January+Lab+Updates

Where did the month of January go??? A short but busy month! I was so nice to meet so many parents in the computer lab during Catholic Schools Week Open House. The 4th graders did a wonderful job on their Power Points and were so happy to demonstrate them.

Kindergarten- The students were introduced to the Teach Your Monster to Read website. It's a wonderful site to help master the first stages of reading. It's a Kindergarten favorite! They explored the ABC section of the Starfall for Early Readers website to correspond to their Language Arts lesson.

1st Grade - The 1st graders began Teach Your Monster to Read 2. It is the next level of their favorite website from Kindergarten. The explored interactive Storybooks to practice their phonics skills. The students practiced using Word by typing their high frequency words.

2nd Grade - The 2nd graders used kid friendly search engines to research information for their Hero Projects. We viewed a Brain Pop Jr. video on Martin Luther King and a video on time to the quarter hour and practiced online time websites to correspond to their Math lesson. They practiced 2nd grade Math and Language Arts skills using the ABCya 2nd grade site. The students practiced keyboarding with an assortment of online activities.

3rd Grade - The students are continuing to practice their keyboarding skills with the Dance Mat Typing website. They are doing a great job! I see improvement every week :) The 3rd graders practiced their division skills with interactive websites.

4th Grade - The students finished their "All About Me" Power Point presentations by drawing a family picture in Kid Pix to add to their presentations. We viewed a video presenting the Hour of Code and practiced some beginning coding with the Tynker website. We continued our Internet Safety lesson using the Digital Passport website. We discussed the results on the Communication Module and completed the Privacy Module.

5th Grade - We started off January with a Brain Pop video on New Years celebrations around the world. They explored interactive websites on fractions to correspond to their Math lesson. The 5th graders practiced their Word skills by copying and pasting the Prayer of St. Francis and practicing the skills of centering, changing fonts and colors and adding a page border. The students viewed Brain Pop videos on the Causes of the American Revolution and the American Revolution and explored interactive websites on the Revolution to correspond to their Social Studies lesson. They viewed a Brain Pop video on adjectives and explored interactive websites on adjectives to correspond to their Language Arts lesson.

6th Grade - The 6th graders continued to practice beginning coding using the Code Monkey website. They had a quiz on the January Buzz Words. The students viewed a Brain Pop video on the Great Wall and the Flocabulary video on Ancient China to correspond to their Social Studies lesson. They explored interactive websites on the Great Wall of China. The 6th graders typed their Science Fair reports during computer class. They are continuing to practice their keyboarding using Mavis Beacon. The students were introduced to the Thinglink web 2.0 tool. Thinglink makes images come alive with music, video, text and images. The students will be creating Thinglinks on the US Presidents.

7th Grade - <span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The 7th graders continued to practice beginning coding using the Code Monkey website. We discussed Internet Safety and viewed videos on your online reputation and the online life of a photo. Students typed their Science Fair reports and American Legion Essays in computer class. We started reviewing Power Point skills. They will be creating presentations on Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to correspond to their Social Studies lesson.

<span style="color: #199af7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">8th Grade - <span style="color: #050505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">We view the Week in Rap each week to keep up on current events. The 8th graders practiced online activities to prepare for the HS Entrance Exam. They are continuing to practice keyboard with Mavis Beacon typing. 8th graders typed their Science Fair reports and American Legion Essays in computer class.