1st Grade
2016-17
June 13th:
June 13th:
- Esteban, Daniel, Tyler: Sign in to Scratch and work on your All About Me project
- Go to the 1st Grade Studio on Scratch and sign in and check out the All About Me projects
- Done in Scratch?
- Draw a picture in Tux Paint
- Kodable
- ABCMouse
- ABCYa! First Grade
June 6th:
June 6th:
- 5th Grade Math Game Testing
- Dragon Addition Game
- Scratch Studio
- Math Addition Madness
- Jumping Into Math
- Adding Together
- Math World - Where is My Brother?
- Polar Arithmetic - 1st Grade Games
- Arithmetic Adventure
June 1st:
June 1st:
- Whole Class: Drawing shapes in Scratch
- How to connect code to make a square
- Let's find some patterns & see how to make a loop
- Which block to use to change the size
- Sign in to Scratch and work on your Drawing Shapes in Scratch project:
- Change the Name of the project - Shapes by Your Name
- Draw a square
- Change the code to draw a square in a loop
- Can you change the color of the square?
- Can you change the width of the lines?
- Can you add a new sprite and have it draw a triangle, a pentagon, or an octagon OR can you draw a triangle on top of your square so it looks like a house with a roof?
May 30th:
May 30th:
- Whole Class:
- Have students tell me how to draw a square on the board.
- Demonstrate how to remix a project in Scratch.
- Draw a Square in Scratch.
- See inside and click the remix button
- Can you connect the code to draw a square
May 25th:
May 25th:
- Sign in to Scratch and finish or fix your All About Me project: Cambria, Jesse, Tyler, Logan, Daniel, Esteban
- Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable OR ABCMouse - Learning Path OR Draw a Picture in Tux Paint
May 23rd:
May 23rd:
- Whole Class: How to share project & add to studio
- Sign in to Scratch and finish your All About Me project
May 11th - 18th:
May 11th - 18th:
- Whole Class: Adding Code to your All About Me
- Sign in to Scratch and:
- Finish drawing you.
- Add a background to your project that is something about you.
- Add 3 other sprites that tell something about you - you can draw these or use existing sprites.
- Have the sprite that is you introduce yourself with your name and how old you are. Also, tell why you have the background you do.
- Have each of the other sprites explain why they are in the project when you click on them.
May 9th:
May 9th:
- Whole Class: Scratch Reminders
- Drawing Sprites
- Getting a Background
- How to use Say blocks
- Sign in to Scratch and:
- Finish drawing you
- Add a background to your project that is something about you
- Add 3 other sprites that tell something about you - you can draw these or use existing sprites
- Have the sprite that is you introduce yourself with your name and how old you are. Also, tell why you have the background you do.
May 4th:
May 4th:
- Whole Class: How to draw a sprite in Scratch
- Sign in to Scratch and click the Create Button:
- Name your project All About YourFirstName
- Draw YOU!
May 2nd:
May 2nd:
- Whole Class: How to Favorite or Love projects on Scratch
- Go to the 2016-2017 1st Grade Studio and Love and/or Favorite the projects you like best!
- Finish your Easter picture in Tux Paint, if not done
- Done? Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable OR ABCMouse - Learning Path
April 25th & 27th:
April 25th & 27th:
- Whole Class: How Gallery Walk will work
- Ocean Scene Gallery Walk:
- Sign in to Scratch and open your Ocean Scene project full screen.
- Write your name on a post-it and attach it to the bottom or your monitor.
- Take down your headphones and put them by your keyboard so your classmates can easily use them and stand up.
- Visit each Ocean Scene and leave a post-it comment for your classmates. If you think they can improve something it's okay to say so but be nice.
April 6th:
April 6th:
- Whole Class:
- Read Holidays: Easter
- Reminders on Tux Paint: drawing shapes, where to find grass
- Draw an Easter picture in Tux Paint
March 28th & April 4th:
March 28th & April 4th:
- Whole Class: Reminders for your Ocean Scene
- If you recolor a sprite, color it a "real" color
- Don't have every fish or sea creature move at the same speed. Think about how fast something might move.
