| Week/TCOS | Dates | Grade | Activity |
| Week 1 | 8/11-8/15 | 1-5 | No lab classes |
| Week 2 | 8/18-8/22 | 1-5 | Students will take STAR tests. 1st grade teachers will need to stay in order to log in students. After test: TuxPaint or watch The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed on carpet |
| Week 3 | 8/25-8/29 | 1-5 | Students reviewed our new website, the Computer Lab Rules and Procedures PowerPoint, and chose their assigned seat. |
| Week 4 | 9/1-9/5 | 1-5 | Short week due to Labor Day/Gustav. Catch up on classes missed last week due to AR assembly. Other students may visit Tutpup and play as a guest. |
| Week 5 | 9/8-9/12 | 1-5 | Students will be trained on how to use the new AR program. They will be instructed to first use the quiz number, the Author, then the Title when trying to locate the quiz. |
| Week 6 | 9/15-9/19 | 1 | See previous week. |
| 2-4 | Students will learn/review how to log in to Learning.com and complete the Symbols of Technology lesson. After completion, the students will then visit and go through the Growing with Technology Computer Parts lesson.(Choose level) | ||
| 5 | tutpup - Students will set up a tutpup account using their class code. Students may play on tutpup if they have spare time after they do research. Native American Research Project- Students will begin researching their tribe for social studies project. Students may print information they find. | ||
| Week 7 | 9/22-9/26 | 1 | Climate Survey. Growing with Technology Burton's Computer (Level 1) |
| 2 | Climate Survey. Learning.com- Select, Drag, Double-Click Tidy the Classroom | ||
| 3-4 | Climate Survey. Learning.com- Home Row, Upper Row Early finishers go to Dance Mat Typing. | ||
| 4 | Climate Survey. National Parks Postcard Project Week 1- Students research on www.npl.gov and choose the Park they want to create a postcard about. Students will write a letter to someone based on what they are doing or things they have seen at the park. This part will be done in class. | ||
| 5 | Climate Survey. Students will continue the researching their tribe for social studies project. Students may print information they find. Others will begin keyboarding lessons in Learning.com. | ||
| Week 8 | 9/29-10/3 | 1 | See previous week. |
| 2 | Scary Spuds project begins. Introduction of project, Students are split into groups to create their Spud. | ||
| 3-4 | Learning.com- Lower Row, Number Row Early finishers go to Crazy Kids Typing. | ||
| 4 | National Parks Postcard Project Week 2- Students will begin typing their letters and adding picture. Those who finish may print their postcard. | ||
| 5 | Learning.com- Home Row, Upper Row Early finishers go to Dance Mat Typing. | ||
| Week 9 | No lab classes- CRTs |
| Week/TCOS | Date | Grade | Activity |
| Week 1 | 10/13-17 | 1 | Learning.com- ABCDE, FGHIJ |
| 2-5 | Students will create tutpup accounts and/or explore the site. | ||
| Week 2 | 10/20-24 | 1 | Learning.com- ABCDE, FGHIJ |
| 2 | STAR Testing, Tutpup 1 person from each group will type Scary Spuds Writing. Those that do not finish, I will type. | ||
| 3-5 | STAR Testing, Tutpup | ||
| Week 3 | 10/27-31 | 1 | Students will create pictures of things they are thankful for in Kidspiration using the following template . I will upload the pictures to VoiceThread. |
| 2 | Students will recreate the Scary Spuds from their partner classes. Early finishers can Carve a Pumpkin. | ||
| 3 | Creating a Daily Temperature Bar Graph- Students will create a bar graph on the NCES Kids site. The students will use the date found on their Weather Tracking Charts to complete the graph. If students have not completed their Weather Tracking Chart, a handout will be given with data (temps) from the previous week. Students will then enter the information and change color of their graph. Students will then copy and paste their graph into a Word template in order to add clip art to show the weather (sunny, cloudy, rain, or thunderstorms) for each day. Early Finishers- Visit Weather Channel for Kids, EdHeads Weather | ||
| 4 | Life Cycle of Animals- Students will create a life cycle of a Mexican Bean Beetle or butterfly in Kerpoof. Students will be given a handout with each life cycle depicted, including labels. Students will need to label each stage of the cycle as egg, pupa, larve, and adult. | ||
