Welcome to an Hour of Code!

First, I would like you to read an Email I sent to you late last week.  I need you to understand that you may not use HTS Email for chain Emails, and silly Emails sent to lots of friends.

Please respond to my Email, then you can dive into the Hour of Code project.

This week, schools across America are taking part in an "Hour of Code" project.

I'd like you to try this Angry Birds coding project during class today:


Angry Birds -  http://learn.code.org/hoc/1

And if you finish that, you can look for other super-cool coding projects on the Hour of Code Website:

http://csedweek.org

Finish those Prezis... then Lightbot

Please finish your National Park Prezis,

Then when you do, try Lightbot!

http://light-bot.com/hocflash.html

Have fun!

Mrs. Morell

National Park Prezis

Please check your National Park research pages in your Google Drive when you arrive this morning.  You will find a rubric, which indicates whether you need to finish your research or begin your Prezi.

Login to Prezi here:

www.prezi.com

If you have been given permission to begin your Prezi, please refer to the rubric below.  It will give you the guidelines you will need to complete your project.  This rubric can also be found in your Google Drive.

Mrs. Morell

National Parks Project and Blogging (After You Type for a bit)

Hi all,

Today, you will begin a project on one of our National Parks.

I love the following video from the National Parks and Conservation Association - be sure to watch it and think about what National Park most interests you, and you would like to research:




I would like you to explore the National Park Service or the National Parks and Conservation Association Websites, and pick two or three possible parks to research:

http://www.nps.gov/index.htm

http://www.npca.org/exploring-our-parks/

First, you must do 15 minutes of keyboarding, though (unless you have reached the 30 WPM mark):

https://holy-trinity-school.typingclub.com/

Remember, you will login using your lastnamefirstinitial (morellm) and your password will be: htstype.

Keep working through the lessons, making sure you keep your keyboard covers on, your fingers on the home keys, and you get five stars for each lesson before you move on.

For those of you who have reached 30 WPM, please start early on the National Parks Project.  Browse possible parks, and go to the blog and post your proposed parks and WHY you would like to research them:

http://kidblog.org/6thGrade-Morell/

Happy Typing and Blogging!

Mrs. Morell

More Typing and Blogging!

First thing today, you may take a typing test again.

For those of you who have not yet reached 30 WPM, you will continue to work on your keyboarding skills using Typing Club:

https://holy-trinity-school.typingclub.com/

Remember, you will login using your lastnamefirstinitial (morellm)  and your password will be: htstype.

Keep working through the lessons, making sure you keep your keyboard covers on, your fingers on the home keys, and you get five stars for each lesson before you move on.

For those of you who have reached 30 WPM, please go to the blog and either finish and post your favorite things, or respond to my blog prompt of the week:

http://kidblog.org/6thGrade-Morell/

Happy Typing and Blogging!

Mrs. Morell

Typing and Blogging

Today, for those of you who have not yet reached 30 WPM, you will continue to work on your keyboarding skills using Typing Club:

https://holy-trinity-school.typingclub.com/

Remember, you will login using your lastnamefirstinitial (morellm)  and your password will be: htstype.

Keep working through the lessons, making sure you keep your keyboard covers on, your fingers on the home keys, and you get five stars for each lesson before you move on.

For those of you who have reached 30 WPM, please go to the blog and either finish and post your favorite things, or respond to my blog prompt of the week:

http://kidblog.org/6thGrade-Morell/

Happy Typing and Blogging!

Mrs. Morell

Today, We Type!

Today, we will work on our keyboarding skills using a new program called Typing Club:

https://holy-trinity-school.typingclub.com/

You will login using your lastnamefirstinitial (morellm)  and our password will be: htstype.

I will ask that you all take the Typing Test to begin the day, then work through the first few lessons.

We will then do a bit of blogging... which I will walk you through one-by-one.  I would like you to review some slides on the differences between Social and Academic Commenting, and comment on one of my blog posts.

The link to Kidblog can be found here:

http://kidblog.org/6thGrade-Morell/0cbc6822-7399-4be0-843e-fc8e2fc898c3/things-to-consider-before-you-comment/

Mrs. Morell