Jan 2017

January 31:
Fourth and Fifth grade:
Worked on reviewing their knowledge of Treble Clef notes.

• https://quizlet.com/2214518/match
• https://quizlet.com/2214518/flashcards
• https://quizlet.com/2214518/gravity

Fifth grade discussed how music isn't for everyone, but it is a discipline that is:

• required of us
• deserving of respect

Challenging Ancient Virtues - Movie Clip from The Emperor's Club: Sedgwick challenges the ethics and decisions in the ancient Roman texts that he’s reading.

January 30:
Fourth and Fifth grade:
Began new marking period.
We learned that we can earn Dojo points.
We discussed that the next nine weeks will be divided into three segments: music, glogster, and keyboarding
We learned about Treble Clef notes
We earned Dojo points

January 27
Fifth grade:
We finished Keyboarding Without Tears.
We earned a Dojo party for the last few minutes of class.

Fourth grade:
We worked on the comma and question mark keys.
We tried to get all of our alphabet letters onto a Google Doc without looking at our hands.
We earned a Dojo party for the last 14 minutes of class.


January 26

Students attended the Fifth grade band concert.

January 25, 2017
Fifth grade:

• reviewed their grades
• discussed lack of motivation for project
• finished day with sharpening skills on Keyboarding Without Tears

Fourth grade:

• Keyboarding Without Tears
• Whole Class activity of echoing and sharpening skills
• Earned free time with Dojo points

January 24, 2017
Fifth grade:

• uploaded their Lunar Lander projects to Google Classroom
• submitted their assignment
• worked on Keyboarding Without Tears
• Earned free time with Dojo

Fourth grade:

• personalized Google profile
• updated their background
• worked on Keyboarding Without Tears
• Earned free time with Dojo

January 23, 2017
Fifth grade:

• inserted their video from the wiki, to Google Slides
• shared their Google slides document with others, so that peers could proof read their presentation

Fourth grade:

• continued work on Keyboarding Without Tears

January 20, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Finished their data input
• Formated their background
• Formatted their text

Fourth grade:

• Reviewed their grades on Google Classroom for their Marvelous Measurement project (that we did as a class)
• Reviewed pages 50-53 on Keyboarding Without Tears.
• Earned Dojo points for free time.

January 19, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Using Google Slides students
• entered data reflections about their Lunar Lander
• formatted background
• checked for:
• complete sentences
• correct spelling
• correct punctuation

Fourth grade:

• learned about home row
• reviewed importance of using technology with Keyboarding Without Technology (p. 27)
• earned Dojo points for free time

January 18, 2017
Fifth grade:

• finished dropping their Lunar Landers
• Uploaded their movies to Youtube
• Will upload their movies to Google Slides tomorrow

Fourth grade:

• finished their glogster
• submitted their glogster
• earned free time with Dojo points

January 17, 2017
Snowday

January 16, 2017
Fifth grade:

• dropped their Lunar Lander
• uploaded their videos to Youtube
• recorded reflections on their Google Slides

Fourth grade:

• added images to their measurement glog
• resized their:
• text boxes
• images
• earned free time through Dojo points

January 13, 2017
Fourth and fifth grades went to MSU's planetarium

January 10-12, 2017

Snowdays

January 9, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Observed teamwork video: http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/apollo-13/not-on-my-watch
• Continued work on Lunar Landers
• Tomorrow we will hope to begin dropping finished Lunar Landers

4th grade:

• edited their Google Sheets chart onto Glogster
• created a story problem using data they had created
• earned free time through Dojo points

January 6, 2017
Fifth grade

• Began initial stages of construction
• Lunar Landers were tested and engineered so that astronauts would not fall out on impact
• This was an example:
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Fourth grade:

• created Google Sheets chart
• imported to Google Slides
• Saved image as a JPEG
• imported to Glogster
• earned free time for the last few minutes of class

January 5, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Finished their Brainstorming document
• Began construction of their Lunar Lander projects by:
• Collecting resources
• beginning initial set up

Fourth grade:

• opened Google Drive
• opened yesterday's spreadsheet
• updated data
• inserted chart demonstrating data
• enjoyed a few minutes of free time online

January 4, 2017
Fourth grade:

• Reviewed their Glogster grades
• Began a Marvelous Measurement assignment
• Measured each student
• Input data into a Google Sheets document

Fifth grade:

• Reviewed their Glogster grades
• Discussed the Lunar Lander from President Kennedy's presidency
• Discussed what the phrase: "The Eagle has landed" implied.
• Listened to the actual footage of the moon landing
• Created teams to create their own Lunar Lander
• Began brainstorming about what they would build with materials that would be provided