March 2017

March 31:
Fifth grade:

• Added transition to Google Slides
• Added animation to Google Slides
• Formatted fonts and Auto shape on Google Slides
• Submitted 70 point project: Planets
• Earned Dojo points for a party for the last few minutes of class

Fourth grade:

• Worked on Keyboarding Without Tears
• Earned Dojo points in an effort to have free time at the end of class

March 30, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Attended the fifth grade band concert

Fourth grade:

• My philosophy for a happy life | Sam Berns | TEDxMidAtlantic inspirational video about attitude.
• Another "make a difference video"
• Discussed how attitude affects many aspects of our lives
• Applied new understanding to project: Marvelous Measurement
• Renamed file
• Resubmitted

March 29, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Added Auto Shape to Master Slides
• Added Transitions
• Added animations
• Added one planet fact to each slide 
• Earned Dojo points for free time

March 28, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Reviewed grades from Glogster
• Worked on Google Slides
• Editing background
• Editing clip art
• Editing fonts
• Editing facts about planets

Fourth grade:

• Reviewed grades from Glogster
• Worked on Google Sheets
• Edited values
• Formatted Sums
• Copied formulas
• Lost free time due to volume intensity of talking

March 27, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Most students worked to finish and submit their glog
• When students completed their work, they were able to begin a Google Slides document about the planets
• Students worked right through their Free Time!

Fourth grade:

• Unfortunately, student's Chromebooks were unable to log on and their work was unable to be be turned in
• We spent much of our time working to remedy this situation

March 23, 2017

Fourth and Fifth grade played Music Bingo.

March 22, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Finished editing Lunar Lander glogs
• Commented on at least two peer's work
• Reviewed Treble Clef Note Names
• Played a game reinforcing this knowledge.
• Earned Dojo points
• Enjoyed a few minutes of free-time on pre-approved web sites

Fourth grade

• Finished editing Marvelous Measurement glogs
• Commented on at least two peer's work
• Reviewed Treble Clef Note Names
• Played a game reinforcing this knowledge.
• Earned Dojo points
• Enjoyed a few minutes of free-time on pre-approved web sites

March 21, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Began preparations for making comments on peer's work
• Worked on Keyboarding Without Tears
• Earned Dojo points

Fourth grade:

• Finished editing their glogs
• Made comments on their peer's glogs
• Earned Dojo points

March 20, 2017
Fifth grade:

• Finished uploading Google Slides to Glogster
• Edited a hyperlink to the Lunar Lander drop
• Created an arrow prompting audience to click on link
• Earned Dojo points
• Enjoyed free time at pre-approved web pages

March 17, 2017
Fourth and Fifth grade:

• Worked on Keyboarding Without Tears
• Earned Dojo points
• Enjoyed a few minutes of free time on preapproved web pages.

March 16,2017
Fifth grade:

• Finished their importation of JPEG 1
• Copied data from slide 3 to slide 2
• Imported slide 2 as JPEG to Glogster
• Saved Glogster

Fourth grade:

• Finished submitting their chart through Google Classroom
• Imported their chart to Glogster
• Created a word problem using data from chart

March 15, 2017
Fourth grade:

• saved chart as a JPEG
• opened Glogster
• imported chart to Glogster
• created wall (topic specific) on Glogster
• saved as unfinished project

Fifth grade:

• edited their reflection piece
• submitted their piece
• began their Glogster piece of the project

March 14, 2017
Fourth grade:

• opened Glogster account
• earned Dojo points

Fifth grade:

• finished dropping Lunar Landers measured distances
• typed in reflection
• prepared to type reflection onto Glogster

March 13, 2017
Fourth grade:

• imported the Google Sheets chart into Google Slides
• downloaded Google Slide as JPEG
• in preparation of putting onto Glogster

Fifth grade:

•  dropped Lunar Landers
• typed in our reflection

March 10, 2017
Fourth and Fifth grade worked to sharpen their keyboarding skills, using the program: Keyboarding Without Tears.

March 9, 2017
Fifth grade:
We continued engineering our Lunar Landers.
We got so focused, we didn't even take time for free time!
Fourth grade:
We created a graph in our Google Sheets.
We edited the numbers to see their affect on our graph.
March 8, 2017
Fifth grade:

• We began assembly of our Lunar Landers, after we brainstormed about what our goals were for creation of our Lunar Landers

Fourth Grade:

• We got went to Keyboarding Without Tears

March 7, 2017
Fifth grade:

• We learned about the lunar lander from the 1960's.
• We began the project of business building our own Lunar Lander.
• We chose to work with someone or alone
• We had to think about how to engineer a Lunar Lander that won't fall apart when dropped

Fourth grade:

• We measured each student's height.
• We put the data into a Google Sheets document
• We converted their measurements from inches to feet and inches
• We spent the last few minutes on Keyboarding Without Tears because we lost free time. We lost free time as we were so loud during our work time.

March 6, 2017
Fifth grade:

Enjoyed a Dojo party point party.
Fourth grade:

• Began a project in which they will:
• Measure their peers' height in feet
• Convert their findings to inches
• Graph their findings
• Import their graph to another application
• Create a word problem using the data they've imported

March 3
Fifth grade:

• Caught up on assignments
• Worked on Keyboarding Without Tears

Fourth grade had their party (that was originally set for 2/27).


March 1 and 2:
Fourth and Fifth finished editing their brainstorm document:
True: Is it fact?
Helpful: Does this benefit someone?
Inspiring: Is this a good example?
Necessary: Is it appropriate?

• Kind: Would I want this said about me?