Ingrave Johnstone Learning Journey

Lesson 1

Learning Expectations

  • To have logged on their Google Account and Joined the Year 6 Google Classroom.
  • To open the shared Spreadsheet Assignment to create a Timeline of their Year 6 journey.
  • To have entered the following entries into a Timeline spreadsheet, focus on the Year, Month, Day, Time, Headline, Text and Media columns to start with:
  1. When and where you were born
  2. Started School

Google Starter Challenge

Step 1

  • Open Google Chrome on your computer
  • Click the Sign In blue button in the top corner (if this doesn't appear, go to www.google.com)
  • Log on to your Google Account with the following format:

<first letter of your first name><first 4 letters of your last name>21@ingravejohnstone.org

For example John Smith would be jsmit21@ingravejohnstone

  • Use the password that your teacher has given you.
  • Accept the terms and conditions and finish logging on.

Step 2

  • Click the 9 small dots in the top right corner of your screen and choose Google Classroom.
  • Choose STUDENT
  • Click the '+' in the top right corner of the screen
  • Enter the Classroom Code that your teacher gives you

Example of an interactive Timeline

Start creating your own Interactive Timeline

Step 1

  • In Google Classroom open the assignment titled 'Ingrave Johnstone Learning Journey'
  • Open the Spreadsheet that is within this Assignment post

Step 2

In row 2 of this spreadsheet complete the following columns about where and when you were born:

  • Year
  • Month
  • Day
  • Time (if you know the time you were born)
  • Headline - What would be the title of this entry
  • Text - Write a paragraph about being born into this world
  • Media - Find a relevant image using Google Images and copy and paste this link into this field

In row 3 of the this spreadsheet complete an entry using the same columns as above when you started school at Ingrave Johnstone.

Watch the video below for further instructions