Third Grade Computers

Third graders continue to be busy...from developing a timeline using Jackie Robinson's life to copying and pasting all the Presidents of the United States. Information was taken from www.americanhistory.about.com.  Each of these assignments were completed within their class period and printed. 

Time is also allotted each class period for the students to continue to master their home row keys. 

These students are busy ...I am very proud.

Have a great sunny weekend!!

Mrs. Speck

Pre-School-www.Internet4classrooms.com/Letter S-Print
                     www.sesamestreet.org/Art Maker
Pre-Kindergarten-www.Internet4classrooms.com/Letter K-Print
                                www.turtlediary.com/Pre-K/I Spy Numbers
                                                                                   I Spy Animals
Kindergarten-www.turtlediary.com
1st Grade-QR Code
2nd Grade-www.kidzone.ws/water
3rd Grade-www.americanhistory.about.com
4th Grade-Google Docs/Scratch.com

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - did not come to library.

PS3 - did not come to library.

PK4 - We read Farm Morning, Pete the Cat:  Old McDonald Had a Farm, and Big Red Barn.

Kindergarten - We read Gilbert and the Lost Tooth, Andrew's Loose Tooth, and Fluffy Meets the Tooth Fairy as February is dental health month.

First Grade - We learned that the Caldecott Medal is awarded to books for the best illustrations.  We looked at some books from the past that were Caldecott Medal winners including the first book from 1937, Animals From the Bible.  We read the 2015 winner The Adventures of Beekle:  the Unimaginary Friend.

Second Grade - We introduced the author Robert Munsch.  We read Mortimer and illustrated our favorite part of the book.

Third Grade - We did an independent catalog review sheet on our Chromebooks.

Fourth Grade - We completed reading Twenty and Ten.

Second Grade Computers

After a fun video from Brain Pop about President Abraham Lincoln, we saw another short video about symmetry.  Symmetry is all around us and discovering symmetrical objects just in the classroom was actually fascinating. Our website that was used this week was www.softschool.com, which gave us some challenging activities in Math/Geometry.  The students were asked to complete a symmetrical drawing by connecting dots, and then by actually drawing....an interesting and fun class period.

The weather looks to be nice this weekend....enjoy.

Cilla Speck
Elem/MS Computer 

Pre-School-www.sesamestreet.org/Games/Puzzles
Pre-Kindergarten-www.funbrain.com/Playground
Kindergarten-www.starfall.com
1st Grade-QR Code
2nd Grade-www.softschool.com
3rd Grade-www.readwritethink.org 
4th Grade-Google Docs

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Clifford's Kitten, Just Me and My Puppy, and Hondo & Fabian.

PS3 - We read The Perfect Pet, Animals Around the House, and Daddy, Could I Have an Elephant?

PK4 - We read The Great Gracie Chase, Hey, Little Ant, and Pets at the Whitehouse.

Kindergarten - Mrs. Gee's class watched the video Harold and the Purple Crayon.  Mrs. Woody's class learned parts of a book, the spine, the cover, and the title page, using the song, The Hokey Pokey.  We then read No Spots for Gilda the Giraffe.

First Grade - We made a President's booklet.

Second Grade - We read The Man Who Walked Between the Towers and Helen Keller.  Our focus was on inspirational people.

Third Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Whose Is It Anyway?

Fourth Grade - did not come to library due to President's Day.

4th Grade-Computers

The snow was fun this week, but Ms. Clevenger's 4th graders were ready for class today. Since President's Day is Monday (school holiday for students), the students were given an assignment of researching a president and then writing a short paragraph about their subject.  They were encouraged to pick a president that they were not familiar with to learn something new.  We are using the website tntel.tnsos.org to gather our information. Learning how to find information, take notes and then transfer those notes into paragraph form is a skill that takes practice.  I was proud of the work the students did today--next week we will type our rough drafts and then print...assignment complete!

Did I also mention how proud I am of their keyboarding skills??

Have a good weekend and stay warm.

Cilla Speck
Pre-School-www.sesamestreet.org/Art Maker
Pre-Kindergarten-www.pbskids.org/Bob the Builder
Kindergarten-www.abcya.com/Holiday/Valentine activities
1st Grade-Ctrl C/Ctrl V activity
4th Grade- tntel.tnsos.org

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - Did not come due to weather

PS3 - We read Valentine Mice, Clifford's First Valentine, and Too Many Valentines.

PK4 - We read Panda's Valentine's Day, Arthur's Valentine, and Franklin's Valentines.

Kindergarten - We read Fluffy's Valentine's Day, Love, Splat, and Valentine's Bears.

First Grade - We completed reading Kylie Jean Valentine Queen.

Second Grade - We read Rotten Ralph's Rotten Romance, Henry and the Valentine's Surprise, and Ruby Valentine Saves the Day.

Third Grade - We read The Runaway Valentine and Roses are Pink Your Feet Really Stink.

Fourth Grade - We continued reading Twenty and Ten.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

1st Grade Computer Class

Monday was the first day of February and our 1st Grade thoughts centered around Valentine's Day.  Children will be busy this week making their Valentines for their classmates, so our class time was spend having fun drawing Valentines on the computer.  Google drawings allows the students to be creative with their work.  An example was put on the screen showing the children 3 different fun ways to make a valentine drawing.  They were able to pick their choice and design their own drawing.  Using the 'shape' icon on this app made their work so much easier---and they look great.  Of course, they are displayed in the hall. We are having fun...and confidence and creativity continue to grow.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Cilla Speck

Pre-School-www.turtlediary.com/Learn Numbers/I Spy Numbers
Pre-Kindergarten-www.turtlediary.com/Shapes/Pattern Match
Kindergarten-www.starfall.com/
1st Grade-Google Drawings
2nd Grade-www.aplusmath.com
3rd Grade-www.aplusmath.com
4th Grade-Google Sheets
                     

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read ZZZ Zoink, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, and Food for Thought.

PS3 - We read Tweak, Tweak, Pigeon Wants a Puppy, and Pig, Pig Gets a Job.

PK4 - We read Motorcycles, Bunny Race, and Fast Food.

Kindergarten - We read Harold and the Purple Crayon.  We then made our own books drawing what we would do if we were on Harold's adventures.

First Grade - We began reading Kylie Jean Valentine Queen.

Second Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson My Creative Work.

Third Grade - We learned about autobiographies, biographies and collective biographies, what the call numbers are, and where they are located in our library.  We read the biography Wilma Rudolph.

Fourth Grade - We began reading Twenty and Ten.