More Practice with Microsoft Word

We discovered last week that Microsoft Word is new to many of our students, so this week, we'll take on another Microsoft Challenge - to review what we learned last week, then introduce a series of new skills focusing on the Insert tab.  Here is a copy of what we will do this week in 5F:

Microsoft Challenge #2 for 5F – With Many Thanks to Lemony Snicket

Name:

Insert Date

Change the font to Papyrus, the font size to 14, and the font color to brown.

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.

~The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket

Change the font to Cambria, the font size to 9, and the font color to purple.

“Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all.”

― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto

Change the font to Juice, put the quote in bold, and center it.

“For some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White' is 'Never eat apples.' The moral of World War I is 'Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.”

― Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

Change the font to Agency FB, put the quote in italics, and double-space it.

“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.”

― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

Change the font to Gigi, the font size to 14, and the font color to blue.

“I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”

― Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril

Change the font to Kristin ITC, the font size to 12, and highlight the quote in yellow.

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”

― Lemony Snicket

For the next three quotes:

Change the font to Berlin Sans, put the quotes in bold, change the color to red, and spell-check them:

“A new expirience can be extremely pleasurible or extremly irriteble, or somewhre in betwen, and you never know until you tri it out.

~The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket

“A pasport, as I'm sure you knuw, is a dociment that one shows to goverment officals whenever one reaches a border between two coutries, so that the official can lern who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photigraphed unflateringly.”

― Lemony Snicket

“If you are a studint you should alwuys get a good nights sleep unles you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all nite and let your schoolwurk fall by the wayside, a phrase which meens 'flunk'.”

― Lemony Snicket

Change the font color to orange, and put the following list in bullets:

The Bad Beginning

The Reptile Room

The Wide Window

The Miserable Mill

The Austere Academy

The Ersatz Elevator

Change the font color to green, and number the following list:

The Vile Village

The Hostile Hospital

The Carnivorous Carnival

The Slippery Slope

The Grim Grotto

The Penultimate Peril

The End

Insert a clip art picture of an apple here:

Insert the shape of a circle here:

Insert a call-out from the shapes menu here.  Insert the word Sunny:

Use Word Art to insert your name here:

Insert a text box here: 

Insert five letters of the alphabet with accents on them:

Put a page number at the bottom of the page.

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Delete All the Instructions.

Move your favorite quote to the top of the page

Save your work and ask Mrs. Morell to print it.

A Microsoft Word Challenge

This week, we will be exploring the many functions of Microsoft Word.   We will review the basic functions of MS Word - changing font colors and sizes, cutting and pasting, using bullets and number sequences.  Next, we will explore inserting clip art, shapes, WordArt and symbols.  For some of our new students this might be completely new.  We do use MS Word quite a bit in the Upper School, so it is important the students familiarize themselves with the program.


A Challenge has been placed in each student's network folder.  Part of the challenge is following the instructions!  The text of the challenge is as follows:

5th Grade Microsoft Challenge

Your Name:

Insert Date and Time Here:

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Make this quote bold and change the font to Bradley Hand:

“I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.”

-          Winnie the Pooh

Change the font color to red, and center this quote:

"All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk."

-          Lemony Snicket

Put this in italics and change the font to Comic Sans:

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”

-          Albus Dumbledore

Underline this quote and make it 10 point:

"The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings."

-          J.M. Barrie

Change the font color to blue, and change the font to Juice:

"A person's a person, no matter how small."

-          Dr. Seuss (Horton Hears a Who!)

Highlight this quote in green, and change the font to Castellar:

"It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting."

-          Lemony Snicket (The Grim Grotto)

Highlight this quote in yellow, and change the font to Berlin Sans FB:

"There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics."

-          Anthony Horowitz (Crocodile Tears)

Change the font color to orange, and change the font to Garamond:

"The more men see of the world, the bigger their hearts"

-              Avi (Crispin: At the Edge of the World)

Highlight this quote in green, and change the font to Century Schoolbook:

"You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair."

-          Sharon Creech (Walk Two Moons)

Change the font color to red and make it 14 point:

“Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.”

-          from The Lightning Thief  by Rick Riordan

Put the following characters in a list with bullet points.  Change the color to purple, and the font to Papyrus.

Gilderoy Lockhart

Minerva McGonagall

Poppy Pomfrey

Pomona Sprout

Sybill Trelawney

Put the following characters in a list with numbers.  Change to color to blue, and the font to Comic Sans.

Godric Gryffindor

Helga Hufflepuff

Rowena Ravenclaw

Salazar Slytherin

Spell check the next three quotes:

“You mustn’t dispair!” cried Mr. Wonka. “Nothing is empossible! You wotch!”

-          from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

“Luc  had nuthing to do with this,” said the gose. “It was good manigement and hard woork.”

-          from Charlotte’s Web by E B White

“Menewhile,” said Mr. Tumnus, “it is winter in Narnia, and has been for evir so long, and we shall both cath cold if we stand here taling in the snuuw.”

-          from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis

Insert a clip art picture of an apple here:

Insert the shape of a square here:

Insert a call-out from the shapes menu here.  Insert the word Expelliarmus:

Insert your name using Word art here:

Insert an alphabet text box here: 

Insert five letters of the alphabet with accents on them:

Put a page number at the bottom of the page.

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Delete All the Instructions.

Move your favorite quote to the top of the page

Save and print your work.

More Typing this Week

Most of the classes have completed the timed typing test, and we have lots of work to do!

This week, we will continue to use Type to Learn (with keyboard covers!) to improve our keyboarding skills.  A reminder that it is possible to install a copy of Type to Learn onto home computers - just have your parents send me an Email, and I'll send home a copy to you.

Happy Typing!

Mrs. Morell

This Week, We Begin to Type!

 Dear 5th Graders,

Today, we will begin our class by taking a timed typing test.  This will give me a sense of how quickly you have learned to type, and how much work we need to do this quarter!

We will be devoting much of the first quarter to keyboarding, and will be using keyboard covers in class, so that you are sure to learn proper finger placement.

By the end of 5th grade, the goal is that you should be typing at least 25 words a minute.

Each of you will have an account on Type to Learn.

Your account name will be:
LastnameFirstinitial (CookL)
The password is: htstype
The account code is: 10092

If you would like extra practice to reach that goal, you may take home a copy of Type to Learn to install on your home computer.  You must have your parents Email me on: mbmorell@htsdc.org to do so, as I would like their permission before you install new software on your home computer.

Happy Typing,

Mrs. Morell