2009-10+Sixth+Grade

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 * Wednesday - June 2, 2010**
 * Go to Super Hyper Spider Typer - chose medium level - until we are ready to begin.
 * We will be learning a new skill and doing a final assignment in CALC today.

Friday - May 28, 2010


 * Work on some keyboarding lessons here
 * You will be taking your typing POST TEST today. Remember you should be able to type 25 words per minute!

Thursday - May 27, 2010


 * **1st hour & 4th hour - see handout for Calc Schedule assignment**

Wednesday - May 26, 2010

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 * **1st hour & 4th hour - Go to Free Rice - Vocabulary - do not change the subject. We will be doing a new Calc assignment today **

Tuesday - May, 2010 =1st hour= to practice your keyboarding. We will be learning some new skills in Calc today
 * Op en Calc - go to file open go to 2nd Semester -- 6th grade, 1st hour - Calc - Calc Pr 1 -- open your spreadsheet. Finish this assignment. Make sure your name is at the top!!!
 * When finished with your calc assignment, you may go to this site

4th hour- Go to FreeRice - Math - do not change subjects. Ms. Bell will be coming in with her class to talk with us for a few minutes. Then we have some new skills to learn in Calc. If you can not work quietly until she comes in, you will be locked down!

YES - I KNOW IT IS HOT !!! I am suffering just as much as you are!
Open the program Calc - from your desktop. Go to file open... scroll down and open the CalcPr 1 FILE - NOT THE FOLDER. (open as a copy)Follow the directions on the page and complete the activity.

When finished with your calc assignment, you may go to to practice your keyboarding. We will be learning some new skills in Calc today
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Friday - May 21, 2010 1st hour - YOU WILL NEED YOUR EARBUDS - IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY RENT SOME FROM ME NOW! NO EARBUDS - NO ACTIVITY!!! Open Calc - open your class list spreadsheet that we started yesterday. Keep that open, but minimize it so you can do the next activity.

Plug in earbuds, THEN click on this link ID The Creep
We will begin lessons in Open Office Calc today!

4th hour - YOU WILL NEED YOUR EARBUDS - IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY RENT SOME FROM ME NOW! NO EARBUDS - NO ACTIVITY!!!

Wednesday - May 19, 2010
1st & 4th hour - YOU WILL NEED YOUR EARBUDS - IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY RENT SOME FROM THE SUB NOW! NO EARBUDS - NO ACTIVITES!!!

You will have approx. 15 minutes to continue working on your keyboarding skills by playing some of the Keyboarding games

After 15 minutes (THE SUB WILL TELL YOU WHEN) you will go to the Professor Garfield site - on the left hand side of the screen go to FORMS OF MEDIA - you will do Watch, Try and Apply

4th hour -
==== Continue to practice your keyboarding Go to the next lesson that YOU need to complete. If you are not sure, ask! You receive 5 points per lesson. Set wpm to ** 20 **. You //should// be up to lesson 8 by now, for a total of 40 points. YOU WILL NEED EARBUDS FOR OUR ACTIVITY! IF YO DO NOT HAVE YOUR OWN - RENT SOME NOW!!! (COLLATERAL = ID, WATCH, SHOE, ETC) ====

4th hour -
==== Continue to practice your keyboarding Go to the next lesson that YOU need to complete. If you are not sure, ask! You receive 5 points per lesson. Set wpm to ** 20 **. You //should// be up to lesson 8 by now, for a total of 40 points. -- ====

1st hour -
==== Continue to practice your keyboarding Go to the next lesson that YOU need to complete. If you are not sure, ask! You receive 5 points per lesson. You //should// be up to lesson 8 by now, for a total of 40 points. You will need headphones for our lesson today!! If you do not have your own, rent some __now__ so you have them when we start. ====

Wednesday - May 12, 2010
==== 1st & 4th hour - ==== ==== Continue to practice your keyboarding Go to the next lesson that YOU need to complete. If you are not sure, ask! You receive 5 points per lesson. You //should// be up to lesson 6 by now, for a total of 30 points. You will need headphones for our lesson today!! If you do not have your own, rent some __now__ so you have them when we start. You will have a QUIZ on fact and opinion today after the activity. ====

