The Hour of Code is Here! - December 11-21

Kindergarten

1st/2nd/3rd

4th/5th/6th

Night of Code

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Thursday, December 21

6:00-7:30 pm

"Coder Express"

Wear your pajamas!

Four lucky families will win a Sphero Mini!

This Week in the Lab - December 4-8

Kindergarten - Students will complete an activity at the Lego Wall.
1st Grade - Students will complete math challenges in PowerPoint.
2nd Grade - Students will continue working on code.org.
3rd Grade - Students will practice typing skills.

      

10 Fast Fingers

Keyboard Climber

Keyboard Climber 2

This Week in the Lab - November 27-December 1

6th Grade - Data Analysis and Geometry - Students will use TrackMania to collect data which will be graphed and analyzed.  Students will also learn about the mathematics of racing, specifically the advantages of using geometry to improve lap times.

1st Grade - Students will use pair programming to complete various code challenges.

5th Grade - Students will discuss what it means to be a good digital citizen.

    

This Week in the Lab - November 13-17

4th Grade Programming Project - Students will learn about and use various types of programming languages including Logo, JavaScript, and Scratch.  We will also use Sphero to practice working with code.  Student Survey

           

Minecraft First Civilizations - Day 3

Day 3: Please answer all the questions below in a SINGLE comment.  Do not write multiple comments for this post.

1.) Describe your experience building the city.  What went well?  What went poorly?  What still needs to be done?

2.) Do you think this would be easier with more people?  Why or why not?

3.) Do you think that civilizations with more people had an advantage over those with fewer people?  Why or why not?

4.) In order to truly be considered a civilization, a society needs to be stable enough to have jobs that don't directly contribute to survival:  artists, performers, musicians, sculptors, etc.  In that case, is our Minecraft society actually a civilization?  Why or why not?

Minecraft First Civilizations - Day 2

Day 2: How do you think things are going so far for your civilization?  Do you think you have everything you need to survive?  If not, what else do you need?  How does this connect to the civilizations you have learned about in social studies?

Minecraft First Civilizations - Day 1

Day 1: Today you were given a job within your civilization.  Describe your initial thoughts about this role and how it will contribute to the overall society.  What challenges do you think you will face?

This Week in the Lab - October 30-November 3

Kindergarten - Students will use Sphero to learn more about programming and creativity.
1st Grade - Students will learn how to highlight text and change to a specified font by playing "Find the Font" in Microsoft Word.
3rd Grade - Students will learn how to access and utilize a collaborative Google Slides presentation on a Chromebook.
D'Angelis
Newman
Richardson/Watkins
Somers
4th Grade - Students will use Nearpod to build on content knowledge from various subjects.

   

This Week in the Lab - October 23-27

Kindergarten - Students will practice mouse and keyboard skills through various fall games and activities.
1st Grade - Students will create a fall acrostic poem using Microsoft Word.
2nd Grade - Students will use Keyboard Climber to help them quickly find the letters on the keyboard and use both hands.
5th Grade - Students will use Google Earth to apply the concepts of latitude and longitude.

    

This Week in the Lab - October 16-20

Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade - Students will receive their new code.org accounts and start the course assigned to them.  These accounts can be used in their classrooms as well as at home.  Code.org uses "block programming" to teach beginner computer science concepts.

This Week in the Lab - October 10-13

2nd Grade - Students will use Google Earth and Nearpod to learn more about the world around them.

Kindergarten/5th grade - 5th grade students will share their audio version of the book "Whoever You Are" by Mem Fox with a kindergarten student.

    

This Week in the Lab - October 2-6

5th Grade - Students will use Audacity to create an audio version of the book "Whoever You Are" by Mem Fox, complete with sound effects, to be shared with kindergarten students.

Kindergarten - Students will practice mouse skills while completing challenges on Crayon Physics.

1st Grade - Students will learn how to change the font, size, and color in Microsoft Word.

2nd Grade - Students will learn how to use Google Earth to learn more about various locations.

      

This Week in the Lab - September 25-29

Kindergarten - Students will use various websites and games to practice mouse skills.

3rd Grade - Weather and Excel Project - Students will collect the latitude of various cities around the world using Google Earth.  They will gather temperature data using weather websites and then graph the two, looking for a relationship.

4th Grade - Students will participate in a collaborative Google Slides activity.

Lang
Albert
Farquharson/Harlan
Weiland/Callahan

6th Grade - Students will use Geoguessr to learn more about the world and how to research various clues using internet tools.

Welcome to the 2017-18 School Year!!!

