winterbreak

=January 12-15= Title: Winter Break PowerPoint Materials: Chart paper/white board “Arthur’s Family Vacation” PowerPoint Internet (Google Images) MONDAY Procedure: TUESDAY Procedure: WEDNESDAY Procedure THURSDAY Procedure:
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) explain that they are going to create a PowerPoint telling about their Winter Break
 * 3) before reading the book, tell the students to pay close attention to the things Arthur does with his family and places that he goes
 * 4) read “Arthur’s Family Vacation”
 * 5) at the end of the book, review the things Arthur did and the places he went
 * 6) on the chart paper/white board brainstorm some things that the kids want to share about their break (it could be places they went, people they saw, presents they received, activities they did etc.)
 * 7) tell the kids that they need to say their Winter break activity in one sentence
 * 8) allow each student to have no more than 2 turns sharing (and make sure they are not telling a story….they need to give a __short__ sentence telling about their Winter break)
 * 9) save this list for tomorrow
 * 10) explain that tomorrow the students will begin their PowerPoint tell about their Winter break
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) review the activity for the week (create a PowerPoint telling about their Winter break)
 * 3) quickly go through the ideas that the students came up with on the chart paper/white board (you can read them or have the students read them…whatever works best  J  )
 * 4) move students around 1-2 computers to model the activity
 * 5) show the students how to open PowerPoint
 * 6) in the top TITLE box, type “My Winter Break”
 * 7)  make sure that this is written on the white board or chart paper so the students can copy it
 * 8) in the SUBTITLE box, type “By Your name” (ex. By Misty or By Marvin)
 * 9) show the students how to save the PowerPoint right now so if something happens, their work is not lost
 * 10) in the upper left corner show the students where to click “file” then “save as”
 * 11) save the PowerPoint as “winterbreak__name__” (ex. winterbreakmargaret or winterbreakmolly)
 * 12) review the first three steps, the TITLE and the SUBTITLE box and the “save as” to make sure the kids understand what the first slide should look like and how to save their work
 * 13) it is up to you whether you want to do slide design with the younger kids, but the older kids would like it
 * 14) at the top, click on “format” and then “slide design”
 * 15) show the kids how to scroll through the different designs on the right side
 * 16) tell them to choose one, just click on it
 * 17) next, they will create the first slide telling about Winter break
 * 18) on the far right top, show the students where to click “New Slide”
 * 19) in the TITLE box, they need to write a sentence about their Winter break
 * 20) for example, “I went to my grandma’s house.”
 * 21) in the TEXT box, the older kids need to write more information (such as “At my grandma’s house I made cookies and watched a movie”) AND a picture but the little kids just need to put in a picture (unless they want to write more)
 * 22) **model how to write more in the TEXT box for both the little kids and the big kids, but tell the little kids that it is optional**
 * 23) once the TITLE box and TEXT box are completed, show the students how to find pictures to go in the TEXT box
 * 24) open the internet and go to Google.com
 * 25) in the upper left, click “Images”
 * 26) show the students how to type a key word in the search box
 * 27) find a picture that matches your sentence (either in the TITLE box or the TEXT box) and show the kids how to copy and paste it into the slide
 * 28) show the students how to move the picture and resize it
 * 29) tell the students that today they only need to make 2 slides: the title slide (the first one with their name) and one slide telling about their Winter break
 * 30) ask for questions
 * 31) have students move to a computer
 * 32) assist/monitor while students work
 * 33) **make sure that you go around to each computer and put the PowerPoints on a flash drive so the students can continue working on them tomorrow!!!**
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) review the activity for this week (creating a PowerPoint telling about Winter break)
 * 3) briefly go over the brainstorm list from Monday
 * 4) tell the students that their goal is to create two more slides today telling about their Winter break
 * 5) gather students around 1-2 computers and quickly go through the steps to creating a PowerPoint
 * 6) pull up one student’s PowerPoint and model how to
 * 7) create a new slide
 * 8) type a sentence in the TITLE box
 * 9) type a sentence in the TEXT box
 * 10) and how to copy and paste picture(s) from Google Images into the slide
 * 11) remind the students to save their work when they have finished!! (do not save the work you did for the example)
 * 12) have students move to a computer
 * 13) move their PowerPoint from the flash drive to the desktop
 * 14) assist/monitor while students work
 * 15) **make sure that you go around to each computer and put the PowerPoints on a flash drive so the students can continue working on them tomorrow!!!**
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) review the activity for this week (creating a PowerPoint telling about Winter break)
 * 3) tell the students that their goal is to create two more slides today telling about their Winter break
 * 4) tell them that when they are finished with their PowerPoint, they can share it with the class
 * 5) have students move to a computer
 * 6) go around to each student and move their PowerPoint from the flash drive onto the desktop
 * 7) assist/monitor while students finish their PowerPoint
 * 8) save 15 minutes at the end of class so any students who want to share have the chance
 * 9) **make sure that you go around to each computer and put the PowerPoints on a flash drive to save it!!!**