This Week in the Lab 12/16/2013

Kindergarten

• Create either a Christmas Tree or a Gingerbread House using ABCYa.com
• Add their name and print their creation.

1st Grade

• Create either a Christmas Tree or a Gingerbread House using ABCYa.com
• Add their name and print their creation.

2nd Grade

• Create either a Christmas Tree or a Gingerbread House using ABCYa.com
• Add their name and print their creation.

3rd Grade

• Create a greeting card using the templates in Microsoft Word

4th Grade

• Create a greeting card using Microsoft Publisher

5th Grade

• Create a greeting card using Microsoft Publisher

This Week in the Lab 11/18

Kindergarten

• Continue Microsoft Paint (Windows 7 version)
• Draw a picture of something that starts with the letter "K"
• Practice saving and opening files.

1st Grade

• Continue KerPoof
• Practice logging in to our class account.

2nd Grade

• Practice Google Image Search
• Create picture collections of food chains.

3rd Grade

• Continue Prezi
• Create a Prezi about an Ecosystem and populate it with different plants and animals from that ecosystem.

4th Grade

• Perform Google searches for websites about government.
• Evaluate the websites for reliability
• Share their findings in a Google Form (continued from last week)

5th Grade

• Continue work with Google Sketchup
• Place our building into a Google Earth location
• Add additional models from the Warehouse
• Add textures and smaller details to our models

This Week in the Lab 11/11

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Introduce Microsoft Paint (Windows 7 version)
• Draw a picture of something that starts with the letter "J"

1st Grade

• Introduce KerPoof
• Practice logging in to our class account.

2nd Grade

• Introduce Bitstrips
• Create an Avatar

3rd Grade

• Introduce Prezi
• Create a Prezi about an Ecosystem and populate it with different plants and animals from that ecosystem.

4th Grade

• Perform Google searches for websites about government.
• Evaluate the websites for reliability
• Share their findings in a Google Form (continued from last week)

5th Grade

• Continue work with Google Sketchup
• Place our building into a Google Earth location
• Add additional models from the Warehouse

This Week in the Lab 11/4

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Introduce Microsoft Paint (Windows 7 version)
• Save our picture files to the computer

1st Grade

• Finish writing our names in different fonts in Microsoft Word
• Print our names.

2nd Grade

• Finish PowerPoint ClipArt Project.

3rd Grade

• Finish PowerPoints based on Google searches.

4th Grade

• Perform Google searches for websites about explorers
• Evaluate the websites for reliability
• Share their findings in a Google Form

5th Grade

• Continue work with Google Sketchup
• Create a model based on a building, begin adding textures.

This Week in the Lab 10/28

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Create and pring a Virtual Pumpkin on ABCYa to practice mouse control (for those that didn't print last week)
• Visit Starfall to practice our letter of the week.

1st Grade

• Introduction to Microsoft Word (Continued from last week)
• Save and open files in the class folder
• Practice typing our names
• Use the font controls to change the way our name looks

2nd Grade

• Introduce PowerPoint (Continued from last week)
• Instert ClipArt and add a title.
• Use the design, transition, and animation features to add extra style to the Presentations

3rd Grade

• Perform a Google Image search, looking at how to refine our search. (Continued from last week)
• Looking at the source of our image to decide if it is reliable.
• Save a picture from Google Images into our folder.
• Import saved images into PowerPoint

4th Grade

• Introduce Prezi
• Add text and pictures to the Prezi
• Create a motion path within the Prezi
• Use Prezi to illustrate a cause and effect. (We will be wrapping these up this week)

5th Grade

• Introduce Google Sketchup
• Create basic shapes, convert 2D shapes to 3D models.
• Manipulate 3D models
• Add textures.
• Choose a real life building to replicate

This Week in the Lab 10/21

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Virtual Pumpkin on ABCYa to practice mouse control

1st Grade

• Introduction to Microsoft Word
• Save and open files in the class folder
• Practice typing our names
• Use the font controls to change the way our name looks

2nd Grade

• Introduce PowerPoint
• Instert ClipArt and add a title.
• Use the design, transition, and animation features to add extra style to the Presentations

3rd Grade

• Perform a Google Image search, looking at how to refine our search.
• Looking at the source of our image to decide if it is reliable.
• Save a picture from Google Images into our folder.
• Import saved images into PowerPoint

4th Grade

• Introduce Prezi
• Add text and pictures to the Prezi
• Create a motion path within the Prezi
• Use Prezi to illustrate a cause and effect.

5th Grade

• Introduce Google Sketchup
• Create basic shapes, convert 2D shapes to 3D models.
• Manipulate 3D models
• Add textures.

This Week in the Lab 10/7

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Keyboarding Zoo on ABCYa to practice keyboard familiarity

1st Grade

• Navigating the GCMS website
• Use Tux Typing to practice keyboarding.  We will be using it to type the spelling words for the week.

2nd Grade

• Introduce PowerPoint
• Instert ClipArt and add a title.

