Third Quarter
May 21st & 24th
1. Finish taking pictures of your Stop Motion
2. Check in with Ms. McMillan when you are done
3. Download FilmForth on your laptop from Microsoft Store
4. Edit your video to add a title page and add sounds effects
2. Check in with Ms. McMillan when you are done
3. Download FilmForth on your laptop from Microsoft Store
4. Edit your video to add a title page and add sounds effects
May 14th & 17th
1.Finish taking pictures of your Stop Motion
2. Check in with Ms. McMillan when you are done
3. Download FilmForth on your laptop from Microsoft Store
4. Add sounds effects
2. Check in with Ms. McMillan when you are done
3. Download FilmForth on your laptop from Microsoft Store
4. Add sounds effects
May 7th & 10th
1. Start taking pictures of your Stop Motion
2. Check in with Ms. McMillan when you are done
2. Check in with Ms. McMillan when you are done
April 30th and May 3rd
1. Finish your background for your Stop Motion
2. Check in with Teacher--Begin taking pictures
2. Check in with Teacher--Begin taking pictures
April 23rd and 26th
1. Make sure your storyboard is complete
2. Begin the background
2. Begin the background
April 16th and 19th
1. Introduce Stop Motion Animation Project
2. Plan out your stop motion animation (What is going to happen? What characters/objects are you using? Who is bringing what?)
*Note: Check out the Typing Olympic results in the Typing Olympic section.
2. Plan out your stop motion animation (What is going to happen? What characters/objects are you using? Who is bringing what?)
*Note: Check out the Typing Olympic results in the Typing Olympic section.
April 9th and 12th
March 26th
1. Typing Games (10 min)
2. Make sure your Chesapeake Bay animal brochure is complete and sent to Ms. McMillan through Clever. 3. Continue Code.org Lesson 5 Mini-Project: Virtual Pet (Go through Clever to access)
2. Make sure your Chesapeake Bay animal brochure is complete and sent to Ms. McMillan through Clever. 3. Continue Code.org Lesson 5 Mini-Project: Virtual Pet (Go through Clever to access)
March 19th & 22nd
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Typing Test (1 min)--This will goes towards your team average in Typing Olympics
2. Typing Test (1 min)--This will goes towards your team average in Typing Olympics
- After the test, Ms. McMillan will tell the teams and your team will pick a country to represent
March 12th & 15th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Finish working on Chesapeake Animal brochure on Canva (remember, I gave you a template). Also, make corrections, if needed.
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Finish working on Chesapeake Animal brochure on Canva (remember, I gave you a template). Also, make corrections, if needed.
- add information
- add pictures
- make it pretty--change fonts, colors, add graphics, etc.
March 5th & 8th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Continue working on Chesapeake Animal brochure on Canva (remember, I gave you a template)
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Continue working on Chesapeake Animal brochure on Canva (remember, I gave you a template)
- add information
- add pictures
- make it pretty--change fonts, colors, add graphics, etc.
February 27th & March 1st
1. Work on movement checklist
February 20th & 23rd
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Review how a brochure is set up
4. Finish finding your information about your Chesapeake Bay animal--must fill out the worksheet!5. Use Canva for designing your brochure
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Review how a brochure is set up
4. Finish finding your information about your Chesapeake Bay animal--must fill out the worksheet!5. Use Canva for designing your brochure
- Ms. McMillan's Canva class
February 13th & 16th
Robotics in the STEM Lab
1. Movement Checklist
2. Free play with the robot
1. Movement Checklist
2. Free play with the robot
February 6th & 9th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Typing Test (1 min) 3. If you are new this year, make sure to join my Canva class 4. Start researching your Chesapeake Bay animal (Use the pdf below to fill out) |
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January 30th & February 2nd
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Review about online sources and introduce project
4. Choose an animal from the Chesapeake Bay website
5. Find one additional quality website about your organism that will give you some of the following information:
7. Fill out the FORM to tell me your animal, the website you found, and why the website is a quality/reliable website.
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Review about online sources and introduce project
4. Choose an animal from the Chesapeake Bay website
5. Find one additional quality website about your organism that will give you some of the following information:
- Where does animal live? (aquatic or terrestrial or both?, wetland-marsh, etc.)
- Food source?
- Type of consumer? (herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore)
- Predator or prey?
- How is it adapted for survival? (talons, camouflage, etc.)
