Second+Grade+2011

toc =Second Grade Plans=

**Apr 9-13**
1. Have students come in and login to their computer. Once they are logged in have them join you at the front of the room to listen to a story. 2. Read the story What Does it Mean to be Green? 3. Use Inspiration to Rapid Fire some "Green" examples. Encourage students to come up with examples from the story as well as their own. 4. Send students back to their seats. 5. Have students download the Earth Day Folder from the Hand Out Folder to their Desktop. 6. Complete the Being Green in Pixie using some of the ideas from the inspiration or their own. Students should include at least 1 text box, and an illustration. Discourage Sticker use so that we could possibly use it for the computer contest next year. **ALTERNATE in LAB** : Use the Kidspiration Template: Have students include 1 text box and illustrations using the symbol maker tool. 7. With time remaining students can play [|Michael Michael Go Recycle] or another earth day activity on Fun School.

**Apr 16-20**
Plant Parts
 * 1) Show BrainPop, Jr. vid: []
 * 2) Use Inspiration to record some of the functions of each plant part as the movie plays – pause as needed.
 * 3) Direct students to the Hand-out folder where they should drag the Pixie template (Plant Part Functions.pxt) to their desktops to open.
 * 4) Remind students to add their names to the document and to refer to the Inspiration document or this site:[| http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/plant/parts.html] to complete the sentences about the parts’ functions.
 * 5) Have all students save the documents together – this is a Pixie template which will save to the Documents folder by default! Circulate and check for completion – select two for color printing & posting.
 * 6) As time allows, direct students to:[| http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml]

**Apr 30-May 4**
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. Tell students that part of their image will include a friendly letter to their mom. Review the elements of a friendly letter. Write a sample friendly letter using the Kidspiration organizer. 3. Save the Kidspiration for use when students are working on their letter. Have students download the Mother's Day Pixie file to their desktop. 4. Open the Pixie File. Have student enter their name and work on writing their friendly letter. Put up the Kidspiration organizer from earlier for students to use to help them with their writing. 5. Allow students time to write their letter. 6. Once all the text is added students can use their fill bucket to decorate their flower and background. 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. mom2Mctrudden (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 7-11**

 * Finish Mother's Day Cards**
 * Start Father's Day Cards - Pic Monkey**
 * http://www.picmonkey.com**
 * Take photo in Photobooth. Drag to Desktop.**
 * Open Pic Monkey. Drag photo into Pic Monkey.**
 * Use the tools in pink below to edit your photo for your dad.**
 * When kids finish click Save.**
 * Then click Save Photo.**
 * Have them save on their Desktops - Dad2Ectrudden (example)**


 * Turn in Image.**

Jan 24-27
Motivation: Display the KWS chart using the eInstruction Workspace Software & the Smart Board. Ask students what they already know about scientists. Record responses in the K column. Question students about what they might like to learn about scientists and record responses in the W column. Then ask students where some good sources may be to find this information. Elict responses such as books, magazines, online encyclopedias, newspapers, etc and record in the S column. Use this opportunity to mention Worldbook Online and SIRS instead of Google.

1. Have students login to their machine and visit the teacher Hand Out folder. Drag the Real Scientist Folder to their desktop. 2. Tell students that today they are going to have the unique experience to meet a very special scientist and see how they use science in their day to day life in their profession. 3. Using the smart board have students come up one at a time and pull the[| fruit picker] to be assigned a different scientist to learn more about each scientists. Pass out card with scientist name on it to the student so they don't forget. (I will print and laminate these this morning for you) 4. When all students have a scientist, pass out notes sheet and pencils and discuss what types of information the students are going to be looking for about their scientist. 5. Guide students in opening the [|Dragonfly TV-PBS Kids Go!] website and instructing students to find their scientist in the list. Scientists are listed in ABC order by the scientists first name. 6. Allow students time to open and view the short video and complete the notes sheet. 7. With remaining time, students may watch videos about other Real Scientists. 8. Have students log out and clean up. 9. Select a SpecTECHular Student and award a letter if earned.