- Animating the crab
- Adding bubble sounds
- Sign in to Scratch and work on your Ocean Scene project
- Done? Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable OR ABCMouse - Learning Path
March 23rd:
March 23rd:
- Whole Class: Reminders on signing in to Scratch
- Sign in to Scratch and work on your Ocean Scene project
March 21st:
March 21st:
- Whole Class:
- Check out Spinning Name projects
- How to create an Ocean scene
- Sign in to Scratch and work on your Ocean Scene project
March 9th & 14th:
March 9th & 14th:
- Sign in to Scratch and finish your Spinning Name project
- Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable OR Bits & Bricks 2 OR ABCMouse - Learning Path
March 2nd & 7th:
March 2nd & 7th:
- Whole Class:
- Review how to Move Forever
- Review how to add a background in Scratch
- Review how to make a sprite spin
- Review how to edit a sprite
- Sign in to Scratch:
- Finish Move Forever
- Spinning Name
February 28th:
February 28th:
- Whole Class:
- Introduction to Scratch
- How to make a sprite move forever
- Event
- Algorithm
- Loop
- Sign in to Scratch & see what you can create!
February 23rd:
February 23rd:
February 21st:
February 21st:
- Whole Class: View and complete Favorite Food Adjectives
- ABCMouse - Learning Path OR Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable
January 31st - February 16th:
January 31st - February 16th:
- Whole Class: Read Hairy, Scary Ordinary and discuss adjectives
- Go to Google Classroom and complete and Assignment 006: Favorite Food Adjectives
- Done? ABCMouse - Learning Path OR Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable
January 24th & 26th:
January 24th & 26th:
- Whole Class: Reminders on Penguin Math Book
- Go to Google Classroom, and finish your Penguin Math Book
- Done? ABCMouse - Learning Path OR Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable
January 17th:
January 17th:
- Whole Class: Reminders on how to use Seesaw on the computer
- Go to Seesaw and add your penguin picture
- Done? ABCMouse - Learning Path OR Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable
January 10th & 12th:
January 10th & 12th:
- Whole Class: Reminder on how to open picture in Tux Paint
- Finish penguin picture in Tux Paint
- Done?
January 5th:
January 5th:
- Whole Class: What do our Penguin Glyphs tell us?
- Whole Class: "If You Were a Penguin"
- Draw a picture of a penguin in Tux Paint
- Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable
January 3rd:
January 3rd:
- Whole Class: Penguins
- Whole Class: Introduction to Penguin Glyph
- Sign in to Google Classroom and complete Penguin Glyphs
December 15th:
December 15th:
December 13th:
December 13th:
- Whole Class: The Christmas Story
- Retell The Christmas Story with robots
- Forget the order? Check here
December 8th:
December 8th:
- Whole Class: What is a Robot?
- Whole Class: Re-introduction to Bee-Bot & Robot Mouse
- Coding with Bee-Bot & Robot Mouse
December 6th:
December 6th:
- Whole Class:
- Review Terminology
- Look at Bits & Bricks
- How far can you get in Bits & Bricks
December 1st:
December 1st:
- Whole Class: Look at thankful pictures
- Whole Class: Any problems with Kodable?
- Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable
November 29th:
November 29th:
- Whole Class: Re-introduction to Kodable and the fuzzFamily
- Kaelyn, Sophia, Tyler: Finish thankful picture in Tux Paint.
- Help the fuzzFamily in Kodable
November 22nd:
November 22nd:
- Draw what you are thankful for in Tux Paint
- Done with your picture? Go to Google Classroom, add your picture to the class Thankful Book, and complete your sentence.
- Done? ABCYa! First Grade or Thanksgiving Games:
November 15th & 17th:
November 15th & 17th:
- Whole Class: The Thankful Book
- If your Pixel Art picture is not done, go to Google Classroom and create your own Pixel Art picture and turn in when done
- Draw what you are thankful for in Tux Paint
- Done with your picture? Go to Google Classroom, add your picture to the class Thankful Book, and complete your sentence.
