2nd+Grade+Beacon+2008_2009

=Typing Assessment & Practice=

Students will:
 * Week of September 8th-29th, 2008**
 * take a typing assessment at http://www.typingtest.com/default.asp
 * practice identifying letters on the keyboard by using [|Typing Master Bubbles]

=Digital Image Skills - New York City Geography (Pixie)=

Students will:
 * Week of October 6th, 2008**
 * open Pixie & rename an image file
 * use the draw and fill bucket tools to draw a picture of themselves
 * save their image file

Students will:
 * Week of October 13th, 2008**
 * view New York City by using Google Earth on the SMART Board
 * participate in a discussion about where NYC is located relative to North America and the northeastern US
 * use the draw, fill bucket and text tools to create a map of North America with a label on where NYC is located
 * save their images

Children's Progress Assessments (K-2)
 * Week of October 20th, 2008**

Students will:
 * Week of October 27th, 2008**
 * view NYC by using Google Earth on the SMART Board
 * participate in a discussion about the map of NYC and its five boroughs
 * use the draw, fill bucket and text tools to create a map of NYC
 * label all five boroughs
 * save their images

Students will:
 * Week of November 3rd, 2008**
 * view Queens by using Google Earth on the SMART Board
 * participate in a discussion about the map of Queens and its main features
 * use the draw, fill bucket and text tools to create a map of Queens
 * save their images

Students will:
 * Week of November 10th, 2008**
 * view Maspeth by using Google Map and Streetview on the SMART Board
 * participate in a discussion about the map of Maspeth and its streets
 * use the draw, fill bucket and text tools to create a map of Maspeth
 * save their images

Students will:
 * Week of November 17th, 2008**
 * create a PowerPoint slide show of their map slides
 * open a new PowerPoint file, create new slides and save as a new file

Students will:
 * Week of November 24th, 2008**
 * present their slides to the class

=Digital Image and Internet Research Skills - Urban, Suburban and Rural (Pixie & Safari)=
 * From the week of January 5th, 2009 to the week of February 9th, 2009**

Lesson 1 Students will:
 * open Pixie
 * use the draw, shape, fill, sticker and text tools

Lesson 2 Students will:
 * watch a [|BrainPOP] flash video about urban, suburban and rural environments
 * complete a worksheet with with partners about the video
 * begin a Pixie drawing that exhibits one of these three areas
 * save the image as: room_color_area

Lesson 3 Students will:
 * complete the Pixie drawing that exhibits one of these three areas
 * include text about the chosen area
 * save image

Lesson 4 Students will:
 * use Safari to research urban, suburban or rural areas using pre-selected websites at [|PortaPortal]
 * complete worksheets using the research information

Lesson 5 Students will:
 * watch BrainPOP flash video about [|reading maps]
 * use worksheet to draw a map of the researched area
 * save image as: room_color_map

Lesson 6 Students will:
 * create a presentation in Pixie

=Characteristics of Citizenship (Pixie & iMovie)=
 * February 23rd to April 27th, 2009**

Students will:
 * Lesson 1**
 * participate in a discussion about characteristics of citizenship
 * helpfulness, taking care of the Earth, hard work, perceverence, etc.
 * layout a story when he/she has used one of these characteristics
 * use a graphic organizer for this task (5 steps for the story)

Students will:
 * Lesson 2**
 * create two images that address the first and second pages of the story
 * save the images as .jpg in Pixie (class_name_page1) & (class_name_page2)

Students will:
 * Lesson 3**
 * create two more images that address the third and fourth pages of the story
 * save the images as .jpg in Pixie (class_name_page3) & (class_name_page4)

Students will:
 * Lesson 4**
 * create the final image of the story
 * save the image as .jpg in Pixie (class_name_page5)
 * use the extra time to finish images

Students will:
 * Lesson 5**
 * receive a short tutorial about iMovie
 * import their images into iMovie
 * name their movie file
 * begin to time their images

Students will:
 * Lesson 6**
 * time images
 * crop images
 * add sounds to images

Students will:
 * Lesson 7**
 * add a title and credits to the movie
 * possibly add narration the movie

Students will:
 * Lesson 8**
 * possibly add narration to the movie

Students will:
 * Lesson 9**
 * present their movies to the class