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    • My Summer Reading List


      Goal: Use Google Docs to create a personal summer reading list

      Summer is coming! What books will you read?  Create your own Google Doc with some links to sites that promote reading different summer reading titles.




      Directions:

      1. Open a new tab and create a new google doc and title it according to your doc naming rules:

       class code | FirstName | My Summer Reading Picks


      2.  Share your list with Ms Levasseur and at least one other person

      3.  Visit some of the links below and copy/paste their web URLs to your own document

      Maud Hart Lovelace: 2017-18 nominees

      Pequot Lakes Public Library - Book Search

      Brainerd/Pine River Public - Book Search


      4. Decorate it with book covers that you want to read. 

      Check out Ms Levasseur's Example

      Don't forget to visit the public library this summer! 

  • 3rd Grade

    • Play in the sandbox


      Sandboxes are a creative place where we can play. We can make things, knock them down and start all over. We learn how to build things alone or with others. We share ideas, get dirty and create…


      LET'S MAKE OUR OWN STUDENT SANDBOX! 


      READ ALL DIRECTIONS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM FIRST:

      1. Go to my TEACHER SANDBOX document to make your own copy. Remember, you can't make changes to my original document.  You have to make your own copy.  HINT:  "make a copy" is your prompt. 
      2. Once you make your own copy, Google Docs will prompt you to rename it.  We always rename our class assignments the same way. Start with teacher class code - your first name - name of the assignment.  Like this example:  4K Zoe’s Sandbox 
      3. Once you've created your own sandbox document, follow the document's directions, which are typed in the sandbox and have fun!

  • 4th Grade

    Go to 4th Grade Shared video file

    • Making our first "movie":  a Tutorial (TUT)

      Objective:  Make a short screencast recording


      Step 1: 
      Get Ready

      1. Log into your Chromebook and go to Drive
      2. Open a new Google Doc and title it "Screencast"
      3. Answer the following IN COMPLETE SENTENCES
        1. First Name
        2. An interest or favorite thing
        3. One thing you're looking forward to this summer
        4. One thing you wondering about for 5th grade/next year 

      **Note: This is a SCRIPT. Font, size, and spacing DON"t matter. 

      Step 2: 
      Set up Screencastify 

      1. Click the  Screencastify icon in the top right of Chrome
      2. Read each step and click next or allow. SKIP SETUP TAB RECORDING
      3. If it works, you'll get a black screen. Close the tab and return to your script Google doc

      Step 3: 
      Record your screencast
      1. Click the  Screencastify icon in the top right of Chrome again and click "Record  Desktop"
      2. A preview screen appears. Click "Share" to start recording
      3. Read your Google doc script from step 1
      4. Click "Stop" in the bottom right. The recording will save to Drive. 

      Takeaway: What are some other ways you might use screencasts? 

      Ms. Levasseur's Screencast Example

    • Creating your own TUTs (Tutorials)

      PREP:  Before we can start creating a tutorial video, we need to have the right tools to record what we are doing on our screen.  We will be using a free screen-recording extension called Screencastify to do this.  An Extension allows you to do something beyond or additional to what your app already does.  In this case, it allows you to record what you are doing on your screen.  

      Example of a Screencastify Tut:  credit: Tyler Wallin

       

      Let's download the Screencastify extension now:
      1. Click this link to Screencastify 
      2. Click "add extension"
       



    • Screenshots to share my work:

      BTEOT (By the End of Today) Objectives:

      • I will know how to take a Screenshot on my Chromebook
      • I will know how to log-in to Destiny Quest and add a new title to "My List"
      • I will know how to open a new blank Google Doc and paste my screenshot into it.


      Your task to complete by the end of today is:

      1. Add a new  title to your "My List" in Destiny Quest
      2. Take a screenshot of your "My List"
      3. Paste your screenshot into a new blank google doc  
      4. Share this document with Ms Levasseur. 
      5. Rate your success in doing this using this Exit Ticket
      6. Screenshot shortcut


    • Be a good digital citizen 

       Key Terms

      		 citizen: a member of a community
      digital citizen: a member of a worldwide community linked by the Internet
      responsibility: a duty or an obligation

      Watch this Common Sense Education Video  Super Digital Citizen, also saved in . 


      What's Up?: Video TableTalk Discussion:

      What were three "good choices" that Arms helped Guts make in the video?

      1. 

      2.

      3.


      THINK before you post Go to our Patriot Digital Citizen Pledge



       

    • Creating & Managing My Own YouTube Channel

      Learning Outcomes:

      1. Demonstrate ability to create and manage (at the basic level) a personal YouTube channel
      2. Create a personal screencast video with narration
      3. Upload and publish a YouTube video with basic settings

      4. Demonstrate awareness of privacy, security and other considerations when recording and publishing video, sharing and leaving comments.




      • Play in the sandbox

        Sandboxes are a creative place where we can play. We can make things, knock them down and start all over. We learn how to build things alone or with others. We share ideas, get dirty and create…

        Using what you already know….

      • Make a copy of this Google sandbox document document and rename it with your class code and first name like this...

          • 4K Zoe’s Sandbox... 

          Once you've created your own sandbox document, follow the document's directions and have fun!

          Go to Student Sandbox


    • Book, Media, & Technology Reviews

    • Media Resources & Links


      Animal Research Resources:

      Databases (an online library of a specific type of information)





      Ms Levasseur's Google Drive Skills Videos:





      A kid-friendly search engine/website portal:





      Website:


      EBooks: