Week
11: Boolean Logic (OR), Using Word Processing Skills
Homework
for the Teacher
- This
week your students will practice using the Boolean operator OR
and using quotes in a search statement. Make sure they have the
opportunity to compare OR & AND statements. Next week they
will practice using NOT in search statements.
- Students
will need to open their previously saved word processing file
in Step 3. Remember, the writing and word processing they do
in Weeks 9-12 build a strong foundation for the ongoing research
project in TechKnow Park. Please try not to skip this step. Students
will eventually transform their brainstormed list of words into
keyword searches for initial information gathering efforts. At
the same time they will be learning to pick out main ideas and
exclude the ones that are not essential to their topic.
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remaining modules on the site. You’ll be glad you did!
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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"
Learn
one more way to get their 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.
Fifth
Grade Computer Skills Test Item Bank
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