Week
18: Graphing
with Spreadsheets/
Using Primary Source Materials
Homework
for the Teacher
- Today’s
focus is on the creation of graphs and charts from selected
data on a spreadsheet. This is the last opportunity for your
students to work with spreadsheets and primary source materials
before moving on to databases next week.
- There
are free self-paced interactive tutorials available on the
Web to acquaint you with the many uses of spreadsheets in
the classroom. One example is "Using
Excel in the Classroom" by Memphis City Schools.
And Scroll down the page on Memphis City School's Online Practice Module Web site to find sample spreadsheets to download and use in class.There's a Fahrenheit to Celsius temperature converter, an M&M spreadsheet, a pizza calculator, and a trip calculator. Check it out!
- Several other outstanding online tutorials can be found when
you select "Tech Tutorials" in Kaleidoscope's Juke
Box.
- NC
State University provides links to outstanding spreadsheet
lesson plans with everything you need, just a mouse click
away. Link to It’s
TIME...Technology Integration Made Easy!, authored
by Judy Lambert, and click on grades
4, 5, and 6.
- Now
is a good time to visit the NC
5th Grade Test Item Bank and print all the questions
related to spreadsheet objectives 2.1, 2.8, and 3.4. Contact
your local Media and/or Technology Director for the user
name and password to access the item bank. Please retain
the security of this test to maintain its validity.
- Scroll
down the page on Memphis City School’s Online Practice
Module Web site to find sample spreadsheets to download and
use in class. There’s a Fahrenheit to Celsius temperature
converter, an M&M spreadsheet, a pizza calculator, and
a trip calculator. Check
it out!
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
are 5 ways to improve memory and recall of information? Link
to Teachley's!
TechKnow
Disaster Preparedness Pages
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
Please retain the security of this test to maintain its
validity. Contact your local Media and/or Technology Director
for the user name and password to access the item bank.
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