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November 2006
Vol. 3, No. 3
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Paula Whitmer
and
Leanna
Prater are District Wide Technology Resource Teachers who can
help out with your technology needs. We hope in this
newsletter you might find some interesting ideas, websites and
lessons to keep you up to date with technology
integration.
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Elementary Technology Academy
Prizes
Prizes
Prizes
This past month, the
elementary technology resource teachers held the first Elementary
Technology Academy. After a review of the new technology Program of
Studies and Curriculum Framework, the TRTs shared how to plan a lesson
which integrates technology. Grade levels then met and were given "just
in time" resources for days 25-60 on the Curriculum Framework. If you
didn't make it to the Academy, you can find the resources in SharePoint.
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Go to :
Fayette County SharePoint
(at home it will
prompt you for your Fayette County Username(example: fayette\lprater)
and Password)
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Under Links, click on "Curriculum Framework"
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Under Documents, click on "FCPS Recommended Curriculum
Framework"
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Click on
the "Elementary School Recommended Curriculum Framework"
folder
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Click on
"K-5 Technology" folder
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Click on
"Elem Technology Academy" folder
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You've
found the resources!
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You can sign up to attend one
of the next academies (November 16th, January 18th and March 1) for
wonderful technology integration ideas and a chance to win a fabulous
prize!
Click Here to Register
Space is limited to 30
for this session
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 IMMEX
IMMEX is a free web-based critical thinking site
for students from UCLA. Fayette County technology resource
teachers and classroom teachers have authored several problem sets.
Here is this month's
Problem Set Feature:
Time for a
Party
Students are asked to tell time to the hour and half-hour and to solve
elapsed time problems. Determine what time the party will start and when
we will need to leave home to get to the party on time.
Time for a Party
Clone 1
View all of "Time for a Party"
cases here
Sign up to use IMMEX
Do you want to use IMMEX with your students but need
some help or would like some more information? Contact
Leanna or
Paula or our IMMEX Liaison,
Lucinda Sanders |
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It's not
too
late!
You can still submit items
for the Literary E-zine! We are looking for proficient student
writing and art work at all grade levels!
Submission Deadline has been extended until November 17th!
E-mail the
coversheet
and writing or artwork to
Leanna Prater
View last year's editions here! |
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Assessment
Classroom
Grading Aid (pdf file)
Here is a nifty little chart to help figure percentage correct!
Assessment Generator
You'll find lots and lots
of rubrics here!
Simple Strategies
for Grading Writing
Here is an article worth reading on ten simple ways to make grading
student writing easier!
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Literature Guides
Junie B. Jones
by Barbara
Parks
Activities
from Random House
Literacy Mystery Boxes from
Read, Write, Think
Author Study- Barbara Parks
Eragon
by Christopher Paolini
Book Club Reading Guide
Teacher's Guide from Random House |
Thanksgiving Resources
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Veteran's Day
Patriotic
Letters
Invite
students to write a letter to a friend
or family member that says “Thank you”
for defending the country.
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Favorites from Riverdeep
NOVEMBER WRITING PROMPTS
Aligned with calendar events for the month of November,
find resources and writing prompts for your students, appropriate for
third grade through middle school. A print-
able student worksheet is also available.
Alphabet Turkey
Match
Print these turkeys out onto
brightly colored orange
cardstock for a Thanksgiving-themed learning game, where
preschool and kindergarten students will have to match
up the lower case letter with the upper case alphabet
letter. Turn over all the cards in a large rectangle,
and have your students take turns playing a game of al-phabet
concentration; younger students can work in teams
to help them remember location of letters.
Double Handprint Turkey Poem
Templates are included, both
colored or left unfilled
for your students to color, along with a possible poem
to use for a Thanksgiving art and writing project in your
elementary classroom.
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EncycloMedia Resources
Holiday Facts & Fun: Thanksgiving
In this colorful
presentation, children learn interesting facts, including how
harvest festivals are celebrated in various places around the world.
