eBooks for Summer Reading

• Have a great summer and don't forget to read!

We have several places to access books online. All of these websites are FREE to use, other than your own internet fees. Contact Mrs. Speer with questions.

• If you want book recommendations and to see what Mrs. Speer is reading, follow @mrsbspeer on Instagram
• If you want to share your summer reading adventures on social media, use the hashtag #norwayreads
• If you are looking for a summer reading challenge, you can fill up your bookshelf in the Norway Intermediate Summer Reading Challenge!

Priority Standards for April 30-May 7

4th grade:

Color Poetry

-Students will practice keyboarding skills as well as creatively express themselves with poems. These activities support the 4th grade ELA standards.

5th grade:

Biography project

-Students will be writing and typing a biography. Students should include at least one print source and one online source and properly cite them in the finished paper.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

6th grade:

STEAM Day

21.6-8.TL.1 Demonstrate creative thinking in the design and development of innovative technology products and problem solving.

Noetic Learning Math Contest

TAG students recently had the chance to participate in a math contest. The contest consisted of a test with 20 problems. Most problems require 2 steps to solve. You can find more information about the contest and a "Problem of the Week" section at www.noetic-learning.com.

Team Winners for Fourth Grade (a 3-way tie!)
Emily Kulbartz
Gabriel Pugh
Nova Selck
Team Winner for Fifth Grade
Jason Eastman
Team Winner for Sixth Grade
Katarina Wedeking

Priority Standards for April 22-29

4th grade:

Color Poetry

-Students will practice keyboarding skills as well as creatively express themselves with poems. These activities support the 4th grade ELA standards.

5th grade:

Biography project

-Students will be writing and typing a biography. Students should include at least one print source and one online source and properly cite them in the finished paper.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

-I can use technology to assist my learning.

6th grade:

Vault: Understanding Money

Students will learn about banking, budgeting, saving, and other financial topics. {See https://everfi.com}

SS.6.25 Demonstrate how to allocate income for spending, saving and giving. (21st century skills)

Priority Standards for April 4-19

4th grade:

Book “Tasting” and Typing.com

-Students will be exposed to a variety of fiction books from the Norway Library. Students will also practice keyboarding skills on Typing.com. These activities support the 4th grade ELA standards.

5th grade:

Biography project

-Students will be writing and typing a biography. Students should include at least one print source and one online source and properly cite them in the finished paper.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

-I can use technology to assist my learning.

6th grade:

Vault: Understanding Money

Students will learn about banking, budgeting, saving, and other financial topics. {See https://everfi.com}

SS.6.25 Demonstrate how to allocate income for spending, saving and giving. (21st century skills)

Movement Challenge

Make It Move!

Inspiration video here

Instructions: Your challenge, should you choose to accept it is to create something that moves.

And here are some of our results:

Several students wanted to make battling robots and they started with the Cubelets. This led to working though how to code as well as determining what each block does.

Some of those students decided to explore another idea: armor to cover the Spheros for battle. This was an extension of a challenge we tried last year in the STEAM Lab.

Another group used littleBits to create a basketball hoop that would count the number of baskets made and buzz to signal a basket made. They worked through several obstacles: the ball wasn’t heavy enough, the ball didn’t hit the pressure sensor correctly to turn on the buzzer (but did trip the counter), and deciding what to make backboard from.

 

Another group working with littleBits made a much simpler waving hand with the servo bit.

Several students tried origami: a hopping frog and movement of the wings of a paper crane.

Priority Standards for March 15-April 3

4th grade:

Keyword Searching continued

Students will identify keywords in questions and use keywords to search an online encyclopedia for answers. My goal is for the students to get away from typing entire sentences as they search.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

*I can use more than one source.

*I can find information online to solve problems.

5th grade:

Biography project

-Students will be writing and typing a biography. Students should include at least one print source and one online source and properly cite them in the finished paper.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

-I can use technology to assist my learning.

6th grade:

Vault: Understanding Money

Students will learn about banking, budgeting, saving, and other financial topics. {See https://everfi.com}

SS.6.25 Demonstrate how to allocate income for spending, saving and giving. (21st century skills)

Priority Standards for Technology Jan. 7-14

4th grade:

Electronics Recycling PSA continued

-Students will learn about the importance of recycling electronics and then create a VIDEO or WEBSITE to share with the community.

Guiding Questions:

What types of materials that people throw away are actually recyclable?

What are recycling companies doing to help reduce the impact of human garbage?

21.3-5.TL.1 Use technology resources to create original projects, identify patterns, make predictions, and propose solutions.

*I can choose from a variety of resources to add content to a project.

*I can work individually and collaboratively to create, display, publish, or perform technology projects.

21.3-5.TL.2 Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or products in a curricular area.

*I can use technology to work with others.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

*I can use more than one source.

*I can find information online to solve problems.

5th grade:

Student created games (examples include Kahoot, Jeopardy, and Family Feud)

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

-I can use technology to assist my learning.

6th grade:

National Parks Research & Evaluation Websites continued

21.6-8.TL.3 Plan strategies utilizing digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

-I can locate and utilize information from a variety of sources.

-I can evaluate resources for usefulness and validity.

21.6-8.TL.5 Understand the legal and ethical issues of technology as related to individuals, cultures, and societies.

-I can use copyrighted materials responsibly.