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
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