Past+First+Grade

=Kid Pix Review=


 * Week of September 17, 2007**

Kid Pix Review Unit: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * open Kid Pix program
 * enter their user names
 * use draw tools
 * use undo tool
 * close Kid Pix program

Kid Pix Review Unit: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * open Kid Pix program
 * find and select their account
 * use draw tools
 * use fill tools
 * use paint tool
 * use undo and erase tools
 * close Kid Pix program


 * Week of September 24, 2007**

Kid Pix Review Unit: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * use draw tools
 * use fill tools
 * use the paint brush tool
 * use undo and erase tools
 * follow directions to make a drawing template

Kid Pix Review Unit: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * use draw tools
 * use fill tools
 * use the paint brush tools
 * use undo and erase tools
 * use text tools
 * follow directions to make a drawing template


 * Week of October 1, 2007**

Kid Pix Review Unit: Assessment

Students will complete a Kid Pix image that exhibits:
 * draw tools: lines and shapes
 * paint tools
 * fill tools: various patterns
 * stamp tools

Kid Pix Review Unit: Reteach

Students will:
 * use draw tools
 * paint tools
 * fills tools
 * stamp tools

=**My Family**=


 * Week of October 29, 2007**

My Family: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * view online images of different families
 * discuss roles of family members
 * open up PowerPoint
 * save a new PowerPoint slide show
 * fill out the title slide

My Family: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * review family vocabulary (mother, father, grand father, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, partner. etc.)
 * open their previously saved slide show
 * use the "shift" key to make a capital letter
 * finish the title slide
 * save their slide show


 * Week of November 5, 2007**

My Family: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * view images of different families
 * open their previously saved slide show
 * create slides for each member of their family that lives at home
 * save their slide show

My Family: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * discuss their families to the class
 * open their previously saved slide show
 * create slides for each member of the family that lives at home
 * save their slide show


 * Week of November 12, 2007**

My Family: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * compare and contrast family units
 * open their previously saved slide show
 * create slides for each member of their family that lives at home
 * save their slide show

My Family: Lesson 6

Students will:
 * open their previously saved slide show
 * create slides for important family members that don't live at home
 * save their slide show

=Family Origins (Beacon)=

Week of October 22, 2007
Family Origins: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * open PowerPoint
 * name and save a project
 * create a new slide
 * make a title slide
 * paste flags from [|Enchanted Learning] onto the slide
 * cite source of flags

Week of October 29, 2007
Family Origins: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * open saved PowerPoint file
 * finish pasting flags onto the slide
 * cite source of flags
 * use [|Portaportal] to connect to [|Enchanted Learning's Geography site]

Family Origins: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * open saved PowerPoint file
 * create new slides for each parent
 * use [|Portaportal] to connect to [|Enchanted Learning's Geography site]
 * paste maps onto these slides
 * cite information sources

Week of November 5, 2007
Family Origins: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * open saved PowerPoint file
 * create new slides for countries of origin of parent or caregiver
 * use Family Heritage worksheets to input country facts
 * use [|Yahoo Kids] to find a map for the country
 * save slides

Week of November 12, 2007
Family Origins: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * open saved PowerPoint file
 * create new slides for each parent
 * use [|Portaportal] to connect to [|Enchanted Learning's Geography site]
 * paste maps onto these slides
 * cite information sources

Family Origins: Lesson 6

Students will:
 * open saved PowerPoint file
 * create new slides for countries of origin of parent or caregiver
 * use Family Heritage worksheets to input country facts
 * use [|Yahoo Kids] to find a map for the country
 * save slides

Week of November 19, 2007
Family Origins: Presentations with Families

Students will:
 * present their slide shows using the Smart Board

=**Digraph Slide Show**=


 * Week of November 26, 2007**

Digraphs: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * review digraphs using [|Starfall]
 * open PowerPoint
 * create a new slide show file
 * save the new file as "student name digraph"
 * make a title slide
 * save slide show

Digraphs: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * open their saved slide show
 * make a new slide (title and image)
 * type a word with a digraph
 * highlight digraph in word
 * open safari
 * type word with digraph is search engine
 * drag image into slide
 * copy address
 * paste onto slide
 * save slide show


 * Week of December 3, 2007**

Digraphs: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * open saved slide show
 * make a new slide (title and image)
 * type a word with a digraph
 * highlight digraph in word
 * open safari
 * type word with digraph is search engine
 * drag image into slide
 * copy address
 * paste onto slide
 * save slide show

Digraphs: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * open saved slide show
 * make a new slide (title and image)
 * type a word with a digraph
 * highlight digraph in word
 * open safari
 * type word with digraph is search engine
 * drag image into slide
 * copy address
 * paste onto slide
 * save slide show


 * Week of December 10, 2007**

Digraphs: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * open saved slide show
 * make a new slide (title and image)
 * type a word with a digraph
 * highlight digraph in word
 * open safari
 * type word with digraph is search engine
 * drag image into slide
 * copy address
 * paste onto slide
 * save slide show

Digraphs: Lesson 6

Students will:
 * open saved slide show
 * make a new slide (title and image)
 * type a word with a digraph
 * highlight digraph in word
 * open safari
 * type word with digraph is search engine
 * drag image into slide
 * copy address
 * paste onto slide
 * save slide show


 * Week of December 17, 2007**

Digraphs: Lesson 7

Students will:
 * open saved slide show
 * make a new slide (title and image)
 * type a word with a digraph
 * highlight digraph in word
 * open safari
 * type word with digraph is search engine
 * drag image into slide
 * copy address
 * paste onto slide
 * save slide show

Digraphs: Presentations

Students will:
 * present their slide shows about digraphs on the Smart Board

=**States of Matter (PowerPoint & Kid Pix)**=


 * Week of January 14, 2008**

States of Matter: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * watch "Solids, Liquids, and Gases" video on [|BrainPop Jr.]
 * open PowerPoint
 * create a new slide show file
 * save the new file as "student name matter"
 * make a title slide
 * save slide show

States of Matter: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * engage in a discussion about properties
 * open their saved slide show
 * make a new slide (title and image)
 * type words that are properties
 * highlight words to give property fonts or colors
 * save slide show


 * Week of January 21, 2008**

States of Matter: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * engage in a discussion about solids
 * open saved slide show
 * make a new slide
 * name and describe the properties of a specific solid
 * open kid pix
 * create and save image of solid
 * insert image into slide
 * save slide show

States of Matter: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * engage in a discussion about liquids
 * open saved slide show
 * make a new slide
 * name and describe the properties of a specific liquid
 * open kid pix
 * create and save image of liquid
 * insert image into slide
 * save slide show


 * Week of January 28, 2008**

States of Matter: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * engage in a discussion about gases
 * open saved slide show
 * make a new slide
 * name and describe the properties of a specific gas
 * open kid pix
 * create and save image of gas
 * insert image into slide
 * save slide show

States of Matter: Lesson 6

Students will:
 * engage in a discussion of molecules that make up matter
 * view [|molecule-matter state activity]
 * make a slide of one state of matter's molecules
 * make Kid Pix image
 * insert Kid Pix image
 * save slide show


 * Week of February 4, 2008**

States of Matter: Lesson 7

Students will:
 * format their slide shows
 * change background and text colors
 * change the font size and style of text

States of Matter: Lesson 8

Students will:
 * insert an animation for their images
 * practice reading through their slide shows


 * Week of February 11, 2008**

States of Matter: Presentations

Students will:
 * present their slide shows about digraphs on the Smart Board

=**Our Neighborhood**=


 * Week of February 25, 2008**

Our Neighborhood: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * watch video about [|neighborhoods]
 * discuss Maspeth as a neighborhood
 * what is in a neighborhood?
 * businesses
 * services
 * parks
 * make a Kid Pix image of their hom ein the neighborhood, myhouse.jpg

Our Neighborhood: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * watch slide show of Maspeth businesses and services
 * describe what purpose each place serves in a neighborhood
 * make a Kid Pix image of a neighborhood service or business, (service or business.name).jpg


