Lower School PE

Coach Freud’s Corner

The NEWS and all that’s news from the mysterious world of elementary physical education at Ezell-Harding Christian School.

August 13,2018

This fall, Ezell-Harding students have a lot to look forward to as

their physical education classes begin. I am writing this blog as a preview of the activities planned for the fall semester. Here is a sample of what your child can look forward to:

• SAVE THE STATUES (I previously said mysterious world of PE)
• SPEEDWAY (Hint-not for turtles)
• STEAL THE BACON (Not your traditional game of pork)
• THROW OUT THE TRASH (A favorite  returns with a wrinkle)
• ELIMINATOR (Need I say more?)
• SECRET AGENT (If I told you it wouldn’t be a secret)
• FABULOUS FRIDAYS (Oldies but Goodies and I am not referring to yours truly)
• STAR WARS TAG (“These aren”t the droids your looking for”)
• FRISBEE DODGE BALL (My dog Lacy can play this game!)
• MUSICAL HOOPS (No chairs required)
• NAME IT AND CLAIM IT (??????)
• PLAYGROUND (Everyone’*s favorite weather permitting)

This is just a sample of the physical exercise that is in store for

Ezell-Harding PE students this fall.

Until next time “KEEP ON PLAYING.”

Coach Freud

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We watched Peppa Pig Muddy Puddles.

PS3 - We read Clifford Cools Off and watched Franklin's Summer.

PK4 - We read Fluffy's Silly Summer and How I Spent my Summer Vacation.  We watched Franklin's Summer.

Kindergarten - We read Fluffy's Silly Summer and How I Spent my Summer Vacation.  We watched Franklin's Summer.

First Grade - We took the STAR Assessment.

Second Grade - We took the STAR Assessment.

Third Grade - We took the STAR Assessment.

Fourth Grade - We took the STAR Assessment.

I hope everyone has a great summer!

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read the book on CD Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do You Hear? and watched the DVD Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other stories.

PS3 - We read Purple is Part of the Rainbow, The Very Ugly Bug, and Purple Is Best.  We also watched James Marshall DVD Fairy Tales Collection.

PK4 - We read The Berenstain Bears go to the Doctor, Froggy Goes to the Doctor, and the ebook Let's Get a Checkup.

Kindergarten - We watched the DVD Magic School Bus Hops Home.

First Grade - Did not come to library.

Second Grade - We finished Pitcher to Centerfield (Mrs. Jones) and watched the DVD Come a Tide (Mrs. Frankum).

Third Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson The Key to Keywords.

Fourth Grade - We continued reading Skinnybones.

Computers-Field Day

Field day was the best ever!  The event was rescheduled for this past Monday, because of rainy weather the previous week.  Coach Freud's theme was 'It Happens Every Spring'...a baseball movie. Some of the activities reflected the history of baseball in Nashville. 

Children like to write stories.  The assignment for both the 1st and 2nd grade classes was to write a story about field day.  It is so much fun to write a story on the computer because the children are allowed to change their font style and color.  All stories were using 30 as their font size.  The 2nd grade inserted and resized their picture using Google search. The 1st graders illustrated their stories back in their classroom. Their stories are in the hall outside of the lab.  I am so proud of the enthusiasm the students had composing their work.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs. Speck

PS-2-Video-Hot Cross Buns
Tablets

PS-3-Video-Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
www.nickjr.com

PK- Video-jack Be Nimble
www.funbrain.com

K-Brainpopjr.com
www.kodable.com

1st Grade
www.brainpopjr.com
Google Docs
2nd Grade
www.brainpopjr.com
Google Docs
3rd Grade
www.brainpop.com
www.mikids.com
Google Sheets

4th Grade
www.brainpop.com
Google Slides

2nd Grade Computers

  Eating healthy is challenging for any age group. One responsibility we have as teachers is to educate our children concerning nutrition. Every year the website entitled Myplate.gov presents fun and informative information about our health.  Like I tell my students...God gave us 1 body...and it is our responsibility to care for our body.  This lesson encourages so much discussion...which is good.
  The second grade classes had fun with Google drawing dividing a plate  into the different food groups and inserting a picture from that group. Drawing the plate, inserting text, searching for the appropriate food group and resizing were part of this assignment. Then the  activity was then printed. The students did great!

The sun is shining...have a great weekend.

Mrs. Speck
PS-Tablets
PK-www.abcya.com
K www.abcya.com
2nd -www.myplate.gov
3rd-Google sheets
4th-Google slides

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2- We watched Peppa Pig Sunny Vacation.

PS3 - We listened to the books on tape Little Gorilla and How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food.  We watched the DVD Peppa Pig Sunny Vacation.

