Week of Oct 12-16
This week tech classes will continue with keyboarding, spelling, and programming lessons. The 5th/6th and 7th/8th will also continue assignments in Microsoft Word.
Grades 3-4:
- Online spelling tests with emphasis on correct keyboarding
- Keyboarding practice with DanceMatTyping and Typing.com
- MinecraftEdu - an educational version of Minecraft
Grades 5-6:
- The students will continue practicing their keyboarding online
- The students will continue learning simple programming concepts. For this lesson they will use Blockly, to draw simple turtle graphics. They can then move on to programming exercises in Scratch.
- The students will continue Microsoft Office practice with their flyer assignment in Word.
Grades 7-8:
- The students will continue practicing their keyboarding online
- The students will continue learning simple programming concepts. For this lesson they will use Scratch, to study and modify submitted projects.
- The students will continue Microsoft Office practice with their flyer assignment in Word, then work on a 2-column newsletter about their Outdoor Ed experience.
Links:
http://www.calvaryslz.org/school/faculty/computer_lab/index.html - Calvary Computer Lab
http://calvaryslz.coursesites.com
https://blockly-games.appspot.com/turtle?lang=en&level=1http://calvaryslz.coursesites.com
http://scratch.mit.edu