Spirit Week Survey, March 2010

March 22 to March 26, 2010

will be school spirit week at

Hernandez Middle School.

• Spirit days are all about showing school pride and having some fun!

• On spirit days we all get to dress a like, but we get to do it in fun and sometimes silly ways.

Vote for our spirit days.

(click on link above to vote)

318, Week 20 Agenda

318, Week 20, Right to Write BLOG

• LOG IN to your computer (User: Student)
• OPEN Class Website (Use Firefox to open website, writeichms.wordpress.com)
• OPEN your folder (Click on Finder “Smiley Face” icon in your Dock)
• OPEN your journal (Open your Pages file from your folder)
• Select a journal topic to write about from the class website reading the website entries tagged “Journal”.
• Or write about the following:

(1.) What is on your mind?
(2.) How you are feeling?
(3.) Something that learned
(4.) ask Mr. Loreto for a writing idea.

• Check- in

Monday, February 1, 2010

Today is the first day of February. Welcome to February. In your journal, please write ten things about you. Go to the following webpage, 10 things about me, for more information.

• 1. One thing I like is …..
• 2. One thing I dislike is….
• 3. One thing I like to eat is….
• 4. One thing I like to hear is…
• 5. One thing I like to see is….

• 6. One thing I like to feel is…
• 7. One thing I like to smell is…
• 8. One thing I have learned this year is….
• 9. One thing I would like to learn is….
• 10. One thing you do not know about me is…

Homework, Slide Show

• Slide 1: Title and Heading
• Slide 2: 1st Journal Entry
• Slide 3: Photograph
• Slide 4: What is it?
• Slide 5: Photograph
• Slide 6: How did I get it?
• Slide 7: Photograph
• Slide 8: Why did I bring it?
• Slide 9: Photograph
• Slide 10: Tell A Story
• Slide 11: Credits
• Slide 12: Thank You
• Slide 13: Blank

Lesson. Introduction to Keynote.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Start by taking this survey. 5 Fundamentals Student Survey.

When people think of writing, they often think that writing uses only words. Writing can take many forms. The most common early writing people do is drawing. Today, in your journal draw a picture. Go to this website, Write it down, to see an example.

Lesson. Keynote. Use your shapes to Draw.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Good Wednesday.
Today, we will be writing in our journal about the news

Go find some news.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Check out the new post.

Today will be going over our slide show.
It should be completed by tomorrow, February 5, 2010.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Friday. Friday Friday.
Fridays are good days.
Fridays are days where you get to catch up on your work.
So, here is what we’ve been doing…

1. (Wednesday, January 27, 2010) Started a journal. Play. We want recess.
2. (Thursday, January 28, 2010) Homework assignment, bring in an item from home.
3. (Monday, February 1, 2010) Writing about your homework.
4. (Monday, February 1, 2010) Homework slide show
5. (Monday, February 1, 2010)Ten things about me
6. (Tuesday, February 2, 2010) Drawing Journal
7. (Wednesday, February 3, 2010) News Journal
8. (Thursday, February 4, 2010)Spanish Journal

Today, your journal challenge is to write a list of adjectives that describe a place.

• You may not say the place.
• You may only use adjectives to describe the place.
• You must use at least a dozen adjectives to describe it.
• See the example right here.

127 and 223, Week 20 Agenda and Assignments.

• LOG IN to your computer (User: Student)
• OPEN Class Website (Use Firefox to open website, writeichms.wordpress.com)
• OPEN your folder (Click on Finder “Smiley Face” icon in your Dock)
• OPEN your journal (Open your Pages file from your folder)
• Select a journal topic to write about from the class website reading the website entries tagged “Journal”.
• Or write about the following:

1. What is on your mind?
2. How you are feeling?
3. Something that learned
4. Or  ask Mr. Loreto for a writing idea.

• Check- in

Monday, February 1, 2010.

Welcome to February. Write in your journal today. Reflect on how January was and how February will be.
Today we will review Keynote and complete our first slide show. By the end of class, you should be done with your first slide show.

Lesson. Today we will review by table group, how to add transitions into your slides. You should complete your HW slide show by the end of class.

The following list is a guide to your slide show and what should be on each slide:

• Slide 1: Title and Heading
• Slide 2: 1st Journal Entry
• Slide 3: Photograph
• Slide 4: What is it?
• Slide 5: Photograph
• Slide 6: How did I get it?
• Slide 7: Photograph
• Slide 8: How did I get it?
• Slide 9: Photograph
• Slide 10: Tell A Story
• Slide 11: Credits
• Slide 12: Thank You
• Slide 13: Blank

Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

Start. Take this survey before you start your journal, 5 Fundamentals Student Survey.

In your journal, write using the prompt, “If I were President…” In the United States of America, we have a leader known as the President. Think about the responsibilities and powers that our President, currently Barrack Obama, possesses. What would you do if you had those responsibilities and powers?

Some powers and responsibilities the President has:
The President makes bills into Laws.
The President is the commander of the United States military.
The President proposes a budget that shows how the government will spend it’s money.

Lesson. Video on Photo Booth.
Read one of your journal entries on camera. That journal will turn into your next slide show.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

In your journal, write 5 things that you like and explain why. It can be anything, as long as it is a THING. It can not be a person, it must be a thing. It can not be a place, it must be a thing.

Lesson. We will be creating slide shows and adding video in the slide show.

Thursday, February 4, 2010.

In your journal, write using one of the following prompts and explain why that statement is true for you.
One thing I’ve learned….
One thing I would like to learn.

Lesson. Importing/Sharing slide shows to student folders.

Friday, February 5, 2010.

Today is a workshop day. You have an opportunity to finish any journals you have not completed, find a different one from the Right to Write blog and/or finish a slide show assignment. If you have any questions. Please ask Mr. Loreto for help.

Example for Homework Video

Assignment # 3 “Ten things about me”

Assignment # 3 is Ten things about me…

Rather, ten things about YOU.

Assignment #3 is to write ten things about yourself in your journal. Fill in the blank for the following statements and write an explanation for each. Each of your responses should be a paragraph or so in length (5 sentences). Copy and paste these into your journal.

1. One thing I like is …..
2. One thing I dislike is….
3. One thing I like to eat is….
4. One thing I like to hear is…
5. One thing I like to see is….
6. One thing I like to feel is…
7. One thing I like to smell is…
8. One thing I have learned this year is….
9. One thing I would like to learn is….
10. One thing you do not know about me is…

Happy 2010!

A new decade just started.

Think about how things have changed in your life over the last ten years.
Make a list of ten things you hope to change in the next ten years.
Or you can also write about things you wish to stay the same.

Mr. Loreto’s ten things for the new decade.

1. I want a flying car.

2. I want the Bulls to win an NBA championship.

3. I want to see penguins (in the Antartica).

4. I want to have another college degree.

5. I want to take at least five vacations.

6. I want them to sell crystal pepsi again (google it if you don’t know).

7. I want Chicago to have free wireless internet!

8. I want to go to the moon. We should have hotels up there already.

9. There will be a phone that you use in school instead of using textbooks.

10. Everyone will be happier!