Go to your stuff and open your previously started game OR if you haven't started one, click the Create button. Use the built in tutorials to create a Pong, Catch, or Hide & Seek Game
When you have finished the tutorial, try to add something "extra" to your game so it's not just like the tutorial.
Finished with your game? Make sure it is Saved and:
Go to the Project page
Add instructions on how to run your game. How do you win? Is there a way to lose? How do you move?
Share your project
Add it to the Class of 2021 Studio
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 006 - Scratch Game Google Slides Portfolio post. Remember to click the Mark as Done button when you are done.
Finished with that, you may:
Play and add a comment about something you liked about your classmates games.
Create something else in Scratch - use other tutorials OR just create something you have imagined. If you finish this, share it and add it to the Class of 2021 Studio, and then add it to your Google Slides Portfolio (see assignment 006 in Google Classroom to go to your portfolio)!
Jumpstart 3rd Grade
Type to Learn Lessons OR Dance Mat Typing (how far can you get?) OR Practice typing the alphabet with Alpha Quick
May 23rd & 27th:
Rudy & Nate:
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 005 - Add a slide to your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch project. Remember to click the Mark as Done button when you are done.
Go to your stuff and open your previously started game OR if you haven't started one, click the Create button. Use the built in tutorials to create a Pong, Catch, or Hide & Seek Game
When you have finished the tutorial, try to add something "extra" to your game so it's not just like the tutorial.
Finished with your game? Make sure it is Saved and:
Go to the Project page
Add instructions on how to run your game. How do you win? Is there a way to lose? How do you move?
Share your project
Add it to the Class of 2021 Studio
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 006 - Scratch Game Google Slides Portfolio post. Remember to click the Mark as Done button when you are done.
Finished with that, you may:
Create something else in Scratch - use other tutorials OR just create something you have imagined. If you finish this, share it and add it to the Class of 2021 Studio, and then add it to your Google Slides Portfolio!
Jumpstart 3rd Grade
Type to Learn Lessons OR Dance Mat Typing (how far can you get?) OR Practice typing the alphabet with Alpha Quick
Complete assignment 005 - Add a slide to your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch project. Remember to click the Mark as Done button when you are done
Denzel, Ian, Mackenzi, & Rudy:
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 005 - Add a slide to your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch project. Remember to click the Mark as Done button when you are done
Ian, Rudy, & Nate:
Create an avatar for the Scratch website using one of the following websites. Take a screenshot and crop to your avatar (make it square) and save it in My Pictures as 3rd-YourFirstName-Scratch.
Click the Create button and use the built in tutorials to create a Pong, Catch, or Hide & Seek Game
May 16th:
Not done with adding your maze to your Google Slides Portfolio?
Sign in to Google Classroom and create a slide in your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch Maze (assignment 005). Make sure you add everything required to your slide on your portfolio. Do not describe how to run your project on this. You are describing how you built it and then telling people they can run it by clicking on the picture of your maze project. Click the Mark as Done button to turn the assignment in.
Sign in to Google Classroom and look at my comments on the Maze Project (assignment 004) and fix anything wrong. Add a reply to the assignment so that I know you fixed everything!
Create an avatar for the Scratch website using one of the following websites. Take a screenshot and crop to your avatar (make it square) and save it in My Pictures as 3rd-YourFirstName-Scratch.
Change your Profile Picture to the avatar you created
Add information about you, if you want
Type to Learn - at least one full lesson
Jumpstart 3rd Grade
May 9th & 13th:
Not done with Maze Project? See May 2nd and finish
Not done commenting on completed mazes? See May 2nd and finish
Not done with adding your maze to your Google Slides Portfolio? See May 2nd and finish
Done with all of the above but you don't have an avatar on Scratch? See May 2nd and do this
Go to the It's aMAZEing Studio and read comments on your maze project. If there is anything you wish to change because of them, sign in to Scratch and edit your maze project.
Sign in to Google Classroom and look at my comments on the Maze Project (assignment 004) and fix anything wrong.
Done with everything?
Type to Learn - at least one full lesson
Jumpstart 3rd Grade
May 2nd - 6th:
Whole Class: How to run and comment on Maze Projects
If not done with Maze Project:
Sign in to Google Classroom and work on the Maze Project (assignment 004). If done, make sure you have done everything below on then click the Mark as Done button on the assignment to turn it in.
Shared your Scratch project
Added instructions on how to run your project
Thanked Google CSFirst, if you used a starter project
Added your Scratch project to the aMAZEing studio.
If you have finished your Maze Project and added it to the It's aMAZEing Studio:
Go to each of your classmates' mazes, read their directions, try to solve their maze, and add a comment on each of them. Comments must be in full sentences.
