Lesson Plans
Week 1
1) Get to know Mrs. Brister with Google Slide presentation.
2) 'Round the Room to get to know students.
3) Discuss some of the things we will be doing this year in Idea Lab. Theme: Robots
4) Students complete "All About Me" handout.
Week 2
1) Discuss rules, consequences, rewards (incentives), and procedures of the Idea Lab. Show Google Slide presentation explaining each.
2) Practice coming in and being seated on the couch and at the tables.
​3) Give students their folders and Idea Lab rules. Explain the materials needed to bring every week to class.
Week 3
1) Review rules, procedures, and consequences with a game of digital Kahoot!
2) Set up Idea Lab class students folders.
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Week 4
1) Discuss Typing: posture, finger placement, accuracy, speed, etc.
2) Discuss Homeroom Keys
3) Introduce Typing Club
4) Students log in and begin to work the program
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Week 5
1) Introduce Digital Citizenship
2) Discuss what Digital Citizenship means.
3) Discuss what a Digital Footprint is.
4) Walk students through PowerPoint and discuss each point of Cyberbullying, Internet Safety and Etiquette.
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PowerPoint
Week 6
Play Band Runner to review rules and make good decisions about digital citizenship scenarios given.
Weeks 7-9
1) Discuss Google Docs. Tour the features of Docs together with "Google Docs for Kids" episodes 1-3. Watch Lesson 1 Google Tutorial for a visual demonstration of various features of Google Docs.
2) Create an "All About Me" doc. about yourself.
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Week 11
Students use research skills to investigate and learn about the world of chocolate as well as enhance their reading skills.
Week 12
1) Test your various skills using some fun Halloween online games. Click on the link below to go to site where you can try out different games to test your logic and reasoning skills.
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Click on the link to the left. Then click login in the top right corner of the website. Scroll down and enter the code below where it says Class Code. You may play any of the Halloween games today.
IMPORTANT ->
Weeks 13-18
1) Students will begin working on their 50 States project for History.
2) Students will create a Google Slide presentation on an assigned state and research all information needed to complete a rubric for a Google Slide presentation.
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Week of Nov. 11th-15th
Week of Nov. 18th - Nov. 22nd
Week of Dec. 2nd - 6th
Example....Click here!
Week 19
1) Discuss New Years resolutions. What is a resolution? How can we come up with a good new year's resolution that we can stick with?
2) Watch video!
3) Click on the link below. Copy the Google Slide presentation template. Complete each slide with your own ideas for the new year to make your own personal Google Slide 2019 presentation.
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Week 20 & 21
1) Discuss the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2) Create a timeline using Creately to demonstrate the important dates and events from his life.
Weeks 22 - 24
1) Students will meet the challenges of Hour of Code by learning various functions and moves to created projects.
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Weeks 25 - 26
Students will continue to learn and use a variety of coding tools, commands, and functions to maneuver Lightbot through his path to light up the blue tiles along the way.
Week 27
1) Students will discuss what Read Across America celebrates and the contribution D. Seuss made to the world
2) Students will have to opportunity to play online strategy games based on some of Dr. Seuss's most popular stories.
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Week 28
1) Students will use logical thinking skills as well as higher thinking skills to complete the escape room challenges on the website below.
2) Click the icon and choose an escape room.
Week 29
1) Students will work on Typing Club during Idea Lab time.
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Weeks 30 - 34
1) Students will work on the research and Google Slide portions of their Famous Mississippian projects in Idea Lab.
2) Students will follow the guidelines given in an instructional handout to include in their presentations.
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Only if you have completed ALL REQUIREMENTS for your Famous Mississippian Presentation including transitions & animations
Week 35
1) Students will work on the research and Google Slide portions of their Famous Mississippian projects in Idea Lab.
2) Students will follow the guidelines given in an instructional handout to include in their presentations.
Week 36
