Friday, December 12, 2008

Typing, Vocabulary, Brain Gym

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon. Typing practice for 20 minutes.

2. Vocabulary. Play Free Rice until you have donated at least 1000 grains, then show teacher.

3. Brain games. You may spend the rest of your time on Brain Games, or Get the Glass.

Friday, December 5, 2008

After School Program

Math Games. Play against each other or by yourself.

Get the Glass.

WP: Find and Save Images

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Computer Skills. Follow the instruction sheet to find five pictures on the internet that you are interested in, and then save them in your folder. To start, click on the link to Google.

3. Brain games. You may spend the rest of your time on Brain Games.

Dwiggins: Fun with Fonts

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Word Processing. Click on this link: Format words. Complete the exercise and show Mr. Bedwell.

3. Brain games. You may spend the rest of your time on Brain Games.

Friday, November 21, 2008

4th Grade: Fun With Fonts!

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Word Processing. Click on this link: Format words. Complete the exercise and show Mr. Bedwell.

3. Brain games. You may spend the rest of your time on Brain Games.

(Dwiggins) Word Processing

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Word Processing. Open Microsoft Word and complete the exercise from the instruction sheet.

3. Brain games. You may spend the rest of your time on Brain Games.

5th Grade: Finish PowerPoint Project!

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. PowerPoint. Finish your PowerPoint project.

3. Brain games. You may spend the rest of your time on Brain Games.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Dwiggins

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Check out the first PowerPoint projects! Project page. Click on a project to view it, then click on "Slide Show", then click once to go to the next page.

3. 5th Graders: Finish the rest of the Powerpoint Projects.

4. 4th Graders: Finish Math Brain. If you finish early, you may play any of the animal activities on Sheppard Software.

4th Grade

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Animals I. Play the "What Kind of Animal is This?" ocean animals game. You must play until you score 100% and show Mr. Bedwell.

3. Animals II. Play the "What Kind of Animal is This?" North American forest game. You must play until you score 100% and show Mr. Bedwell.

4. If you finish early, you may play any of the other animal activities on Sheppard Software.

Leonard

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Math. Go to Leon's Math Dojo. Select either a muliplication or a division topic. Play the game until you score 10,000 or more points, then show Mr. Bedwell.

3. Play Get the Glass! or Funbrain.

Friday, November 7, 2008

4th Grade - Marshall

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Household Safety. Save Sam! Find all 21 household hazards and show Mr. Bedwell.

3. Nutrition. Play Get the Glass! Show Mr. Bedwell when you are finished.

4. Educational Games. You may spend the rest of your time on Sheppard Software.

4th Grade: Word Processing (Select All, Copy, Paste, Numbering)

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Word Processing. Follow the directions on the worksheet to learn about the Edit-->Copy, Edit-->Paste, and Format-->Numbering functions.

3. Problem Solving. Get the Glass! Play the game until you get the glass.

4th Grade: Dwiggins

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Math. Finish Math Brain! Click on the link, put your password in the box, then click the green Submit button.

3. Problem Solving. Get the Glass! Play the game until you get the glass.

5th Grade: Finish PowerPoint Project!

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Science. Finish your PowerPoint project.

3. Problem Solving. Get the Glass! Play the game until you get the glass.

Friday, October 31, 2008

5th Grade -- Leonard

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Household Safety. Save Sam! Find all 21 household hazards and show Mr. Bedwell.

3. Nutrition. Play Get the Glass! Show Mr. Bedwell when you are finished.

4. Educational Games. You may spend the rest of your time on Sheppard Software.

4th Grade, Dwiggins

1. Typing with Mavis Beacon.

2. Math. Finish Math Brain! Click on the link to Math Brain, put your password in the box, then click the green Submit button.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Typing + Word Processing

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Word Processing. Complete the Lesson One exercise.

3. Vocabulary. Play Free Rice until you have donated 1000 grains. You must show Mr. Bedwell.

4. If you finish early, you may spend the rest of your time on FunBrain.

Friday, October 10, 2008

4th Grade Students

Mr. Bedwell is not here today, but he left these assignments for you to complete:

1. 
Typing. Mavis Beacon Typing Tutor. (15 minutes.)

2. Science (Review). Click on the link, play the whole movie, then take the quiz: Food ChainsYou must show the teacher when finished.

3. Math. Finish Math Brain. Click on the link, input your password, and play until you have finished all the games. You must show the teacher when finished. 

4. Vocabulary. Play Free Rice until you have donated 1000 grains. You must show the teacher when finished

5. If you finish early, you can go to FunBrain.

5th Grade Students

Mr. Bedwell is not here today, but he left these assignments for you to complete:

1. Typing. Mavis Beacon Typing Tutor. (15 minutes)

2. Science. Follow the instructions in the window to complete this science activity:

When you are finished with this activity, click on this link to take the Quiz. You must score 10/10 and show the teacher when you are finished.

