Week
15: Using An Online Weather Spreadsheet/
Using Primary Source Materials
Homework
for the Teacher
- Students
will dive deeper into spreadsheets this week by interacting
with a working online spreadsheet. There are no files to download
or spreadsheets to create from scratch. With just one click,
your students can start entering, analyzing, and displaying
real data. There’s even a Weather Log students can print
to record weather data collected over time. Be prepared to
review the meanings of mean, maximum, minimum, bar
chart and scatter plot when students link to it.
- This
week’s weather activity pulls in the following Grade
5 Goals and Objectives: Science 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 / Math
4.02, 4.03, 4.04 / Computer 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 3.04, 3.05
- The
long-term research project continues full tilt in Step
3.
Don’t overlook the Incredibly
Inquisitive Collection of Curiosities page or the
colorful cover students can print.
- Here’s
a monthly column that might interest you: Time
Savers, by Bobby Hobgood with LEARN NC.
Reading
Strategy Spotlight
Question! Have
students ask questions of themselves, questions of the authors,
and questions regarding the validity of text. Questioning is
fundamental to being alive. Questions help children formulate
beliefs. What questions do they have before they start to read?
What questions rise to the surface while they are reading? What
questions would they like to ask the author? What questions will
go unanswered?
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
is one way to balance stress in the classroom? 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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