Training June 28-July 1st:

• Projects (completed or to be completed)
• Excel 9 Math
• Graphing Relations vs. Functions iMovie (teacher model)
• Students will be expected to make their own iMovie as an assessment tool to this lesson.
• My First Project.m4v
• Teacher wiki:  http://gentilemathexcel9.pbworks.com/
• Lessons to be used with MacBooks, SMART Notebooks and the pen table.  These will be downloaded into Quicktime, then  loaded onto teacher wiki for student and parent access from home.

• Excel 9 Science Ecology iWeb (teacher model/pre teaching tool to unit)
• Students will be expected to create their own iWeb based on concepts and skills from the Ecology Unit.
• Teacher model of iWeb pages: full eco.pdf
• Excel 9 English
• Created a multi-genre unit (short story, poems, non-fiction) to use with Read: Out Loud, Draft Builder and Co-Writer. This unit will serve as an introduction to the major literary elements we will be using this year, specifically theme, setting, point of view, and characterization.
• Developed a summative assessment for the multi-genre project utilizing iweb 
• Created an iweb page as a model for students 
• Created an Wiki for to begin familiarizing students with the internet and blogging

                              http://tworekenglishexcel9.pbworks.com/

• Downloaded short stories and poems into Read: Out Loud   
• Excel 9 Co taught Special Class Tutorial
• Created a Wiki for co taught students and parents to access for resources throughout the year: http://mcginniscoteach.pbworks.com/ 
• Students will have access to the Mac Books daily in order to utilize the following Software Programs: Read Out Loud, Co Writer, Draftbuilder, iWeb, iMovie, etc. These programs will help to create a learning environment based upon the standards of UDL.