**Jan 30-Feb 3**
1. Have students get their computers and login. 2. Pass out worksheets from previous week. 3. Ask students to share about their scientists from previous week with the class. 4. Tell students that today we are going to use two online resources to explore our scientists' job deeper. Discuss and give a quick demonstration of Worldbook Online and SIRS discover. (links are found in Real Scientist Folder from previous week) 5. Have students use the links in their Real Scientist folder from the previous week to search for the job title of their scientist. You may need to use the index cards to help with this. If they are able to find information, students should record three additional facts they learned about their scientist's job on their worksheet. 6. Then have students open the Pixie document. Model for students how to write a short paragraph from their worksheet about their scientist. 7. Allow students time to write their own paragraph. Then have students illustrate their scientist doing his/her job. Encourage students to use the drawing and art tools only not of the stickers, spray can, or stamper tools. 8. Have students Save and Print their work when finished. 9. Have students log out and clean up. 10. Select a SpecTECHular Student and award a letter if earned.


 * Feb 6-10**
 * 100th Day Activity**

**Feb 20-24**
Synonyms/Antonyms Show BrainPop video and stop it where the original word and its synonyms are shown simultaneously to discuss the process of editing and revising text. Also highlight the thesaurus and its uses. Show the definition of synonyms and start playing the synonym song (synonym_shoe-bop.mp3) - keep this playing softly while the kids work on activities. Next, direct the students to the following Web sites for synonym practice: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/synonyms/synonyms.htm and http://www.quia.com/mc/67661.html Reassemble students and play the antonym song (antonyms.aiff) and direct them to the follwing Web sites for practice: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/antonyms/antonyms.htm and http://www.quia.com/mc/3974.html Lastly, ask students to locate and copy the Pixie matching activity in the hand-out folder and copy to their desktops - dbl-click to open when appropriate Read the directions aloud and have the students complete the activity for printing - select a few for color printing & posting and choose SpecTechular Students.

**Mar 5-9**
1. Show students Matter Introductory Video from [|Discovery Streaming]. 2. Using the Smart Board go through the Physical and Chemical Changes Activity through [|Discovery streaming - Elementary Science]. 3. Ask students if they have conducted any experiments in their classroom with matter and interactions. Share different experiments that they may have completed. 4. Have students login on their computers and drag the Interactions folder to their desktop. Then have students open the folder. Have them go to one game at a time. Give the group time to complete the experiment and then discuss what they learned. Repeat for all three games. 5. Have students log off and put their computers away. 6. Have students log out and clean up. 7. Select a SpecTECHular Student and award a letter if earned.

**Mar 26-30**
1. Have students come in and log in to their computer. 2. Invite students up to the front of the room for a video. 3. Show students the Brain Pop Jr. Video on [|Rhyming Words]. 4. Have students go back to their desks. Have them drag the Kidspiration File to their desktop from the Hand Out Folder. 6. Model for students how to use the Inspiration to "Create" new bubbles and "Link" them to a rhyming Word. Students will use Word Central's Rhyming Dictionary to help find a rhyming word. 7. Then have students switch to writing view and write in a line of text for each word that ends with it. Rhyming words should be together so it will turn into a couplet. Sample: 8. Have students print and share their Writing View as a class. 9. Have students log off and put their computers away. 10. Have students log out and clean up. 11. Select a SpecTECHular Student and award a letter if earned.

__Quarter 2 Lessons__
__**Social Studies**__ 1. Students will get their laptops and login. 2. Tell students that today they are going to be detectives. Use the ppt to guide students through to discover what we will be learning about next. 3. Show the [|BrainPop Jr. Lesson on Goods and Services]. 4. Complete the Brain Pop Jr. Game using the Smart Board to sequence the events. 5. Model for students how to drag out the Good Sort Pixie file to their desktop. 6. Review directions with students and allow students time to complete the activity. Save and print their work. 7. When students are finished they can explore the [|Scholastic Community Club Website] and learn about other Professions that provide a service to our community. 8. Have students log out and clean up. 9. Select a SpecTECHular Student and award a letter if earned.
 * Nov 14-18**