The story of the Mayflower's passage is told, and the Pilgrim's
first year in the New World is described. A historically accurate
reenactment of the harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in
1621 is shown, and games that the Pilgrim children may have played
during the celebration (such as stool ball) are depicted. Indian
games of the Massasoit (the tribe that befriended the Plymouth
colonists) are depicted. Thanksgiving foods youngsters can make
easily are included in the presentation.
Animated Hero Classics: William
Bradford: The First Thanksgiving
In this program, learn about
pilgrim William Bradford. His desire for religious freedom forces
him to flee with the Pilgrims. His belief and conviction bring peace
with the Indians and the first Thanksgiving.
Plymouth Plantation
Students blast back in time
to the original Plymouth Plantation of 1620,
the first colonial
settlement in southern New England.
Giving Thanks
The children's book, "Giving
Thanks," by Chief Jake Swamp with illustrations by Erwin Printup,
Jr., comes alive in this beautiful program. Known as the
Thanksgiving Address, this Native American good morning message is
based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare
gift - from the moon and the stars to the tiniest blade of grass.
Narrated by Chief Jake Swamp. Part of the Weston Woods Series.
Thanksgiving Day: America
Celebrates
Review the Mayflower's
passage and the Pilgrims' first year in the New World. Students will
meet the Wampanoag Indian tribe and see a game they may have played
during the first harvest celebration celebrated today as
Thanksgiving.
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Techie Tips from Kim
Overstreet
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Old
Favorite
Voting Buttons in Outlook Email
You can
send an email to other Outlook users that will allow for the
recipients to vote by using buttons. And it will track the
results of the votes for you.
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a message
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Click on Options (on your toolbar)
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Check the box for Use Voting Buttons
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Select the buttons they have from the list, or type in your
own, separating with a semicolon
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you want to save the message in somewhere other than sent
messages, change that. hat's where the responses will show
up.
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type your message and send the email.
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you can go into sent message (or wherever you saved the
message) and when you open your sent message, you will see a
tab at the top that says Tracking. You will see the results
as people vote, there.
This is a
quick and easy way to find out if your team wants to meet before
school or after school. Or if they want chocolate or vanilla ice
cream at the meeting. :)
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New Favorite
Making Mailing Labels using Excel
and Word
Thanks to Kathy Hicks for asking this question!
"I
need to make a list of about six hundred names with addresses
that I want in alphabetical order. Then I will need to make
address labels on them. Can you give me directions for doing
this? I was thinking that I should do a spreadsheet in excel.
Will excel alphabetize names with addresses? Then how do I get
the addresses to address labels?"
I thought others might have the same question, so here is
the answer.
When you type the names in,
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Put
the last names in one column and the
first names in another.
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Make sure you give each
column a heading
(i.e., lastname, firstname, address, city, state, zip)
To sort in Excel,
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Highlight the entire
spreadsheet
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Go to Data
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Then Sort
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In the first drop down
choose the column that
has the last names in it
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In the second drop down
choose the column
that has the first names in it
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Make
sure you check that it has a header row.
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Click OK
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Save and close the
spreadsheet
To make mailing labels
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Open Word
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Choose Tools
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Letters and mailings
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Mail Merge
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Select labels in the
Document type (in the
window to the right)
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Click the Next
hyperlink (at the bottom)
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Click the Label Options
hyperlink
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Choose the type of
label that you will be
printing on.
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Next
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With Use an Existing
list selected, click Browse
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Find
where your file is located and click Open
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Choose the sheet that
you put your information on
(probably sheet 1 if you are unsure).
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Click OK
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Click Address Block
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Click the Match Fields
button at the bottom
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Be sure to line up last
name, address and all of
the other information appropriately in this window.
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Click OK
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Click OK again
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Click the Update All
Labels button
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Click
the Next hyperlink
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You should now see the
preview or your labels.
If they look good click Next
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Then if you need to
Edit individual labels you can
click on the link. Otherwise, you can print from here
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