Quarter 4
Week 37 (May 23rd - 27th)
Week 36 (May 16th - 20th)
Students will complete an end of year survey found at this link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JRKCL5B
Access any of the following suggested sites.
See if you can find all of the 6 hidden words in the picture:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JRKCL5B
Access any of the following suggested sites.
- http://www.abcya.com
- http://www.starfall.com
- http://www.funbrain.com
- http://www.tvokids.com
- http://www.disney.com
See if you can find all of the 6 hidden words in the picture:
Week 35 (May 9th - 13th)
computer_safety_unit_vocabulary_typing_assignment_grade_2.docx | |
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File Type: | docx |
Week 33 (April 25th - 29th)
UNIT 6: Spelling & Grammar Check
- Students will continue to learn about the Spelling & Grammar Check by editing mistakes on two assignments today.
- Students should download and open the Pledge of Allegiance assignment off of the class web site and edit the document, fixing all errors.
- Check for completion by performing a sight check.
- Students should download and open the Spell Checker Poem assignment off of the class web site and edit the document, fixing all errors.
- Check for completion by performing a sight check.
- We will re-visit the Pledge of Allegiance and Spell Checker Poem assignments next week.
spelling___grammar_check_classwork_pledge_of_allegiance_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 248 kb |
File Type: | doc |
spelling___grammar_check_final_project_spell_checker_poem_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 251 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week 32 (April 18th - 22nd)
UNIT 6: Spelling & Grammar Check
- Students will continue to learn about the Spelling & Grammar Check by editing mistakes on two assignments today.
- Students should download and open the Pledge of Allegiance assignment off of the class web site and edit the document, fixing all errors.
- Check for completion by performing a sight check.
- Students should download and open the Spell Checker Poem assignment off of the class web site and edit the document, fixing all errors.
- Check for completion by performing a sight check.
- We will re-visit the Pledge of Allegiance and Spell Checker Poem assignments next week.
spelling___grammar_check_classwork_pledge_of_allegiance_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 248 kb |
File Type: | doc |
spelling___grammar_check_final_project_spell_checker_poem_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 251 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week 31 (April 11th - April 15th)
UNIT 6: Spelling & Grammar Check
- Students will learn about the Spelling & Grammar Check for the first time. Have students open up Microsoft word. Discuss with them how they must go to the REVIEW table and look for the icon with the blue check mark and the letters ABC.
- Students can download and open the files below, one at a time and work on making corrections. Review as a class and check for completion. No scores need to be recorded. This will happen later.
spelling_and_grammar_check_examples_of_sentences_with_mistakes_1_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 22 kb |
File Type: | doc |
spelling___grammar_check_classwork_fox_chasing_a_bird_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 250 kb |
File Type: | doc |
spelling___grammar_check_classwork_hail_mary_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 251 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week 30 (April 4th - April 8th)
UNIT 6: Spelling & Grammar Check
- Students will learn about the Spelling & Grammar Check for the first time. Have students open up Microsoft word. Discuss with them how they must go to the REVIEW table and look for the icon with the blue check mark and the letters ABC.
- Students can download and open the files below, one at a time and work on making corrections. Review as a class and check for completion. No scores need to be recorded. This will happen later.
spelling___grammar_check_classwork_fox_chasing_a_bird_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 250 kb |
File Type: | doc |
spelling___grammar_check_classwork_hail_mary_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 251 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Quarter 3
Week 29 (March 21st - March 25th)
UNIT 5: Inserting Clip Art
- Students will finish their Clip Art Image Collage. It must contain 10 images spread around the perimeter of the page, each image of a different category. In the center will go a picture of the student who made the collage.
- Students will be shown how to insert the image of themselves and will insert their image in the center.
- Students will take turns guessing who created each project, while the individual images are removed.
Week 28 (March 14th - March 18th)
No class today due to Adoration in the Cathedral.
