Mrs. Hill's Computer Class

Classifying Animals

2012-01-25T13:25:00.000-06:00

Today we will make a fact flipper in powerpoint after a brief review of classifying animals. Go to BRAINPOP JR., watch the movie, and take the HARD ONLINE Quiz.

Show me your score and then we will do our fact flipper together!
We will be making a powerpoint with 12 slides!

4th and 2nd Tech Class

2012-01-18T07:56:00.000-06:00

Mr. Dierks is your teacher for Tech class today!! Here is what I'd like you to accomplish:

4th Grade: BBC Dancemat Typing Level 8--the Giraffe, then ANYTHING on abcya.com. No printing:)

2nd Grade: BBC Dancemat Typing Level 6--the Giraffe, then ANYTHING on abcya.com. No printing:)

4th Grade Penguin Project

2012-01-11T12:46:00.001-06:00

In preparation for your field trip to Sea World on Friday, let's learn a little bit about the types of penguins we will see! Go to this website: http://notaland.com and follow my instructions! I will post our final projects on the 4th Grade page in this blog.

Keyboarding Fun

2012-01-04T14:22:00.000-06:00

After you have completed your typing practice at BBC Dance Mat Typing, you may go prctice and have fun at these sites:

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/homekey-kennys.html

http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/games/game_super_hyper_spider_typer.html

http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm

http://www.tvokids.com/games/keyboardclimber

Fan Book Template for Powerpoint

2012-01-03T13:48:00.000-06:00

Click HERE to open the TEMPLATE for the fan book. You will need to select "DOWNLOAD ORIGINAL" to open it in Powerpoint.

Let's Play a Game

2011-12-14T13:18:00.000-06:00

Click here to practice your Christmas Skills!

Christmas Email

2011-12-07T08:46:00.001-06:00

Today we are going to practice sending an email!! You will send your ecard to me. My email address is: athill@crosslcmsschool.org. Click on the envelope to start your gingerbread man ecard.

After you have sent your ecard, we will practice following listening and following instructions while making a gingerbread house at this website:

http://www.highlightskids.com/Magazine/Dec05/h1magazineFlashObjects/Dec05_gingerbreadJunction.swf

Holiday Mail for Heroes

2011-11-29T11:32:00.002-06:00

Click HERE to open the powerpoint template we will use to make our pop up Christmas Card!

1st Grade Pumpkin Pie Graph

2011-11-17T08:31:00.001-06:00

Do you like pumpkin pie?

1. Click HERE and let's make a graph!

2. After we graph--read a story about a silly turkey!

3. If you have time, you may CREATE AN ONLINE HAND TURKEY!

Second Grade Pigeon Project

2011-11-16T14:04:00.001-06:00

Wow! Writing that story was hard work! Let's go celebrate and play!

http://www.pigeonpresents.com/

Click HERE to see our book!

Spanish Assignment for Senora Bell

2011-11-09T15:01:00.000-06:00

1. Go to this website: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

2. Create a 4 panel comic with two characters using your Spanish vocabulary sheet "Asking and saying how you are."

3. Print your comic and turn in to Senora Bell.

2011-11-03T13:08:00.000-05:00

M&M Graph for 1st Grade.

4th Grade Survey

2011-11-02T13:47:00.001-05:00

Measuring Games

2011-11-01T13:51:00.005-05:00

Go play this GAME!

Now go play this GAME and practice MORE:)

Try this one next!

And then this one!

Aztec Music Game

2011-10-25T14:50:00.001-05:00

Here is the game for you to play:

http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/kids/challengetec/

Third Grade Boot Project

2011-10-25T13:28:00.000-05:00

Click HERE and follow your teacher's directions.

5th Grade Computer Lab Project

2011-10-20T17:00:00.000-05:00

Hi you guys! Missed you guys yesterday--wasn't the pep rally fun?! Today in Tech Class, you may work on your research project for Mrs. Douglas.

Here are some sites that might help some of you:

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos/us-monuments/

If you finish your research, find some images of your war memorial and put them in a powerpoint presentation. Save your presentation! Your images will be printed and placed on your poster. Mrs. Douglas will review your images early next week before you can print them.

2nd Grade Habitat Project

2011-10-19T13:39:00.000-05:00

First go to this site and follow the instructions from your teacher:

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/

Now let's go to this site and follow instructions from your teacher:

http://photopeach.com/home

3rd Grade Pet Project

2011-10-11T11:38:00.000-05:00

Today we are going to practice making a table using Microsoft Office Word!

First, we need to survey our class--Mrs. Hill will help us take the survey.

After we have completed our survey, click HERE to open the template we will use today and then wait for instructions.

