Classes Today with Substitute

I am sorry I am not there today, but I am not feeling well. Please read this blog post carefully. I am sure you will be able to complete today’s lessons by following directions and asking a neighbor for help if you don’t understand something. You know my rules and I know I can count on you to do a good job! Please know if you have not yet presented your work from last week to the class you will be doing this during second class this week when I am back. (This give you more time to prepare and rehearse!)
Please start off class by taking the Student Feedback Survey. This is an anonymous survey and I am very interested in your responses. I will be using this survey to improve my teaching. So please take your time and be honest.
**If you are on teams 7A or 7C you will need to share your collections with your teachers. If you remember we created collections a couple of weeks ago for English, Science, Social Studies, and Science. The Google doc, “Teacher Emails” is a list of your teachers Google “mail” addresses you will need to be able share your work easily.
How to Share a Collection:
1. Right click on or hover over the collection in your Google doc list.
2. You will see a “drop down” arrow; click on it
3. Hover over “share” and a second pop up will appear
4. Click on “share” in this window.
5. You will see the sharing form. Click on add people and paste the correct address from the list here.
6. Leave all the settings alone and click on “share and save”.
7. You will have a message pop up asking you if you are sure, say “yes”
8. Click done
9. Repeat this with the other collections and emails.
**Please remember your teacher doesn’t receive email at this address. If you need to email your teachers you need to use their address similar to white_kim@barnstable.k12.ma.us.

Once you have taken care of the survey and sharing collections (7A & 7C only) you will move on to the lesson for today.
The objective is:
You will be able to create a word search using Google spreadsheets.
If you have not already done so, you will need to sign in to your Google Apps and go to your Docs. On a piece of paper, please brainstorm 15 words about a topic. This topic does not have to be school related, but the words have to be appropriate for school. In other words, you could create a word search about the Boston Red Sox. Once you have created a list and signed in to your Google account, please follow the directions found at Pamela Fox’s blog. The post is called, “Creating a Wordsearch Using Google Spreadsheet.” Be sure to read the directions carefully. You do not have to paste in the URL. If you search the gadgets, you will find more than one which will create a word search. If you cannot find one, you may use the directions with the URL to make this work.
Once you have finished this word search, you may share it with a friend or print a copy. If there is enough time in class, please create a second one, or use a different gadget. There is a cool looking flash card gadget. You may want to try that one out as well!!

Just a reminder: Playing games on the computer or on someone else’s blog is not acceptable for class. If you should finish your work and want to do some work on your blog or prepare for your presentation during second class; you may do so.
Please be sure to sign out of all accounts you have logged in to and log off the computer properly.
ILT#9 please be sure to shut down after you have logged off. Could a couple of you volunteer to make sure the rest of the computers are shutdown and the lab is all set?! Please do not erase the board. Thanks!

I know I can count on you to do a good job for the substitute today!
Thanks- Mrs, White