A Wild First Couple of Weeks!

We are just now into our third week of school, and we have already learned so much in 5th grade digital literacy!  

The students have been working in all of our different Beginning Bytes (our warm-ups), and have been learning how to log into different programs using their school Google account.  We have been working in:

-Readworks
-Typing Club
-Code.org
-Quizlet.com

If you happen to have computer access at home, you are welcome to follow the links above, and work with your student on any of these different warm-up activities. This first couple of weeks, we have also been working on using Google Classroom.  Google classroom allows students to see a stream of their assignments when they log into their Chromebooks and get into their classroom. Many of the teachers have been using Google Classroom, and it helps the students stay on top of their work.  If you would like to see more of your students work through Google Classroom, you are welcome to email me and I can walk you through how you enroll as a parent or guardian in the same class as your student. 

This week, we finished our first projects in 5th grade, the "My Favorite Technology" slideshows using Google Slides.  The students shared their slideshows with the students at their table groups, and wrote a reflection on the process.  Many of these slideshows are great, and I have included links to a few of these below. 

Hour 2 Example
Hour 1 Example
Hour 3 Example

Last but not least, this week we will be starting our unit on Digital Citizenship.  It is so important in this digitally driven world to learn about how to be safe, responsible and respectful.  Today, we started by brainstorming the differences between offline and online communities.  I heard many great ideas from your students! This unit will include many great tips to becoming good digital citizens while working with computers and other technology. 

As always, you are welcome to call or email me with any questions you may have!