5th Grade

June 10th:

May 29th - June 5th:

May 22nd:

  • Whole Class: Introduction to Coordinate Plane in Scratch
    • Read "A Fly on the Ceiling"
    • Explore Coordinate Plane in Scratch
      • What's a pixel?
      • How many pixels on the Scratch stage?
        • Scripts 1 (width) & 2 (height)
      • Introduction to using the pen
        • What does script 3 do?
        • What does script 4 do?
        • What does script 5 do?
  • Sign in to Scratch and create a project to draw:
    • Easy: Your first initial
    • Medium: Your first & last initial
    • Hard: Your entire first name

May 20th:

May 15th:

May 13th:

May 8th:

May 1st & 6th:

April 29th:

April 8th & 10th:

  • Whole Class: Complete introduction to Counting Candy assignment & how to use Google Spreadsheets
    • Terminology: Row, Column, Cell
    • How to move between cells
    • Merge & center
    • Editing attributes for entire spreadsheet
    • Resizing columns
    • Using formulas
  • Sign in to Google Classroom and work on Assignment P07: Counting Candy
    • Complete all steps in Before You Open Your Bag of M&M's and wait until all in class are done
    • Complete step 6 for Create a Sheet on the Assignment and wait until all in class are done
    • When instructed, you will go to each of your classmates computers and fill in your M&M data on the first available blank row; this is step 7 in Create a Sheet
    • Read and follow the remaining directions for calculating totals on the Google Sheet and Turn In when done
  • Complete the Candy Counting Quiz
  • Done? Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com

April 3rd:

April 1st:

  • Redraw 2nd Grade monsters in Tux Paint
    • Follow the written instructions and do not add things not described
    • Use only the paintbrush, shapes, lines, and Magic Fill Bucket
    • If a body part is more than one and no quantity is given, do something different than a human would have
    • If no shape is given, be creative
    • If no color is specified, choose any color you would like
  • Done? Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com

March 27th:

March 25th:

March 20th:

  • Whole Class: Let's look at Arrow Keys Testing Investigation
    • What did we observe?
    • Why did the sprites move the way they did?
    • Why would we want to use the different options?
  • Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com for 10 minutes
  • How many levels of Compute It can you solve? You can work with a partner or ask someone for help if you get stuck.

March 18th:

March 13th:

March 4th & 6th:

  • Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com until timer sounds
  • Mission US: Crown or Colony

February 27th:

February 25th:

February 20th:

February 13th:

  • Finish your Scratch Dance Party Project
    • Document the code in your project
    • Share your project & add to the Scratch 2018-19 5th Grade Studio. Add instructions, notes, and credits, if needed. You will need instructions about arrow keys and video sensing.
    • Take a screenshot of your project and save in the Pictures folder on your computer named as 5th-YourName-DanceParty
  • Sign in to Google Classroom and work on Assignment P05: Dance Party Google Site Post
  • Done? Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com

February 6th & 11th:

  • Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com until timer sounds
  • Work on your Scratch Dance Party Project
    • Borrow a Chromebook or Laptop and add some video sensing to your Scratch 3 Dance Party for your main dancer. Check out the video sensing tutorial - this was done on Scratch 2.0 but the blocks will say mostly the same things but are now a different color. Video sensing blocks are now under Extensions.
    • Document your code on your Scratch project.
    • Share your project & add to the Scratch 2018-19 5th Grade Studio. Add instructions, notes, and credits, if needed. You will need instructions about arrow keys and video sensing.
    • Take a screenshot of your project and save in the Pictures folder on your computer named as 5th-YourName-DanceParty
  • Sign in to Google Classroom and work on Assignment P05: Dance Party Google Site Post

January 28th & 30th:

  • Sign in to Google Classroom and:
  • Done? Work on your Scratch Dance Party Project
    • See December 5th for details
    • Done? Borrow a Chromebook or Laptop and add some video sensing to your Scratch 3 Dance Party for your main dancer. Check out the video sensing tutorial - this was done on Scratch 2.0 but the blocks will say mostly the same things but are now a different color. Video sensing blocks are now under Extensions.
    • Done? Document your code on your Scratch project.
    • Share your project & add to the Scratch 2018-19 5th Grade Studio. Add instructions, notes, and credits, if needed.
    • Take a screenshot of your project and save in the Pictures folder on your computer named as 5th-YourName-DanceParty
  • Sign in to Google Classroom and work on Assignment P05: Dance Party Google Site Post

January 2nd - January 23rd:

  • Whole Class:
    • MLA Formatting in Google Docs / Introduction to Inventor's Report
    • How to fix and resolve comments
    • How to add images side-by-side with captions
  • Assignment P04: Google Docs - Inventor Report
    • Check for comments from me and fix the problems identified. Once you have fixed a problem, resolve the comments from me.
    • Finish your report, including adding images with captions.
    • Turn in your report.
  • Done? Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com

December 5th - 12th:

  • Whole Class: Hints on Scratch 3.0
    • How to open a program you previously saved
    • How to fix blocks from being on top of on another
    • How to save a program
    • How to use tutorials
  • Create your Dance Party:
    1. Add a backdrop. You can have your dance party happen anywhere you would like. (Video Tutorial)
    2. Add a sprite to dance. It is best to use one of the sprites in the dance category for this since they have costumes for dancing. (Video Tutorial)
    3. Make your sprite dance using their costumes. You must create the dance as a procedure/function using My Blocks. You will most likely need the Video Tutorial.
    4. Add some "music" for your sprite to dance to. The script for the music must be on the backdrop not the dancer sprite. (Video Tutorial)
    5. Make your sprite move with the arrow keys. Your sprite must be able to move left and right. You can optionally have them also be able to move up and down. You are required to use the Sensing blocks for this. You cannot use the When key pressed event block. You will most likely need the Video Tutorial.
    6. Now it's time to really get the party started and add your own flair! You can add any of the following. You do not need to add them all but must do at least one of them.
      • Make the backdrop change appearance somehow in a forever loop. If you don't know how to do this, it would be similar to how your sprite dances but would change a graphics effect rather than a costume. This Video Tutorial shows how and uses a variable that can control the speed of the light changes. You do not have to use a variable to get this to work. NOTE: The tutorial is for Scratch 2.0 but all blocks should be available in Scratch 3.0.
      • Add more dancers and make them dance. NOTE: You can copy the Dance from your original sprite to a new sprite by pulling it over to the new sprite. If you want to add a sprite that isn't in the dance category, you could use something like the twist graphic effect instead of costume changes. See this tutorial for more information - note that the tutorial is Scratch 2.0 but the blocks are all available in Scratch 3.0.
      • Create a dance off with your original sprite and another sprite. NOTE: This would be best with having the sprite start to dance when clicked (not when green flag is clicked) and having it repeat a certain amount of times (not forever).
      • Allow user to select the "music" to be played. You will need to add additional loops to the backdrop and then add code to set a variable to the music choice and conditionally play it. You can use this video tutorial to help you. NOTE: The tutorial is for Scratch 2.0 but all blocks are available in Scratch 3.0 AND the video is programming a sprite but you would do this on the stage.
      • Want to get even fancier with the "music"? Add a DJ to your project and follow these Scratch 2.0 tutorials (which should work in Scratch 3.0). Make sure you don't use arrow keys that are already being used to control the movement of your dancer.
      • Anything else you can think of!

December 3rd:

  • It’s Computer Science Education Week and we’re going to celebrate this week with dancing!
    • Have you ever watched a dance team perform to music together? How do they stay in sync?
    • Let's all clap together. How can I get you to do that?
  • Learn some dance moves to one of these songs
    • Practice each dance move
    • Using the controller on the final slide, choose a dance move students should do. Remind students that each button is an event that will have them do one of the dance moves over and over
    • Did you do each move once?
  • Student Led Dance Party: Students take turns choosing a song and using the controller to have the rest of the class dance
  • Wrap Up Questions:
    • Pushing the button on the controller was an event. Why would programs have events? Can you think of any events you have used in a Scratch program?
    • You danced in loops because you danced forever until a new button was pushed. Can you think of why we would need loops in programs?
  • Demonstration of example Scratch Dance Party

November 28th:

  • Whole Class: Review Bebras Challenge
    • Beaver Town
    • Infinite Ice Cream Cone
    • Coloring Sheet
    • Crack the Code
    • Gifts
    • Walk in the Park
    • Trash Robots (1)
    • ... the rest
  • Login to Bebras Challenge and check which you got correct.
  • Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com

November 26th:

  • Finish balloon picture in Pinta, if not done
  • Angel: Sign in to Google Classroom and complete Assignment K02: Start of Q2 Keyboarding Speed Tests. Make sure to Mark as Done, when complete.
  • Sign in to Google Classroom and fix the problems identified on Assignment P02: Google Site: Self-Portrait Post. Make sure to resubmit when you have completed fixing the problems.
  • Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com

November 19th:

November 14th:

  • Compete in the Bebras Challenge!
    • Login using your user name & password
    • Be careful with guessing. You lose points if you guess wrong
    • Do the ones you feel confident about first and then go back to the others
    • Use the paper and pencil provided

November 5th & 7th:

October 31st:

October 29th:

October 24th:

October 17th & 22nd:

October 10th & 15th:

October 8th:

October 3rd:

September 26th & October 1st:

September 24th:

  • Finish self-portrait, if not done - See September 17th for details
  • Sign in to Google Classroom and complete and turn in CG01: Self-Portrait
  • Keyboarding lessons in Typing.com

September 17th & 19th:

  • Whole Class: Reminders on drawing self-portrait in Pinta
  • Self-portrait in Pinta: Video Tutorials (these are for guidance & if you would rather draw something in your own way, you can)
    • NO FLOATING HEADS.
    • Save your self-portrait as 5th-YourName-Portrait in the Pictures folder
    • Open & copy template and then copy & paste it into a new image in Pinta
    • Draw the outline of your head, neck & shoulders on a new layer - do NOT fill in your head with skin color, yet!
    • Add a new layer to draw each of your features; you can duplicate a layer to create a similar feature. To get an idea of where each feature should be, check this out.
    • When you are done, delete the template layer and add your skin color to your outline layer.
    • Here's how the drawing on the original template turned out.
    • To save layers, save as .ORA file type.
  • When you are done with all of the features and ready to draw your hair & add clothing, save one last time and then Flatten the image and save as a .PNG file type. Do not change the name of the image, just the file type.

September 12th:

September 10th: