2nd+Grade+2008_2009

=Computer Lab Skills=

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

Students will:
 * Weeks of September 15th, 22nd & 29th, 2008**
 * practice identifying letters and key orientation on the keyboard by using the [|Letter Game], the [|Keyboard Challenge], and [|Typing Games]

=Digital Image Skills - New York City Geography (Tux Paint)=
 * Weeks of October 6th, 2008 to November 24th, 2008**

Students will:
 * Lesson 1**
 * open Tux Paint & rename an image file
 * use the draw and fill bucket tools to draw a picture of themselves
 * save their image file

Students will:
 * Lesson 2**
 * discuss their favorite places in New York City
 * use the brush, fill and shape tools in Tux Paint to make a picture of their favorite place
 * save their images

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

Students will:
 * Lesson 3**
 * view Maspeth by using Google Earth on the SMART Board, using Street View
 * draw a place they recognized on Street View using Tux Paint
 * save their images

Students will:
 * Lesson 4**
 * view Queens by using Google Earth on the SMART Board, visit important places
 * 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:
 * Lesson 5**
 * view NYC by using Google Earth on the SMART Board
 * participate in a discussion about the map of NYC and the five boroughs
 * use the draw, fill bucket and text tools to create a map of NYC
 * save their images

Students will:
 * Lesson 6**
 * 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:
 * Lesson 7**
 * present their slides to the class

=Vowel Digraphs (Pixie & PowerPoint)=
 * December 15th, 2008 to February 13th, 2009**

Students will:
 * Lesson 1**
 * discuss words that have the vowel digraph "ee" in them
 * create a drawing in Pixie of a word with "ee"
 * use the text to tool to write this word
 * add their name to the image
 * save the image as: (color_ee_room)

Students will:
 * Lesson 2**
 * discuss words that have the digraph "ea" in them
 * create a drawing in Pixie of a word with "ea"
 * use the text to tool to write this word
 * add their name to the image
 * save the image as: (color_ea_room)

Students will:
 * Lesson 3**
 * discuss words that have the digraph "ai" in them
 * create a drawing in Pixie of a word with "ai"
 * use the text to tool to write this word
 * add their name to the image
 * save the image as: (color_ai_room)

Students will:
 * Lesson 4**
 * discuss words that have the digraph "ay" in them
 * create a drawing in Pixie of a word with "ay"
 * use the text to tool to write this word
 * add their name to the image
 * save the image as: (color_ay_room)

Students will:
 * Lesson 5**
 * discuss words that have the digraph "oa" in them
 * create a drawing in Pixie of a word with "oa"
 * use the text to tool to write this word
 * add their name to the image
 * save the image as: (color_oa_room)

Students will:
 * Lesson 6**
 * create a PowerPoint slide show of their digraph images
 * save the slide show as: (color_di_room)

Students will:
 * Lesson 7**
 * present their slide shows to the class

=Children's Progress: Spring Assessments=
 * February 9th to 13th, 2009**

=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