1st Grade Computers

Dot and Dash were hits this week during the 1st Grade computer class.  Our new friends are robots.  After several minutes of discussion about how robots are being used in our everyday life, the students were divided into 3 groups with 3-4 children in each group.  One group worked on a website from www.abcya.com/1st grade/Make a Robot. Their own robots were all different and very creative.  Another group worked on their keyboarding lesson and a color worksheet about a robot.  The third group worked with Dot and Dash and learned how to program these robots through  apps called 'Go' and 'Path.'  These groups rotated so all the children were able to participate in each activity.... a very interactive class and hopefully the children had fun learning about how vital robots are in our lives.

Happy Easter Holiday,

Mrs. Speck 

Pre-School- www.Internet4classrooms.com/Mouse Skills/#12
Pre-Kindergarten-www.Internet4classrooms.com/Mouse Skills/#12
Kindergarten-www.abcya.com/Holiday/Easter
1st Grade-www.abcya.com/Skills/Robots
2nd Grade-Google Docs-Desktop publishing assignment

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Easter Mice, Easter Bunny's Assistant, and Ten Easter Eggs.

PK4 - We read Here Comes the Easter Cat, Clifford's Happy Easter, and Arthur's Jelly Beans.

Kindergarten - We read Fluffy Plants a Jellybean, There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick, and Best Easter Eggs Ever.

First Grade - We read Easter Bunny that Overslept and watched the video The Berenstain Bears Springtime Surprises.

Second Grade - We read Last One in is a Rotten Egg, Legend of the Sand Dollar, and Easter Egg.

Third Grade - didn't come to library.

Fourth Grade - didn't come to library.

Have a great Easter!

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Am I Making God Smile?, My New Friend is so Fun, and I will Take a Nap.

PS3 - We read I'm a Frog, Olivia Takes a Trip, and Tuesday.  We learned a new song with the book Tuesday about animals flying at night.

PK4 - We read Swirl by Swirl and This is the Day.  We are doing very well with knowing our Mother Goose Rhymes!

For Kindergarten through Fourth Grade, our focus was fractured fairy tales.

Kindergarten -  We read Bubba the Cowboy Prince, Mr. Wolf and the Three Bears, and Dinorella.

First Grade - We read Goldilocks Returns, Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten, and Seriously, Cinderella is so Annoying!

Second Grade - We read Three Little Aliens, Trust Me, Jack's Beanstalk Stinks, and Beware of the Storybook Wolves.

Third Grade - We read Cindy Ellen, Look Out Jack, The Giant is Back, and Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!

Fourth Grade - We read Smokey Mountain Rose, Three Sillie Billies, and Dusty Locks and the Three Bears.

Second Grade Computers

Publishing newspapers, magazines, brochures are all fun and creative.  Second graders spent class time this week learning about the three ingredients that one has to have in order to make a publication....Headlines, Text and Graphics.  After discussion and viewing different examples, the students were able to create their own publication. I truly believe that someday there will be some editors of magazines and newspapers just taken from this group of students.  Great job....very creative.

Enjoy the spring weather.


Cilla Speck

Pre-School-www.belmikri.com
Pre-Kindergarten-www.belmikri.com
Kindergarten-www.starfall.com
1st Grade-www.worldbookonline.com
2nd Grade-Google Docs--Publication
3rd Grade-www.turtlediary.com/3rd Grade
4th Grade-www.ducksters.com

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

Our focus was Dr. Seuss as this week was Read Across America Week and Dr. Seuss's birthday.

PS2 - We watched the videos Are You my Mother?, The Best Nest, and Go, Dog, Go.

PS3 - We read Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? and watched the video The Best Nest.

PK4 - We read Olivia Plants a Garden, A Walk in the Park, and Caring for Nature.

Kindergarten - We read Dr. Seuss's biography and watched the video Daisy Head Mazie.

First Grade - We read And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street and then colored a picture to go along with the story.

Second Grade - We continued our Robert Munsch author focus.  We read The Makeup Mess and David's Father.  We discussed giants and read Silverstein's poem Me and My Giant.

Third Grade - did not come to library.

Fourth Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Key Words and learned what words are best when using a search engine on the web.

We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe spring break!!