- Scientific name: genus and species names
7. Fill out the FORM to tell me your animal, the website you found, and why the website is a quality/reliable website.
January 11th & 16th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Review about online sources
4. Analyze 3 websites and fill out the form by finding:
2. Typing Test (1 min)
3. Review about online sources
4. Analyze 3 websites and fill out the form by finding:
- Publisher
- Content
- Why is it reliable?
January 5th & 9th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Typing Test (1 min) 3. Digital Citizenship: Online Sources
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Second Quarter
December 12th & 15th
1. Typing games (10 min)
2. Finish your Christmas list on Excel and share with Ms. McMillan 3. Free play--Merry Christmas! Christmas games: |
December 5th & 8th
Robotics in the STEM Lab
1. Work on Movement Checklist
1. Work on Movement Checklist
November 7
Robotics in the STEM Lab
1. Finish your build
2. Work on your movement checklist
Note: This was only Mrs. Seltzer's class. There was no class on 11/10 due to conferences.
1. Finish your build
2. Work on your movement checklist
Note: This was only Mrs. Seltzer's class. There was no class on 11/10 due to conferences.
October 31st & Nov 3rd
1. Typing Lessons (through Clever)
2. Digital Citizenship: You Won't Believe This! (Commonsense Education Lesson)
2. Digital Citizenship: You Won't Believe This! (Commonsense Education Lesson)
- Lesson Slides
- What's the Curiosity Gap? worksheet we will go over together
- Avoiding Clickbait (Digital worksheet to be filled out individually)
grade_5_-_you_wont_believe_this__-_avoiding_clickbait_student_handout.docx | |
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File Type: | docx |
October 24th & 27th
Robotics in the STEM Lab
1. Login to Clever
2. Finish building your base and add balance wheel
3. Open EV3 Classroom and begin your Movement programming checklist
1. Login to Clever
2. Finish building your base and add balance wheel
3. Open EV3 Classroom and begin your Movement programming checklist
October 17th & 20th
Robotics in the STEM Lab
1. Finish building your base
2. Add a balance wheel
3. Experiment using EV3 Classroom and try programming your robot to move
1. Finish building your base
2. Add a balance wheel
3. Experiment using EV3 Classroom and try programming your robot to move
First Quarter
October 10th & 13th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Make sure you have completed the formatting of your I Am Poem (see directions below)
3. Write a proper email to Ms. McMillan and attach your I Am Poem to it
2. Make sure you have completed the formatting of your I Am Poem (see directions below)
3. Write a proper email to Ms. McMillan and attach your I Am Poem to it
October 3rd & 6th
1. Vote for the yearbook theme
2. Typing Lessons (10 min) 3. Open I Am Poem (can be found in your OneDrive on Office 365) 4. Format your Poem |
FORMATTING DIRECTIONS FOR I AM POEM 1. Add a title above your poem--I Am Poem (make it bold) 2. Add by [your name] underneath the title (not bold) 3. Center Align all the text 4. Choose a legible font (a font that can be easily read) 5. Italicize the repeating line of your poem "I am..." and change the font color of the same line 6. Correct spelling (look for words underlined and also read over your poem) 7. Add 1 picture at the bottom of your poem 8. Change size of text to fill up the page (everything must fit on one page) |
September 26th & 29th
Robotics in the STEM Lab
1. Intro to Lego Kits 2. Assign groups and kits 3. Start building the base to your robot |
September 15th & 19th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Write an I Am Poem using the poem generator
3. Copy & Paste in a Word Document on Office 365
2. Write an I Am Poem using the poem generator
3. Copy & Paste in a Word Document on Office 365
- Change the file name to: [your name] I Am
- We will format next class
September 8th & 12th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Review proper emailing and go over issues with emails
3. Check your email
2. Review proper emailing and go over issues with emails
3. Check your email
September 1st & 5th
1. Typing Lessons (10 min)
2. Bookmark my website
3. Review how to send a proper email
4. Practice writing an email to Ms. McMillan
2. Bookmark my website
3. Review how to send a proper email
4. Practice writing an email to Ms. McMillan
- Tell about your summer or how school is going so far
August 25th & 29th
1. Intro to technology
2. Log on to my website
wacomputer.weebly.com
3. Play typing games for 10 min (Ms. McMillan will set a timer)
4. Explore Ms. McMillan's website--You may do games from my website
2. Log on to my website
wacomputer.weebly.com
3. Play typing games for 10 min (Ms. McMillan will set a timer)
4. Explore Ms. McMillan's website--You may do games from my website