Week 27 (March 7th - March 11th)
UNIT 5: Inserting Clip Art
- Students will finish their Clip Art Image Collage. It must contain 10 images spread around the perimeter of the page, each image of a different category. In the center will go a picture of the student who made the collage.
- Students will be shown how to insert the image of themselves and will insert their image in the center.
- Students will take turns guessing who created each project, while the individual images are removed.
Week 26 (February 29th - March 4th)
UNIT 5: Inserting Clip Art
- Students will finish their Clip Art Image Collage. It must contain 10 images spread around the perimeter of the page, each image of a different category. In the center will go a picture of the student who made the collage.
- Students will be shown how to insert the image of themselves and will insert their image in the center.
Week 25 (February 22nd - February 26th)
Abbreviated class of just 15 minutes, due to Adoration taking place during the last period of the day.
Week 24 (February 15th - February 19th)
UNIT 5: Inserting Clip Art
- Students will learn how to insert a clip art and Internet image, as well as how to wrap the text on the image and re-size the image.
- Students work on a Clip Art Image Collage. It must contain 10 images spread around the perimeter of the page, each image of a different category. In the center will go a picture of the student who made the collage.
- Students will have a photo taken of them that will go in the center of the collage.
Week 23 (February 8th - February 12th)
UNIT 5: Inserting Clip Art
- Students will learn how to insert a clip art and Internet image, as well as how to wrap the text on the image and re-size the image.
- Students will finish a Valentine's Day Rhyming Poem, in which an image will be inserted.
- Students will start a Clip Art Image Collage. It must contain 10 images spread around the perimeter of the page, each image of a different category. In the center will go a picture of the student who made the collage.
Week 22 (February 1st - February 5th)
UNIT 5: Inserting Clip Art
- Students will learn how to insert a clip art and Internet image, as well as how to wrap the text on the image and re-size the image.
- Students will work on a Valentine's Day Rhyming Poem, in which an image will be inserted.
Week 21 (January 25th - January 29th)
UNIT 5: Inserting Clip Art
- Students will learn how to insert a clip art and Internet image, as well as how to wrap the text on the image and re-size the image.
Week 20 (January 18th - January 22nd)
Review SRI scores. Present certificates for the top 3 overall scores in the class and the top 3 most improved scores in the class.
Allow students to access teacher approved web sites and iPad apps, as a reward for their SRI efforts.
Allow students to access teacher approved web sites and iPad apps, as a reward for their SRI efforts.
Week 19 (January 11th - January 15th)
SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
- 2nd Attempt of SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) Assessment
- Take Reading Comprehension assessment.
- Print scores and Recommended Reading Lists.
Quarter 2
Week 18 (January 4th - January 8th)
Welcome back from Christmas Break!
Students do not need their flash drives today.
After going to their seats, students open an Internet browser and go to www.govote.at and use the code: 58 81 84
Discuss the answers that are given. Look for common answers.
Students go to the 100 Snowballs activity on ABCYA and when told to begin, use any of the snowballs to build a tower of snowballs that reaches the top of the sky in the image shown.
http://www.abcya.com/one_hundred_snowballs.htm
Students pair up and type their first name in Microsoft Word, selecting a font color and font style of their choice and a font size that allows one's name to stretch across a document horizontally.
Discuss next week's SRI assessment.
Students do not need their flash drives today.
After going to their seats, students open an Internet browser and go to www.govote.at and use the code: 58 81 84
Discuss the answers that are given. Look for common answers.
Students go to the 100 Snowballs activity on ABCYA and when told to begin, use any of the snowballs to build a tower of snowballs that reaches the top of the sky in the image shown.
http://www.abcya.com/one_hundred_snowballs.htm
Students pair up and type their first name in Microsoft Word, selecting a font color and font style of their choice and a font size that allows one's name to stretch across a document horizontally.
Discuss next week's SRI assessment.
