Week12: Apr 1st–Apr 5th

Highlights for the week: 

  • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
  • Tip: Use ctrl+F and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!
  • Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
    • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
    • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection (use the Paint program or a Google Drawing rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
    • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
    • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

Monday 1st:

- Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
  2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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    • Today we’re on the pep-rally bell schedule, which looks like this:
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    • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
    • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
    • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

    1. Explore Google Maps in Treasure Mode: https://maps.google.com/
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    2. New Google Feature! https://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/nose/
    3. Create a new Google Presentation called 5.5 Scratch and add the following slides  
    4. Experiment with this Connect the dots program to create a simple shape: 
    5. Slide 4: Use the Connect the dots program to draw these simple shapes and add them to slide 4 of your presentation. If you need help, view this slide4 example: http://goo.gl/UVFwl  
      • Triangle
      • Arrow
      • First letter of your name
    6. Slide 5: Try this program: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Scratch%20Programs%20and%20Videos/Drifting%20triangle.sb
      • Make some adjustments to the program, capture it and add it to slide 5

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

    1. Use this Prezi to help you!
    2. Scratch Tutorials List
    3. Video demo links
    4. Scratch Programs Download List
    5. 5.5 Scratch example Presentation:  http://goo.gl/cMkbc

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

    1. Checkout these tips to reduce test taking anxiety for tomorrow’s STAAR testing

      Tuesday 2nd: STAAR Testing Day 1

      There will be no regularly scheduled classes today due to STAAR Testing. Good luck!

        Wednesday 3rd: STAAR Testing Day 2

        There will be no regularly scheduled classes again today due to STAAR Testing. Good luck!

          Thursday 4th:

          - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

          1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
          2. ScratchFriJr
          3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
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            • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
              • Explore the Prezi at the link below and answer the following 2 questions in your warmup for today 1) Have you ever heard of Prezi before? 2) Does it look more interesting to you than PowerPoint or other slideshow programs?
                • Use the arrows to go forward or backward in the Prezi
              • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I (have/have not) heard of Prezi before and ___
            • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
            • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

              1. Create a new Prezi account for use soon 
                • Click on this link for directions (right-click and choose ‘Open link in new window’): http://goo.gl/ZkcBH
              2. View this tutorial on how to create a Pacman game in scratch (to get an idea of how games can be created in Scratch) 
              3. Complete your 5.5 Scratch Presentation   

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

              1. Use these guides to help you with this project!
              2. Scratch Tutorials List
              3. Video demo links
              4. Scratch Programs Download List
              5. 5.5 Scratch example Presentation:  http://goo.gl/cMkbc

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

              1. Experiment with this Scratch Friday Junior program which I used to create the animated gif file for today (at the top):

                Friday 5th:  Folder checks every Friday!

                - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

                1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
                  • [image%255B3%255D.png]
                  • Friday Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                    • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week!  Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
                  • Friday Warmup Response: 
                  • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                    1. Test your Prezi Logon to make sure you’ve created your account correctly for next week’s activities. If you can’t logon, please follow the directions to create your account again.
                      • Logon link: http://prezi.com/login/
                      • Your email address is (ID number) @student.bisdtx.org
                      • Your password should be the same as your email password
                      • If your logon works, you should see this:
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                      • If it doesn’t work, here are the directions to create your account: http://goo.gl/ZkcBH
                    2. Complete your 5.5 Scratch Presentation
                      • 5.5 Scratch Project Page: http://goo.gl/kQ18V 
                      • Here’s an idea for a modification for slide 5
                      • ExpandingTriangle
                    3. View the video collection for this week 

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

                    1. Use these guides to help you with this project!
                    2. Scratch Tutorials List
                    3. Video demo links
                    4. Scratch Programs Download List
                    5. 5.5 Scratch example Presentation:  http://goo.gl/cMkbc

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

                    1. Explore the expanding triangle Scratch program used to make the gif file for today

                    Week11: Mar 25th–Mar 29th

                    Highlights for the week: 

                    • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
                    • Tip: Use ctrl+F and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!
                    • Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
                      • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
                      • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection (use the Paint program or a Google Drawing rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
                      • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
                      • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

                    Monday 25th:

                    - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

                    1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                    2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
                      • Check your Progress Report Grades for this class… they’ve all been entered
                      • Logon here to check your grades!
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                      • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                        • Please complete the following word search using IW or Skitch and send me the number of words you’re able to find (help each other!). You may need to view this full-screen to see all of the words on the right side of the image below!
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                        • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___
                      • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                      • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                      1. Here’s the summary of your responses from last week’s reflections 
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                      2. Explore Scratch
                      3. Copy the scratch folder from my J-drive to your desktop
                        • Open the practice program file called Move-Stage
                        • Click on the blue blocks and observe how the sprite moves
                        • Click on the stage icon to change stages
                        • View the Lesson 1: Start Moving Tutorial at the link below
                      4. Experiment with Motions and Stages
                      5. Experiment with the blue Motion Palette

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

                      1. Here are the basic control features of the Scratch Program using the Move-Stage Scratch file

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

                      1. Checkout your Progress Report Grades in all of your classes

                        Tuesday 26th:

