Sunday, May 13, 2018

Google Classroom and the Theme Project for Lesson 22

Google Classroom

Once students have shown me their signed permission slips to join the 5th Grade Reading Google Classroom, I will add each student using their student email addresses.  Please note that Google requires that I use my teacher email address provided by Fuhsing in order to open a Google classroom.  This helps to assure security for the students.

My Fuhsing Gmail email address is: mj2258a@gm.fhjh.tp.edu.tw

The first assignment that ALL students can choose to submit through the Google Classroom will be the List 19 Sentences using the 10 spelling words from Lesson 22.  The assignment will be the same, five sentences using 2 spelling words each.  However, instead of writing the sentences in your Spelling Notebook, you can do the assignment in Google Docs.

If students who are NOT in the Google Classroom would still like to do this assignment using Google Docs, you still can.  Just do the assignment in Docs and share it with me so that I can comment on it.

Instructions

1) Log into your Google account using your school email address that ends in @fhjh.tp.edu.tw

2) Click the Google Apps icon in the top right of your web browser.  The icon looks like this:
3) Click on Google Drive.  The Google Drive icon looks like this:
4) Once in Google Drive, press the blue "New" button on the top left of the screen.
5) In the drop down menu, choose Google Docs.
6) This will open a Google Doc.  Google Docs is a word processor.  It is very similar to Microsoft Word.  However, Google Docs can very easily be shared with other Google users.

7) At the top of your new Doc, write your name, the date, and the assignment name.  In this case, the assignment is "List 19 Sentences"

8) Write your 5 sentences using 2 spelling words in each sentence.

9) When you have finished your assignment, it will automatically save in your Google Drive.  However, you still need to share it with me.  To do this, click the blue "Share" button at the top right of your document.
10) A box will pop up with a place for you to write my email address.  Please use my personal email address for this: mj2258a@gmail.com

11) To the right of the box for an email address you will see a gray box with a pen it in.  click this and choose "Can comment"
12) Once you have put in my email address and have chosen "Can comment" you can click the blue button that says "Done" and you are finished!  I will be able to read your homework and make a comment, but I cannot change your work.  


Lesson 22 Theme Project (5 Ho only)

5 Ho will be doing a small collaborative project instead of a graphic organizer for Lesson 22.  The project can be done alone or in groups of 2 or 3 students.  The project can be done using Google Docs or Google Slides.

The assignment is to compare and contrast the themes of 3 stories from Lesson 22: "The Birchbark House" (the main reading in Journeys from Lesson 22), "City in the Cliffs" (the Green Circle Leveled Reader), and "The Big Hunt" (the Teal Diamond Leveled Reader).  Be sure to use details from each story in your presentations of theme.

To do this project using Google Slides, which is a lot like Microsoft PowerPoint, go to your Google Drive, click the blue "New" button, and choose "Google Slides".

Be sure to share your Google Slides with your teammates.  To do this, click the blue "Share" button and put your teammates' email addresses in the box.  Then, click the gray pen box and select "Can edit".  This way, all group members can work on the project at the same time.  You can even work on it at home from a computer.  The Google Slides will be saved in the Google Cloud, not on your iPad or computer.

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