__**Science**__

Cougar Day Activities __**Social Studies**__ 1. Have students come in and sit down and login to their computer. 2. Review the terms goods and services from last class period. 3. Allow students time to explore the [|Scholastic Community Club Website] and learn about other Professions that provide a service to our community. 4. After about 10 minutes of exploration, have students add the file to their desktop and open. 5. Review directions with students and paint tools. Provide a brief demonstration for students if needed. 6. Together with students complete the sentence at the bottom of the template. 7. Then allow students time to draw the service worker that they admire and add details to their drawing. 8. Have students Save and Print their work when they finish. 9. Students should quit and logout. 10. Choose a SpecTECHular Student. 11. Award a letter if the class earned it.
 * Nov 21-22**
 * Nov 28-Dec 2**
 * __Science__**

2nd Grade - Parts of Speech  Kidspiration, Pixie, Web browser
 * Dec 5- 9**

Intro: Show BrainPop, Jr. vids - check the end of the URL for which part of speech!
 * [|__http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/nouns/__]
 * [|__http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/verbs/__]
 * [|__http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/adjectivesandadverbs/__]

There are similar games for each part of speech where an interactive whiteboard would be great! Catch all the falling words that are that part of speech - good follow-up to the video as possible. Circulating a Magic Trackpad would be fun too.

Have students copy two files from hand-out folder to desktops.  Open the first, partsofspeech sort1, and demo the process of dragging the words into each labeled field. Remind them to add their names with the Student Name button - it will appear in the title bar and NOT on the actual document until printed.

When finished, have students save their Inspiration files using Save As since we must change the file name and as you circulate, select two for color printing and posting.

Quit Kidspiration and ask students to double-click the Pixie file, Fill In The Blanks Story, and open it. Offer one or two suggestions and choose wacky or sensible at the start, it can go either way. There are MANY blanks and few words in between so this will be tough for a few but circulate and encourage collaboration but watch for copying.

Ask students to share good sentences once most are finished and remind them to save these files AS they work. Save as the first time and save or Cmd+_S as they work.

AS time permits, suggest these links (1st is adj & adv, 2nd is verbs, 3rd is many) [|__http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/invasion/invasion.html__] [|__http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/viper/viper.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary_games/parts-of-speech.html__]


 * Dec 12-16**
 * Dec 19-23**
 * Jan 2-6**
 * Jan 9-13**
 * Jan 16-20**

__Quarter 1 Lessons__
Aug 29-Sept. 2 1. Have students come in and find their assigned seats. 2. Go over today's objective for the class, found on the back board. Tell students that each week what they will be learning will be posted here along with application icons that they will be using during class. 3. Go over Procedures PPT - pause for any discussion with students. 4. Talk with students about new logins this year. They were created using the convention - first initial + last name (up to 5 letters) + 4 digits of their student ID number +1 number (if there is more than one person in HCPSS with exact same login). They will also have a Password that they will keep secret. Only their teachers, parents, and themselves should know their password. 5. Call tables to get laptops (if on cart) Review the new trackpad and how it works.

6. Pass out login cards to students and allow them time to login to the computer. 7. Have students login and out. Then have students login again a second time and wait for directions. 8. Download the Tech 2011-2012 folder to their network folder. Review procedures for adding files to their network folder and how to get to their teacher's handout folder. 9. IF TIME: Set Firefox as default browser. Login to Safari, click preferences, set default to firefox and then quit out of Safari. 10. Have students logout, and call tables to put their computers away. (if on cart). 11. Choose a SpecTECHular Student. Take photo. 12. Award a letter on chart toward SpecTECHular Students.

