March+Lab+Updates

We focused on Women's History Month in March. Each grade learned about a famous woman in history. We covered: Ava Lovelace, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Jane Goodall, Sally Ride, Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller and Georgia O'Keefe. Mrs. Sullivan arranged for the Cook County Sheriff's Office to give presentations to our 5th thru 8th graders about Internet safety. They were very informative presentations!

Kindergarten - The students are continuing to work on their reading skills with "Teach Your Monster to Read". They were also introduced to a new website from PBS that stresses reading skills called "Between the Lions". The kindergarteners explored online St. Patrick's Day activities and Easter activities.

1st Grade - The students explored online websites on tally marks, graphs and measuring to correspond to their Math lesson. We watched a Brain Pop Jr. video on fish to correspond to their trip to the aquarium and drew their favorite fish using Kid Pix. The enjoyed some interactive Easter activities.

2nd Grade - The 2nd graders practiced subtraction facts to correspond to their Math lesson. They used Word to write a story about "What would you do with a pot of gold". They came up with some very creative ideas, everything from hot tubs to paying taxes! They enjoyed exploring interactive St. Patrick's Day activities and Easter activities. They learned about and practiced changing fonts in Microsoft Word.

3rd Grade - The 3rd graders finished up their Dance Mat Typing keyboarding lessons and we learned about the shift key. They practiced copying, cutting and pasting words and pictures in Word. The students explored assorted Internet Safety websites that stressed the importance of privacy online.

4th Grade - The 4th graders continued their Digital Passport Internet Safety lesson - Cyberbullying - be an upstander. Also, Privacy Pirates, Safety Land, Cybersense and Nonsense, and NetSmartz kids interactive websites. They practiced Word skills by copying and pasting the 10 Commandments and changing font, color, size and adding page borders. The students explored interactive fraction websites to correspond to their Math lesson.

5th Grade - The 5th graders worked on the "Monster Project" this month to learn about the importance on writing good descriptions and following directions. We viewed a Brain Pop video on Lewis and Clark and explored interactive websites on the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark to correspond to their Social Studies lesson.

6th Grade - The students viewed Brain Pop videos on cellular respirations and photosynthesis and explored the "What plants need" interactive website to correspond to their Science lesson. The 6th graders explored the Iditarod website and completed a Internet scavenger hunt to correspond to a story for Reading class. They completed a St. Patrick's Day webquest and were introduced to the Canva graphic design website.

7th Grade - The students finished their Power Point presentations on Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears. They did a great job! They learned about the basics of Java Script with the Code Monster website. They used the Thinglink Web 2.0 tool to create interactive images about their field trip to Springfield and used embed codes to add them to a Wiki. We viewed a Brain Pop video on St. Patrick and completed a "Who was St. Patrick?" Internet scavenger hunt.

8th Grade - The 8th graders have been continuing to use the Khan Academy website to practice math skills. We view the "Week in Rap" each week to keep up with current events. The students created Time Magazine Covers for Person of the Year using a Power Point slide. They came out great! You'll get to see them at the Dinner Dance:). We viewed a Brain Pop video on the Great Depression and the students completed an Internet scavenger hunt on the Depression to correspond to their Social Studies lesson.