Every student will illustrate one of the prayers for one of the mysteries of the Rosary.  These will be put together into 4 separate slide shows. One for each set of mysteries.  Then during Lent, every class will pray one decade of the Rosary each day.  Starting with the Joyful and going through the life of Jesus.

  Kindergarten  First Grade Second Grade  Third Grade

 Fourth Grade Keyboarding Online Fifth Grade Keyboarding Online  Sixth Grade

 Kindergarten

Day 1.  Kerpoof: We’ll learn how to “Make a Picture”

Day 2.  Kerpoof:  “Spell a Picture”

First Grade

To go along with your Reading story this week, we’re going to have fun with the Life Cycle of the Butterfly activities.

1.  Butterfly Maze

2. Tic Tac Toe with the butterfly

Day 2: In Kidpix, draw the stages of the Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Second Grade

Day 1: Using the MCPS Library Site, you will complete a grade level appropriate  Browser Activity.  When finished, go to www.freerice.com

Third Grade

Day 1: Using the MCPS Library Site, you will complete a grade level appropriate  Browser Activity.  When finished, go to www.freerice.com

Practice your multiplication facts with: Snowball Fight and Granny Prix.

Fourth Grade

Keyboarding for Kids:  Lessons 6-10.  Thanks to PTC, we have purchased the program and we will go through the program again becoming proficient typists.

Fifth Grade

Keyboarding for Kids:  Lessons 6-10.  Thanks to PTC, we have purchased the program and we will go through the program again becoming proficient typists.

  Sixth Grade

Day 1: Using the MCPS Library Site, you will complete a grade level appropriate  Browser Activity.  When finished, go to www.freerice.com

 Kindergarten

Day 1.  Intro to Kerpoof:  Students will receive their username, passwords, and   for Kerpoof and practice logging in.

Day 2.  Kerpoof:  Make a Picture:  We’ll learn how to use this feature in Kerpoof and make a different kind of Winter Picture.

First Grade

KEYBOARDING By Big Brown Bear

In Kidpix, create a picture of a “Snowy Day”.

Second Grade

We will view the Martin Luther King Timeline  and  have a class discussion about his life and accomplishments.  Then we’ll write Dr. King a letter asking him one question about his life.

Create your own Kidpix picture of a famous event in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Third Grade

View the Martin Luther King Timeline.  We will then make our own timeline using Kidpix.  Each child will get a different fact about his life to write about and illustrate.

Create your own Kidpix picture of a famous event in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Fourth Grade

Begin Keyboarding for Kids: This week Lessons 1-5

Fifth Grade

Day 1:  Explore Colonial Williamsburg

Day 2:  Begin Keyboarding for Kids - Lessons 1-5

  Sixth Grade

You will choose your favorite piece of writing from your Writer’s Notebook and publish it using Microsoft Word.  This time you will have the freedom to choose type and size of font and text colors.

  Key Seekers – We’ll review letter recognition on the keyboard

STAR Test to determine current reading level and show growth since August. 

STAR Test to determine current reading level and show growth since August.

STAR Test to determine current reading level and show growth since August.

STAR Test to determine current reading level and show growth since August. 

STAR Test to determine current reading level and show growth since August.

1. STAR Test to determine current reading level and show growth since August. 

2. Complete Keyboarding for Kids

3.Go to www.freerice.com - see how many grains of rice you can donate to a poor nation by correctly answering vocabulary and math questions.

  1. Watch the Christmas Slide Shows that the other classes created. 2. Then have fun exploring the Christmas Websites.

  1.  Watch the Christmas Slide Shows that the other classes created. 2. Then have fun exploring the Christmas Websites. 

    1. Watch the Christmas Slide Shows that the other classes created. 2. Then have fun exploring the Christmas Websites.

  1. Watch the Christmas Slide Shows that the other classes created. 2. Then have fun exploring the Christmas Websites.

  1. Watch the Christmas Slide Shows that the other classes created. 2. Then have fun exploring the Christmas Websites.

   1. Watch the Christmas Slide Shows that the other classes created. 2. Then have fun exploring the Christmas Websites.

  1. Watch the Christmas Slide Shows that the other classes created. 2. Then have fun exploring the Christmas Websites.

  1. Record the class singing a Christmas Song that goes along with the picture they drew.  Put in PowerPoint Presentation and put on Website.  2.  Click on the Kindergarten Kids to have Math fun matching numbers at Christmas Math. 

