7th+&+8th+Grades

=7th/8th Grades=

Technology Class:
White: Tuesday and Thursday Red & Blue: Tuesday and Friday

Weeks #30-34
 * Making websites: Kids making a difference in the world.

Weeks #28-29
 * How can kids make a difference in their world? Write a 1-2 paragraph review of each of the following sites you explore. (minimum of 4 sites)
 * Change the World Kids
 * Kids can Make a Difference
 * Kids are Heroes
 * The Girl Who Silenced the World
 * Scholastic News
 * War on Hunger
 * Earth's Kids
 * Mission Possible Kids
 * Connecting Kids
 * One Pencil
 * Do Something
 * Friends for Change
 * Kids Change America

Last 5 minutes you can play with this virtual keyboard if you want.

Weeks #25-27
 * Mavis Beacon (10-15 minutes)
 * YOU NEED AT LEAST 75 POINTS IN EACH GAME TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
 * Sentence Game
 * Noun Game
 * Sentence and Noun Game
 * Verb Game
 * Modifiers Game
 * Sentence, Noun, Verb and Modifiers Game
 * Capitalization & Punctuation Game
 * Pronouns Game
 * Phrases Game
 * Clauses Game
 * Review Game of all topics above

Weeks #23 & 24
 * Element Card for Mrs. Meuret

Weeks #21 & 22
 * Civil War newspaper for 7/8 Block
 * [|civil_war001.pdf] (assignment & rubric)
 * Haper's Weekly
 * Civil War: Who Am I?
 * Glowing wounds (podcast & transcript)
 * West Point Graduates During the Civil War and Reconstruction
 * Smithsonian's Price of Freedom collection (click on Civil War and then a category)
 * Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachussetts 54th (1st African American Civil War Unit)

Week #20
 * animation (standards 2.3.2, 1.2.1 and 1.1.1)
 * Finish ICOLPH Auction posters (standards 1.1.1 and 1.2.1)
 * Finish inspiration poster.
 * Link tech standards with fun activities that you would like to do in class. (standard 2.3.2)

Weeks 18 & 19
 * Become familiar with new laptops, touchpads, and plugging in accessories. (Standard 2.2.2)
 * Make ICOLPH Auction informational posters. (Standards 1.1.1 and 1.2.1)
 * Finish up previous projects not completed yet.
 * Familiarize self with webcam on laptop and how to use it. (Standard 2.2.2)

Weeks 16 &17
 * Christmas Vacation

Week #15
 * Exploring lunar eclipses online in preparation for the one occuring on the night of Dec. 20/morning of Dec.21. (Standards 1.3.2 and 2.3.2)
 * How to photograph a lunar eclipse. (Standard 2.2.2)
 * Astronomy memory game
 * Moon quiz
 * Space Janitor game
 * Apollo 11 Moon Landing Pictures
 * Moon Landing and Space Links
 * Phases of the Moon
 * Lunar Cycle Challenge

Week #14 Literacy tools (web 2.0) (Standard 2.3.2):
 * Compare and Contrast Map
 * Biography Cube
 * Essay Map
 * Book Cover guide
 * Character Trading Cards
 * Mystery Cube
 * Flip Book
 * Read Write Think Note Taker
 * Shape Poems
 * Letter Generator

Weeks #10 - #13
 * Finish word cloud poster of names.
 * Continue working on image collage from week #7. (Standards 1.3.2, 1.2.1 , 1.3.3 , and 2.3.2)
 * Wordle for those done with their collage and word cloud :-)
 * Tagxedo
 * ABCya word clouds
 * Word it Out

Weeks #8 & #9
 * Work on your religion papers for Mrs. Weber and Mrs. Stanton.

Week #7
 * Using MIcrosoft Word create a collage of images of Catholic beliefs, traditions & rituals (one page per topic = 3 pages) where each picture/image in the collage links directly to the site (cannot be from an image search engine) where the image is from. Add a title page with the title "Catholic Beliefs, Traditions & Rituals in Images" and your name. Add a reference page of images done in MLA format. (Standards 1.3.2, 1.2.1 , and 1.3.3) (3 week project).

Week #6
 * Simulations: photosynthesis and forces (1.1.2)
 * Religion paper citations.

Week #5
 * Practice navigating to the class Wiki page.
 * 5 minutes keyboarding practice with Find the Letter. How many letters can you get in 30 seconds? (Standard 2.2.1)
 * Who has the quickest mouse in the jungle? Practice putting the letters of the alphabet in order in less than 30 seconds with ABC Countdown. (Standard 2.2.1)
 * Reliable resources Fact vs. Opinion
 * ====Plagiarism====
 * EasyBib.com
 * ====MLA citations choice #1 and MLA citations choice #2 and Son of Citation choice #3====
 * ====MLA ---S.O.S.====
 * ==== FONT: TIMES NEW ROMAN size 11 ====
 * [|Term Paper Pacing.pdf]
 * **[|Term Paper RUBRIC.pdf]**
 * ====Example MLA paper & Bibliography====
 * Example MLA Bib
 * Example MLA paper w/ bibliography

Week #4
 * 10 minutes Keyboarding practice with Type Me. (Standard 2.2.1)
 * Use an interactive website to create multiple kinds of graphs and download final products. (Standards 1.2.1, 1.1.1 and 2.3.2)
 * Internet Safety posters are due in the 78Dropbox by the end of September.

Week #3
 * Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) Assessments for classroom teachers.
 * Continue working on Internet Safety posters. (Standards 2.1.1, 1.1.1 , and 2.3.1)

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Week #2
 * This week we'll review the parts of the computer and we'll make Internet Safety Posters. Students that have turned in their Internet Use Forms will be able to make their posters using Glogster. (Standards 2.1.1, 1.1.1 , and 2.3.1)

Week #1
 * Seventh/eighth grades will be making their first visit to the computer lab this week! We will start with prayer, go over procedures and rules, practice a fire drill, and talk about Internet safety. (Standard 2.1.1)
 * Post a comment on the Computer Lab Blog "Share with me!" Wallwisher. (Standard 2.3.2)