November 7th & 10th:
November 7th & 10th:
- Whole Class: Review how to complete Pixel Art pictures
- Go to Google Classroom and create your own Pixel Art picture and turn in when done
November 3rd:
November 3rd:
- Whole Class: Introduction to Pixel Art and the Pixel Art Template
- Go to Google Classroom and create your own Pixel Art picture
November 1st:
November 1st:
- Whole Class: Keyboarding Hands & Introduction to Key Seeker
- Key Seeker
- If not done, finish Jack-o-Lantern picture in Tux Paint
- Done? ABCya! 1st Grade
October 27th:
October 27th:
- Complete 2nd Grade Halloween Costume Survey (First Names ONLY)
- Finish your Jack-o-Lantern in Tux Paint - remember this needs to be a whole scene, not just a jack-o-lantern!
October 25th:
October 25th:
- Whole Class: Your Brain is Like a Muscle
- Why does Mojo want to leave school? Can you sometimes relate to how Mojo is feeling?
- What does Katie say to Mojo to convince him not to leave?
- Do you think Mojo can become smarter? Why or why not?
- Do you ever feel frustrated by something in school? Can you see how you could become better at it? How?
- Whole Class: The Magic of Mistakes
- What does the quote from the video, "mistakes can make you smarter" mean to you?
- How can we learn from our mistakes? Think about the Spaghetti/Marshmallow Challenge. What could or did you do if your structure wasn't working?
- If you were building a robot and kept "failing,” what would you do?
- If you could do the Spaghetti/Marshmallow Challenge again, do you think you could make a taller structure? Why or why not?
- Whole Class: Check out Self-Portraits
- Draw a Jack-o-Lantern in Tux Paint
- Try Keyboarding Zoo at ABCya!
- Done? ABCya! 1st Grade
October 20th:
October 20th:
- Spaghetti/Marshmallow Challenge
- Team 1: Sophia, Cambria, Ian, Daniel, Jesse
- Team 2: Kaelyn, Caroline, Logan, Esteban, Tyler
October 13th & 18th:
October 13th & 18th:
- Go to Assignment 001 in Google Classroom and
- Finish your sentences about your self-portrait and close Google Slides (except Ian & Sophia)
- Click the Mark as Done button on the assignment
- Sign out of Google Classroom
- Draw a Jack-o-Lantern in Tux Paint
- Try Keyboarding Zoo at ABCya!
- Done? ABCya! 1st Grade
October 11th:
October 11th:
- Whole Class:
- Reviewing signing in and signing out of Google Classroom
- Review:
- How to open the Self-Portraits Presentation
- How to edit the Self-Portraits Presentation
- How to turn in the assignment by clicking on the Mark as Done button
- Go to Google Classroom and
- Practice signing in and signing out
- Open the Google Slides attached to Assignment 001
- Finish your sentences about your self-portrait and close Google Slides
- Click the Mark as Done button on the assignment
- Sign out of Google Classroom
October 6th:
October 6th:
- Whole Class:
- Passwords
- Introduction to Google Classroom
- How to open the Self-Portraits Presentation
- Go to Google Classroom and:
- Open the Google Slides attached to Assignment 001
- Finish your sentences about your self-portrait and close Google Slides
- Click the Mark as Done button on the assignment
- Sign out of Google Classroom
October 4th:
October 4th:
- Whole Class: How to use Seesaw on the computer
- Go to Seesaw and add a post about your self-portrait
- Try Keyboarding Zoo at ABCya!
September 27th & 29th:
September 27th & 29th:
- Bee-Bot Parts of the Computer Review
- ABCya! 1st Grade
September 20th & 22nd:
September 20th & 22nd:
- Whole Class: Computer, What Do You See?
- Finish Self-Portrait, if not done
- Parts of the Computer Games:
September 15th:
September 15th:
- Whole Class: How to open your self-portrait
- Finish your self-portrait in Tux Paint
- Done? Try out some activities on ABCya! 1st Grade
September 13th:
September 13th:
- Whole Class: Review tools in Tux Paint - paint brush, fill bucket, shape drawing
- Draw a head & shoulders self-portrait
- Free draw or more Minimouse, if done
September 8th:
September 8th:
- Whole Class: Review Class Rules
- Whole Class: 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
- Mouse practice on Minimouse.