This week's rotation schedule includes grades K - 2.

Enrichment - 1st Grade

News Crew - Staff Meeting

Tuesday - Ms. M. White and Ms. Catlett

Enrichment - Kindergarten and Fifth Grade

Wednesday - Ms. O'Neal, Ms. Duke, & Ms. King

Enrichment - Third Grade

Thursday - Ms. Roberson & Ms. Love

Enrichment - Second Grade

Friday - Ms. Tredway,
Ms. Plummer, & Ms. Saracini

Enrichment - Fourth Grade

Publications and Yearbook Staffs

This is Week Twenty-Three

Description of the Lesson:  To create a certificate of completion, the children apply their desktop publishing skills including entering text and resizing, moving and deleting text and graphics frames.

Materials:  The students will be using Print Artist 15.0, the Assessment Checklist, and the template titled "Finish."

Skills Covered will include:

• Launch the program template we will be using for class today

• Maximize the screen

• Discuss the template and the certificate we will be designing today

• Discuss the changes that need to be made in the certificate

• Replace the "Name" text with your own name

• Move the graphic

• Resize the ribbon graphic

• Remove, "Delete," the sad face graphic

• Zoom in on the revealed graphic

• Delete the revealed graphic

• Change the font of the name

• Change the color of the text

• Save your project to a disk

• Print your project

• Exit the program

• Store your disk in the storage boxes

:Additional Skills for grades 1-2 only:

• Access the graphics library

• Insert a computer graphic

• Resize and move the graphic

• Insert a page border

Kindergarten Enrichment:  The students will be exploring the software program Millie's Math.  They will explore the section of their choice.  They will be learning to move through the program and the commands.

  First Grade Enrichment:  The students will be exploring with the software program Kid Pix Deluxe3.  They will create and print a picture of their choice.  They will be learning to move through the program and the commands.

Second - Third Grade Enrichment:  The students will be working with Typing Master to take the pre-test for typing instruction.

Fourth - Fifth Grade Enrichment:  The students will be working on adding additional editing touches to their personal web page for the school web site.

News Crew Staff Meeting:  We will view and evaluate the morning news.  We will discuss local news broadcast on television.  The students' assignment will be to write a one paragraph summary of things they like and dislike about a local broadcast they view during the week.  They will have to view two different broadcast and write the paragraph about that show.

 Newspaper Staff Meeting:  The new staff for the Gardner Newspaper will meet to discuss the edition for the 3rd nine weeks.  We will continue to discuss a possible name for the edition.  We will also discuss grade level assignments for their stories.