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Kindergarten
4th Quarter Spring Lessons - Phil Earth Day - First week back from spring break - Go Green - Phil Animals and their Babies Mother's Day - Frame and Sentences Zoo Field Trip Father's Day Base 10 - Counting - Phil

First Grade
4th Quarter Dinosaurs - Carrie Mother's Day - Flower Adjectives Father's Day Earth Day - Phil Frog's Communities at Work

Second Grade
4th Quarter Interactions Couplets/Poetry - Carrie Mother's Day - Friendly letter Father's Day Earth Day - Carrie - What It Means to be Green Plant Parts

Maps & Cardinal Directions Show BrainPop Jr. video at: [] - it’s 6:35 and the compass rose segment begins at 3:14 – vary depending on background knowledge.

Brainstorm maps using Inspiration and the Rapidfire feature – allow students to enter their own if time allows and make sure they press Return after typing each entry. Add symbols to the diagram from the library searching with the students’ terms – north, map, compass rose, legend all produce good results when searched for in Inspiration.

Ask students to copy the map activity Pixie file to their desktops for editing and have them open it. Have students enter their names by replacing the text and read the directions at the bottom. Demonstrate searching for stickers with single letters as needed. Students are to search for the missing cardinal directions, W, S, N in the library and move and resize each one to the appropriate place on the compass rose. Allow them to modify the letters as long as they remain legible. Secondly, have the students try to follow the hint and locate the school – the directions call for a star but consider having them search for a place a school sticker on the map. Demonstrate the process and show them the actual location after work time and have them save and rename the corrected version. If time permits, have students pair up and check one another’s pictures for complete & correct compass rose, capitalized student name, and correctly placed icon for the school. Select 2-3 for color printing and have all students print their final copy.

Third Grade
4th Quarter Internet Safety Earth Day Mother's Day Father's Day Performance Assessment Multiple Choice Assessment and Review Plants/Trees Citizens in the Community

Extreme Weather - Storms Students log in and copy Storms folder from Hand-out to their desktops Show Brainpop video(s): http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/hurricanes/, http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/tornadoes/, http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/thunderstorms/ - there are several points in the videos, prompted by the Play button turning red, that could lead to good classroom discussion. Highlight the steps to take in the event of these storms. Have students select one of the storm types and open the appropriate Word doc for more info. Demonstrate opening the Comic Life file - edit the title and the student name and SAVE AS! Continue editing the document with information from the Word docs and remind them to save often. Demonstrate inserting images from the contained folder and resizing them - you get one chance to move the images, undo if it goes badly. Have pairs of students check each others ComicLife docs and print them - select one or two for color printing and posting. Allow students to follow the hyperlink to Weather Channel Kids for weather games - some are much better than others! As time allows, have students quit all applications and log out - ID two students as SpecTechular and shoot their photos for posting.



Fourth Grade
4th Quarter Earth Day/Project Noah Mother's Day Father's Day Performance Assessment Multiple Choice Assessment and Review Electricity and Magnetism Financial Literacy

Layers of the Earth http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/earthsstructure/ http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar342950&st=core http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/html/universe/solar_system/planets/earth/interior/layers_of_earth.html