6th grade
Week 1
August 11th-15th
Play "This or That" to
get to know Mrs. Brister.
Distribute folders with rules and information about 6th Grade iLab. Go over "Things to Know in Innovation Lab." Assign Parent Homework. 😊
Google Slides presentation on
Innovation Lab rules and procedures. Mrs. Brister will go over with students in class.
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Weeks 2 & 3
Week of August 18th -22nd
Week of August 25th-29th
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Play Innovation Lab Game Show to review rules, procedures, and TTK.
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Rules Quiz
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Complete the "All About Me" online activity. Print.​
Week 4
Week of September 2nd - 5th
Begin Digital Citizenship unit. commonsense.org (Media Balance & Well-being) Distinguish between activities online and unplugged activities. Which ones contribute to forming negative habits? Complete handout, "Balancing Act" with T-chart. Then continue with "Don't feed the Phish" at commonsense.org. How can you protect yourself from phishing? Decide what clues from given phishing attemps, tell us they are not on the up and up.
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Week 5
Week of September 8th - 12th
Continue Digital Citizenship unit...Digital Footprint: Who are we online?
Play Four Corners with Digital Footprint scenarios. Discuss Relationships and Communication: How can we chat safely online?
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Week 6
Week of September 15th - 19th
Continue Digital Citizenship unit. commonsense.org...Cyberbullying & Digital Drama: How can you not get involved or de-escalate digital drama so it doesn't go too far? Distribute Digital Citizenship Vocabulary. Go over them together.
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Week 7
Week of September 22nd - 26th
​Continue Digital Citizenship unit... Begin "News & Media Literacy" How do we find credible information on the Internet? Students may work with a partner to play Interacty matching vocabulary definitions with their terms. Students play Quizizz to review vocabulary terms.
Week 8
Week of September 29th - October 3rd
Review Digital Citizenship terms and information with a game of Quizziz. Complete the Dig. Cit. Quiz
Complete Digital Citizenship Quiz. Students may play Interland when finished.
Week 9
Week of October 6th - 10th
Students complete the Learning Styles Inventory. Discuss the difference between a visual, auditory and tactile learner. Discuss ways that each type of learner can optimize their learning with various ideas and techniques.
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Distribute step by step instructions and discuss Google Docs. Tour the application with students demonstrating features and tools they have not yet learned. How might this app be helpful and in different situations? Students choose a partner to create a collaborative Google Doc with a twist. Have them draw a story starter from a basket. One student begins the doc with the story starter and shares the doc with their partner to collaborate. One student writes a sentence, then the other student adds a sentence. Students continue in this manner to create a story to given prompts without discussion of the story line. Double-check one another's spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. Elect one person from your partnership to read the story aloud to the class. Begin reading stories aloud, if time permits. sharing stories with the class. Submit or Turn in.
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Distribute Google Docs Terms and go over with class. Distribute step by step instructions and discuss Google Docs. Tour the application with students demonstrating features and tools they have not yet learned. How might this app be helpful and in different situations? Students choose a partner to create a collaborative Google Doc with a twist. Have them draw a story starter from a basket. One student begins the doc with the story starter and shares the doc with their partner to collaborate. One student writes a sentence, then the other student adds a sentence. Students continue in this manner to create a story to given prompts without discussion of the story line. Double-check one another's spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. Elect one person from your partnership to read the story aloud to the class. Begin reading stories aloud, if time permits. sharing stories with the class. Submit or Turn in.
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Complete Google Docs Quiz.
Distribute step by step instructions and discuss Google Slides as we tour the application with students demonstrating features and tools they have not learned yet. How might this app be helpful and in what situations? Go through each step using the guided handouts.
Continue to complete each step in the Google Slides tutorial