Once you have completed your survey, you may play this game.

5th Grade Tech Assignment

2011-09-29T11:19:00.000-05:00

Warm Up today at BBC Dancemat typing (on the symbaloo) on Level two Stage five. After that is complete--

review for your science test on Monday--use this tech time to review and play at these websites.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/food_chains/play.shtml

When you are done with these--go to my science blog to work on the extra credit webquest I've assigned.

Farm Fun in Second Grade

2011-09-28T12:52:00.000-05:00

Let's learn a fun way to graph using farm animals.Click on the picture above and wait for directions.

Rube Goldberg Machine

2011-09-27T13:23:00.002-05:00

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.shtml

http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/phineasandferb/games/chainreaction/

6th Grade Keyboarding Practice

2011-09-26T14:14:00.000-05:00

Play these games in order. Make sure your hands are in proper keyboarding position:)

1. Play this game: http://www.abcya.com/cup_stack_typing_game.htm What is your high score?

2. Now go try this game: http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm

3. Last but not least, play this game: http://idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html. Make sure your hands are in proper keyboarding position.

Keyboarding Practice

2011-09-26T07:09:00.000-05:00

We REALLY need to work on proper keyboarding.
1. Complete this assignment first: http://cyberwarriors.wikispaces.com/WebQuest-Keyboarding

Now, let's practice with these games:

1. http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm-Your score needs to be at least 225 to move to the next game!

2. http://www.auntlee.com/crazytyping.html

3. This site is too cute! Type commands to have the dog do various tricks.
http://www.idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html

6-8 Grade Tech Class

2011-09-19T13:04:00.000-05:00

Read the directions. Follow the directions.

Go to http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
Follow these steps to make your own word search:
1. Title: In the first empty white box, type in your first name and the word “puzzle” (ie. Ed’s Puzzle)
2. Size: In the 2 boxes with “15” in them, change both numbers to 12
3. Options: Click in the 1st circle (“use each letter only once”)
4. Output Type: leave at HTML
5. Enter words: pick 15 words from this website http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/vocabulary/index.html and type each word in the large white box (press “Return” after each word
6. Click on box “Create Word Search”
7. When the big box with the yellow triangle comes up, press OK
8. Print 1 copy of your puzzle: go to “File” column and select “Print”; click on Print when the box comes up
9. Complete the word search
10. Congratulations! You have read all of the instructions. You do not need to complete steps 1-9. Please go play questionaut.

1st Grade Skittles Graph

2011-09-15T12:25:00.000-05:00

Let's GRAPH skittles!!

Subtraction Facts for Second Grade

2011-09-14T13:55:00.002-05:00

Here is the powerpoint template we will be using today.

Onomatopoeia! WOW!

2011-09-14T11:23:00.000-05:00

We are going to explore ONOMATOPOEIA! Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents.

1. After our short lesson, let's go practice ONOMATOPOEIA by playing this GAME.

2. Now, let's create our own comic! I will give you a piece of paper and we will fold it into fours together. Number the squares 1-4. I will show you how to do this in class.

3. Let's go look at the site we will use to create our comics: Go to this website:

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

Now choose your setting, character and plot. WRITE down your ideas on your numbered paper. One frame in your comic should use ONOMATOPOEIA.

4. Next week, you'll come back to the lab and we will create your ONOMATOPOEIA comic!

4th Grade Wiki Work

2011-09-07T13:20:00.000-05:00

Let's clean up our candy store wiki!

Go here first and make your text look awesome!! http://mrecandystore.wikispaces.com/

Then go to voki.com thru internet explorer.

Third Grade Bird Wiki Conclusion

2011-09-02T12:53:00.000-05:00

Found this great site to help finish our project. Click HERE!

4th Grade Computer Winn Dixie Project

2011-08-31T11:40:00.000-05:00

Today go to Mr. E's ONLINE CANDY STORE.

1. Find your candy and fill in the information about your candy!

http://mrecandystore.wikispaces.com/

2. When the class is ready we will create our own VOKI at voki.com

3. EMBED your voki onto our wiki!!

4. If we have time, we will go to this site: http://www.scholastic.com/winndixie/ visit the RV park and complete one more description of another character from the book!!

Third Grade Bird Wiki

2011-08-30T11:43:00.001-05:00

Click to go to the wiki.

http://mcthirdbird.wikispaces.com

Write a Title and YOUR INITIALS ex. Mockingbird by Mrs. Hill

Write at least two sentences about your bird.

HERE is the site we will use for information.
Can't find your information about your bird? Check HERE.