  1. Record the class singing a Christmas Song that goes along with the picture they drew.  Put in PowerPoint Presentation and put on Website.  2.  Click on the Number 1 and have fun sequencing with Christmas Math .

     Day 2: Record the class singing a Christmas Song that goes along with the picture they drew.  Put in PowerPoint Presentation and put on Website.  2.  Click on the Number 2 and have fun exploring the Christmas Math Website.

  Day 1:   Record your voice telling your part of the story:  ”True Story of Christmas”.  Day 2: Make a Copy of the completed project to a CD.  Then explore the Christmas Websites.

  Day 1 Put finishing touches on Advent Calendars and save them to a disk.  Day 2: Have fun exploring the Christmas Websites.

   Day 1& 2: Present your Christmas Around the World PowerPoint and find your country on Statalogica. 

  Day 1: Save Advent Calendar to flash drives.   2: Christmas Websites

                                http://www.santaletter.com/sendsantaletter/

  1. Click on the link below Santa to write him a letter.  Then click on the Kindergarten Kids and go to the Christmas Activities on Bugs and Insects.  Day 2: Kidpix:   We’ll  make a picture of a Christmas Tree and decorate it in Kidpix.

  1. Click on the link below Santa to write him a letter.  Then click on the Kindergarten Kids and go to the Christmas Activities on Bugs and Insects. Day 2. Kidpix: We’ll make a picture of a Reindeer and decorate it in Kidpix.

   Day 1: PowerPoint:  Create a textbox and write the True Meaning of Christmas.  Day 2: Kidpix, draw a picture of the Nativity.  Then you’ll export it as a jpeg, and upload it onto your PowerPoint Slide.

  As a class, we’ll brainstorm the “The True Story of Christmas”  Then you will write one part of the story on a PowerPoint slide.  Next, you’ll go to Kidpix to illustrate your slide.  These pictures will be exported as jpegs.  Then you will import the pictures from the file into their presentation.  Finally, the students will read the story orally as insert a recording in PowerPoint.

  Day 1: Finish adding clip art to each square of the Advent Calendar, move each piece of clip art behind the words.  Day 2 Change the background color of each square in your Advent Calendar.

   Continue working on your Christmas Around the World PowerPoint.  Today we’ll add a map of your country and find your country on the SMARTboard using Google Maps.

 Day 1: Finish adding clip art to each square of the Advent Calendar, move each piece of clip art behind the words.  Day 2 Change the background color of each square in your Advent Calendar.

1. Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars.  We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent.  Then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar,  St. Margaret’s Advent Calendar, and the Advent Calendar with games .  2.  Visit Santa at clause.com to see all of the fun activities Santa has for you.

  1. Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars.  We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent.  Then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar,  St. Margaret’s Advent Calendar, and the Advent Calendar with games .   2.  Visit Santa at  to see all of the fun actclause.comivities Santa has for you.

  1.  Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars.  Then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar,  St. Margaret’s Advent Calendar, and the Advent Calendar with games .     We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent.  2.  Visit Santa’s Barn.  Groups will be assigned a different reindeer to research. They will then make a jpeg in Kidpix telling about their reindeer complete with a picture.  The jpegs will then be inserted into a PowerPoint Presentation and Podcast to be shown to other classes.  We will also have a discussion about plagiarism including the use of copy and paste.

  1. Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars.  We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent.  Then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar,  St. Margaret’s Advent Calendar, and the Advent Calendar with games .   2.  Visit Santa at  to see all of the fun actclause.comivities Santa has for you.