                        - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

                        1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                        2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
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                          • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                            • Click on the link below and follow the directions in each section to find the hidden objects. Capture each image with IW or Skitch and mark off the objects as you find them. For your warmup, please tell me which photo or activity at this site that you found most interesting or surprising and what you liked about it  
                            • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___ because ___ 
                          • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                          • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                          1. View this Scratch Tutorials List if you would like to review how to make something with Scratch or work ahead on more advance techniques
                          2. Create a new IW file and save it on your desktop as Scratch
                          3. Capture a picture in your IW Scratch file which shows that you can do these things: 
                            • View Video Demo (YouTube Scratch Sizes Shapes Colors): http://youtu.be/KB1DwJyhi0I
                            • Make copies of a sprite
                            • Change the sizes of a sprite
                            • Change the colors of a sprite
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                          4. Capture a picture in IW which shows that you can draw on the stage with different colored lines
                          5. You can use one picture for both of the above if you like… here’s an example: 
                          6. Write a program to have Scratch draw a line for you
                            • View Video Demo (YouTube Scratch Draw a line): http://youtu.be/QEsZ8KHP3_Q
                            • Capture your program and stage with IW
                            • Here’s my example, (but yours will need to draw the line in a different color and in a different location!)
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                          7. Save your IW file with your work from today to your desktop as Scratch for use later on in a project.  It should look something like this:

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                          8. Continue exploring and experimenting with Scratch!

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

                          1. Use this Prezi to help you!
                          2. Scratch Tutorials List 

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

                          1. Checkout other Scratch example projects from the Scratch File Menu:

                            Wednesday 27th:

                            - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

                            1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                            2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
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                              • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                              • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                              • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                1. Review Yesterday’s 3 activities and answer questions or demonstrate the programs again 
                                  • How to create duplicates of sprites and change their sizes and colors
                                  • How to use the pencil sprite to draw lines of different thicknesses and colors
                                  • How to program Scratch to draw a line
                                  • Your IW file should have pictures of each of these 3 activities and it should look something like this:
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                                2. Write a new program to draw a triangle with straight sides on an xy-grid stage. You may use any 3 points you like to create your triangle (or you can use the points from my example in the green rectangle below). 
                                  • Here’s how to setup your xy-grid stage:
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                                  • I’ll demonstrate how to do this in class for those who need help with it.  Remember to test each block to make sure your sprite moves correctly before assembling your program!  This should get you started:
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                                  • Capture your program and your stage and add them to your IW Scratch file. Number each of the four activities which we’ve completed so far. It should look something like this:
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                                3. Choose any of these challenge programs to work on the remainder of the class period.  Capture your program and stage and add it to a new page of your IW Scratch file
                                  • Challenge program #1 (the easiest challenge)
                                    • Write a program to draw a perfect square (all 4 sides the same length with 90 degree angles at each of the 4 corners
                                  • Challenge program #2 (more difficult)
                                    • Write a program to draw a perfect circle
                                  • Challenge program #3 (the most challenging)
                                    • Write a program to write your first name

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

                                1. Use this Prezi to help you!
                                2. Scratch Tutorials List 
                                3. Video demo links

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

                                1. Checkout your Progress Report Grades in all of your classes

                                  Thursday 28th:

                                  - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

                                  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                  2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
                                    • [image%255B8%255D.png] 
                                  3. Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                    • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week!  Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
                                  4. Warmup Response:
                                  5.  
                                  6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                    1. Capture and add the four activities which we’ve completed so far to your IW Scratch file.  It should look something like this:
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                                      • Here are the scripts you’ll need if your behind
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                                    2. Try the Scratch Scratch Revolution game from the video we watched 
                                    3. Continue any of these challenge programs.  Capture your program and stage and add it to a new page of your IW Scratch file
                                      • Challenge program #1 (the easiest challenge)
                                        • Write a program to draw a perfect square (all 4 sides the same length with 90 degree angles at each of the 4 corners
                                      • Challenge program #2 (more difficult)
                                        • Write a program to draw a perfect circle
                                      • Challenge program #3 (the most challenging)
                                        • Write a program to write your first name
                                    4. View the video collection for this week 

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

                                    1. Use this Prezi to help you!
                                    2. Scratch Tutorials List 
                                    3. Video demo links

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

                                    1. Checkout your Progress Report Grades in all of your classes

                                      Friday 29th:  Holiday!

                                      Week10: Mar 18th–Mar 22nd

                                      Highlights for the week:

                                      • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
                                      • Tip: Use ctrl+F and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!
                                      • Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
                                        • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
                                        • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection (use the Paint program or a Google Drawing rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
                                        • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
                                        • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

                                      Monday 18th:

                                      - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                      2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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                                        • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                        • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
                                        • Here are the results of your reflections from the week before Spring Break
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                                        - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                        1. Introduce Skitch 
                                        2. This week’s Project of the Week will be to explore the world using streetview and collect images to use to create a new Presentation with the name: 5.4 World Streetviews It should have the following:
                                          • View example presentation here: http://goo.gl/RBTYq
                                          • 7 slides (one for each continent in the order below) and an 8th slide with ‘Favorites’
                                            1. North America
                                            2. Asia
                                            3. South America
                                            4. Africa
                                            5. Antarctica
                                            6. Europe
                                            7. Australia
                                            8. Favorites (I’ll explain this later in the week)
                                          • Each slide should have 3 labeled images from each continent and a Wordart title with the name of the continent, like this example
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                                          • Here’s a collage of my demo presentation (and the link again to view it: http://goo.gl/RBTYq)
                                          • Google Maps Streetviews

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

                                        1. Project Page link:  http://goo.gl/3PES0
                                        2. Information on the 7 continents and a special Google Maps link to streetview imagery from each
                                        3. How to add Wordart:
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                                        - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                        1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 5th Progress Reporting Period ends this week!