 * Week of March 3, 2008**

Our Neighborhood: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * watch video about [|where people live in a neighborhood]
 * discuss different types of homes in neighborhood
 * make a picture of their house using Kid Pix, myhouse(name).jpg

Our Neighborhood: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * create their own [[image:http://ps153maspeth.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://ps153maspeth.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/NeighborhoodWkSheet.doc"]][| NeighborhoodWkSheet.doc]
 * make up a name for their neighborhood
 * list businesses and services
 * list types of homes
 * list names of streets


 * Week of March 10, 2008**

Our Neighborhood: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * learn how to make a map key using symbols
 * create their own map key using Kid Pix, key(name).jpg

Our Neighborhood: Lesson 6

Students will:
 * watch a presentation about cardinal directions
 * create their own personalized compass using Kid Pix, compass(name).jpg


 * Week of March 17, 2008**

Our Neighborhood: Lesson 7

Students will:
 * create a map of their fictional neighborhood using Kid Pix, map(name).jpg

Our Neighborhood: Lesson 8

Students will:
 * import all map images onto a Word document
 * print map document


 * Week of March 24, 2008**

Our Neighborhood: Presentations

Students will:
 * present their neighborhood names, maps, compasses and keys to the class

=**Life in a Colonial Town**=


 * Week of February 25, 2008**

Colonial Town: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * view a Google map of Maspeth
 * identify various services and businesses using map symbols
 * list important services, businesses and places in Maspeth using Kid Pix text

Colonial Town: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * view an interactive map of Colonial Williamsburg
 * explore various trades and jobs using the map
 * list important services, businesses and places in Colonial Williamsburg using Kid Pix text


 * Week of March 3, 2008**

Colonial Town: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * view a slide show about a Colonial [|brickmaker]
 * create a slide based on this trade or service
 * play a game about a [|brickmaker's job]

Colonial Town: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * view a slide show about a Colonial [|cooper]
 * create a slide based on this trade or service
 * play a game about a [|cooper's job]


 * Week of March 10, 2008**

Colonial Town: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * create a map of a fictional Colonial town using Kid Pix, map(name).jpg

Colonial Town: Lesson 6

Students will:
 * watch a presentation about cardinal directions
 * create their own personalized compass using Kid Pix, compass(name).jpg


 * Week of March 24, 2008**

Colonial Town: Lesson 7

Students will:
 * learn how to make a map key using symbols
 * create their own map key using Kid Pix, key(name).jpg

Colonial Town: Lesson 8

Students will:
 * import all map images onto a Word document
 * print map document


 * Week of March 31, 2008**

Colonial Town: Presentations

Students will:
 * present their neighborhood names, maps, compasses and keys to the class

=**Australia (Kid Pix & PowerPoint)**=

Australia: Lesson 1 Students will:
 * Week of March 31, 2008,**
 * visit Australia via Google Earth
 * view Australia slide show
 * make the title slide for an "Australia" presentation

Australia: Lesson 2 Students will:
 * Week of April 6, 2008**
 * define marsupials and do class interactive activity
 * go to [|Marsupial website]
 * complete quiz on website

Australia: Lesson 3 Students will:
 * watch sugar glider video,[| "Night Flier"]
 * make sugar glider slide
 * habitat
 * physical description
 * food

Australia: Lesson 4 Students will:
 * Week of April 13, 2008**
 * watch wallaby video, [| "Rock Stars"]
 * make wallaby slide
 * habitat
 * physical description
 * food

Australia: Lesson 5 Students will:
 * Week of April 27, 2008**
 * introduction to Great Barrier Reef
 * Great Barrier Reef video
 * [|Clown anemone fish] info

Australia: Lesson 6 Students will:
 * Week of May 19, 2008**
 * use Google Maps to find the United States and Australia
 * use zoom and pan tools

Australia: Lesson 7 Students will:
 * go to [|PlaceSpotting] to complete map scavenger hunts about Australia
 * [|Tasmania]
 * [|Sydney]
 * [|Great Barrier Reef]