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Monday 4th: Last week of the 5th Progress Reporting Period

Tuesday 5th: Shutdown Testing - 7th Math and 8th History

Wednesday 6th: Shutdown Testing - 7th Reading and 8th Science

Thursday 7th

Friday 8th: Last Day of the 5th Progress Reporting Period

Monday 4th: Last week of the 5th Progress Reporting Period

- Part 1) Review  (click to comment)

1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
3. Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view s19 example folder here)
4. Important Note: Do not attempt to install or run VPNs on school computers! These cause problems with our network functions and are a violation of the District's Responsible Use Policy.
5. Review key points from last week & Announcements

• Click here to view your ratings summary graphs from last week

• If you did not complete the weekly reflections form for last week, please click here to do so: 5.2r Reflections Form

6. Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Choose any practice typing game from this site: https://www.typing.com/student/games or this list: Typing Practice Games List

• You may need to pause Adblock to allow a typing game to load by left clicking on the Adblock extension.
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• Use a symbol from the game you choose as your link symbol and link it to the site

• Here’s my example

7. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

- Part 2) Objectives: Today students will…  (click to comment)

1. Today we have these objectives  (all s19 objectives to date)

• Practice typing with your favorite typing practice game
• Capture previews of this week’s important events
• Explore a fun site called Neave and use PRINT SCRN to capture some ‘mid-air’ examples
• Use the image crop tool to evenly distribute 4 images on a page
• Refine your capturing, cropping and layering skills on a Google Slide

2. Please bookmark the following 3 files for this week: 5.3p, 5.3w, 5.3n

3. Page 1: Week 9 Events

• Open your 5.3n Notebook for week 9 in Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Use the links in the notes section at the bottom of page 1 to find and Snip the information for each box

• Try adding a gif related to your Countdown
• Here’s my completed example page 1 (Spring Break starts on Mar 15th)

4. Page 2: Neave Interactives

• Neave Site1: https://bouncyballs.org/
• Experiment with each of the 4 options at this site and use the Print Screen key to capture each while they’re bouncing around. Try to fill your page exactly with ¼ from each of these 4 Modes:

• Challenge: Try to do this in a way that all of the spheres stay round and aren’t stretched into ovals (you’ll probably need to use the crop tool to do this correctly!)

• Add the word Neave with a font from our Wordart Collection with a transparent fill color in the center

• Here’s my example with each quarter of the slide filled with a different version of Neave and none of the images are stretched in any direction. You can also see through the title in the center:
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments!  (click to comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
• Typing practice games
• Neave Site1: https://bouncyballs.org/

2. s19 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Play your favorite typing practice game
• Capture previews of this week’s important events
• Use PRINT SCRN to capture 4 ‘mid-air’ examples of Neave Interactives
• Use the image crop tool to evenly distribute 4 images on a page
• Refine your capturing, cropping and layering skills on a Google Slide

- Part 4) Through?  (click to comment)

1. Checkout our cold blast forecast for the start of this week

• 10 Day Forecast
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Tuesday 5th: Shutdown Testing - 7th Math and 8th History

Today is a Shutdown Testing day for 7th & 8th Grade 

Please read these notes about today’s schedule

• 7th Graders will be taking a Math Test
• 8th Graders will be taking a History Test
• Check the Cafeteria and halls for room assignments for today’s testing sessions
• Here’s your schedule for today:

After testing, go to 4th and follow your regular schedule for the rest of the day!

Afternoon classes have no new assignments today!

• 103 Lab Applications and Resources List

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Wednesday 6th: Shutdown Testing - 7th Reading and 8th Science

Today is a Shutdown Testing day for 7th & 8th Grade 

Please read these notes about today’s schedule

• 7th Graders will be taking a Reading Test
• 8th Graders will be taking a Science Test
• Check the Cafeteria and halls for room assignments for today’s testing sessions
• Here’s your schedule for today:

After testing, go to 4th period and then 1st-3rd periods!

All classes have no new assignments today!