3. Math. Finish Math Brain. Click on the link, input your password, and play until you have finished all the games. You must show the teacher when finished. (All 5th grade classes except Leonard's.)

4. Vocabulary. Play Free Rice until you have donated 1000 grains. You must show the teacher when finished. (Leonard's class: 2000 grains.)

5. If you finish early, you can go to FunBrain.

Friday, October 3, 2008

4th Grade: Food Chains

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Complete the activity below and complete the worksheet:


3. Click on the link and take the quiz. You must score 10/10 and show Mr. Bedwell: Food Chain Quiz.
4. If you finish early, you may spend the rest of your time on FunBrain.

5th Grade: Begin PowerPoint Slides!

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Today we're going to begin making our PowerPoint slides! Mr. Bedwell will talk you through the process. The first step is to find two good pictures of your subject and save them in a folder on the computer desktop. Next, you will make your first PowerPoint slide: an introduction page telling what your subject is, what it does, and a picture of it.

Here are links to some web sites where you will find good information:
National Geographic Human Body
BBC Human Body
KidsBiology.com
KidsHealth How the Body Works
KidsKonnect - Human Body
The Virtual Body
Wikipedia
Google

Friday, September 26, 2008

5th Grade: Human Anatomy PowerPoint Project!

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Today we're going to begin/continue an exciting project using PowerPoint! You will doing yours on a part of the body.

First, look at some PowerPoint projects done by actual fifth graders last year:
Skeletal system
Nervous system

The next step is research. Complete the worksheet using the internet browser as a research tool. Here are links to some web sites where you will find good information:

National Geographic Human Body
BBC Human Body
KidsBiology.com
KidsHealth How the Body Works

KidsKonnect - Human Body
The Virtual Body
Wikipedia
Google

4th Grade: Animals: Vertebrates

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Vertebrates. Click on this link: Animal Classification. Use the information on the web page to complete the worksheet. Show Mr. Bedwell when you are finished.

3. Animal Classification Game. Click on this link: Animal Classification Game. Play the game until you can complete it with three or fewer mistakes, then show Mr. Bedwell.

4. Review: Herbivore, Omnivore, or Carnivore? Click on this link: Animal Diet Game. Play the game until you can complete it with no mistakes, then show Mr. Bedwell.

If you finish early, you may spend the rest of your time on Funbrain.

Friday, September 19, 2008

4th Grade: Food Chains!

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Click on this link: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers. Complete the worksheet, then show Mr. Bedwell.

3. Click on this link: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers Game. Finish the game and show Mr. Bedwell.

4. Click on this link: Food Chain Game. You must complete all seven food chains, watch the animation for each food chain, and then show Mr. Bedwell.

5th Grade: PowerPoint Project!

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Today we're going to begin an exciting project using PowerPoint!You will doing yours on a part of the body.

First, look at some PowerPoint projects done by actual fifth graders last year:
Skeletal system
Nervous system

3. The next step is research. Complete the worksheet using the internet browser as a research tool. Here are links to some web sites where you will find good information:

National Geographic Human Body
BBC Human Body
KidsHealth How the Body Works
KidsKonnect - Human Body
Wikipedia
Google

4th Grade

2. Take the quiz. You must score 10/10 and show Mr. Bedwell.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Finish Math Brain

Let's finish Math Brain! Click on the link to Math Brain, put your password in the box, then click the green Submit button.

If you are finish Math Brain and show Mr. Bedwell, you may spend the rest of your time on Fun Brain.

PowerPoint Projects!

1. Typing practice with Mavis Beacon.

2. Today we're going to begin an exciting project using PowerPoint! First, look at some PowerPoint projects done by actual fifth graders last year:

Skeletal system

Nervous system

5th graders: You will doing yours on a part of the body or of cells. The first step is research. Complete the worksheet using the Google research tool.

4th graders: You will be doing yours on an animal. The first step is research. Complete the worksheet using the Google research tool.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Finish Math Brain

Let's finish Math Brain! Click on the link to Math Brain, put your password in the box, then click the green Submit button.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Welcome to the Computer Lab!

This year we are going to be doing many exciting learning activities in the computer lab, including learning how to type, do internet research, make PowerPoint presentations, and even make and publish simple internet web pages.

Since we're just getting to know one another, today we're going to play math games. First, put your name on your worksheet! Then, click on the right link below. As you beat each game, write your password on the worksheet.

4th grade boys
4th grade girls

5th grade boys
5th grade girls