National Gallery of Art Field Trip

Today we will create a Comic Life comic strip about last week's trip to the National Gallery of Art.

I'd like you to combine photos of the trip with photos of the paintings you studied... and provide thoughtful commentary about the adventure.  Please be sure to include at least one fact about the symbolism in Nativity Art.   If you need a bit of help remembering all you've learned, I'll provide a fact sheet for you to use in class.

If you finish, I'd like you to visit the National Gallery of Art Kids page:

http://www.nga.gov/kids/

Mrs. Morell

Keyboarding once again!

Hi there 5th graders,

This week, while I'm away, I would like you to spend your technology time working on Type to Learn.  Be sure to use your orange keyboard covers, and keep your fingers on the home keys!

And wonder: Where in the world is Mrs. Morell?

See you next week!

If Type to Learn is still not working...

Hello Dear 5th Graders,

Type to Learn has been experiencing some major technical difficulties, so if it is still down today, we will still spend some time typing, but a bit creatively.

You may spend some time exploring the author websites on my summer learning blog, then write an letter to an author of your choice, using the format below:

We'll talk a bit more about the format during class.  Wow me with your language and creativity, and we'll send them off to our favorite authors when you finish.

Happy Typing!

Mrs. Morell

Just Keep Typing

This week, we'll continue to work on Type to Learn.  Focus will be on proper finger placement and keeping those keyboard covers on. 

For those students who are typing more than 30 words a minute - based on last week's timed typing test - you may have the option to type a letter to an author of your choice. I will give you a handout with some guidance.

Happy Typing,

Mrs. Morell

A Bit More Keyboarding...

This week, we'll take a timed typing test to see how much progress has been made with our keyboarding over the past few weeks.  We'll continue to practice with Type to Learn.  Based on the results, I may make some recommendations that some students take a copy of TTL home for extra practice.

Happy Typing,

Mrs. Morell

More Keyboarding this Week

This week, we will have a chance to practice logging into Cornerstone and Gmail... and I will have a chance to trouble-shoot any issues with these new systems.  Be sure to continue to let me know if you can't log into either one.

We will then spend the bulk of the class practicing keyboarding skills with Type to Learn. 

As always, happy keyboarding!

Mrs. Morell

Housekeeping Week

This week we will:

Introduce the students to our new Gmail accounts,

Teach them to log into Cornerstone, so they can see their grades,

Ask them to complete a survey on their current online use, to help us decide which topics would be most relevant for our kids on the Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship and Online Safety units:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NH8W3C3

and

teach them how to use Uberprints to design a Holy Trinity Spirit Shirt:

http://www.uberprints.com/studio/

That should keep us busy for 45 minutes!