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April 4-8
Finish Dinosaurs Lesson Technology Incentive Time

April 11-15
1. Download and show [|Maya and Miguel: Earth Day Every Day!] or read the story What Does it Mean to be Green? 2. Using the Mobi or Smart Board - Complete the What Can You Recycle activity in Pixie as a whole class. Discuss each item and why it can or can NOT be recycled 3. Have students drag the Earth Day Folder from the Hand Out Folder to their desktop. 4. With time remaining students can play [|Michael Michael Go Recycle] or another earth day activity on Fun School.
 * Earth Day**

Show The Lorax DVD. Discuss conservation and protecting our environment. Have students complete the New Lorax template.
 * Alternate Activity:**

April 26-29
1. Tell students that today we are going to be making a special digital image for our Mom's Review and discuss the definition of Digital Images. 2. Open the Inspiration. Review with students what that an adjective is a descriptive word about something. Ask them to share adjectives that describe their mom. Use Rapid Fire to record their responses on the Inspiration file. 3. Save the Inspiration for use when students are working on their artwork. Have students download the Mother's Day Pixie file to their desktop. 4. Open the Pixie File. Have students add their name to the file. 5. Review with students how to double click and add text. Put the word Mom in the center of the flower. Then add 1 adjective to each petal. Project the Inspiration Rapid Fire from earlier for students to use for ideas. 6. Once all the text is added students can use their fill bucket to decorate their flower. Remind them to use the Undo Button instead of the Eraser tool. 7. Save periodically. 8. Discuss the vocabulary Export. Have students click the Export button on the Pixie Toolbar. Make sure that it is saving as a JPG and the Quality is High. These are the defaults so no changes should need to be made. Click Export. Save the exported file to their desktop. Name is so that it can be handed in. Ex. mom1Hctrudden (mom gradelevel teachercode firstinitial lastname) Click Save. The file will export and create a .jpg file on the students desktop. 9. Close Pixie when they are finished. 10. Hand in their picture to the Hand In folder. Keep for emailing to Mom's.
 * Mother's Day**

May 2-6

 * Mother's Day - Continue with previous lesson**

May 16-20
[|It's a Frog's Life - Full Lesson on eguides]
 * //__Motivation:__// Distribute cards, one per student, from the "It's a Frog's Life (Motivation)" document. [[file:ItsaFrogsLife-Motivation.comicdoc]]Using the [|"Mix and Match" instructional strategy] have students move around the classroom, switching off their cards so that they don’t have the same one for very long. Students continue to mix and trade cards until “freeze" is called. When "freeze" is called, students stop switching cards. Then call “match,” and students walk about the room looking for a student with a matching card. Students should match a word card to a picture card. When they find each other students should stand together at the side of the classroom. You may have students hold up their cards so you can check that they have found the correct match. After all students have found their perfect matches, call “mix,” and the process begins again. Repeat the process several times to expose students to different parts of the life cycle. To conclude the activity, elicit from students how all the cards relate to one another.**

1. Have students login to the computer and go to the Hand Out Folder. 2. Drag the It's a Frog's Life Folder to their Desktop. It includes an Images Folder and The Comic Life Template. 3. **Display the "It's a Frog's Life" //PowerPoint// which includes information about a frog's life cycle and the Discovery Education video segments from "Animal Lifecycles".** 4. **Model the procedures for dragging and dropping the life cycle images into the students //iPhoto// and instruct in properly creating an //iPhoto// library while inserting their images.**

May 23-27
Motivation: [|Sing A Long at Ribbit Park]
 * This site allows students to hear frog sounds and follow a pattern to repeat the sounds.**

1. Have students login and open their It's a Frog Life Folder and then open the Comic Life Template.
 * 2. Model the procedures for using //Comic Life// focusing on inserting images from either //iPhoto// or the desktop and inserting a headline.**
 * 3. Model how to complete the "It's a Frog's Life " //Comic Life// activity by inserting the images of the frog's life cycle in the correct order as well as adding a headline and labels for each of the stages (see the included key). [[file:ItsaFrogsLife-key.comicdoc]]**
 * 4. Allow students time to complete their //Comic Life// "It's a Frog's Life" cycle document.**
 * 5. Model the procedures for saving and printing their completed activity for evaluation.**