Include at least one thing you liked about their maze project. This could be the way they drew their maze, if they did OR their choice of sprites for the maze OR what they do at the end of their maze OR maybe they wrote really good directions on how to run their maze project.
Include at least one thing that could improved in the maze project. Do not be mean with this but suggest something that they could improve and how they could improve it. Some ideas to think about.
Was it too hard to solve or too easy to solve? Add a suggestion on how they could fix this.
Do you think they could have changed something to make the maze better? What would it be and how would you change it?
Was their maze really great but there was a problem with the instructions they wrote?
Done with Maze project and your commenting but not finished with Google Slides Portfolio:
Sign in to Google Classroom and create a slide in your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch Maze (assignment 005). Make sure you add everything required to your slide on your portfolio. Do not describe how to run your project on this. You are describing how you built it and then telling people they can run it by clicking on the picture of your maze project. Click the Mark as Done button to turn the assignment in.
Done with Maze project, commenting and the slide on your Google Slides Portfolio but you don't have an avatar on Scratch yet?
Create an avatar for the Scratch website using one of the following websites. Take a screenshot and crop to your avatar (make it square) and save it in My Pictures as 3rd-YourFirstName-Scratch.
Change your Profile Picture to the avatar you created
Add information about you, if you want
Make sure you have signed out of Scratch and Google Classroom, if you signed in to either one.
Lessons in Type to Learn - complete at least one full lesson.
Done? Jumpstart 3rd Grade
April 25th & 29th:
If not done with Maze Project:
Sign in to Google Classroom and work on the Maze Project (assignment 004). If done, make sure you have done everything below on then click the Mark as Done button on the assignment to turn it in.
Shared your Scratch project
Added instructions on how to run your project
Thanked Google CSFirst, if you used a starter project
Added your Scratch project to the aMAZEing studio.
If done with Maze project but not done with Google Slides Portfolio:
Sign in to Google Classroom and create a slide in your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch Maze (assignment 005). Make sure you add everything required to your slide on your portfolio. Do not describe how to run your project on this. You are describing how you built it and then telling people they can run it by clicking on the picture of your maze project. Click the Mark as Done button to turn the assignment in.
Done with Maze project and the slide on your Google Slides Portfolio?
Create an avatar for the Scratch website using one of the following websites. Take a screenshot and crop to your avatar (make it square) and save it in My Pictures as 3rd-YourFirstName-Scratch.
Change your Profile Picture to the avatar you created
Lessons in Type to Learn - complete at least one full lesson.
Done? Jumpstart 3rd Grade
April 22nd:
If not done with Maze Project:
Sign in to Google Classroom and work on the Maze Project (assignment 004). If done, make sure you have done everything below on then click the Mark as Done button on the assignment to turn it in.
Shared your Scratch project
Added instructions on how to run your project
Thanked Google CSFirst, if you used a starter project
Added your Scratch project to the aMAZEing studio.
If done with Maze project but not done with Google Slides Portfolio:
Sign in to Google Classroom and create a slide in your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch Maze (assignment 005). Make sure you add everything required to your slide on your portfolio. Do not describe how to run your project on this. You are describing how you built it and then telling people they can run it by clicking on the picture of your maze project. Click the Mark as Done button to turn the assignment in.
Rudy, Nate, Denzel, Ian, Mackenzi: Sign in to Google Classroom and
Work on the Maze Project (assignment 004). If done, make sure you have done everything below on then click the Mark as Done button on the assignment to turn it in.
Shared your Scratch project
Added instructions on how to run your project
Thanked Google CSFirst, if you used a starter project
Added your Scratch project to the aMAZEing studio.
Create a slide in your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch Maze (assignment 005).
Make sure you add everything required to your slide on your portfolio. Do not describe how to run your project on this. You are describing how you built it and then telling people they can run it by clicking on the picture of your maze project. Click the Mark as Done button to turn the assignment in.
Najee & Ella: Sign in to Google Classroom and go to assignment 005 and open your portfolio. Check my comments in the notes section on your Maze slide and make the corrections. Delete my comments from the notes section when you are done.
Emilia: Open the Scratch Progress Sheet so you can record when you complete working on a type of move and finish the tutorials below:
Work on the Maze Project (assignment 004). If done, make sure you have shared your project and added it to the aMAZEing studio. Then click the Mark as Done button on the assignment to turn it in.
Create a slide in your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch Maze (assignment 005). Make sure you add everything required to your slide on your portfolio. Do not describe how to run your project on this. You are describing how you built it and then telling people they can run it by clicking on the picture of your maze project. Click the Mark as Done button to turn the assignment in.