Week 17 (December 14th - December 18th)
Open a blank word document. Type the following: Jesus is the reason for the season.
Alternate the font color of each word with a red/green font color pattern and select a font style of choice. Enlarge the font size to size 48. This does not need to be saved to a flash drive.
Create a Digital Snowflake
http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com
Draw a Stickman
http://www.drawastickman.com
Alternate the font color of each word with a red/green font color pattern and select a font style of choice. Enlarge the font size to size 48. This does not need to be saved to a flash drive.
Create a Digital Snowflake
http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com
Draw a Stickman
http://www.drawastickman.com
Week 16 (December 7th - December 11th)
Open a blank word document. Type Merry Christmas and alternate the font color of each letter with a red/green font color pattern and select a font style of choice. Enlarge the font size to a size larger than 12. This does not need to be saved to a flash drive.
Create a Digital Snowflake
http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com
Draw a Stickman
http://www.drawastickman.com
Create a Digital Snowflake
http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com
Draw a Stickman
http://www.drawastickman.com
Week 15 (November 30th - December 4th)
Download and open the file found directly below this text. Once the file is open, enable the editing by clicking on the yellow rectangle at the top. Save the file to your flash drive with the file name, Last Name First Name Christmas Present. Switch seats with someone in the row where you sit and open their file with the present picture, off their flash drive.
week_15_last_name_first_name_christmas_present.docx | |
File Size: | 309 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Make Digital Snowflakes:
http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/
http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/
Week 14 (November 16th - November 20th)
UNIT 4: Changing Font Style in Microsoft Word
- Finish Saint List Project.
- Work on Thanksgiving Prayer
weeks_13___14_guidelines_saint_font_list_project_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 26 kb |
File Type: | doc |
weeks_13___14_saint_font_list_project_directions_with_example_grade_2_handout.doc | |
File Size: | 27 kb |
File Type: | doc |
week_14_thanksgiving_prayer_project_1_father_we_thank_thee_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 28 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week 13 (November 9th - November 13th)
UNIT 4: Changing Font Style in Microsoft Word
- Work on Saint List Project.
weeks_13___14_saint_font_list_project_directions_with_example_grade_2_handout.doc | |
File Size: | 27 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week 12 (November 2nd - November 6th)
UNIT 3: Changing Font Color in Microsoft Word
week_12_a_color_of_his_own_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 39 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week 11 (October 26th - October 30th)
UNIT 3: Changing Font Color in Microsoft Word
- Use the projector screen to demonstrate how to change the font color for a word.
- Change the font color of each word to match the color that the word says. This assignment does not need to be saved to a flash drive.
weeks_10-11_color_words_project_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 22 kb |
File Type: | doc |
week_11_rainbow_warm-up_font_color_assignment_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 53 kb |
File Type: | doc |
week_11_happy_halloween_alternating_letter_colors_typing_cw_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 22 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week 10 (October 19th - October 23rd)
UNIT 3: Changing Font Color in Microsoft Word
- Use the projector screen to demonstrate how to change the font color for a word.
- Students complete the Color List Classwork.
- Change the font color of each word to match the color that the word says. This assignment does not need to be saved to a flash drive.
week_10_color_list_classwork_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 25 kb |
File Type: | doc |
- Begin working on the Color Words Project. Change the color of each word to match the color that is listed. This assignment will be saved as Last Name First Name Color Words to a flash drive.
weeks_10-11_color_words_project_grade_2.doc | |
File Size: | 22 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Quarter 1
Week 9 (October 12th - October 16th)
UNIT 2: Changing Font Size in Microsoft Word
- Change the font size of each animal name to the font size in brackets. The font sizes used in this assignment are not in the default list of font sizes. Follow these steps:
- Click and drag across the animal name so that the animal name is selected. This is how the computer knows what you would like to apply changes to.
- Type the desired font size in the font size box in the menu at the top of the window.
- Press the Enter key once.
