Week
12: Boolean
Logic (NOT), Using Word Processing Skills
Homework
for the Teacher
- Today
your students will complete the final lesson on Boolean logic
and information gathering by practicing searches using the
operator NOT.
- The
word processing activity in Step 3 is a little more involved
than last week. Budget your time accordingly.
- Quick
Tip: Put all the printed copies of the word processed
files from Step 3 in a folder for future use. If files are
not saved on the network, store floppy diskettes in the same
location.
- Here
are three fantastic resources you shouldn’t
be without! Pick a topic that you plan to teach tomorrow
or next week and conduct at least one search with each of
the following sites.
EvaluTech Did
you know that you could search a database that contains more
than 7000 reviews of instructional materials recommended
for classroom use in kindergarten through grade 12? Try it
now!
Blue
Web’n Did
you know that you could search this database
to access over 1200 great educational Web sites?
Either browse the content table, or conduct a
search for age-appropriate materials (see the
link to Grade Level search near the top of the
page).
How
Stuff Works Did
you know that you can search on this site to
find great instructional content for just about
any topic from your curriculum? Give it a whirl
today.
Reading
Strategy Spotlight
Where's
the beef? Use conclusions about important ideas to focus
students' reading and help them exclude the "unessential." Often,
by pointing out what is unimportant, you help students to distinguish importance more
clearly. Ask them to read and think aloud about their mental
images as you guide them to distinguish between images that
are critical to understanding and those little details in images
that are interesting, but not essential to the purpose for reading.
Students can use sensory images to lose themselves in rich detail,
gain a greater depth in the reading, draw conclusions, and make
text more memorable. Engaging discussion can grow from disputes
over what is important. Let children work to defend their positions.
Student
Activity Sheet
Printable pages designed to complement the current week's
Reading Strategy Spotlight and to help students organize their
thoughts, reflect upon reading material, and look for organizational
patterns in online text.
BBs: Weekly
Nuggets of "Best Practices" and "Brain Research"
What
do "newness" and "ritual" have in common with attention? Link
to Teachley's! "
TechKnow
Disaster Preparedness Page
Printable Computer Skills Mini-Posters & activity sheets
for those times when the network crashes or equipment is unavailable.
You can print a different page each week.
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