Sept. 6-9 [|All About Me Lesson from eGuides] 1. Have students go to their assigned seat.
 * 2.The teacher will begin by reading the story //I Like Me// by Nancy Carlson. Use Think-Pair-Share to identify commonalities in home, at school, and among things the students like. Think-Pair-Share goals they have for second grade and chart ideas using //Inspiration//. Teacher may provide an example of a goal: "This year I want to become better at keyboarding."[[file:AllAboutMeMotivation.isf]]**

11. Have students logout, and call tables to put their computers away. (if on cart). 12. Choose a SpecTECHular Student. Take photo. 13. Award a letter on chart toward SpecTECHular Students.
 * 3. Have the students drag the //Kidspiration//template from the Hand-Out folder to their desktop.**** When students open the Kidspiration Document they will need to drag it onto the Kidspiration Icon on their dock to force it to open once it is on their desktop. [[file:359_AllAboutMe.kid]] **
 * 4. Model inserting a student name using the student name icon in the toolbar.**
 * 5. Model how to drag and drop images from the symbol library into the Super Grouper shape that represents students at home. In addition, model how to use the undo and redo icons in the event of a student dragging and dropping the wrong image, or placing the image incorrectly.**
 * 6. Repeat step #5 for identifying themselves at school, and their favorites.**
 * 7. Model how to complete the sentence starter using the chart created in motivation.**
 * 8. Model how to use the menu file and save the template onto the student's desktop.**
 * 9. Model how to print the template.**
 * 10. Move the document to the student's TECH folder inside their network folder.**

Sept 12-16 Pick up and finish lesson where left off previous week. Print a copy from each class on the color printer to put up on the board in the hallway.

Sept 19-23 Milrad/Everhart 1. **Use Think-Pair-Share to have the students brainstorm what they know about soil. As they share different ideas, RapidFire their ideas in //Inspiration//. When finished, minimize and save this document for the closure part of the lesson.** 12. Have students logout, and call tables to put their computers away. (if on cart). 13. Choose a SpecTECHular Student. Take photo. 14. Award a letter on chart toward SpecTECHular Students.
 * 2. Show Segments 2 and 4 of "[|Getting to Know Soil]." As the students watch the clips, ask them to look for things they learned about soil.**
 * 3. Have students get their laptops off the cart.**
 * 4. Model for the students how to login to their computer and access the teacher's Hand-Out folder.**
 * 5. Model for the students how to drag the "Soil Layers.kid" //Kidspiration// document to the student's Desktop. Because it's Kidspiration they will need to drag it to the Kidspiration icon on their dock to have it open correctly.**
 * 6. Model for the students how to complete the document by dragging the labels to the correct layer and the pictures to the correct layer. Key Below.**
 * 7. Allow the students time to complete the activity. If students finish early, use "[|The Dirt on Soil: DiscoverSoil.com]" link on the template.**
 * 8. Model for the students how to print their document.**
 * 9. Model for the students how to save their document to their Users folder.**
 * 10. Model for the students how to drag their completed document to the teacher's Hand-In folder.**
 * 11. Review with the students how the document should have been completed.**

Cayer/Dawson/McIntyre Motivation: Students will explore screen shots of different communities taken from Google Earth. They will discuss the different types of items you may find in each of the communities. Before beginning, maximize Layer Controls. Click on Layer 2 so that it is selected. Then minimize. You are now Interacting with Layer 2. Slide the objects behind the stickers out and discuss each item and why you would find it in that community. Repeat with pages 2 & 3.

1. Show video about different communities from [|Discovery Streaming]. As the video is playing, stop it periodically and use the smart board pens to circle items that are specific to that type of community. 2. Review the types of communities discussed in the video. 3. Ask students to identify what type of community they live in. 4. Have students get out their laptops and complete the Kidspiration Sort Activity. 5. Students should save and print their work. 6. Students should log out and put away their laptops. 7. Pick a SpecTECHular student and take their photo. 8. Award a letter for Input if earned.

Sept 26-30 Milrad/Everhart Soil Layers Flip Quiz
 * Procedures**: Students will create a flip-book about soil layers and some items found in each layer. The process involves the same imagery and vocabulary as other soil lessons using Inspiration, Word, etc.

