St. Albert the Great
Computer Class
Mrs. Graber
4th grade
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class. This will help you get the most out of the coursework and also to be prepared to get your work done in class on time.
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Welcome to 4th Grade
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October 24, 2024 (week 8)
Famous Person Research and PowerPoint (about 2 weeks)
Students will view the Facts4me website and research a given famous US person.
They will fill out a worksheet with the required information. They will answer questions such as where their person was born, how they grew up, what type of education they had, what their achievements were and what they were famous for. This information will be filled on a worksheet they will be given.
November 12, 2024 (week 10)
Christmas Shopping Spree (3 weeks)
Students will access given links to go shopping for Christmas presents for their family members. They will be given $50 to spend for each person (minimum 5 people, use grandparents, cousins, etc if you don't have that many people in your family).
They will download an excel spreadsheet template. They will insert the family members/friends name, the gift item chosen, the store it was found at, and the price of the item into the excel sheet found below under related files. They will choose 2 items for each individual. They will need to visit at least 5 different stores to do their shopping.
They may select from the following list:
Target
Walmart
J C Penney
PetSmart
Game Stop
Bath & Body Works
Barnes & Noble
Yankee Candle
Dick's Sporting Goods
Claire's
Kohl's
December 13, 2024 (week 13)
Famous Persons PowerPoint Presentation, (2 weeks)
Students will be given a template to use for their famous person. The first slide will be a title slide with their person's name, a picture of their person, and their own FIRST name and room number. The remaining slides will continue in the order of the research. Students will be shown how to research pictures online and how to insert them into their presentations.
Students will turn their presentations into the hand-in folder found in user volume on our server. Instructor will combine each student’s presentation into homeroom presentations. Students will present this presentation during computer class.
January 15, 2025 (week 15)
Presenting Famous Persons PPT, (2 weeks)
Students will present their projects during class.
February 3, 2025 (week 17)
Coding with Studio Code (5 weeks for now)
Students will log into accounts created for them at Code.org. They will work on the Coding with Anna and Elsa unit. Once they are finished, they may move onto the Minecraft unit. They will challenge themselves with Voyage Aquatic, Hero's Journey, Adventurer then Designer. Once they have finished the Minecraft lessons, they will complete AI (Artificial Intelligence) for Oceans, Dance Party 1 and Dance Party 2.
Link to Minecraft: https://code.org/minecraft
March 12, 2025 (week 21)
Easter Story Prompt (4 weeks)
Students will start class by typing for 10 minutes. They will go to to TypingWeb page and log in to their accounts with the account information they have been supplied.
Student will open a blank word document. Students will name their document and their name and Easter Story. They will add a header with their name, room number and computer number. Students will copy one of the story prompt from below into a word document.
1. Something’s gone wrong with the Earth’s climate. Just as the Easter bunny was about to leave for his annual Easter egg ritual, a snowstorm hits and locks him in his borough. Will this be the end of Easter as we know it?
2. Nicoli was born in Russia, where Easter was not celebrated. He arrives in America just in time for the annual Easter Celebrations. Explain to him about Easter. Answer why we celebrate, how we celebrate, and the true meaning of Easter.
3. I once got a magic Easter egg… Start a story with this sentence and write about what happened when you received the magic egg.
4. Imagine that the Easter bunny ran out of chocolate and candy before Easter ended. Describe what happened. Did someone come along and save the day?
5. Twas the night before Easter, and all through the borough,...
6. Crack, crack, crack… suddenly one of my Easter eggs started to move! OR (Suddenly the Easter eggs started to talk!)
You will need to finish one of the writing prompts with at least 15 sentences finishing off with your entire name and room number.
Second Week
You will finish and put your story into the 'turn-in' folder so that I may correct your grammar (run-on sentences). You will make corrections on your Word document on your computer next week before you start your Storybook.
Third & Fourth Week, Creation of Storybook with Google Slides:
Students will be given a template to create a story book in Google Classroom. They will come up with a title for their story for page 1 and add their name. They will divide their story into 3 parts. They will copy the text for the 1st part into the 2nd slide. Part 2 will go into the 3rd slide and part 3 into the 4th slide. They will add pictures to each slide to illustrate their story.
April 28, 2025 (week 25)
Coding with Studio Code, continued (3 weeks)
Students will log into accounts created for them at Code.org. They will work on the Coding with Anna and Elsa unit. Once they are finished, they may move onto the Minecraft unit. They will challenge themselves with Voyage Aquatic, Hero's Journey, Adventurer then Designer. Once they have finished the Minecraft lessons, they will complete AI (Artificial Intelligence) for Oceans, Dance Party 1 and Dance Party 2.
Link to Minecraft: https://code.org/minecraft
Updated November 4, 2024