So you want to be President of the United States? Well, you are in luck! Visit Scholastic’s News Online: Election 2008 site.

• Before you run for President, make your Campaign Poster to get people to vote for you.
• You will find what it takes to win the Presidency by playing the game: You’re the Candidate
• Once you are the President, find out how you did by playing the game: You’re the President
• Find out more about John McCain and Barak Obama by playing the game: Guess the Candidate

Fourth Grade

• Show video on how a computer is put together.
• Quia activities reviewing parts of the computer.
• Computer Parts – Matching, Concentration, Word Search and Flash Cards
• Parts of the Computer definitions – Hangman
• Input, Storage, Processor and Output – Columns
• Type To Learn 3

Third Grade

• Show video on how a computer is put together.
• Quia activities reviewing parts of the computer.
• Computer Parts – Matching, Concentration, Word Search and Flash Cards
• Parts of the Computer definitions – Hangman
• Input, Storage, Processor and Output – Columns
• Type To Learn 3

Second Grade

• Home Row touch typing resources
• Dance Mat Typing

First Grade

Word Processing

• KidWorks – ABC book week two. Type upper and lower case letters. Find picture that begins with the letter

Kindergarten

Letter E – Read Horton Hatches the Egg

Finish Millie’s Math House – Counting, Mouse Skills

Announcements:

No school on Friday, November 5

Fourth Grade – Technology (50 minutes)

• Show short video on computers and how they work
• Show parts of the computer
  • Input
  • mouse
  • keyboard
  • Output
  • printer
  • monitor
  • speakers
  • Processor
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • ROM
  • motherboard
  • Storage
  • hard disk drive
  • floppy disk drive
  • CD/DVD drive
  • CD/DVD

Third Grade – Technology (50 minutes)

• Show short video on computers and how they work
• Show parts of the computer
  • Input
  • mouse
  • keyboard
  • Output
  • printer
  • monitor
  • speakers
  • Processor
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • ROM
  • motherboard
  • Storage
  • hard disk drive
  • floppy disk drive
  • CD/DVD drive
  • CD/DVD

Second Grade

Parts of the computer

• Mouse
• Keyboard
• Speakers
• Monitor
• Tower Case
• CD Drive

Continue keyboarding – Home Row

Dance Mat Typing

First Grade

Alphabet Book using KidWorks Deluxe – Type Upper and Lower case letters along with a picture that begins with the letter.

Kindergarten

Letter D – How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Fourth Grade

• Quiz on OPAC
• Type to Learn 3

Third Grade

• Quiz on OPAC
• Type to Learn 3

Second Grade

• Introduce Home Row keys
• Dance Mat Typing

First Grade

• Quiz on parts on computer coloring sheet (monitor, keyboard, mouse, tower case, CD-ROM drive, speakers)
• Mouse Skills – Learn Letters, drag parts to make letters

Kindergarten

• Letter C activity, Camping song, Read Blueberry for Sal
• Keyboarding skills – Locate letters on keyboard using Sebran (ABC Rain, Letter Rain)
• Mouse/Thinking skills – Memory game, match pictures by clicking on them using the mouse.

Fourth Grade

• Review OPAC and show the Series and Subject buttons
• Students will complete the OPAC worksheet
• Students will complete next lesson in Type to Learn 3

Third Grade

• Review OPAC and show the Series and Subject buttons
• Students will complete the OPAC worksheet
• Students will complete next lesson in Type to Learn 3

Second Grade

• Students will be shown how to tell if a book is IN or OUT using OPAC
• Students will be shown how to find the author of a book using OPAC
• Students will complete the Second Grade OPAC worksheet

First Grade

• Students will review the parts of the computer and what they are used for
• monitor – used to help see what you are doing on the computer
• keyboard – used for typing
• mouse – used for clicking and dragging, open/close programs
• speakers – used to hear sound
• tower case – holds the parts of a computer together
• cd-rom – where you put a CD in
• Students will use KidPIX 4 to draw the parts of the computer and label each part

Kindergarten

• Introduce Letter B media activity
• Read The Blue Balloon and have those whose names start with the letter B stand up
• Write their first name on the board
• Finish computer activity, Learn Letters – click and drag skill

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a national campaign designed to bring attention to the importance of early education.  By encouraging hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read the same book on the same day, Jumpstart aims to break a world record and to make early education a national priority.

Children and adults will read together at events nationwide on October 2, in schools, libraries, stores, hotels, playgrounds, offices, and homes.

This year’s story is:

Corduroy

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record 2008 Special Edition
by Don Freeman (Illustrator)

Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he’s the bear she’s always wanted. Her mother, though, thinks he’s a little shopworn — he’s even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear for Lisa. And where better to start than with a quick search through the department store for a new button!

For lesson ideas and other reading tools, click here.

Fourth Grade

• Type to Learn 3- Lesson 2
• Show OPAC PowerPoint
• Review OPAC search:
• Keyword
• Title
• Author
• Subject
• Bookbag
• AR
• Category

OPAC Worksheet

Third Grade

• Type to Learn 3- Lesson 2
• Show OPAC PowerPoint
• Review OPAC search:
• Keyword
• Title
• Author
• Subject
• Bookbag
• AR
• Category
• OPAC Worksheet

Second Grade

• Review OPAC search:
• Keyword
• Title
• Author
• AR
• Category
• OPAC Worksheet

First Grade

Parts of the Computer

• Monitor
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Speakers
• Headphones

Growing with Technology Level 1

Kindergarten

Technology

Learn Letters – Mouse click and drag practice

Media

Letter A Alligator

Story – There is an Alligator Under My Bed

Mercer Meyer reads – There is an Alligator Under My Bed

Mercer Meyer sings – Alligator Under My Bed song

Video – Alligators and Crocodiles

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first Harry Potter and the Socereror’s Stone today. Watch an all day read-a-thon webcast

Fourth Grade

• Intro To Keyboarding
• Show Typing is Cool video
• Follow along in WordPad
• Type To Learn 3 Lesson 1

Media

Review OPAC search

1. Keyword
2. Title
3. Author
4. Subject
5. Bookbag
6. AR
7. Category

Third Grade

• Intro To Keyboarding
• Show Typing is Cool video
• Follow along in WordPad
• Type To Learn 3 Lesson 1

Media

Review OPAC search

1. Keyword
2. Title
3. Author
4. Subject
5. Bookbag
6. AR
7. Category

Second Grade

Word Processing & Keyboard skills

Students will use WordPad to practice typing. Students will type color words and change the font to the color as well as the size and font type. Student will practice click and drag with the mouse highlighting the words.

• Red
• Orange
• Blue
• Pink
• Black
• Purple
• Green
• Yellow

Media

Read aloud

First Grade

Keyboard skills

Students will be introduced to the shift, caps lock, spacebar, backspace, delete and enter keys. Students will open WordPad and type all in lowercase the alphabet. Next, they will press enter and start a new line . They will type the alphabet in all upper case using the caps lock key. Students will press the enter key and this time use the shift key to type upper and lower case letters, putting a space between each letter group.