May 31- June 3
1. Have students get their computer and log on. 2. Drag the Father's Day folder to their desktop. 3. Have students open the Father's Day Comic Life Template. 4. Show students how to use the Capture tool to take two photos of themselves for the two panels. 5. Show students how to finish the speech bubbles to complete the sentence starters. 6. Show students how to change the styles on the title Happy Father's Day. 7. Have students save their work. 8. Have students export their work as an image. 9. Save their work as a JPEG in the Highest Quality. 10. Have students hand in their work to save to email to Dad's 11. Log out and put the computer away.
 * Father's Day Cards**

__Quarter 3 Lessons__
January 24-28 Penguin eBook January 31-February 4 Penguin eBook February 7-February 11 Penguin eBook February 14-February 18 Valentine's Day Lessons February 21-February 25 100th Day of School Lessons February 28-March 4 Penguin eBook March 7-March 11 Penguin eBook March 14-March 18 St. Patrick's Day Celebration Week: 1. The students will watch a St. Patrick's Day movie from United Streaming: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=3136342B-FB15-45B8-879D-11A5E85E8FA8&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US 2. The students will take a group quiz on St. Patrick's Day! The students will use the information from the movie and their background knowledge to answer the questions. http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/st-patricks-day/quiz/index.html 3. The students use a teacher created St. Patrick's template to draw a picture and write a sentence about things that they feel lucky about to celebrate the holiday. St. Pat's Day 1st.pxi The students will save and print their work. 4. Students who finish early can visit and play some interactive St. Patrick's Day games. http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/stpat/stgames.htm http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/st-patricks-day/

March 21-March 25 Science: Dinosaurs Motivation: The students will watch the movie National Park: Where Dinosaur Roam. http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=FA6DB795-0600-4F98-881A-BF804C4335DF&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US 1. Students will interact with a powerpoint to learn more about dinosaurs [|Dinosaurs cont.] 2. The students will become Paleontologists and explore dinosaur fossils. http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/dig/dinodig.html 3. The students will use Pixie and create their own dinosaur fossils. [|Fossil and Dino.pxi] 4. The students will use Pixie and create their own dinosaur.[| Dino.pxi] 5. The students will save and print their work. 6. Students that finish early can visit these sites. http://www.kidsdinos.com/ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/dinosaurs/

March 28-April 1

__Quarter 2 Lessons__
November 8-12 __Author Exploration: Jan Brett //Town Mouse & Country Mouse//__ __Objectives:__ Motivation: Show the students the front and back cover of the book. Have the students make predictions about the story. The teacher can use the board, Inspiration, or Kidspiration to write the brainstorming ideas. 1. The teacher will read aloud the story and stop throughout the story to check for student comprehension. 2. The students will discuss the book. The teacher will use the vocabulary beginning, middle, and end of story. 3. The students will watch the movie Telling_Tales__The_Town_Rat_and_the_Country_Rat.mov to see if the story would be different if the story was about a rat instead of a mouse. 4. The teacher will model for the students how to complete the Pixie activity using the story. [|Beginning Middle End.pxi] 5. The students will save and print their work. 6. The links below are for Jan Brett's website as well as a short interactive Jan Brett story about Hedgie. http://www.janbrett.com/games/interactive_games_main.htm http://www.janbrettvideos.com/hedgie_blast_off_high_bandwidth.htm http://www.janbrett.com/hltr/hltr_main.htm November 15-19 //Beginning, Middle, End Activity//
 * Describe ways the selected technology tools are being used to support learning goals
 * Recognize that technologies (such as computers, calculators, television, cameras, PDAs, CD-ROM, and DVD) have influenced daily life, past and present

November 22-23 //Holiday Lesson Plan "Thanksgiving"// November 29-December 3 //Beginning, Middle, End Activity// (some classes need to finish and print) __Fairy Tales Exploration: //The Three Little Pigs//__ 1. The students will watch the movie //The Three Little Pigs// from discovery streaming to explore different aspects of a fairy tale. 2. The students will listen to the story //The Three Little Pigs// http://www.kizclub.com/storytime/threepigs/first.html to complete and contracts the movie story with the books. 3. The students will open a blank document of Pixie 2. The teacher will show the students how to find Pixie in the Application Folder. The students will draw a picture of their favorite part of the movie or book. 4. The students will print their work. 5. Students who finish early are invited to explore other fairy tales.The students will need their ear phones to listen to the books. http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/theme/fairytales/

December 6-10

December 13-17

December 20-23

January 3-7 __New Year Resolution__ 1. Show the students the PowerPoint on New Year and Resolutions. [|New Yeas day.ppt] [|New Years Day2.ppt] (I liked both PowerPoints, so I would decide what would be better for certain classes). 2. Show the students the movie __//More Holiday Adventures of the Lollipop Dragon: Happy New Year in TumTum//__. What was Lollipop Dragon's New Year Resolution? 3. Review with the student's how to log-in and the have the students go to the grade 1 folder. Have the students drag out the Inspiration document on New Year Resolutions. Have the students complete the document and print their work. Students who finish early can interact with the New Year games. [|NY Resolutions 1.isf] 4. Closing: Share with the class the Time for Kids article on the New Year: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/ns/article/0,17585,407486,00.html

January 10-14

January 17-21

__**Objective:**__ __**Vocabulary:**__ __**Motivation:**__ Use the Interwrite Workspace template provided. Start by using the spotlight tool and ask students if they know what this is a picture of. The spotlight Tool is the flashlight icon found in the toolbox. Navigate to the second page in the IW template. Ask the students what they already know about Martin Luther King and how would they describe him. Use the freehand text tool with the smart board to record adjectives to describe Martin Luther King.Then show the movie [|Martin's Big Words]. After the movie is finished, go back to the template and see if students have new descriptive words to add that would describe Martin Luther King Jr. 1. Have students get their laptops off the cart. Wait for the green light and log on. 2. Drag today's work from the Hand Out Folder to their desktop and open the Pixie File 3. Direct students to add their name to the title. 4. Model for students how to take a photograph and then to resize the photograph so that it fits in the box provided. The yellow box should make a frame for the image taken. 5. Ask student to think about words that would describe them and their aspirations. 6. Type words into the text boxes provided. 7. Save and print student work. 8. Have students Quit out of Pixie. 9. Drag work to Network Folder at end of class if time. 10. Have students Log out. 11. Pick a SpecTECHular student.
 * Martin Luther King**
 * Edit work created using concept mapping, word processing, or presentation software
 * digital image
 * __Lesson:__**

__Quarter 2 Objectives__

 * G2b1 || Explore and discuss social and ethical behaviors when using technology (such as appropriate copying and pasting, giving credit for ideas, and identifying sources) ||
 * G2b2 || Discuss the importance of having access to current, accurate information ||
 * G2c1 || Discuss safety issues related to use of the Internet ||
 * G2c2 || Recognize safe practices when working online ||
 * G2c3 || Recognize and understand the purpose of technology protection measures including filtering systems ||
 * G2a1 || Recognize that technologies (such as computers, calculators, television, cameras, PDAs, CD-ROM, and DVD) have influenced daily life, past and present ||
 * G2a2 || Identify examples of how technology has affected the environment, past and present ||
 * G2a3 || Identify how technology tools have been and are used to meet people's needs ||
 * G3a1 || Describe ways the selected technology tools are being used to support learning goals ||
 * G3a3 || Edit work created using concept mapping, word processing, or presentation software ||
 * G3a4 || Collect, analyze, and display data and information using electronic tools (such as calculators, spreadsheets and graphing programs) * ||
 * G3a5 || Identify electronic sources of information on a topic * ||
 * G3a6 || Use teacher-identified resources to collect information using print and non-print resources as a class or in a small group * ||
 * G5a1 || Select relevant information from teacher-selected technology resources (such as databases, library catalogs, and electronic reference materials) * ||
 * G5a2 || Explain evaluation strategies when using electronic resources (such as publication date, fact vs. fiction, author, ease of use) ||
 * G5a3 || Collect data using technology * ||

