The students learned about using map resources like a compass rose and key to be able move and locate areas on a map. Students had to use their map skills to work on this digital neighborhood map project within Google Slides. Students learned how to move/rotate images to go on the map, insert images base on the direction within the questions. Again, the students had to use map resources such as the compass rose to put the images in the correct location. Students then had to write 1-2 complete sentences that described things on the map.
Fiction Story project - Technology/Interdisciplinary focus
The students have been learning about writing stories. They wrote a sotry about a dragon and sandcastle. They also created a picture to go along with their story. The students then came to the computer lab to take their paper end product and created a digital version. They practiced their keyboarding and some of their Google Slides Skills like creating complete sentences, changing the color of text and slide background, and take a picture of their drawing to insert into their Google slides.