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Week of February 22nd - ABC ORDER GAME !
TECHNOLOGY with Mr. Endriss - Week of October 19, 2020
Remember when we sang with the ABC song at Starfall.com earlier this year? Play the song again today to review the order of letters in the alphabet, then get ready to play an ABC ORDER game! Then scroll down a bit to see how you can click to play the game.
Put the letters in order
Watch the animation to the left to see how this fun game works. You will need to click each letter as you see a place for it to go into the ALPHABET. Click below to give it a try. . .
February 16th, 2021 - Add a sentence to our class page !
Visit my padlet and add a message!
We have practice using the SHIFT key when we need to make an UPPERCASE letter. Give it a try on your own.
Visit the link to my Padlet below - and click the + SIGN at bottom right corner to add your message!
Click onto "title" and try to type your name using SHIFT key to make an uppercase letter for the first letter in your name!
2. Click "Write Something" and type a sentence that tells something about you.
3. Click outside the box to add your content to the screen. If you need to make changes, click the PENCIL to edit.
February 8th - Keyboarding practice at ABCYA!
Great job by those of you who tried to type some UPPERCASE and lowercase letters last week! It was awesome to see what you had typed into the form! This week we will try some online games where you can work some more on locating the letters on your keyboard.
Visit the activity here
Try to type each letter before it zooms to the top of your computer screen. Find the letter on the keyboard and press the key!
View the next activity here
Type the letters that you see on each level above the Cute Jumper.
Even though the letters are UPPERCASE, in this game you do not have to use the SHIFT key to make the letters CAPITAL. Just type what you see on each line. Click START, then choose your character, and then click PLAY to begin in EASY mode for HOME ROW!
FEB 1st 2021 - KEYBOARD SKILLS - Shift key & space bar !
Last week we played an online game where we could practice finding all of the letters of the alphabet on our keyboard. Today we will practice using the SHIFT key to make uppercase letters, and the SPACE bar to add spaces between our words. You might have already begun to use these keys in your classes with your teacher!
Press the shift key while typing a letter to make it a CAPITAL letter
Press the SPACE bar to put a space between words
Watch the video below for tips on how to use these keys in your typing, then scroll down to find the link for the ACTIVITY !
K TYPE 1.m4vCLICK HERE TO TRY IT OUT YOURSELF
TYPING AND KEYBOARD SKILLS - January 25th, 2021
This week we will take a break from our coding activities at KODABLE. I see that many students have completed all of their work at Kodable ! Try to complete the fun activity linked below, where you will need to find keys on your keyboard. Next week we will have a typing challenge!
CLICK HERE WHEN YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN
TYPING ZOO at ABCYA - Watch the short animation to the left that shows how to begin. You will need to type each letter on your keyboard as you see it appear in the zoo. Try to use your right fingers to type the keys that are PINK and your left fingers to type the keys that are BLUE.
JANUARY 19th - Kodable - Lessons up to 2.3
Great job Kindergarten ! Many of you have finished all of your work up to the end of Condition Canyon at Kodable!
If you have not done all of the SEQUENCE SECTOR, and CONDITIONAL CANYON activities, please use this short week to catch up on the lessons you have not finished yet. See the image below that shows the 4 areas that should be done by now when you reach your MISSION CONTROL station.
See the yellow circles in the image to the left. These are the 4 sections that are unlocked for Kindergarten and should be completed by the end of the week. If you are done with these, please check out the fun activity at the ABCYA site to practice some more click, drag, and drop movements.
KODABLE CLASS LINKS
1-11-2021 Kodable website - COnditional statements
Welcome back Kindergarten ! This week we will look at some advanced programming tricks at Kodable. Watch the video below to see how we can use colors to tell our Fuzz where to turn.
IF the Fuzz touches a color, you can teach it to change direction! Use the colors to make sure your fuzz gathers all of the stars as it travels through the maze. Use colors along with arrows to create a CONDITIONAL STATEMENT.
Click to watch the video below, then scroll down to visit your Kodable class page. Let's give it a try.
The activities with colored squares will follow the SEQUENCING activities.
KODABLE COND1.mp4
Kodable website - January 4th !
Hello Kindergarten students ! If you have not visited KODABLE yet , you can scroll down to the lesson from 12-14-2020.
Here, you will find a video and information about how to access your student account at the Kodable coding website. Find your classroom in the set of links below, and once you've reached your homepage, click onto the TREEHOUSE or "MISSION CONTROL" to begin.
Sequence Sector #2
You will now have access to the lessons in AREA 2 ! Good luck, and try to use the TEST button so you can see what your code will do each time you add a command to your workspace :-)
WINTER BREAK IS COMING ! Week of december 21, 2020
MAKE A SNOW PERSON !
I won't assign any new coding activities for this short school week, so if you did not complete the activities from last week, you can go back to the Kodable lesson below to finish. This week I am sharing a link to a fun activity where you can practice CLICK, DRAG, and DROP movements and rotate objects in a winter scene.
Take a look at the image below as well. For most items you add to your snow person, you can rotate the items before clicking to set them in your picture!
ROTATE USING THE ARROWS
When you choose an item from the categories on the left - FACE, HAT, SCARF, ARM - you might notice the gray arrows that pop up on a circle. Click onto an arrow and hold to turn the object before clicking to set it in place!