If done with everything, lessons in Type to Learn - complete at least one full lesson.
Work on the Maze Project (assignment 004). If done, make sure you have shared your project and added it to the aMAZEing studio. Then click the Mark as Done button on the assignment to turn it in.
If you previously finished your maze and marked the assignment as done, check for comments from me and fix the things that are wrong on your Scratch project.
Create a slide in your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch Maze (assignment 005). Click the Mark as Done button to turn the assignment in.
If done with everything, lessons in Type to Learn - complete at least one full lesson.
Done? Jumpstart 3rd Grade
March 4th & 7th:
Whole Class:
How to share your finished maze and add it to the aMAZEing Studio.
Reminder on how to take a screenshot
Finish the Move Scratch Cards, if not done - see February 8th.
Work on the Maze Project (assignment 004). If done, make sure you have shared your project and added it to the aMAZEing studio. Then copy the URL to your maze and turn in the Maze Project assignment.
Create a slide in your Google Slides portfolio for your Scratch Maze (assignment 005)
Open the Scratch Progress Sheet so you can record when you complete working on a type of move
Go to the Scratch website and complete the tutorials, in order, to learn various ways to move a sprite. Don't forget to mark completed tutorials on the Scratch Progress Sheet.
Done with all of the move tutorials? Complete a lesson in Type to Learn OR create a Valentine's Card with Scratch
February 5th:
Whole Class: Review/Introduce Scratch - User Interface & how to write a program for a sprite.
Whole Class: How to edit the Scratch Card Progress Sheet
Go to the Scratch website and try out all of the small programs on the Scratch Cards. Make sure to color in or put an X or write the word done on the Scratch Card Progress Sheet when you finish a Scratch card.
January 29th:
Emilia, Nate, Rudy: Finish your Minecraft Hour of Code slide on your portfolio and mark assignment 003 done in Google Classroom
Star Wars coding - If done with the game, add a slide to your portfolio that has as screenshot of your game that links to your game and write about how your game works.
Sign in to Google Classroom and add a slide to your portfolio about the Minecraft Hour of Code
If done, complete at least one lesson in Type to Learn
December 14th:
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete the Minecraft Hour of Code levels
You may & should ask those sitting by you for help, if you need it
Work together on harder levels and then everyone should enter the code and run it
At the end of the day:
If you have completed level 14, use the ADD button to add a link to your completed Minecraft level and TURN IN the assignment.
If you have NOT completed all levels, post a comment on the Google Classroom assignment with the level you are currently working on and Mark the Assignment as Done.
Open the assignment and click on your Google Slides portfolio
Slide #1 - Title Slide:
Enter your first name after By: - Make sure to capitalize your name
You may change the fonts and font colors. Only print type fonts with upper and lower case letters are allowed.
You may change the background color of the slide.
You may change the color of the text boxes.
Slide #2 - Self-Portrait Slide
You may change the fonts. You may change the color of the TITLE font only, not the font where you will be writing about the assignment.
You may color the title text box.
Add your self-portrait to the slide by clicking on the picture icon (looks like a picture of mountains) and the clicking the Choose an Image to Upload button. Go to the My Documents / My Pictures / Saved folder and find your self-portrait. Resize this by the corners only!
In the text box, talk about the assignment. What were you supposed to do? What program did you use to do it? (Tux Paint) Include your best hint about Tux Paint. Add information about how you liked the assignment (or not) and why.
Slide #3 - Halloween Home Row Typing
Again, you may change the fonts. You may change the color of the TITLE font only, not the font where you will be writing about the assignment.
You may color the Title Text Box.
Add a picture of your Halloween Home Row Typing pumpkin to the slide by using Insert/Image from Google Drive/Shared With Me. Find your pumpkin in the shared folder and select it. Resize it by the corners only!
In the text box, talk about the assignment. What did you have to do? What program did you use to do it? (Google Docs) Add information about how you liked the assignment (or not) and why.
When done, Turn In the assignment in Google Classroom
November 6th & 9th:
Catch Up:
If not done, finish Assignment 001 - Halloween Homerow Typing in Google Classroom
If not done, finish your self-portrait in Tux Paint
Open Assignment 001 and click on your Halloween Homerow Typing document
Type the information as directed on the handout. Remember to keep your hands on the homerow and use the correct fingers for typing the letters. Count the spaces carefully.
When done, Turn In the assignment in Google Classroom
If you have not finished your Self-Portrait, work on that in Tux Paint
Done? Type to Learn OR Sumdog OR Alpha Quick OR Halloween Activities: