Computer Lab

Your 4th and 5th graders are sharing some details about themselves with their teachers.  We are working on a project ,  “Things I’d like my teacher to know about me.”  Their teachers are learning what kinds of things they like to do, eat and read.  They’re also discovering how their students learn best and what ways they can show them appreciation. (Our version of love languages)

The 3rd graders are working hard on their typing and math skills.  Our 1st and 2nd graders are getting back into our Reading Eggs program as they work on their language skills.

Finally, your kindergarteners are getting used to the computer with Starfall.  They are doing a great job using the mouse and “squishing Mr. Happy’s face”.  Ask them about this.  We have happy face stickers on the side of the mouse they are supposed to push.  I tell them Mr. Happy loves to have his face squished and always keeps smiling.  If they push on the other side, the mouse won’t work but push his face and the games work perfectly.  🙂

Computer Lab

Welcome back to the computer lab.  Everyone in first grade through 5th is getting back in the groove with Typing.com.  We will be focusing on keyboarding throughout the year.  As the teachers get their classes setup we will be adding other programs including Reading Eggs/Eggspress, Prodigy, and Google Docs/Slides just to name a few.

Hope your students are ready for a great year.

January

Thank you all so much for my Christmas presents.  You are too kind.  It’s a new year and I’m so excited about what the rest of the school year will bring.  Your 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will be continuing to work on their typing skills and begin practicing to get ready for the TCAP tests.  The second graders are continuing to work on their typing as well as their lessons in Reading Eggs.  Your first graders will begin learning the keys in Typing.com  and your kindergarteners are flying through the Reading Eggs program as they expand their vocabulary and language skills.

 

 

December

Your 2nd through 5th graders will be taking their winter benchmarking tests this month.  They will also be working hard on our typing.com program.

Your kindergarteners and first graders are moving through their paths on our reading eggs program as they work toward graduating into reading eggspress.

November

The keys will really be clicking this month in the computer lab.  Your children are working on their typing skills with Typing.com.  The first graders and kindergarteners are working hard on their letters and sounds in our Reading Eggs program.  We have another S.T.E.A.M. week coming up where Mrs. Mackorell and I will have some fun activities for the kids to experiment with plus more coding at Code.Org.  It’s going to be an awesome month!

 

September

We are well into the school year and having a blast.  We spent 2 weeks in the library with Mrs. Mackorell learning about S”TEAM” and coding.  Our school is working to become a STEAM accredited school.  Your students will be working with science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.  In the computer lab, we will be focusing on our typing skills with Typing.com.  Students can do lessons and play the games for free at home – they just need their username and password (their 7 digit number and scs/ password is 7 digit number).  We will begin working on Code.org soon.  They will also be able to do this at home.   I am so excited about all of the amazing things we will all learn this year.

I am also working with the Mindful Brain Warriors Club this year.  A new club to help teach students about the importance of meditation, mindfulness, and learning to acknowledge and cope with their emotions.  There is still room if your child would like to come and check it out.

May

I hope everyone had a fantastic school year.  I know I did. As you get ready for summer break, don’t forget to keep up with your typing.  You can always go to Typing.com and practice and play games for free.

 

April

Your kindergartners and first graders are working on our Reading Eggs program.  They are practicing their language skills on all of the fun games.   Your second graders are working on the next level of the program Reading Eggspress.  They are also writing stories.

Your third through fifth graders are getting ready for the upcoming TNReady testing.  They are also working on their keyboarding skills with Typing.com.

December

Your kindergartners, first graders, second graders and third graders are working hard in our Reading Eggs/Reading Eggspress.  This is a fun program that gives them games to play as they practice their language skills.  Your third graders are also working on IXL for their math and language skills.  Your fourth and fifth graders are working on their language, math and social studies skills in our Study Island program.