📕"Keeping" a Fresh Start for a New Semester

What You'll Learn Today:

How to archive old notes to clean up your Google Keep
How to create labels to organize notes by class or project
How to use the drawing feature in Google Keep (Pictionary!)

Today's Tasks:

✅ Archive at least 2 notes from last semester

✅ Create a "Digital Media I" label

✅ Create a "My DM1 Goals" note with 3 goals

✅ Practice drawing in Google Keep

Google Keep Skills Chart

Level 1

Using Google Keep
- Create a Note
- Create check lists with items.
- Add reminders to notes.
Adding items to Keep notes
- Add images to a note
- Add images
- Add drawings
- Add audio

Level 2

Organizing Notes
- Change note colors.
- Add labels
- Archive notes.
Collaboration
- Add other people to a note

Google Keep Vocabulary Terms

Archive: A storage area for notes you want to keep but don't need immediate access to
Checklist: A list of items with checkboxes for marking completed tasks
Collaborator: A person you invite to view and edit your notes
Color-coding: Visual organization of notes
Grid view: A layout that displays notes in a tiled format
Label: A tag used to categorize notes
Pin: Keeps important notes at the top of your list

Reminder: Notifies you about a note at a specific time or location
Sync: Automatic updating across all devices
Voice memo: An audio recording added to a note
Note: A digital document used to record information, ideas, or reminders.
Drawing: A feature that allows you to sketch or doodle within a note.
Image: A picture or graphic that can be added to a note.
Search: A function to find specific notes using keywords.

"Google Keep Vocab Quiz will be Shared in Google Classroom on Day 3 of this Lesson"

📘 Day 2: "Practice Makes Perfect"

What You'll Learn Today:

Review Google Keep skills with a Practice Set
Start creating your Belonging Notes (Notes 1 & 2)
Continue practicing with Pictionary Round 2

Today's Tasks:

✅ Complete the Google Classroom Practice Set

✅ Start Note 1: "My Favorite SMS Teachers" (5+ teachers, image, label, color)

✅ Start Note 2: "Things I Am Good At or Enjoy Doing" (5+ items, image, label, color)

✅ Draw more objects in Pictionary Round 2

📙 Day 3: "A Place Where You Belong"

What You'll Learn Today:

Demonstrate your vocabulary knowledge with a 30-point quiz
Complete your Belonging Notes project
Learn how to share notes and submit URLs in Google Classroom

Today's Tasks:

✅ Take the Vocabulary Quiz (30 points)

✅ Finish Note 3: "What Belonging Means to Me" (3+ sentences, image, label, color)

✅ Convert Notes 1 & 2 to checklists

✅ Share all 3 notes with Mr. Bradbury

✅ Submit all 3 URLs in Google Classroom

✅ Section 5: Assignment — 3 Google Keep Notes (30 Points)

What You'll Create:

You will create 3 Google Keep notes about communities you belong to:

"My Favorite SMS Teachers" — List at least 5 teachers who have made a positive impact on you
"Things I Am Good At or Enjoy Doing" — List at least 5 strengths or interests
"What Belonging Means to Me" — Write at least 3 sentences about what belonging means to you

Success Criteria:

✅ Create 3 notes with required content (5+ items in lists; 3+ sentences in reflection)

✅ Add at least 1 relevant image to each note

✅ Apply a color or background to each note

✅ Format Notes 1 & 2 as checklists

✅ Apply the "Digital Media I" label to all 3 notes

✅ Share all 3 notes with Mr. Bradbury as a collaborator

✅ Submit all 3 URLs in Google Classroom

Project Directions

My Favorite SMS Teachers

Create a new note titled "My Favorite SMS Teachers"
Add at least 5 teachers who have made a positive impact on you
Add at least one image that represents your school experience

Things I Am Good At or Enjoy Doing

Create a second note titled "Things I Am Good At or Enjoy Doing"
Add at least 5 strengths or interests
Add at least one image that represents your strengths

What Belonging Means to Me

Create a third note titled "What Belonging Means to Me"
Write at least 3 sentences explaining what belonging means to you and how you know you belong at SMS
Add at least one image that represents belonging to you

Note Directions

Color all 3 notes and apply the "Digital Media I" label
Convert the first two notes into checklist format
Share all 3 notes with Mr. Bradbury as a collaborator
Copy all 3 URLs and paste them into this Google Classroom assignment
Click the "Turn in" button to submit your assignment

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