| Monday - Ms. Williams, Ms. Speed 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
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This is Week Thirty - Three
 Description of the
Lesson: The students will complete their personal web pages
this week. They will tour the school web site. We will view the
classroom web pages and talk about their own page that will be linked from
their class page.
Materials:
The students will be using the software program, Microsoft FrontPage.
They will also be using the web browser, Internet Explorer.
Skills Covered will include:
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Launch the program we will be using for class
today
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Maximize the screen
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Edit a Web Page Template
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Save their Web Page
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Export their Web Page to a Disk
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Exit a program
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Open Internet Explorer
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Browse the Internet to look at the school web site
Kindergarten
Enrichment: Students will work with the
Kid Pix Deluxe 3 software to create a picture. They will review adding
a background, graphics, text, or stamps to their work. They will also
explore adding sound to their picture using the music library with the
program.
First Grade Enrichment: Students will work with the
Kid Pix Deluxe 3 software to create a picture. They will review adding
a background, graphics, text, or stamps to their work. They will also
explore adding sound to their picture using the music library with the
program.
Second
- Third Grade Enrichment: The students will be
working with Typing Master to practice their touch typing skills. Once
the typing lessons are completed, the students will participate in a
"Virtual Field Trip" on "The Reason for the Seasons." The students
will visit the World Book On-line.
The students will then click on the link to "The Seasons" for today's
activity. The students will use the site to answer questions 1-4 on
their activity sheet. The students will also use a site, "The First
Day of Spring" to answer questions 5-8 of the activity sheet. They
will visit a NASA for Kids web site, The First Day of Spring.
This site will give them more information about the seasons and why they
change.
Fourth Grade Enrichment: The
students will be working on their electronic portfolio projects. They
will work on completing the title, main menu, title for the cover letter,
and about me slides of their portfolio. We will
also look at scanning documents to a disk for adding to their portfolios.
Fifth Grade Enrichment:
The students will be completing work on their topic they are currently
studying in their regular classroom. They will share their final
PowerPoint Presentation with the class. We will copy their
presentation on a disk for them take back to their class and share with
their class.
 News Crew Staff
Meeting: We will be looking
at recordings of the news to discuss ways to improve our show and correct
some of the mistakes we see in the video tape.
Newspaper
Staff Meeting: Students will be
discussing the assignments they have completed.
Students will practice the role of Publisher and determine which department would be
assigned a list of tasks.
Students will discuss which department would be assigned the
sample stories.
Students will select the stories to feature on the front page
of a newspaper.
Students will determine if examples are facts for news or
opinions for an editorial.
Students will discuss ideas for a feature story on people,
places, foods, and miscellaneous articles.
Students will discuss how a newspaper assigns sports
reporters to a "beat."
Students will use a sample entertainment section from the
newspaper to answer discussion questions.
Students will turn in their assignments!
Yearbook Staff Meeting: The staff will meet to
discuss the "Yearbook Parties" that are coming up next week. K-1 will
be on Wednesday, 2-3 on Thursday, and 4-5 on Friday from 2:15-2:45 on their
grade levels' day.
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