__Quarter 1 Lessons__
Week 1: August 30 - September 3 __**Rules and Procedures**__ 1. Invite students in and direct them to find their assigned seat. 2. Using the CESProcedures.ppt show students the first two slides. Ask them to make predictions about their technology teacher for the year. What will she be like? Read the story __The Computer Teacher from the Black Lagoon__ by Mike Thaler. 3. Continue with the .ppt - the teacher will share information about themselves on Slide 3. 4. Play the Share Game: Who likes: pizza, hotdogs, tacos, and etc. Stand up from chair if you like that food. Use three examples that correlate with teacher shared items so that students can see similarities and differences. 5. Continue with the .ppt and go through rules and procedures for class. You may use the notes that are provided to assist in providing additional details for students. 6. Share with students your expectations to earn SpotLight for SpecTechular student each week. Have students generate their ideas on the excel document. Teacher will write down students thoughts. 7. Take student photos in PhotoBooth to use on the SpotLight for SpecTECHular student bulletin Board. 8. If Time - Take a field trip to show students where the nearest girls and boys restrooms are to our classroom. 9. Select a SpecTechular Student. 10. Have students clean up by flipping their name tag to the next index card. Call tables to line up.

Week 2: September 6 - 10 __**Getting to Know Your Laptop**__ __**Objectives:**__ __**Vocabulary:**__ 1. Motivation: Play hangman with laptop parts. Use the words - keyboard, screen, & trackpad [|Hangman Activity in Quia] 2. Review with students SpecTECHular student behaviors created during the previous lesson. 3. Call tables one at a time to practice getting laptops off the cart and to their seat. Students should not open or turn on their laptop. 4. Students will watch a PowerPoint on the parts of their laptop computers. Have students point to the different parts of the laptop as you go through the PowerPoint. 5. Tell students to turn the computers on by pressing the power button and then practice logging on. 6. Practice exploring places that students will use during technology. Documents Folder, Teachers Folder (Hand-In & Hand-Out), Network Home Folder, Applications Folder, Dock, Spotlight, Black Apple, and Log Out. 7. Have students click on the Documents Folder. It should open directly up. If it stacks, they should click the White Arrow at the top of the stack. 8. Model the creation of a TECH folder in their Documents Folder. 9. If time - Have students go into Kidspiration and click/drag out pictures of activities they did during the summer. 10. Model how to Log Out and then Shut down the computer for the next class. 11. Select a SpecTechular Student. 12. Have students clean up by flipping their name tag to the next index card and then calling tables to put their computers away and line up.
 * Recognize and identify the function of the major hardware components in a computer system
 * Demonstrate proper care of equipment (such as following lab rules, handling equipment with care)
 * hardware - The physical parts of a computer

Week 3: September 13 - 17 __**Pixie Introduction/All About Me**__ __**Objectives:**__ __**Vocabulary:**__
 * Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications
 * Use templates provided by the teacher to complete learning assignments
 * template: a file partially created by the teacher for students to complete

1. Motivation: All About Me! :) Each of us is unique and special because of our special talents and gifts. What are some activities that you enjoy that makes you special either in school or out of school? Each of us have a family and enjoy doing special activities with them. What are some activities that you enjoy doing with them? 2. Have students get laptops off the cart and return to their seat. 3. Discuss vocabulary word for the day - template. 4. Have students drag the Pixie Tools and My Family to their TECH folder. 5. Students should open the Pixie Tools activity and review the different tools available to them in Pixie. 6. Have them save their work and close Pixie. Then open the My Family. 7. Go over with students that they will be creating a picture of their family to share with the class using Pixie. 8. Allow time for students to complete the template. Remind them to save their work. If students finish early they can create their own illustration in Pixie independently while their classmates finish their work. 9. Have students Print their work. 10. Call volunteers to share their family illustration with the class. 11. Model how to Back Up their Tech Folder (if Time), and Log Out. 12. Select a SpecTechular Student. 13. Have students clean up by flipping their name tag to the next index card and then calling tables to put their computers away and line up.



Week 4: September 20 - 24 All About Me Cont.

Week 5: September 27 - October 1 ABC Book - PowerPoint

Week 6: October 4 - 8 ABC Book - PowerPoint cont.