Have fun and I will see you here after our Winter Break!
Coding at KODABLE ! 12-14-2020
OBJECTIVES - Read through the instructions with a grown up, then watch the video and get to work!
You will be using commands to write the correct code to move their fuzz through the Technomaze. The fuzz will roll onto the next lesson! Try to collect all three stars. In coming weeks we will add more challenging activities to our lessons. We will be using drag and drop directional arrows to move our FUZZBUZZ characters through a maze, and correct any mistakes we make along the way. You can move any incorrect arrows out of your program by dragging them back to your toolbox!
WHAT WILL WE LEARN?
Sequence
Conditions
Loops
Functions
Problem solving
Critical thinking
Divergent thinking
VIDEO & MISSION CONTROL
First, watch the short video introduction found below, where I will show you how to find the activity for this week. Once you have watched all of the steps, scroll down and click onto the link for your classroom. All of our content for the next few weeks will be found by clicking onto the "treehouse" called MISSION CONTROL on student main Kodable page after login.
UPDATE - It was brought to my attention that levels 1 to 5 in SEQUENCING were not available to students in Room 234, and this mistake is now corrected so that students can access the lessons.
CODEMONKEY HOUR OF CODE 12-7-2020
Welcome to the HOUR OF CODE ! This week, students all over the world will celebrate Computer Science Education Week by working with programming activities in their classes. We won't be doing a full HOUR of code - this week I am sharing a fun activity called CODEMONKEY JUNIOR. Please look at the video below, then click the link to give it a try. You will need to program the monkey to move to the treasure, or to grab a banana. Sometimes you will need to step forward and also JUMP !
Good luck ! I know you can do it!
When you are done with your activity, have a grown up help you fill out this brief survey about HOUR OF CODE!
See the examples below. You will need to CLICK, DRAG, and DROP an arrow into your workspace to program the monkey to move. Click the triangle to run your program! Link to activity is below the videos.
USING THE STEP ARROWS TO MOVE
STEP AND JUMP!
PAST WEEKS - ACTIVITIES BELOW
WEEK OF 11-30-2020
Hello Kindergarten! This week we will be dragging some blocks to program a puppy to solve some problems. Read through the directions with a grown up, then click the link to begin.
You will need to finish levels 1 to 5 this week - I know you can do it ! It is just like the work we have been doing with dragging block of code in past weeks.
When the activity begins, you will see a button like this one. Just click the trackpad or mouse anywhere to continue!
CLICK, DRAG, AND DROP !
For each activity you will need to move the correct blocks and attach to ON START block.
REPEAT !
You will need to tell our puppy to REPEAT some commands. Drag the blocks INSIDE of the REPEAT BLOCK.
START BUTTON
After putting together your blocks to program the puppy, click the START BUTTON.
READY TO GO? CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO BEGIN!
WEEK OF 11-23-2020
Hello Kindergarten!
I loved reading the messages that you sent in the form from last week. You can still find the form below if you want to send another message. I learned that one student has a cat, and that many of you can type the WHOLE ALPHABET!
This week I would like to try some more CLICK, DRAG and DROP activities!
Click the link below to MAKE A FACE. You will need to choose eyes, nose, and other features by clicking onto the category names on left, then drag to add them to your FACE!
https://www.abcya.com/games/make_a_face
See my sample below !
WEEK OF 11-16-2020
Hello Kindergarten ! Please use this week as time for catching up on any of the activities from code.org that you might not have completed in past weeks!
Use the form below to write a message to me. Try to type the letters of the alphabet or a short hello message!
THANK YOU to all of the students who have used the form below to practice their typing and to send a message to me!
So far I have seen wonderful messages from Manahil, Chris, Logan, Josie, Miles and others !
Week of November 2nd Lesson is found below. Scroll down to see content from prior weeks!
Remember that last week we learned to control the direction of an ANGY BIRD by dragging blocks into our workspace.
Watch the video below to learn how to DEBUG, or find mistakes in some block of code.
Now click here to give it a try yourself. Work through as many levels as you can!
WEEK OF OCTOBER 26th
I hope you enjoyed working with the puzzle pieces in last week's lesson on the CLICK, DRAG, and DROP activities at code.org!
This week we will look at solving some puzzles by programming with click, drag, and drop commands. First, watch the video here to learn how it works -
Now give it a try yourself. Try to add blocks so that the red bird will land on the pig!
TECHNOLOGY with Mr. Endriss - Week of October 19, 2020
Hello Kindergarten families !
Welcome to week two at our Kindergarten website! You can start by visiting our ABC page again, and try to work with 3 new letters. Click the link below to visit STARFALL ABCs
Here are the two songs we had been singing and dancing to in class !
STARFALL ABC SONG BELOW
Click the TEDDY BEAR to sing along with our song !
Click, drag, and drop
If you feel that you are doing well with clicking and dragging objects at the starfall site, check out the website below and follow along with the activities for clicking and dragging to attach the puzzle pieces. Watch my short video first, then scroll down to find the link !
CHAT FOR K.m4vCLICK DRAG AND DROP
CLICK here to begin - https://studio.code.org/s/course1/stage/3/puzzle/1
Try to put them in the correct order
Try to complete each of the activities from lesson 1 up to lesson 7