3rd Grade

• Perform a Google Image search, looking at how to refine our search.
• Save a picture from Google Images into our folder.

4th Grade

• Continue the project from last week.
• Conduct Google Image searches on geography terms and save an image to their folder
• Insert the imate into a Word Document with an appropriate title
• This week we should finish and be able to print the documents.

5th Grade

• Continue the project from last week.
• Conduct Google Image searches for pictures of organs in different body systems
• Create a PowerPoint featuring the images and the web addresses of their sources

This Week in the Lab 9/30

What is happening in the Elementary Project Lab for the week beginning Monday 9/23?

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Toy Theater to practice mouse skills (holding the mouse properly, clicking and dragging).

1st Grade

• Practice logging on to the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Play Keyboarding Zoo on ABCYa to practice keyboarding.
• At this point we are not as concerned with using the correct finger for each letter, the main goal is to make the students more familiar with the location of the different letters on the keyboard.

2nd Grade

• Create a document containing their name in a stylized form (fonts, colors, etc)
• Make a printout of the document

3rd Grade

• Practice typing a sentence
• Learn to use Copy/Paste
• Save the files in their class folder.
• Create a printout of the document

4th Grade

• Continue the project from last week.
• Conduct Google Image searches on geography terms and save an image to their folder
• Insert the imate into a Word Document with an appropriate title

5th Grade

• Continue the project from last week.
• Conduct Google Image searches for pictures of organs in different body systems
• Create a PowerPoint featuring the images and the web addresses of their sources

This Week in the Lab 9/23

What is happening in the Elementary Project Lab for the week beginning Monday 9/23?

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Starfall to practice our letter of the week.

1st Grade

• Practice logging on to the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Spelling City to practice the week's spelling list

2nd Grade

• Introduce Microsoft Word
• Students will practice typing their names
• Save their files in their class folder.

3rd Grade

• Introduce Microsoft Word
• Practice typing a sentence
• Learn to use Copy/Paste
• Save the files in their class folder.

4th Grade

• Conduct Google Image searches on geography terms and save an image to their folder
• Insert the imate into a Word Document with an appropriate title

5th Grade

• Conduct Google Image searches for pictures of organs in different body systems
• Create a PowerPoint featuring the images and the web addresses of their sources

This Week in the Lab 9/9

What is happening in the Elementary Project Lab for the week beginning Monday 9/2?

Map Testing

All grades are completing MAP testing this week and next week so we will not have the usual computer lab classes.  The regular schedule will resume on Monday, September 23.

This Week in the Lab 9/2

What is happening in the Elementary Project Lab for the week beginning Monday 9/2?

Kindergarten

• Continue practice on signing in to the computers
• No materials are necessary

1st Grade

• Practice signing in to Accelerated Reader
• Take the STAR test
• Students should bring their AR folders

2nd Grade

• Sign in to Accelerated Reader, finish the STAR test for those needed
• Sign in to ThinkCentral
• Time permitting, sign in to Sumdog
• Students should bring AR bookmarks

3rd Grade

• Finish STAR tests as needed
• Log in to Think Central
• Log in to Sumdog
• Students should bring assignment books for recording passwords

4th Grade

• Log in to Think Central
• Log in to Sumdog
• Students should bring assignment books for recording passwords

5th Grade

• Log in to Think Central
• Log in to Sumdog
• Setup 5th Grade folders
• Students should bring assignment books for recording passwords

This Week in the Lab 8/26

What is happening in the Elementary Project Lab for the week beginning Monday 8/26?

Kindergarten

• We will go over the seating chart.
• Get introduced to Mr. Willis and his rules for the lab
• Begin practice on signing in to the computers
• No materials are necessary

1st Grade

• We will go over the seating chart.
• Get introduced to Mr. Willis and his rules for the lab
• Begin practice on signing in to the computers
• Introduce Accelerated Reader
• Students should bring their AR folders

2nd Grade

• We will go over the seating chart.
• Get introduced to Mr. Willis and his rules for the lab
• Begin practice on signing in to the computers
• Sign in to Accelerated Reader, take the STAR test if time permits
• Students should bring AR bookmarks

3rd Grade

• We will go over the seating chart.
• Get introduced to Mr. Willis and his rules for the lab
• Begin practice on signing in to the computers
• Sign in to Accelerated Reader, take the STAR test if time permits
• Students should bring assignment books for recording passwords

4th Grade

• We will go over the seating chart.
• Get introduced to Mr. Willis and his rules for the lab
• Begin practice on signing in to the computers
• Sign in to Accelerated Reader, take the STAR test if time permits
• Students should bring assignment books for recording passwords

5th Grade

• We will go over the seating chart.
• Get introduced to Mr. Willis and his rules for the lab
• Begin practice on signing in to the computers
• Sign in to Accelerated Reader, take the STAR test.
• Sign in to ThinkCentral and Sumdog as time permits
• Students should bring assignment books for recording passwords