Hello Students! This is where
you will come to find out about your assigments for our class.
Don't forget to let me know if you have any questions
or problems with your assignments.
Let's get started with "All
About Me" a powerpoint presentation project based on the survey that you completed.
Introduction to Discovery: Powerpoint Presentation: All About Me.
(requires
parental permission to use photo for inclass only project)
Students use the information from their All About Me Survey
and incorporate their comments, pictures, sound effects and music to create a multimedia presentation all about themselves.
See All about Me on the student assignment handout.
1st grade discovery class additional project details such as links and instructional information will
be added to the site for the next few weeks. See the projects below:
More German Language Sites
History of Coins in the United States
The Money Project- Group In class activities.
Play the coin memory game:
Additional links for Folder Project
View this site and include the describing words and use them to describe your coin that your are
researching. Record your findings on the Coin Information page.
http://www.coinresource.com/guide/coin_diagram.htm
Project 2:
Ongoing Piano Keyboarding
Unit- Students will meet in the music room to play the portable keyboard units. See the assigments page for more online activities.
Online Piano Fun Visit The Music Lab and play a tune.
Project 3: Self-study project can be Science, Math or Social Studies related or you can concentrate on
learning how to be a expert at typing. Ask for help from the teacher if you want to do a self-study project.
Other Projects....
Project 4: Write a play.
You must start with a prologue and epilogue ( an introduction that tells who, what, when and where the story is taking
place and an ending (a detailed paragraph about what happened to the characters it should tell what may happen next
and let us know that the story has come to an end. Please do not use The End.)
Use the animals as your characters and decide what would they say.
Create Your Senario
Check your ideas with your Write a Story Handout. Does your play have a begining, a middle and an ending?
Do the characters talk to one another about the story and show what is happening?
Project 5: Learn the Basics of Chess or Improve your Game.
Visit: Chess4Kids try the DEMO game.
Chess Rules for Kids and Beginners
See other sites for Chess on the Assigments page.
Project 6:
Mastering Musical Skills with Music ACE
Ask your parents to download the free demo software from Harmonic Vision and learn a musical concept on your computer.
Click
Music Ace Demo Download request form
Project: Reading Circle: Junie B. Jones Book Club Activities.
Read a book from the Junie B. Jones series and be prepared to talk about it.
Read or re-read your
favorite book in the series. Then we will have activities that relate to the book, book discussions and more...
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/activities/activities.html
See the Science and Social Studies Projects page on this site for additional projects.
