Monday - The Last Week

Agenda:

• 2 Typing Tests -> Record

• Creating a Graph
• Make Graph

• Review Document -> Writing Prompt
• Using tools in Document
• Font, Size, Color, Highlighting, Justification, Bullets and numbering, adding a link

• Review Metal vs. Wood Bats Comparison Chart

• Spreadsheet Introduction
• Vocabulary
• Quizlet
• Review

• Watch Some Long Home Runs w/Wood Bats
• Chart 10 Home Runs in Spreadsheet

Home Run Tracker Information from MLB

Longest Home Runs
More Longest Home Runs

Typing Tournament

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Room 15

Collaborative Storytelling

First, you will be paired with another person from your class.

Next, you will visit this website: Check out this Cool Website from NPR about their ‘Three-Minute Fiction’ Series

Classroom Discussion:

• What is fiction?

• What do you think fiction tries to accomplish?

• Why do people read fiction?

• Can you tell a good story in 3 minutes?

You are going to write a 3 Minute Fiction Story in a Google Document - THE CATCH! You cannot talk to each other while writing this story. You must use chat/discussion feature in docs or set up a Twiddla meeting.

Writing Prompts:

• Finders Keepers
• A work of fiction inspired by a photograph
• A work that revolves around a US President
• More? Discuss.

Kodu!

Kodu Review Guide

Paralympics Starts Today!

Check out the following websites......

Sochi Olympics Website
Paralympic Official Website
Pralympic YouTube Video
History of the Paralympics

Options for Mini Projects:

• Create a 'How to' for a sport - This can be a video or photo explanation
• Create a Spreadsheet for Medal Counts
• Profile on an athlete at the games

Finished with Podcast?

Check out these coding sites

• http://code.org/
• http://www.tynker.com/
• http://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code
• http://mommypoppins.com/coding-kids-free-websites-teach-learn-programming
• http://codepen.io/
• https://www.khanacademy.org/cs