april.fools

=March 30th-April 2nd Title: April Fool’s! J =

Objective(s): o Students will create a PowerPoint telling 3 things they did over Spring Break o Students will learn what a "shape poem" is and create their own o Students will create an April Fool's day Pivot cartoon o Students will practice using the animation tool FluxTime Materials o http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/ o scissors o glue o crayons/markers o colored construction paper o whiteboard/chart paper o http://www.fluxtime.com/animate.php

MONDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODEL  Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap) explain that today they are going to make a PowerPoint about 3 things they did over Spring Break
 * 1) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) explain that the class is going to help make a practice PowerPoint then the students are going to make their own
 * 3) model how to open PowerPoint
 * 4) model how to create a mini PowerPoint slide show
 * 5) Open PowerPoint
 * 6) In the title box, type Spring Break
 * 7) In the subtitle box type BY __your name__
 * 8) Show the students where to find the new slide button and click it.
 * 9) In the title box, type My Spring Break
 * 10) Call on a students to tell you what he/she did over Spring Break, for example “I went to my friend’s house.”
 * 11) Write their sentence in the text box
 * 12) Click new slide again
 * 13) In the title box, type My Spring Break
 * 14) Call on another student to tell you an event and write it in the text box, for example, “I rode my bike.”
 * 15) Click new slide again
 * 16) In the title box, type My Spring Break
 * 17) Call on one more student and have them give you an activity they did during Spring Break
 * 18) Write a third statement in the text box, such as “I got to sleep in!”
 * 19) (see example below)

Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break

I went to my I rode my bike. I got to sleep in! friend’s house.

INDEPENDENT WORK
 * 1) model how to use Google Images to add a picture to each slide that matches
 * 2) minimize the PowerPoint and open the internet
 * 3) go to Google
 * 4) click on “images”
 * 5) search for images that match the sentences
 * 6) copy and paste them into each slide
 * 7) model how to save the PowerPoint onto the desktop as “_.springbreak” for example “jack.springbreak” or “Susie.springbreak”
 * 8) **it is your responsibility to save the PowerPoints onto the flash drive after the students are finished!!!!**
 * 9) ask for questions
 * 4:30/5:30 send students to a computer
 * 1) assist/monitor while students work
 * 2) please make sure to save the PowerPoints to the flash drive!!!

TUESDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODEL INDEPENDENT WORK
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap) explain that today they are going to make a shape poem on the internet and then print it out
 * 1) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) go to http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/
 * 3) model how to type your name in the first box (you can use a student as an example)
 * 4) click “begin”
 * 5) read the next page out loud (“what is a shape poem?”)
 * 6) click “see answer” and read it out loud
 * 7) click “see example”
 * 8) read the answer in the box and read the poem
 * 9) click “select a theme”
 * 10) explain to the students that they can choose any theme they want
 * 11) call on a volunteer to choose a theme
 * 12) click on the theme
 * 13) choose another student to pick the shape
 * 14) click on the shape
 * 15) ask the class to help you think of words or short phrases that go with the shape
 * 16) type these into the boxes
 * 17) click “continue”
 * 18) model how to click on “my words” on the left hand side to show the words and then click again to hide the words
 * 19) as a class, write a short poem (3-4 lines) about the shape.  ** Remind students that the poem does not HAVE to rhyme, but it can!! **
 * 20)  when you have finished creating the poem click “continue”
 * 21) model how to print the poem
 * 22) model how to cut out the poem and paste it onto a piece of construction paper
 * 4:30/5:30 ask for questions
 * 1) have students move to a computer
 * 2)  on the white board or chart paper write http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/
 * 3)  assist/monitor while students work
 * 4) hang up their shape poems around the lab J

WEDNESDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODEL INDEPENDENT WORK SHARING THURSDAY BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODEL INDEPENDENT WORK
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap) explain that today they are going to make a Pivot cartoon showing an April Fool’s joke
 * 1) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) explain that today is April Fool’s day
 * 3) tell the students they are going to create a Pivot cartoon showing an April Fool’s joke
 * 4) model how to open Pivot
 * 5) show the students a few quick tips on Pivot such as how to move the stickfigure and how to create a second stickfigure
 * 4:25/5:25 ask for questions
 * 1) have students move to a computer
 * 2) allow them to use as much time as they need to create their Pivot April Fool’s day cartoons
 * 4:50/5:50 have volunteers explain their cartoon to the class and play it for their classmates J
 * 1) if students want to save their cartoon, help them save it to the flash drive
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) write http://www.fluxtime.com/animate.php on the white board
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap) explain that today they are going to make a shape poem on the internet and then print it out
 * 1) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) explain that they are going to start using a new animation game called FluxTime today
 * 3) model how to go to http://www.fluxtime.com/animate.php
 * 4) on the front page, read the directions for #1, #2, and #3 (you can read #4 but explain that they are not going to be emailing their cartoon to anyone)
 * 5) click “start”
 * 6) click in the grey area and a box should come up with background choices
 * 7) click the down arrow to see the menu of backgrounds
 * 8) have the students help you choose a background for the animation
 * 9) click a background and then click “ok”
 * 10) the background will appear in the grey area
 * 11) next, model how to insert shapes/characters/drawings etc.
 * 12) click on the picture of a square, circle, and triangle (on the far left side of the menu bar at the top)
 * 13) it will bring up options of things to put into your cartoon
 * 14) use the drop down menu to select what things you want to put into your animation
 * 15) choose 1-2 things to put in your animation
 * 16) show the students how to click “record”
 * 17) move the animals/plants around and then click “stop”
 * 18) click “play” and the animation will play back
 * 19) explain to the students that this is different from Pivot because they don’t have to click a new slide every time
 * 20) tell the class that today they are going to have the whole time to play around with FluxTime and explore how to create different animations
 * 21) encourage them to click on different buttons and try different things!! J
 * 4:25/5:25 have students move to a computer and log onto http://www.fluxtime.com/animate.php
 * 1) assist/monitor while student play with FluxTime
 * 2) allow students the whole time to explore FluxTime (they do not need free time)