- Mr. Kent will do a sight check for completion. The assignment will not be saved onto a flash drive.
week_9_animal_font_size_list_classwork_2015-2016.doc | |
File Size: | 22 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week 8 (October 5th - October 9th)
UNIT 2: Changing Font Size in Microsoft Word
- Type one's first name in Microsoft Word.
- Use the Ctrl C and Ctrl V keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste one's first name so that it appears 16 times on one page.
- Change the font size of one's first name from top/down order based on the standard sizes that are available from font size 8 to font size 72.
- Save the file as Last Name First Name First Name Font Size List
- Example:
weeks_6-8_first_name_font_size_list_2015-2016_example.pdf | |
File Size: | 83 kb |
File Type: |
UNIT 2: Changing Font Size in Microsoft Word
- Show students an Animal Sizes PowerPoint Presentation to lead up to the Animal Font Size Classwork Assignment in Week 9.
Week 7 (September 28th - October 2nd)
UNIT 2: Changing Font Size in Microsoft Word
- Type one's first name in Microsoft Word.
- Use the Ctrl C and Ctrl V keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste one's first name so that it appears 16 times on one page.
- Change the font size of one's first name from top/down order based on the standard sizes that are available from font size 8 to font size 72.
- Save the file as Last Name First Name First Name Font Size List
- Example:
weeks_6-8_first_name_font_size_list_2015-2016_example.pdf | |
File Size: | 83 kb |
File Type: |
Week 6 (September 21st - September 25th)
UNIT 2: Changing Font Size in Microsoft Word
- Type one's first name in Microsoft Word.
- Use the Ctrl C and Ctrl V keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste one's first name so that it appears 16 times on one page.
- Change the font size of one's first name from top/down order based on the standard sizes that are available from font size 8 to font size 72.
- Save the file as Last Name First Name First Name Font Size List
- Example:
weeks_6-8_first_name_font_size_list_2015-2016_example.pdf | |
File Size: | 83 kb |
File Type: |
Week 5 (September 14th - September 18th)
UNIT 1: Saving/Opening Files with Flash Drives
- Type "My name is _______" in a blank Word document. Save the file as Last Name First Name My Name Is. This is a second attempt for the students to save a file properly.
Week 4 (September 7th - September 11th)
- Check for a 2nd grade technology folder on each student flash drive, labeled as First Name Last Name 2nd Grade Technology.
- Download the Treasure Chest Word document, found below.
week_4_last_name_first_name_treasure_grade_2.docx | |
File Size: | 371 kb |
File Type: | docx |
- Save the Treasure Chest Word document as Last Name First Name Treasure and place the file into one's 2nd Grade Technology flash drive folder.
- Mr. Kent checks that students have saved properly.
- Students switch seats to try and open one another's Treasure Chest Word document. Can students find the treasure?
- Type "My name is _______" in a blank Word document. Save the file as Last Name First Name My Name Is. This is a second attempt for the students to save a file properly.
Week 3 (August 31st - September 4th)
UNIT 1: Saving/Opening Files with Flash Drives
- Collect Flash Drives (Due 9/2/15 for full credit.)
- View presentation of flash drives and floppy disks. Show students examples of floppy disks.
- Organize flash drives with stickers and yarn.
- Begin to create a 2nd grade technology folder on each student flash drive, labeled as First Name Last Name 2nd Grade Technology.
Week 2 (August 24th - 28th)
SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
- 1st Attempt of SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) Assessment
- Email scores and Recommended Reading Lists to home room teacher.
Week 1 (August 17th - 21st)
Welcome Back!
- Discuss class rules, guidelines for success, procedures, consequences, and rewards.
- Collect Flash Drives (Due 9/2/15 for full credit.)
- Access any of the following suggested sites.
- http://www.abcya.com
- http://www.starfall.com
- http://www.funbrain.com
- http://www.tvokids.com
- http://www.disney.com