                                          Tuesday 19th:

                                          - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                          1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                          2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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                                            • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                              • Click on the green link below to see the real-time flow of winds across our country. In your warmup form for today, please tell me why you think the wind flows in all different directions in the red rectangle, and much more smoothly and in the same direction in the blue rectangle
                                              • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I think ___
                                            • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                            • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                            1. Explore this Google Maps Streetviews Gallery, including the all new World’s Highest Peaks collection (added yesterday!)
                                            2. Continue working on your 5.4 World Streetviews project. To stay on pace to complete the project by Thursday, you should be completing about 2 slides per day
                                              1. (Mon) North America
                                              2. (Mon) Asia
                                              3. (Tues) South America
                                              4. (Tues) Africa
                                              5. (Wed) Antarctica
                                              6. (Wed) Europe
                                              7. (Thurs) Australia
                                              8. (Thurs) Favorites (I’ll explain more about this tomorrow)
                                              • Each slide should have 3 labeled images from each continent and a Wordart title with the name of the continent, like this example
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                                              • Here’s a collage of my demo presentation (and the link again to view it: http://goo.gl/RBTYq)
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                                              - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                              1. For help with your 5.4 World Streetviews project, please use the links below

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

                                              1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 5th Progress Reporting Period ends this week!

                                                Wednesday 20th:

                                                - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
                                                  • [image%255B4%255D.png]
                                                  • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)

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                                                    • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___
                                                  • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                                  • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                                    1. Explore this file World Streetviews Spreadsheet which you will need for slide 8 
                                                    2. How to add slide 8 called Favorites to your 5.4 World Streetviews Presentation
                                                    3. Continue working on your 5.4 World Streetviews project. To stay on pace to complete the project by Thursday, you should be completing about 2 slides per day
                                                      1. (Mon) North America
                                                      2. (Mon) Asia
                                                      3. (Tues) South America
                                                      4. (Tues) Africa
                                                      5. (Wed) Antarctica
                                                      6. (Wed) Europe
                                                      7. (Thurs) Australia
                                                      8. (Thurs) Favorites

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

                                                    1. For help with your 5.4 World Streetviews project, please use the links below

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

                                                    1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 5th Progress Reporting Period ends this week!

                                                      Thursday 21st:

                                                      - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                      2. Projects 5.1-5.4 are due tomorrow! I’ll be checking your folders during class today to see how you are doing
                                                      3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
                                                        • [image%255B4%255D.png]
                                                        • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                        • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                                        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                                          1. Explore the geoGreeting website and compose a message in buildings from Google Maps!  Use (click-to-comment) to send me your message :)
                                                          2. View the updated Project Locations Spreadsheet:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhVuH-KD_XBfdHRmOHBRX3Azd21HdTVLam81cEVCNGc&output=html
                                                            • Added continents column and new sites for Australia and Africa
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                                                          3. Continue working on your 5.4 World Streetviews project.  If you have finished your project, [image%255B31%255D.png]
                                                            1. (Mon) North America
                                                            2. (Mon) Asia
                                                            3. (Tues) South America
                                                            4. (Tues) Africa
                                                            5. (Wed) Antarctica
                                                            6. (Wed) Europe
                                                            7. (Thurs) Australia
                                                            8. (Thurs) Favorites

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

                                                          1. For help with your 5.4 World Streetviews project, please use the links below

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

                                                          1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 5th Progress Reporting Period ends this week!
                                                          2. Explore more of the National Geographic website at this link: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ 

                                                            Friday 22nd: Folder checks every Friday!

                                                            - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                            1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                            2. Projects 5.1-5.4 are due today!
                                                            3. Today we are on a revised bell schedule for the assembly at the end of the day.  Here’s a copy of the bell schedule:
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                                                            4. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
                                                              • [image%255B4%255D.png]
                                                              • Friday Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
                                                              • Friday Warmup Response:
                                                              • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                                                1. Complete your 5.4 World Streetviews project.  If you have finished your project, [image%255B31%255D.png]
                                                                  1. North America
                                                                  2. Asia
                                                                  3. South America
                                                                  4. Africa
                                                                  5. Antarctica
                                                                  6. Europe
                                                                  7. Australia
                                                                  8. Favorites

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

                                                                1. For help with your 5.4 World Streetviews project, please use the links below

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

                                                                1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 5th Progress Reporting Period ends today!
                                                                2. Explore more of the National Geographic website at this link: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

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