| 5 | Students will complete a word processing activity on Growing with Technology to re-familiarize themselves with Word. Next week they will type their writings from class. | ||
| Week 4 | 11/3-7 | 1 | Students will create pictures of things they are thankful for in Kidspiration using the following template . I will upload the pictures to VoiceThread. |
| 2 | Finishing touches on Scary Spuds. Tutpup | ||
| 3 | Students will explore the ARMT Site | ||
| 4 | Re-do Butterfly Life Cycle for those that need to Tutpup for early finishers | ||
| 5 | Students will type or revise writings from class in Microsoft Word. | ||
| Week 5 (out Tuesday) | 11/10-14 | 1 | Students will record into VoiceThread the things they are thankful for. While waiting, others will create a Thanksgiving scene in Kerpoof. |
| 2 | Finish up Scary Spuds. Complete Word Processing lesson on Learning.com Type first and last name in Microsoft Word. Type a sentence telling me about one fun thing they did this weekend. | ||
| 3 | Complete the CA$H OUT activity on the SMARTboard.Visit the H.I.P. Pocket Change website to play money games. | ||
| 4 | The Stranger (Reading)- November in the United States Excel Activity. Students will gather weather forecasts for 5 cities and create a bar graph in Excel. (2 week lesson) This week, students will use a zip code list to choose 5 cities. Students will look up the 7 day forecast on weather.com. They will choose the same weekday of the next week and write down the high/low for that day. Students will begin entering data into an excel template. | ||
| 5 | Complete stories in Word. Those finished will explore the ARMT site. | ||
| Week 6 | 11/17-21 | 1 | Students will record into VoiceThread the things they are thankful for. While waiting, others will create a Thanksgiving scene on Kerpoof. |
| 2 | Create a Thanksgiving card on Kerpoof. Print as a medium color page card that students can color and personalize in class before Thanksgiving next week. | ||
| 3 | Create a Thanksgiving card on Kerpoof. Print as a medium color page card that students can color and personalize in class before Thanksgiving next week. | ||
| 4 | The Stranger (Reading)- November in the United States Excel Activity. Students will gather weather forecasts for 5 cities and create a bar graph in Excel. (2 week lesson) This week, students will create and print their graphs. | ||
| 5 | Fractions! Click here to see the resources. | ||
| Week 7 Short Week (Thanksgiving) | 11/24-25 | 2-3 | Thanksgiving Websites |
| 4 | Make a Thanksgiving card in Kerpoof. | ||
| 5 | Geometry Websites | ||
| Week 8 | 12/1-5 | 1 | Winter Wonderland Project- Winter Song Video Students will sing their portion of We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
| 2 | Winter Wonderland Project- Winter Song Video Students will create Christmas pictures in TuxPaint. | ||
| 3 | Winter Wonderland Project- Gingerbread Coordinate Graphing Students will create a Gingerbread House in Excel by following a key and using a template. | ||
| 4 | Tutpup | ||
| 5 | SuccessNet and Tutpup | ||
| Week 9 | 12/8-12 | 1 | Winter Wonderland Project- Winter Song Video Students will create Christmas pictures in TuxPaint. |
| 2 | Winter Wonderland Project- Winter Song Video Students will sing their portion of Jingle Bells | ||
| 3 | Winter Wonderland Project- Gingerbread Coordinate Graphing Complete Gingerbread House by adding a clipart picture, change colors | ||
| 4 | Hurricanes- Students will watch a video and take a quiz on hurricanes on BrainPop. (Eye of the Storm- Reading Street). Students will also visit various weather-related websites. | ||
| 5 | Brainpop Interjections- Students will watch video twice, then take and print the graded quiz. Early finishers may go to Tutpup. | ||
| Week 10 | 12/15-19 | 1-5 | STAR testing and Holiday Fun- Students will take their STAR test and visit holiday themed websites. |
| Christmas Break | 12/20-1/5 |
| Week 1 | 1/6-1/9 | 1-5 | Keyboarding Refresher- Students will visit various sites to practice their keyboarding. |
| Week 2 | 1/12-16 | 1 & 3 | Winter Wonderland Project- Penguin Glyph |
| 2 | Penguin BrainPop Movie and quiz, Create a penguin habitat on Kerpoof, Watch the live Penguin Cam. | ||
| 4 | ARMT/Tutpup | ||
| 5 | Watch Adjectives video on BrainPop, Take the quiz to be used for a grade. | ||
| Week 3 | 1/19-23 | 1 | Winter Wonderland Project- Penguin Glyph Continued |
| 2-5 | Kid's College Gap Testing | ||