November+Lab+Updates

I hope everyone had a relaxing and wonderful Thanksgiving! On to December :)

Kindergarten - Students explored the ABC section of Starfall for Early Readers. We viewed Brain Pop Jr. videos on the 5 senses and Thanksgiving to correspond to their Religion lesson. We continued Kid Pix skills by learning how to use the text box. The kindergarteners enjoyed online Thanksgiving activities.

1st Grade - The students explored assorted interactive subtraction and addition websites to correspond to their Math lesson. We discussed Internet safety by viewing the Hector's World video on privacy online and completed the Bad Guy Patrol Internet safety activities. The 1st graders enjoyed online Thanksgiving activities.

2nd Grade - The students viewed a Brain Pop Jr. video on nouns and explored interactive websites on nouns and plural nouns to correspond to their Language Arts lesson. We viewed and discussed Internet Safety videos - The Cyber 5, What is the Internet?, What is personal information?, Be kind online and Tell an adult. The 2nd graders explored interactive websites on place value to correspond to their Math lesson.

3rd Grade -  The students are continuing their keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing. They explored interactive subtraction websites to correspond to their Math lesson and assorted kids symphony websites to correspond to their field trip. The 3rd graders enjoyed online Thanksgiving activities.

4th Grade - The students explored interactive websites on states and capitals to correspond to their Social Studies lesson. We viewed a Brain Pop video on the Armed Forces for Veterans Day. The 4th graders are currently learning about Power Point and they are creating an "All About Me" presentation. They started by taking their picture with Photo Booth for the title page and they are learning about adding backgrounds and inserting graphics to their presentations.

5th Grade - The students viewed Brain Pop videos on Main Idea to correspond to their Language Arts lesson and the Armed Forces for Veterans Day. They practiced division facts websites to correspond to their Math lesson. The 5th graders explored the "You are the Historian" website from the Plimoth Plantation. Students typed their Courage essays and we reviewed double spacing, indenting, adding a heading and how to save to a flash drive.

6th Grade - The students had a quiz on the November Buzz Words. They created Power Point presentations on Ancient Egypt to correspond to their Social Studies lesson. The 6th graders viewed a Brain Pop video and explored interactive activities on viruses and bacteria to correspond to their Science lesson. They took a typing test and recorded their WPM to track their progress. Students typed their Language Arts poem.

7th Grade - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The 7th graders continued their lesson on Java basics by viewing tutorials and completing challenges on drawing, coloring and animations with Java. Students created a Tagxedo Word Cloud project. They took a typing test and recorded their WPM to track their progress and typed their "How to Roast a Turkey" papers. They are continuing keyboard practice with Mavis Beacon Typing.

<span style="color: #ea850e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">8th Grade - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The students view the "Week in Rap" each week to keep up on current events. They are continuing their Glogs (interactive posters) on their Confirmation Saints. The 8th graders created a cover page and typed their Citizenship essays. They did Excel spreadsheet projects on Sum Function and creating simple formulas for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They are continuing keyboard practice with Mavis Beacon Typing.