1st Grade
2015-16
June 7th:
June 7th:
- Finish Adventures in Keyboarding, if not done
- Jumpstart 2nd Grade!
May 31st:
May 31st:
- Go to Code Studio, sign in, and continue working up to Maze: Loops
- Can you finish Adventures in Keyboarding?
- How far can you get on Kodable?
May 19th - 26th:
May 19th - 26th:
- Whole Class:
- Review Algorithm and Program
- Review how to sign in to Code Studio
- Review how to get to where you left off
- What do you know about bees? Introduction to Bee Sequence
- Introduction to Artist Sequence
- Go to Code Studio, sign in, and continue working up to Maze: Loops
- Can you finish Adventures in Keyboarding?
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
May 17th:
May 17th:
- Whole Class: Debugging
- Go to Code Studio, sign in, and continue working through Bee Sequence.
May 12th:
May 12th:
- Whole Class: Introduction to Code.org Lessons
- How to sign in
- How to start with proper lesson
- Vocabulary
- How to write algorithms and run the program on Code Studio
- Go to Code Studio, sign in, and complete through the 1st set of mazes
May 10th:
May 10th:
- Whole Class: Adventures in Keyboarding - Letters Q & R
- Finish your File Folder Laptop
- Adventures in Keyboarding: Q & R
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
May 5th:
May 5th:
- Whole Class: How to make File Folder Laptops
- Make your File Folder Laptop
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
May 3rd:
May 3rd:
- Whole Class: Watch Scratch All About Me Projects
- Whole Class: Adventures in Keyboarding - Letters O & P
- Adventures in Keyboarding: Letters O & P
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
April 26th:
April 26th:
- Whole Class: Adventures in Keyboarding - Letters M & N
- Adventures in Keyboarding: Letters M & N
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
April 14th - 21st:
April 14th - 21st:
- Whole Class:
- Reminders of how to move your sprite in Scratch.
- Reminder of how to use a Say block
- How to record a message in Scratch
- Write a script to move your sprite and have it say Hello or Hi with a speech bubble.
- Record an All About Me message which should include:
- Your first name
- Some facts about you:
- Your age
- What grade you are in
- How many brothers & sisters
- How many and what kind of pets
- Your favorite subject in school
- Other favorites like: color, food, TV show, books, sports, etc.
- Add your recording to your script and test your program.
April 12th:
April 12th:
- Whole Class: Blocks explanation in Scratch: Events, Move, Looks, Sounds
- Write a script to move your sprite and have it say Hello or Hi with a speech bubble.
April 5th & 7th:
April 5th & 7th:
- Whole Class: Introduction to Scratch
- How to add a background
- How to draw a sprite
- Add a background and draw your sprite for your All About Me project in Scratch
March 17th:
March 17th:
- Finish & sign Sphero drawing
- Draw an Easter Egg in Tux Paint
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
March 15th:
March 15th:
- Draw with Sphero
March 1st - 8th:
March 1st - 8th:
- Exploration of Pull with Sphero
February 23rd & 25th:
February 23rd & 25th:
- Whole Class: What are forces? What is a push? What is a pull?
- Exploration of Push with Sphero
February 18th:
February 18th:
- Introduction to and exploration with Sphero
February 16th:
February 16th:
- Whole Class: Check out your Valentine's Day Cards!
- Whole Class: Adventures in Keyboarding - Letters K & L
- Adventures in Keyboarding: Letters K & L
- Valentine's Games OR Jumpstart 1st Grade
February 9th & 11th:
February 9th & 11th:
- Whole Class: How to draw a background, edit an object, and record your voice in ScratchJr.
- Create a ScratchJr Valentine's Day Card
- Play Valentine's Games:
January 28th & February 4th:
January 28th & February 4th:
- Whole Class: Introduction to Scratch Jr. Interface
- Explore ScratchJr:
- What do you think each of the type of blocks do?
- Did you notice the numbers on any of the blocks? What do you think they do?
- How do you make your character do more than one thing?
- How do you make your character do something without tapping on the code?
- How can you add a new character? How can you delete a character? How can you make a character smaller or bigger?
- How can you change the background?
- Let's make a car drive across a scene
January 26th:
January 26th:
- Adventures in Keyboarding: I & J
- Finish Penguin Math Book, if not done
- Jumpstart 1st Grade or Penguin Games
January 21st:
January 21st:
- Whole Class: Reminders on Penguin Math Book
- Finish Penguin Math Book
- Penguin Games OR Jumpstart 1st Grade
January 19th:
January 19th:
- Whole Class: How to complete Penguin Math Book
- Finish penguin picture, if not done
- Complete Penguin Math Book
January 14th:
January 14th:
- Whole Class: What do the Penguin Glyphs tell us
- Finish penguin picture, if not done
- Penguin Games
January 12th:
January 12th:
- Whole Class: Emperor Penguin Families
- Whole Class: Penguin Glyphs
- Finish penguin picture, if not done
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
January 7th:
- Whole Class: "If You Were a Penguin"
- Draw a picture of a penguin in Tux Paint
January 5th:
January 5th:
- Whole Class: Look at Nativity pictures
- Whole Class: Reminder on opening and editing Adventures in Keyboarding
- Adventures in Keyboarding: Letters F, G, and H
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
December 17th:
December 17th:
- Finish Nativity Pictures
- Christmas Games:
December 8th - 15th:
December 8th - 15th:
- Whole Class: Hour of Code Kick-off & introduction to The Foos
- Complete levels of The Foos!
December 1st & 3rd:
December 1st & 3rd:
- Whole Class: Read The Christmas Story
- Whole Class: Drawing a Nativity scene in Tux Paint
- Draw a Nativity scene in Tux Paint
- If done, Jumpstart 1st Grade
November 24th:
November 24th:
- Finish your turkey in Tux Paint
- Jumpstart 1st Grade or Thanksgiving Games:
November 19th:
November 19th:
- Whole Class: T is for Turkey
- Whole Class: How to draw a turkey in Tux Paint
- Draw your Thanksgiving turkey in Tux Paint
November 17th:
November 17th:
- Whole Class: Look at All About Me
- Whole Class: Reminder on how to edit Adventures in Keyboarding
- Adventures in Keyboarding: Letter E
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
November 10th & 12th:
November 10th & 12th:
- Whole Class: How to change fonts, font sizes, and font colors
- Edit your PowerPoint All About Me:
- It should have at least 2 different fonts
- At least one of the fonts should be a different color
- Jumpstart 1st Grade, if done with all
November 3rd & 5th:
November 3rd & 5th:
- Whole Class: How to create PowerPoint All About Me
- How to change slide layout
- How to add a title
- How to add self-portrait
- How to add facts
- Create All About Me PowerPoint
- Jumpstart 1st Grade, if done
October 29th:
October 29th:
October 20th & 27th:
October 20th & 27th:
- Whole Class: Look at Jack-o-Lantern pictures
- Pumpkin Math with Bee-Bot
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
October 15th:
October 15th:
- Finish Pumpkin picture in Tux Paint
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
October 13th:
October 13th:
- Whole Class: Computer Parts Review
- Complete Bee-Bot Computer Parts Review
- Whole Class: Watch Pumpkin Life Cycle video and talk about Pumpkin Life Cycle
- Whole Class: Demonstrate how to draw a Pumpkin in Tux Paint
- Draw a Pumpkin in Tux Paint
October 8th:
October 8th:
- New students draw self-portrait
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
October 6th:
October 6th:
- Whole Class: Keyboarding Zoo
- Whole Class: Adventures in Keyboarding - Letter D
- Adventures in Keyboarding - Letter D
- How far can you get in Keyboarding Zoo . If it's a purple letter, use your left hand. If it's a blue letter, use your right hand.
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
October 1st:
October 1st:
- Whole Class: Re-Introduction to Bee-Bot
- Parts of the Computer Review with Bee-Bot
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
September 29th:
September 29th:
- Whole Class: Adventures in Keyboarding - B & C
- Adventures in Keyboarding: Letters B and C
- Jumpstart 1st Grade
September 24th:
September 24th:
- Whole Class: Computer, What Do You See?
- Parts of the Computer Games:
September 22nd:
September 22nd:
- Whole Class: Introduction to Adventures in Keyboarding
- Adventures in Keyboarding: Letter A
- Jumpstart 1st Grade, when done
September 17th:
September 17th:
- Jumpstart 1st Grade or Connect some dots!
September 15th:
September 15th:
- Whole Class: International Dot Day - Watch the story The Dot
- Draw your dot in Tux Paint
September 10th:
September 10th:
- Whole Class: How to open a picture you have started in Tux Paint
- Finish your self-portrait in Tux Paint
- Jumpstart 1st Grade, when done
September 8th:
September 8th:
- Whole Class: Review shapes, fill bucket, and pencil drawing tools in Tux Paint
- Draw head & shoulders self-portrait in Tux Paint
September 3rd:
September 3rd:
- Whole Class: Review Responsible Use Policy & Computer Lab Procedures
- Review how to hold a mouse, clicking, double clicking, and clicking & dragging
- Whole Class: Review how to get to wiki, open a website from the wiki, and how to close a tab and the browser
- Practice using the mouse on Minimouse.