5th Grade T-Riffic Project

2011-08-26T11:39:00.000-05:00

1. Open Powerpoint
2. Layout is BLANK
3. Slide Orientation is PORTRAIT.
4. Insert WORD ART that says.."I'm T-Riffic Because..."
5. Write seven different COMPLETE sentences in different FONTS/FONT SIZE/FONT COLOR that tell everyone why you are T-Riffic.
6. Print your Slide.
7. Turn in project to Mrs. Hill:)

FONT FONT FONT FONT

First Grade Computer Class

2011-08-25T11:39:00.001-05:00

4th Grade Computer Class

2011-08-24T12:57:00.000-05:00

Click HERE to go to today's activity. Go to the RV park and complete a description for three main characters.

Tech Training for Teachers

2011-05-31T17:56:00.000-05:00

Google Doc Projects

2011-05-31T17:54:00.006-05:00

PROJECT NUMBER ONE

Click HERE to open the Powerpoint Template for a Minibook.

Choose the DOWNLOAD option to open the template as a Powerpoint File.

Make a Brief Minibook about nouns.
Page one should be the definition of a noun.
Pages 2-6 should show examples of five different nouns. (INCLUDE CLIP ART)

Save the File to your desktop as "minibook."

Upload "minibook" to your google docs.
"Share" your minibook (which will give you the hyperlink code) and then link it to a post in your blog.

How could you use this in your classroom?

PROJECT NUMBER TWO

CLICK ON THE QUESTION MARK AND TAKE THE QUIZ!

We will teach you how to make your own quiz and find templates!

Can you use this with your students?

DC Budgeting for 7/8 Grade

2011-05-04T10:57:00.001-05:00

Here is a link to the budget form. Make sure you upload your copy to your OWN google docs account.

Here is a page of some of the places we will visit and eat/shop. These are provided to help you make wise spending decisions. http://sqworl.com/blmevr

Fish Research Project

2011-04-06T10:51:00.001-05:00

Templates for Learning

2011-03-24T08:08:00.002-05:00

These are great templates for learning different skills.

7/8 Keyboarding Practice

2010-10-13T11:15:00.000-05:00

Please start your keyboarding practice by going to this site and taking the practice test, Disney Password.
http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_tests/s/jokes.htm
After you have taken the practice test, please let me know your results.

After the practice test, you may play the following keyboarding practice games! Have fun!
http://www.powertyping.com/baracuda/baracudaS.htm

http://www.powertyping.com/fog/foggies.html

http://www.powertyping.com/trees.shtml

http://www.auntlee.com/kids/typeracer.html

Create a WORD CLOUD

2010-08-24T09:56:00.000-05:00

Please create a Word Cloud that provides the following information:

First and last name initials
Grade
Favorite subject in school
Favorite book
Favorite color
Favorite sport
A place you would like to visit
A famous person you would like to meet
Favorite food
Favorite person in the Bible

Remember: If you want to EMPHASIZE a part of your word cloud, just type it two or more times. The more times the word is in your list, the bigger it appears in your cloud. You will get to save/print only one wordle so make sure you like it!

Video Conferencing Around the World

2010-08-23T11:13:00.000-05:00

The computer classes this year will attempt to contact at least 5 different schools around the world via video conference (specifically Skype.)! Why? It is a way to help our students become effective communicators, encourage global awareness and integrate Language Arts/Geography/Social Studies/Technology/Math curriculum.

Before each Skype call to a school we will:

research the culture/location of school
plan our questions
practice our call.

During the call we will have various roles assigned to students that will encompass:

documenting connection via still image (photographer)
documenting conversations during the connection (back channel writers)
timing the skype call
greeter (makes initial introduction)
sharing ( shares something special about class)
Q & A (asks specific questions for data collection)

After the call, students will:

edit back channel writing to save as document
blog about connection
create a word problem from data/questions/answers from call
use Google Map to find location on map

If you have a contact for us to use, please feel free to contact athill@crosslcmsschool.org.

Your First Computer Class!

2010-08-18T10:07:00.000-05:00

Click on your grade to play a fun game.

1st grade
2nd grade
3rd grade
4th grade

Welcome to Computer Class!

2010-08-13T20:16:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Cross Lutheran's Computer Class Blog! Here are our simple lab rules:
COMPUTER LAB

Come to class with clean hands.
Operate the equipment properly.
Make sure you listen to directions.
Push your chair in & clean up when you are done.
Use your inside voice.
Touch the keyboard lightly.
Eat & drink outside the computer lab.
Remember to take your printouts with you.

Log-off - leave the station ready for the next person to use.
Ask for help if you don't understand something.
Be ready to learn something new when you come to the lab.