Tuesday - May 11, 2010
==== 1st & 4th hour - Continue to practice your keyboarding Go to the next lesson that YOU need to complete. If you are not sure, ask! You receive 5 points per lesson. You //should// be up to lesson 6 by now, for a total of 30 points. ====

Thursday - May 6, 2010
==== 1st hour - You should have completed and received credit for lessons 1-4. Ivan and Wanyeh are the only ones who have completed this! Check with me to see what lessons you still need to complete. Practice your keyboarding   ====

==== 4th hour - You should have completed and received credit for lessons 1-4. NO ONE has completed this! Check with me to see what lessons you still need to complete. Practice your keyboarding  ====

1st hour & 4th hour -
==== Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #3 set wpm to 20. The more you do this the easier it will get. New keys s and l with your ring fingers. Remember d and k with middle fingers. F and J with pointer fingers .keyboarding Online Safety Test Today!! - you will need something to write with. --- ====

1st hour & 4th hour -
==== Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #3 set wpm to 25. The more you do this the easier it will get. New keys s and l with your ring fingers. Remember d and k with middle fingers. F and J with pointer fingers .keyboarding ====

1st hour - Library
==== 4th hour- Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #2 set wpm to 25. The more you do this the easier it will get. Remember d and k with middle fingers. F and J with pointer fingers. Make sure I see the screen when it says LESSON COMPLETE, so you get credit. We will be finishing up our About Me poems today. --- ====

Friday - April 30, 2010
==== 1st hour - Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #2 set wpm to 25. The more you do this the easier it will get. Remember d and k with middle fingers. F and J with pointer fingers. ====

==== 1st hour & 4th hour - Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #2 set wpm to 25. When you get to "Lesson Complete" let me see - I have something for you! ====

==== 1st hour & 4th hour - Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #2 set wpm to 25. When you get to "Lesson Complete" let me see - I have something for you! ====

1st hour - Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #5 set wpm to 25.
I will be giving you directions for your first "project"

4th hour - Open Writer - go to file open... hit the home key. Scroll down and open "Chicago Fire Test" Follow the directions on the paper I handed to you when you came in. THIS IS A TEST! NO TALKING - OR YOU WILL LOSE POINTS!!!

4th hour - Free Rice - Identify Countries on a Map
We will be learning some new skills today. You will have a test tomorrow on what we have learned so far.

Friday - April 23, 2010
1st hour - Free Rice - Identify Countries on a Map

Wednesday - April 21, 2010
==== 1st hour - Open Writer - go to file open... hit the home key. Scroll down and open "Chicago Fire Test" Follow the directions on the paper I handed to you when you came in. THIS IS A TEST! NO TALKING - OR YOU WILL LOSE POINTS!!! ====

==== 4th hour - please open Writer. Type in your 3 line heading on the upper right corner. ====

Create these shapes __in this order__:
We will be working with these boxes and learning some new skills today.
 * small red square
 * medium sized yellow square
 * large green square

==== 4th hour - Open and finish the Images document that we began yesterday. Remember images may not be copyrighted, watermarked, or stretched. If they are, they do not count. When you are finished, please let me know, I will direct you to the next activity. ====

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Open and finish the Images document that we began yesterday. Remember images may not be copyrighted, watermarked, or stretched. If they are, they do not count. When you are finished, please let me know, I will direct you to the next activity. ======

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Open Writer. Go to file open. Hit the home button. Open the document "Computer Parts". Read the directions and complete. When you are finished, please let me know, I will direct you to the next activity. ======

1st hour - please open Writer. Go to file open... hit the home button. Scroll down - open the document "shapes" - open as a copy. Read the directions and do what it says in each box.
4th hour -please open writer and open your "text box p" document. Create another text box and arrow below the one you already have - except this time - point the arrow and label the box LEFT. Change the color of the box to green and the outline to yellow.

Create these shapes in this order:
We will be working with these boxes and learning some new skills today. ==== 4th hour - please open writer. Go to file open... hit the home button. Open 2nd Semester folder. Open 6th grade - 4th pd folder. Open toolbar folder. Open your document. Finish typing in the text boxes. If all boxes are filled in you may continue to change the fonts and colors of the boxes and text. Remember your color wheel when choosing colors.====
 * small red square
 * medium sized yellow square
 * large green square

Monday - April 12, 2010
==== 1st hour - please open a writer. Go to file... open.. hit the home button. Open the document named "computer parts". Read/follow directions. Save document to the Computer Parts folder. Don't forget proper file name and to save as an ODF Text Document - .odt ====

==== 4th hour - Open Writer - Go to file... open... hit the home button. Open the document named "toolbar". Type your heading in on the top of the page. I will explain what you are to do to complete this assignment. Please sit and wait quietly for your directions.====

Friday - April 9, 2010
1st hour - please open a writer and open your "text box p" document. Create another text box and arrow below the one you already have - except this time - point the arrow and label the box LEFT. Change the color of the box to green and the outline to yellow.

4th hour - My daughter and nephew's birthdays are coming up soon. They are both turning seven. Think back to when you were seven. What did you want for your birthday? Please create a bulleted list of ideas that you have for birthday presents for either my daughter or my nephew. To get started -
 * 1) please open Writer.
 * 2) Type in your 3 line heading.
 * 3) Under your heading - center the title Wish List.
 * 4) Press enter - go back to the left side of the paper.
 * 5) Turn on your bullets. Remember you can change the bullets.
 * 6) Start typing your gift suggestions.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

1st hour - please open a new writer document. Type in your 3 line heading - look at the closet door if you forgot what the 3 lines should say. When that is done you may go to this link - do not change the subject. We will adding more to your writer document for today's lesson. Please make sure you are ready so we may begin on time. I have planned some fun activities for tomorrow - but if we don't get our work done today, we will not be able to get to the fun stuff.

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Sponge Activity: - Identify Countries on the mapToday's Lessons:1st hour:Toolbars4th hour: bulletsNo Free Rice today!Please open Writer and open your "bullets" document.Continue adding words to your list.1st period - Please turn in your signed parent forms (50 points) and your earbuds (25 points). If you need another copy of the parent form, get one from on top of the file cabinet in front of the room.Sponge: - Stay on BASIC MATH - 4th period - Librarygo to the keyboarding page and do some practice exercises. We will be taking the typing POST-Test today!1st hour - library Ope​n Calc - open sibling graph - add a header - left side: sibling graph - right side: 3 line headingYou will be watching a video with the sub to see how to complete this. Ope​n Calc - open your Calc Practice #1 (from Tuesday) finish - you will have 10 minutes - NO EXTRA TIME. If you are finished you may go to keyboarding.Lesson: Add/delete rows, header - Calc Practice #2 Sponge - Open Calc (green icon on desktop). Go to file... open... Calc Practice #2. Follow directions and complete assignment.Lesson: Autosum and graph You will be having a guest teacher this period from the library to do a lesson with you. Please find the Lost Army of FuShi game on. Choose subject: Maths Foundations until the guest teacher is ready to start. Please remember to follow the classroom rules. The teacher can and will assign detentions and write referrals. She will be locking down your computers when she is ready to start.Sponge: Open Calc (green icon on desktop) create the 3 T-charts on the SMART board - use the merge cells button that we learned last week. Color the cells and the text as it is in the examples.Lesson: Add/delete rows, headerPlease open your About Me Poem that you created last week. I want to see your progress. If you have not finished, please keep working until I come around to check your progress. I will create a new folder for you to save your final poems.If yours is done, you may go to the keyboarding page and choose an activity.Lesson: Create About Me Poems - Follow GuidelinesLine 2: (Four Words that Describe You) _ _, and Line 3: Sibling of _ and _Line 4: Enjoys, _ Line 5: FearsLine 8: Eats _Line 9: Watches _Line 11: (Last name) ( in Fontwork)1st Period - Typing practice 4th period - Lesson - Internet Safety NetSmartz PresentationLesson - Olympics Practice