Curriculum Samples

for

February 17-21, 2003

Activities Covered for Kindergarten - Second Grade Students Completing the Make-Up Assessment will include:

• Launch the program template we will be using for class today

• Maximize the screen

• Discuss the template and the certificate we will be designing today

• Discuss the changes that need to be made in the certificate

• Replace the "Name" text with your own name

• Move the graphic

• Resize the ribbon graphic

• Remove, "Delete," the sad face graphic

• Zoom in on the revealed graphic

• Delete the revealed graphic

• Change the font of the name

• Change the color of the text

• Save your project to a disk

• Print your project

• Exit the program

• Store your disk in the storage boxes

:Additional Skills for grades 1-2 only:

• Access the graphics library

• Insert a computer graphic

• Resize and move the graphic

• Insert a page border

 Here is a sample of the certificate when the students started:

Here is a sample of the certificate once the students have completed their work:

Students not doing make-up assessments will visit the site titled, "Gamequarium" where they can work on the following skills: ABC, Numbers, Colors, Shapes, Time, or Money.  The web site can be reached by clicking on the link provided below:

Kindergarten - First Grade Enrichment:  The students will be using the program Kidspiration to do an ABC Activity.  They will be selecting graphics to add to a poster to represent each letter of the alphabet.

Here is a sample of their ABC Activity:

Second - Third Grade Enrichment:  The students will be working with Typing Master to work with lessons titled "Basic Home Row" and "Word Drill."  Basic Home Row teaches the keys a, s, d, f, j, k, l, semi-colon, and the space bar.  Word drill will give the students various nonsense words to practice typing.  The students will then use the program Kidspiration to do an activity titled, "Comparison" in which they will list characteristics for two different objects and then tell how they are similar.  They will work in the graphics section of the program and then switch over to the writing section to work on sentence explanations.

Here is a sample of their Kidspiration Activity in the graphic format:

Here is a sample of their activity in the writing format:

Fourth - Fifth Grade Enrichment:  The students will be working on adding additional editing touches to their personal web page for the school web site.  We will work on selecting graphics from an Internet Site for free graphics.  You can see a sample of a student web page by clicking below:

Sample Student Page