December+Lab+Updates

Hope your family had a wonderful Christmas. Wishing you much happiness and health in 2015!! December was a short but busy month in the Computer Lab. The 5th thru 8th grades participated in the 2014 Hour of Code. Hour of Code is a nationwide campaign designed to get U.S. students interested in computer science.

Kindergarten - The students are becoming very proficient in their Kid Pix skills! They used the Kid Pix Idea Machine to create and print a snowflake. They enjoyed an assortment of online Christmas activities - create a snowman, trim a tree, decorate a gingerbread man, etc.

1st Grade - The 1st graders used their Kid Pix skills to draw and print an Advent calendar. They love activities that allow them to be creative! They enjoyed an assortment of online Christmas activities - create a snowman, trim a tree, decorate a gingerbread man, etc.

2nd Grade - The 2nd graders practiced interactive subtraction and money websites to correspond to their math lesson. They enjoyed an assortment of online Christmas activities! They listened very intently to stories read online by famous actors from the Storytime Online website.

3rd Grade - The students viewed a Brain Pop Jr. video on Rural, Urban and Suburban to correspond to their Social Studies lesson. They are continuing keyboarding practice with Dance Mat Typing. The 3rd grade students used the ABCya website to create a Christmas word cloud and explored an assortment of online Christmas activities.

4th Grade  - The 4th graders are continuing to create an "All About Me" Power Point presentation that they will be presenting during Catholic Schools Week Open House. They learned about transitions and saved and imported photos from the Internet.

5th Grade - The students had a Word lesson stressing font and font size, alignment, bold, underling and word wrap. They also used Word to create a Christmas tree project. They participated in the Hour of Code by using Blockly to practice beginning coding.

6th Grade  - The students had a quiz on the December Buzz Words. They learned to use iWorks Pages to create a travel poster. They participated in the Hour of Code by using Blockly to practice beginning coding and the Bit Box website for an intro to Java Script.

<span style="color: #ea1d36; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">7th Grade <span style="color: #0c7a1b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> - The 7th graders created a Word project that reviewed font effects, line spacing, alignment and numbering. They participated in the Hour of Code by using Blockly to practice beginning coding and the Bit Box website for an intro to Java Script. They viewed a Brain Pop video on Westward Expansion and explored an activity on the Cheyenne Odyssey to correspond to their Social Studies lesson.

<span style="color: #ea1d36; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">8th Grade <span style="color: #0c7a1b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> - The students created a Word project that reviewed font effects, line spacing, alignment and numbering. They participated in the Hour of Code by using Blockly and Python beginning programming. We view "The Week in Rap" each week to keep up with current events. The 8th graders researched National Parks for their Social Studies project.