Sub Plans for Friday, March 19th
MusicTech

Schedule for Day:
*If students ask about "Tech Club After School" - Tell them Mr. Michaud will return at 1:30 for Tech Club.*

7:30 to 8:00 AM	Morning Duty on Car Rider Line -> Sidewalk in front of School
8:00 to 8:10 AM	Prepare Classroom
8:10 to 8:50 AM	First Grade: Wheeler
8:55 to 9:35 AM	Second Grade: Wiest
9:40 to 10:25 AM	Third Grade: Cantrell
10:30 to 11:10 AM	Fifth Grade: White
11:10 to 11:50 AM	Lunch and Planning (No students are allowed in MusicTech room during Lunch)
11:50 AM to 12:30 PM	Fourth Grade: Langdon
12:30 PM to 1:10 PM	Kindergarten Williams
1:10 PM to 1:30 PM	Lock Room (Mr. Michaud will return at 1:30 PM)

Plans for 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and Kindergarten:

1.  Do Hand patterns, play instruments, and Chant “Bate Bate”








Process:
1. Teach the hand movements listed in “Footlights.”
2. Pair up the students and have them practice the hand movements without the music.
3. Play music and have students do movements with music.
4. Pass out yellow textbooks and have students turn to page 242.
5. Chant “Bate” in spanish
6. Have them say “quickly” for the eighth notes and “stir” for the quarter notes.
7. Chant “Bate” with “quickly” and “stir”
8. Pass out rhythm sticks and have students play along in rhythm with the recording.
9. Collect sticks and put them back in box.

2. Play Grizzly Bear Game (Students should know how to play) (Music is in Sub Music Folder on Computer 11) (The yellow smiley face)

3.  Open Computer Time: Students may sit at their assigned computer and do any of the following activities:

Starfall, Hoodamath, Coolmath 4 kids, TuxPaint, Typing Practice.

Plans for 3rd Grade:

Make "Run-A-Palooza" Poster: (20 minutes)
1. Start Open Office (Click on the Seagulls)
2. Select "File->New->Text Document"
3. Put following information into Text Document:

Run-A-Palooza Friday, March 26th 8:00 AM to 2:05 PM Run to help raise money for Nebo! Popsicles, Music, and Fun!

4.  Experiment with Fonts and Center Formatting to create poster like layout:



5.  Save in student's File Area
    a.  "File -> Save"
    b.  Double Click "Nebomusicwork"
    c.  Double Click "3rd Grade"
    d.  Double Click teacher name
    e.  Double Click student name
    f.  Save as "Lastname Run-A-Palooza"

Typing Practice: K-Touch Levels 3,4  (10 minutes)

Open Computer Time:  Hooda Math, Coolmath for Kids, TuxPaint (10 minutes)

Plans for 4th Grade:

A.  Work on Xylophone Project - Add Bars -> Directions Online (25 minutes)

1.  Students sit at their assigned computers and open their Scratch Xylophone Projects
2.  Work on adding bars to their xylophones.
3.  Directions can be found at:

http://nebomusic.net/scratchxylophone.html

4.  After 25 minutes - direct students to Save their work and close Scratch.

B.  Open Computer Time:  Hooda Math, Coolmath for Kids, TuxPaint, Scratch (15 minutes)

Plans for 5th Grade:

A.  Copy down 10 terms for Electricity (25 minutes)

current
electrons
circuit
switch
resistor
battery
conductor
series
parallel
insulator

Go to www.nebomusic.net -> click on 5th Grade Electrical Circuits Link -> Go to "Blobz Guide to Electrical Circuits by Andy Thelwell" link.  Do web based activity.

(Address of activity:  http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/swf/blobzguide.swf)

B  Open Computer Time:  Hooda Math, Coolmath for Kids, TuxPaint, Scratch (15 minutes)

Instructions for Operating the MusicTech Lab:

To Play Music:
1. Turn on the Big Black Amp - rocker switch is at the top.
2. Click on the "Sub Plans" Music Folder (Yellow Smiley Face) on Computer 10 or 11.  Click once to play the tracks.
    a. Volume Control for Computer 10 is channel on on the little mixer (on the desk between computer 10 and 11)
    b. Volume Control for Computer 11 is channels 2 and 3.
3. If computers fail, there is a CD in the "Sub In a Sack."  Borrow a CD player and use the CD. 

Troubleshooting Procedures for MusicTech Computers:
*These computers have a costume built Linux based OS designed by Mr. Michaud for MusicTech.  Ms. Wray will not be able to help you with these machines.*

1. Students may use the following programs:

Iceweasel       (K-5) (This program is like Internet Explorer)
Open Office     (3-5) (Word, Spreadsheet, and PowerPoint) 
Paint  (K-5)   
Scratch  (4, 5)
KTouch  (3-5)

2.  In 4th and 5th Grade - some students have my laptop as an assigned computer.  It will not be in the room.  These students will need to share with another student.

3.  Students have assigned computers in 1st - 5th grade.  Do not let andy student use computer #10.  If a student does not know their assigned computer.  Make them sit on the carpet and assign them to an empty computer after everyone else has found theirs.

DO NOT LET STUDENTS USE ALICE!!!  They will ask, tell them no.  Mr. Michaud must be present for them to use Alice.  (Again, Alice tends to freeze up the computers)

4. If the screen looks like it is off, wiggle the mouse.  The computer is in sleep mode.  DO NOT PRESS THE POWER BUTTONS.

5. To start a program - click once on the icon on the task-bar. 

6. To close a program - click the "white x" in the upper right hand corner of the window.  (This is like Windows XP.)

7. To get to the internet
-> Click "Iceweasel" one time.  (Kids should know how to do this.  Click once on the "Little White Mouse with the big blue ball."
-> The internet is slow in Mr. Michaud's room - just be patient and wait for the programs to load.

8. To get to Starfall: 
-> Click "Ice Weasel" one time
-> Click the "Learn to Read" shortcut below the Address Bar in the browser. 
-> -Or- type "www.starfall.com" in the Address Bar in the browser.

9.  To get to K-Touch:
-> Click the K-Touch icon one time.  (Located far right on the task-bar.)

10. DO NOT USE OR TURN ON THE LCD PROJECTOR.  If have disabled it while I am gone.  It will not work until I return. 


If things go wrong . . . .

1. DO NOT TURN OFF ANY COMPUTERS.  If they are turned off, you cannot get them back on without Mr. Michaud's passwords.  If a computer gets turned off accidently, it must stay off.

2. Computer 10 runs the room.  Be especially careful with #10.  If it fails - none of the computers in the room will work.

3. If a computer freezes - right click on the task (IceWeasel, Open Office, etc . . ) on the taskbar and select "close."  This
should unfreeze the computer.  If you get a message asking you to "kill" the process - click "Yes."

4. 4th and 5th grade students should know how to save their work.  Tell them "NeboMusicWork -> Your Grade -> Your Teacher -> Your Name" and they should understand.  If not, just have them close and not save their work.

5. Scratch projects must be saved on the local computer.  If students don't understand this - just have them "Save" and exit.  DO NOT SAVE SCRATCH PROJECTS on "NeboMusicWork."  It will crash the computer.

6. If a computer freezes and does not want to work (This does happen, especially to the older IBM type computers) - Turn the computer off by holding down the power button.  Turn the computer back on and have Ms. Queen from 303 log in with the password.  Have students share computers if needed.

7. If computer #10 freezes (It has never crashed on me before.) - Turn it off and turn it back on again.  It will go the the Login screen - leave it on the Login screen and do not try to log in.  It will still run the other computers in "Login" mode.

8. If a computer is running really slow - look at the task bar and see if their are other programs running.  Close or Kill all the other programs and see if that speeds the computer back up.  After each class, make sure all the programs are closed (IceWeasel, Open Office, Scratch.)

9. If all else fails . . . watch the videos I have provided. 

At the end of the day:

1. PLEASE TURN OFF THE AMP.  The switch is located at the top.
2. DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTERS.  The monitors will go to sleep on their own.
3. PLEASE, PLEASE make sure the door is closed and locked before you leave.