10.Click on the Print What button and select Handouts (4 slides per page) and check the preview – have the students select the same options but remind them that you must check it BEFORE they click on the Print button. 11.Circulate to check that the correct handouts choice was selected and that the Lab printer (CEEGPLBHP002) is receiving the job and have them click print! 12.Each first page will have the students’ first names so distribute as they appear. 13.If time allows, cut the windows open on page one and ask the students to glue or staple the pages to create a ‘flip book’ or ‘Windows on soil’ document. 14. Ask all students to quit all applications – remind them of keyboard shortcuts – and then ask for all students to log out of the computer.
 * 1) Students locate and open the PowerPoint file (soilbook.ppt) in their Hand-Out folder and drag it to their desktops.
 * 2) Ask students to open the file and look through the slides but refrain from making changes.
 * 3) Demonstrate how to ‘view the slideshow’ and remind students that changes cannot be made while viewing the show. Take this time to have the students type their names into the text field on slide 1.
 * 4) Display the Inspiration key document and have students arrange windows on their desktops so that they can see both the PPT and the Inspiration files.
 * 5) Explain that additional editing must occur on slides 5, 6, 7, and 8 and demonstrate how to highlight the ‘blank spaces’ on those slides and start typing the correct name of the soil layer. The blank lines are designed as hints to the correct entries as one word or two and they should be replaced by the entered text.
 * 6) After a few minutes of student work, interrupt them and ask how many have saved their changes? Ask all students to save their PowerPoint presentations to their desktops as “soilbook firstname.ppt”
 * 7) Allow students to finish making the changes and remind them all to save the final version.
 * 8) Discuss the role of PowerPoint as an aid for oral presentations and discuss the purpose of various applications – normally one uses a word processor like MS Word when designing a product for printing!
 * 9) Demonstrate the PowerPoint print features and display the File-Print dialogue box. Ask the students to follow these steps one at a time.

Cayer/Dawson/McIntyre Finish USR Lesson from previous lesson 1. Tell students that today they are going to create their own Urban community. They are going to make a map of their community. 2. Show video on mapping (I will update tomorrow) 3. Review elements of a map. 4. Have students click on the link for [|City Creator] and review how to create a community. Tell students that they will only get one class period to create their community since it will not save their work. Allow students time to work. 5. Have students take a screen shot of their city that will be saved on their desktop. 6. Use the PPT template to add their screenshot, name their city and tell about their city. Students will add their name of their city as well as their own name and then complete the framed paragraph at the bottom. They should double click on the underlined portion to insert their own text. The sentence starters are focusing on the ways in which people live, work and play in a community. They will also use the Insert Menu to insert the picture they took a screen shot of previously on their desktop.

Oct 3-7 Milrad/Everhart
 * 1) Ask about trash and where it goes
 * 2) Show the Brainpop video on trash disposal (3+minutes only) @ http://www.brainpop.com/technology/scienceandindustry/wastemanagement/
 * 3) Briefly discuss the topics - see the activities section on the video's page and have students suggest answers as you fill in the blanks & print it.
 * 4) Ask students to locate the landfill activity file (landfill.insp) in the hand-out folder and copy it by dragging it to their desktops.
 * 5) Direct students to open the file and recreate a landfill, one layer at a time - touch on layering objects on a document - click an object to highlight it, click Effect-Send to back or Bring to front as needed!
 * 6) Tell students to save their files with a new name (landfillfirstname) but leave the location as Desktop.
 * 7) Demonstrate the process of opening a teacher's Hand-In folder by selecting "Open in Finder" and then drag the edited file (landfillfirstname.insp) to the appropriate Hand-In folder.
 * 8) Leave the folder displayed via the projector so that students can see their files appear as they copy them!
 * 9) Ask students to visit this site to read more: http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/intro.html
 * 10) Allow students to play a game from the E.P.A. about trash: http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/kids/space/index.htm
 * 11) Ask students to quit all applications and log out of the computers.
 * 12) Line up the class, ID the SpecTechular students, shoot the photos, dismiss to teacher.

Cayer/Dawson/McIntyre Finish Lesson from previous week.