third grade:
- Reviewed Irish Fest songs
- Reviewed Treble Clef
- Reviewed note names and placement on staff
- Played a game "Around the World" where the class was divided into two teams, and students had to identify the note and play it on a Xylophone or Glockenspiel
First grade:
- Learned Irish Fest Songs
- Reviewed rhythms
- Played 5 measures of rhythms
- Read
- Clapped
- Played on rhythm instruments
Intervention: Sight words lists: 1-5
- Reviewed Irish Fest songs
- Reviewed treble clef
- Played notes on Xylophone and glockenspiel
- We competed against each other
Kindergarten:
- Learned Irish Fest Songs
- Reviewed high and low sounds
- Reviewed Forte and Piano
We are LOVING being in the Media Center!!!
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Snowday!
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Fourth and Fifth grade continued their work on naming Treble Clef note names. They earned a few minutes of Free time with their Dojo points.
Third grade:
- Logged onto Google Classroom
- Opened Moby Max
- Began a new account
- Earned Dojo points
- Enjoyed a few minutes of free time
- had great difficulty logging on
- had difficulty navigating to Moby Max
- had to shut down early due to too much talking
Intervention: Sight words lists: 1-5
- Logged onto Google Classroom
- Opened Moby Max
- Began working on their Moby Max accounts
- Earned Dojo points
- Enjoyed a few minutes of free time (because of their Dojo points)
Kindergarten:
- logged on!
Monday, February 1, 2016
Fourth and Fifth grade tested their music knowledge by working on a Google Doc: Music Theory Workbook
Students earned Dojo points, which dictated which web pages they could visit during Free Time.
Third grade:
- Logged on
- Went to Google Classroom
- Completed an assignment of copying and pasting.
- Turned in their assignment
- Went to ABCya.com for the remaining few minutes of class
- Logged on
- Went to Google Classroom
- Completed an assignment regarding:
- keyboarding
- editing text
- answering an online poll
- Turned in their assignment
- Went to ABCya for remaining few minutes of class
Intervention: Sight words lists: 1-5
- Logged on
- Worked in Google Drawings
- Created rectangles
- Created rounded rectangles
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