• 103 Lab Applications and Resources List

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Thursday 7th

- Part 1) Review   (click-2-comment)

1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
3. Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view s19 example folder here)
4. Important Note: Do not attempt to install or run VPNs on school computers! These cause problems with our network functions and are a violation of the District's Responsible Use Policy.
5. Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

• Review Monday’s tasks list to see what you should have accomplished & Announcements

• Play your favorite typing practice game
• Capture previews of this week’s important events
• Use PRINT SCRN to capture 4 ‘mid-air’ examples of Neave Interactives
• Use the image crop tool to evenly distribute 4 images on a page
• Refine your capturing, cropping and layering skills on a Google Slide

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Use the image below for your link symbol, and link it to Art is Fun: http://www.art-is-fun.com/free-adult-coloring-pages/

• Color-fill at least half of this abstract art page. The small colored image is just for reference… you can fill it any way that you like. Use the using the fill tool (paint bucket) at Sumopaint: https://www.sumopaint.com/paint/

• Drag the image below to your desktop and then open it in Sumopaint
• DO NOT click on any black lines while color-filling!
• Video help abstract art  color filling: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfWERWX250Ty1NT0k

• Here’s my completed warmups file for this week
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6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

- Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-2-comment)

1. Today we have these learning goals  (all s19 objectives to date)

• Practice using the Sumopaint color-fill tool to fill in an abstract art line drawing
• Continue to refine your capturing, cropping and layering skills on a Google Slide
• Create designs and collect favorite examples using a variety of multi-brushes at Bomomo

2. Page 3: Fun with Neave Eyes

• Neave: https://bouncyballs.org/

• Whoa, they’re watching you… use the gif below (or record your own with Screencast-o-matic) to create eyes for skull masks
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• SOM v1.4 download (for your own GIFs)
• Here’s a skull mask with the eyes already cut out to drag to your page:

• Here are the directions for how I made the skull version on the left below (https://goo.gl/YqowRa). Use them to create your own example like mine for your page (you only need 1 skull with 2 eyes):
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• Here’s my example with 2 different arrangements (you only need 1 though!)
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3. Page 4: Bomomo Designs

• Use Print Screen or Snip to capture and add 4 designs from this site Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/
• Add a wordart title Bomomo from our Wordart Collection
• Click the tiles at the bottom for each of the design tools and the blank page to start over:

• Here’s my example page
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• Sumopaint: https://www.sumopaint.com/paint/
• Video help abstract art  color filling: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfWERWX250Ty1NT0k
• Neave: https://bouncyballs.org/
• Skull with eyes directions: https://goo.gl/YqowRa
• SOM v1.4 download (for GIFs)

2. s19 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3
• Page 4

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Color-fill an abstract art line drawing  
• Continue to refine your capturing, cropping and layering skills on a Google Slide
• Create and capture 4 new Bomomo designs

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout this forecast for a great wildflower season (if this week’s cold snap doesn’t harm them) and some additional related links

• Texas Wildflower Center: What’s in Season?
• Texas Wildflower Photos Index
• https://www.statesman.com/news/20190225/this-years-wildflower-season-could-be-best-since-2010
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Friday 8th: Last Day of the 5th Progress Reporting Period

- Part 1) Review   (click-2-comment)

1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
3. Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view s19 example folder here)
4. Important Note: Do not attempt to install or run VPNs on school computers! These cause problems with our network functions and are a violation of the District's Responsible Use Policy.
5. Friday Warmup Activity: 

• Review yesterday’s tasks list to see what you should have accomplished & Announcements

• Color-fill an abstract art line drawing  
• Continue to refine your capturing, cropping and layering skills on a Google Slide
• Create and capture 4 new Bomomo designs

• Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week!
• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• It should look like this
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6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

- Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-2-comment)

1. Please complete and turn-in the following assignments which are due today:

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
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2. If you’ve completed and turned-in everything, explore any of these!

• 103 Lab Applications and Resources List

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• 5.3r Reflections Form

2. s19 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!). If you’re behind, start with the green highlighted pages, which are the easiest to complete:

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete your 5.3r Reflections Form
• Complete your 5.3w Warmups and 5.3n Notebook assignments and click  TURN IN  for both of them in Google Classroom!

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout today’s Google Doodle celebrating International Women’s Day and our forecast for our last week of school before Spring Break!

• https://www.google.com/doodles/international-womens-day-2019
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• https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/tx/bastrop/78602?cm_ven=localwx_10day
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