Third+9+Weeks

STAR test. When students are finished they will each create their own snowflake using the internet. [|wwwpopularfront.com/snowdays]
 * Week 1-**

Students will use Thinking Maps software to create a Tree Map on story elements. Using the story they read in class. Categories to be included: Title, Characters, Setting, Summary. Materials: book from classroom.
 * Week 2-**

Introduce PowerPoint. Students will use a PowerPoint template that teacher creates. This template will be found in Student Resources folder. Students will insert information from Week 2 Tree Map.
 * Week 3-**

Review PowerPoint. Students will again use the PowerPoint template in Student Resources folder. This week their PowerPoint will be the story elements from a story they have written in class. Materials: student created story from class.
 * Week 4-**

Finish PowerPoints from Week 4. For those that finish early have them use MS Paint to create a picture. This can be a scene from their story or a picture of the setting/favorite character. Insert these into their PowerPoints when done.
 * Week 5-**

Smart Notebook. Students will use Smart Notebook to write a subtraction with regrouping problem. Rotate seats to "answer" your neighbors problem. Do this several times.
 * Week 6-**

Round Robin. Students will rotate and practice the 4 computer applications used in Weeks 1-6. Thinking Maps, MS Paint, Smart Notebook, and PowerPoint.
 * Week 7-**

Database. Introduce databases. Students will add their personal information to a 2nd grade database. The data base will have the following fields: Last Name, First Name, Birth Month, Teacher, Gender, Hair Color, and Eye Color. Introduce how to manipulate data in the database. Example- Find all the students in Mrs. McNeill's class that have blue eyes.
 * Week 8 -10**