6th Grade TrackMania

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5th Grade MinecraftEdu - Early Humans - Day 3

Please answer the following in one comment below:

1.  How did adding night/enemies affect your ability to survive?

2.  What did you use for shelter and how did it work?

3.  If we were to proceed into civilizations, how can we use Minecraft to simulate the other needs of a community?

5th Grade MinecraftEdu - Early Humans - Day 2

Please answer the following questions in one comment below:
1.) Describe what it was like in each stage of “hunter/gatherers”.  What were the challenges you faced along the way?
2.) Did each stage get easier?  If so, why?
3.) How do you think technology advances affected the hunters and gatherers that we are trying to simulate?
4.) What differences can you see from the simulation of Minecraft to the reality of early humans' (hunter/gatherers) experiences?

5th Grade MinecraftEdu - Early Humans - Day 1

Minecraft and Social Studies???  Has Mr. Dunn lost his mind?

What connections do you see between what you have learned in Social Studies and what can be simulated in Minecraft?

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PARCC Song 2017 - "There's No Time For Stressing"

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This Week in the Lab - April 18-21

Choice Week - Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Students will have choices of programs and websites covered this year in the computer lab.  Last week before PARCC starts!

    

This Week in the Lab - April 3-7

3rd Grade Area & Perimeter Minecraft Project - Students will first design a house on paper that includes five rooms.  They will then find the area of each room.  After being approved, students will begin to build their house in Minecraft, taking care to match the perimeter and area of their design.

Kindergarten & 1st Grade - Students will practice "pair programming" while solving code problems using their code.org accounts.

     

6th Grade Minecraft - Part 3

Minecraft: War!
You fought in a "war" today; at least as much of a war as Minecraft can be.  Answer the following questions, all in one comment please:

Part A: Your Own Reaction

1.) What were your emotions during the beginning?  If you were an attacker, what were you feeling leading up to the attack?  If a defender, how did you react when the attackers came?

2.) What were your thoughts during the "defend the beacons" stage?  What went well?  What went badly?

3.) How did it feel when a 3rd "army" (the monsters) came in?  Did you automatically stop fighting the other players, or did you continue your fight?  Why or why not?

4.) What were your thoughts and emotions when you looked over the ruin of the city?


Part B: Application to Social Studies

1.) You've been learning about Egypt, Kush, and Assyria.
• In our lesson, what group would be the "Egyptians"?  Why them?
• What group would be the Kushites?  Why?
• What group would be the Assyrians?  Why?

2.) What must it have been like for those who lived through the actual conquest of Egypt?  Would they have felt any of the same emotions you did?  What would have been different?

3.) Do you think there is such a thing as a "good" war?  Given the destruction and loss of (Minecraft) life that you saw today, is war ever "worth it"?  Why or why not?

This Week in the Lab - March 20-24

2nd Grade Engineering Project - Students will use the engineering process to design and create a working race track.

This Week in the Lab - March 13-17

6th Grade - Minecraft Ancient Civilizations
Students will use MinecraftEdu to simulate the struggles and successes of early civilizations.

This Week in the Lab - March 6-10

1st Grade My School Project

Students will create illustrations in Tux Paint and insert into a PowerPoint presentation that will be edited to include information chosen by the student.  Finished presentations will be presented to the class at the end of the week.

This Week in the Lab - February 27-March 3

4th Grade Photoshop Project - Students will use Gimp to cut out their picture and place it onto backgrounds of U.S. destinations featured in their social studies books.

2nd Grade Engineering - Students will use the engineering process to design and build a working roller coaster.

This Week in the Lab - February 20-24

Kindergarten - Students will continue using various websites to practice mouse and keyboard skills.

1st Grade - Students will begin creating illustrations in Tux Paint for their "My School" project.

2nd Grade - CogAT testing

3rd Grade - Students will use Nearpod to go on a virtual field trip then create a blog post.

5th Grade - Students will use MinecraftEdu to explore and practice calculating volume.

    

This Week in the Lab - February 13-17

2nd Grade - Engineering

Students will use the Hot Wheels Speedometry kit and the engineering process to create the best track design for the car to complete a loop.

  

This Week in the Lab - February 6-10

5th Grade Colonies Project - Students will use a green screen and video editing software to create an informative video about their assigned colony.

This Week in the Lab - January 30-February 3

Kindergarten - STEM - Students will build a maze and then try to drive Sphero through it.

3rd Grade - Rocks & Minerals Project - Students will research an assigned gem or mineral and create an informational poster using Publisher.

     

This Week in the Lab - January 23-27

Kindergarten - Students will continue working with their code.org accounts.
1st Grade - Students will learn the basics of PowerPoint while practicing math skills.
2nd Grade - Students will begin a unit on Engineering by completing challenges using World of Goo.
4th Grade - Students will use social studies knowledge in a game on GeoGuessr.
5th Grade - Students will write and type their script for the upcoming social studies video project.