  1.  Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars.  We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent. Then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar,  St. Margaret’s Advent Calendar, and the Advent Calendar with games .  2.  Individually, the students will create an advent Calendar using Microsoft PowerPoint.  These will be saved to a CD that the students can take home.

   Each student will be assigned a different country and they will research the Christmas Traditions of that country using the website: www.northpole.com.  They will then create a Power Point Slide using animations.  We will also go to www.googleearth.com and find the location of the countries.  The slides will be put together into one large Power Point Presentation.   We will also have a discussion about plagiarism including the use of copy and paste.

 1.  Discuss the season of Advent and the use of Advent Calendars.  We’ll talk about the difference between the secular calendars that begin on December 1st and the Catholic calendars that begin with the first Sunday of Advent. Then visit Woodland Junior’s Advent Calendar,  St. Margaret’s Advent Calendar, and the Advent Calendar with games .  2.  Individually, the students will create an advent Calendar using Microsoft PowerPoint.  These will be saved to a CD that the students can take home.

 Kindergarten

Day 1:  Finish your Turkey in Kidpix.  Day 2: Click on  The First Thanksgiving and go on a Tour of the Mayflower and Follow the Voyage.  

  First Grade

Day 1:  Finish your Turkey in Kidpix.  Day 2: Click on  The First Thanksgiving and go on a Tour of the Mayflower and Follow the Voyage.  

    Second Grade

Day 1: In Kidpix, write the directions of how to cook a turkey.  Day 2 Then illustrate the recipe.

  Third Grade: 

Day 1: Learn All About Thanksgiving at the website http://www.plimoth.org/media/olc/intro.htmland take the quiz.  Day 2:  Create a “Wordle” of the things you are thankful for.  

 Fourth Grade:

Day 1: Read All About Thanksgiving at the website http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm and take the quiz.  Day 2:  Create a “Wordle” of the things you are thankful for.  

  Fifth Grade:

Day 1:  Finish your Saint’s Card Day 2: Click on  The First Thanksgiving and go on a Tour of the Mayflower and Follow the Voyage.  

   Sixth Grade:

Day 1:  Finish your Saint’s Power Point, then check out the Thanksgiving Activities below:

http://www.plimoth.org/media/olc/intro.html

http://www.billybear4kids.com/games/online/search/thanks.htm

Thanksgiving Word Search

Thanksgiving Word Search Challenge

Turkey Bowl

Day 1: We’ll begin working on our Thanksgiving Turkeys.  The student will trace a handprint on the SMARTboard, and then I’ll save it to the TechLa when everyone is finished. While waiting your turn, go to keyboarding with KeySeekers until you get the parade.    

Day 2: We’ll use the Kidpix tools to decorate our turkeys.           

 First Grade

Day 1: We’ll begin working on our Thanksgiving Turkeys.  The student will trace a handprint on the SMARTboard, and then I’ll save it to the TechLab when everyone is finished.  While waiting your turn, go to keyboarding with KeySeekers until you get the parade.    

Day 2: We’ll use the Kidpix tools to decorate our turkeys.            

   Second Grade

DAY 1: Kerpoof – Make a Thanksgiving Picture in Make a Picture 

DAY 2: Reading Unit 2 Test on the computer.

  Third Grade:

 DAY 1:  Day 1: Kerpoof – Make a Thanksgiving Picture in Make a Picture 

DAY 2: 3R:  Reading Unit 2 Test on the computer.

 Fourth Grade:

Day 1: Kerpoof – Make a Thanksgiving Picture in Make a Picture 

Day 2:  Unit 2 Reading Test .  Homework:  Fill out the “What I’m Thankful For” paper.

  Fifth Grade

Day 1 & Day 2:  Continue working on your Saint Card. 

   Sixth Grade

Day 1: Keyboarding for Kids, continue Your Powerpoint on a Saint.