Week 7: October 11 - 15 __**Science: Moon**__ __**Objectives:**__ __**Vocabulary:**__
 * Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications
 * Use templates provided by the teacher to complete learning assignments
 * template: a file partially created by the teacher for students to complete

1. The students will watch a movie about the moon and discover more "Moon Facts" [|Junior_Space_Scientist__Voyage_to_the_Moon.mov] 2. The students will use Kidspiration to complete a Moon exploration activity and write a sentence about what a person cannot do on the moon. [|Space Sort.isf] 3.The students will visit the website Earth, Sun, and Moon to explore Outer Space and learn more "Moon Facts." http://www.earthsunmoon.co.uk/ 4. Closing: The students will share a new "Moon Fact" to their table mates. 5. The teacher will select a SpecTechular Student for the class.
 * Motivation:** Show students a picture of the moon and have them share with the class "Moon Facts." [|Picture_1.png]

Even/Odd Numbers - Kidspiration (some classes maybe working on this activity)

Week 8: October 18 - 22 __**Objectives:**__
 * Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications
 * Use templates provided by the teacher to complete learning assignments

__**Vocabulary:**__
 * digital art - art created on the computer in digital form

__**Motivation:**__ Tell students that today they are going to be astronauts. Show them the image of Neil Armstrong on the moon. Ask students where this picture was taken and if they want to travel there themselves? Turn off the lights and have students close their eyes. Tell them to imagine themselves putting on their space suit. Remind them to put on their gloves and helmet too! Then pretend they are walking to their space ship and strapping themselves safely into their chair. Remember to buckle up! Then begin to play the sound file of the shuttle taking off. Then it will sound like they are flying in space and finally landing on the moon. When they land on the moon ask them to look around. Remember what they see because today they are going to draw a picture of themselves in space. 1. Have students get their laptops and return to their seat. 2. Model how to drag the SpacePicture.pxi file to their tech folder. 3. Have students open the file. 4. Model how to use the camera feature in Stickers to take their picture. They should use the circle template and make sure that only their face is in the circle. Have them pair up so that one student will click to take the picture while the other student poses and looks at the green light. 5. Model how to resize the picture so that it will fit on the astronaut. 6. Tell students to draw what they saw in space during the motivation. Tell them they can use any of the drawing tools on the left sidebar but they can not use stickers. Tell them that the very best drawings will be entered in a digital art contest. Remind them to include features that of space that they talked about in their homerooms. 7. Have students save their work and quit out of Pixie. 8. Students who finish their picture early can go to [|NASA Kids Club]. 9. Model backing up student work to their Network file. 10. Students should log out and put away their laptops. 11. Choose the SpecTechular Student for the week.

[|The_American_flag_on_the_moon_s_surface___large(2).jpg] [|SpaceMotivationGr1.m4a] Week 9: October 25 - 29 __**Objectives:**__
 * Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications
 * Use templates provided by the teacher to complete learning assignments

__**Vocabulary:**__
 * digital art - art created on the computer in digital form

1. Have students get their laptops and login. 2. Allow students time to finish their illustration. When they finish, either have them export their work and turn it in to the Hand In folder or rename their file and turn in the Pixie file to the Hand In folder. 3. Students should print their work. 4. Show the [|Halloween Facts and Fun Video] to the students. 5. Allow times for students to explore some [|Halloween Websites]. 6. Log out and put their laptops away. 7. Select the SpecTechular Student.

November 1 - 5

__Quarter 1 Objectives__

 * G1a1 || Recognize and identify the function of the major hardware components in a computer system ||
 * G1a2 || Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications ||
 * G1a3 || Use the keyboard to type letters and numbers and know how to use special key functions ||
 * G2a1 || Understand and follow the acceptable use policy ||
 * G2a2 || Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others when using technology in the classroom ||
 * G2a3 || Recognize responsible use of technology systems and software ||
 * G2a4 || Demonstrate proper care of equipment (such as following lab rules, handling equipment with care) ||
 * G2a5 || Recognize the potential harm of intrusive applications (such as viruses, pop-up windows, etc.) ||
 * G2a6 || Use safe and correct security procedures (such as protecting password and user ID) ||
 * || Recognize that technologies (such as computers, calculators, television, cameras, PDAs, CD-ROM, and DVD) have influenced daily life, past and present ||
 * || Identify examples of how technology has affected the environment, past and present ||
 * || Identify how technology tools have been and are used to meet people's needs ||
 * G3a2 || Use templates provided by the teacher to complete learning assignments ||