PK4 - We read Fluffy Grows a Garden and watched Sid the Science Kid Feeling Good Inside.

Kindergarten - We read Fluffy Grows a Garden and watched Leonard the Terrible Monster.

First Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Screen out the Mean.

Second Grade - We began reading Pitcher to Centerfield.

Third Grade - We watched a powerpoint on Tall Tales.  We then read The Bunyans.

Fourth Grade - We continued reading Skinnybones.

Third Grade Computers

Tuesday afternoon is always a fun time when the 3rd grade class comes to the lab.  Our first activity is keyboarding. The students have mastered the home row keys, so after Christmas we began learning the entire keyboard.  The website we are using is www.mikids.com.  Gradually over the past several weeks, the students have become quite proficient in their keyboarding skills. Of course, this is a continual process and skills will improve year after year.

The past several weeks, we have worked on coding, making a flyer, reviewing solids, liquids and gases and of course websites that can improve our math and language arts skills.

Google sheets will be introduced this next class period with making a spreadsheet using Skittles. We will also make a chart from our data and print this activity.  The fun part about this activity is receiving a skittle as we leave class.

A really respectful class.

Have a lovely spring weekend.

Mrs. Speck

PS-2-Tablets
PS-3-www.belmikri.com
PK-www.belmikri.com
K-www.starfall.com
1st Grade- Achievement Test
2nd Grade-Achievement Test
3rd Grade- www.turtlediary.com
4th Grade-Google slides

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read I Know Jesus Loves Me and watched a Nursery Rhymes DVD.

PS3 - We watched the Veggie Tales video Where's God When I'm Scared?

PK4 - We watched the Veggie Tales video Madame Blueberry.

Kindergarten - We read Leo the Late Bloomer then made our own monster puppets.

First Grade - Did not come to library.

Second Grade - Did not come to library.

Third Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson The Power of Words.

Fourth Grade - We began reading Skinnybones.

Elementary PE

Coach Freud’s Corner

The NEWS and all that’s news from the mysterious world of elementary physical education at Ezell-Harding Christian School.

August 13,2018

This fall, Ezell-Harding students have a lot to look forward to as

their physical education classes begin. I am writing this blog as a preview of the activities planned for the fall semester. Here is a sample of what your child can look forward to:

• SAVE THE STATUES (I previously said mysterious world of PE)
• SPEEDWAY (Hint-not for turtles)
• STEAL THE BACON (Not your traditional game of pork)
• THROW OUT THE TRASH (A favorite  returns with a wrinkle)
• ELIMINATOR (Need I say more?)
• SECRET AGENT (If I told you it wouldn’t be a secret)
• FABULOUS FRIDAYS (Oldies but Goodies and I am not referring to yours truly)
• STAR WARS TAG (“These aren”t the droids your looking for”)
• FRISBEE DODGE BALL (My dog Lacy can play this game!)
• MUSICAL HOOPS (No chairs required)
• NAME IT AND CLAIM IT (??????)
• PLAYGROUND (Everyone’*s favorite weather permitting)

This is just a sample of the physical exercise that is in store for

Ezell-Harding PE students this fall.

Until next time “KEEP ON PLAYING.”

Coach Freud

PK Computers

  Normal procedures for the PK classes continues each class period.The children enter the lab and sit on the floor facing the projector screen.  We always start the class with the nursery rhyme video, which this week was 'Hickory Hickory Dock.' Looking at their faces while this video is playing is priceless.
  Our next activity is to review their letter for the week through a website entitled Turtlediary.  The children will color a picture on the computer that corresponds with that letter.
  Then the students were introduced to the arrow keys on the keyboard which enabled the children to work a maze activity on www.belmikri.com.  There was a mouse trying to get to a block of cheese....fun. 
  Finally, practicing their 'ABC's' was fun using a dot-to-dot activity on this website.    ....Precious class.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs. Speck

PS-2 Video-I'm a Little Teapot
Tablets

PS-3
Video-'Three Little Pigs'
www.tvokids.com/preschool

PK-Video-'Hickory Hickory Dock'
www. belmikri.com

K- www.kodable.com
1st Grade-www.abcya.com

2nd Grade
Google Docs
3rd Grade-Play
4th Grade- Google Slides

Elementary Library

This week in the library....

PS2 - We read Clifford's Family and watched the DVD Clifford Saves the Day.

PS3 - We read Birds, If Frogs Made the Weather, and How Does Weather Change?  We also watched Peppa Pig Muddy Puddles.

PK4 - We read Squirrels and their Nests, Bears and their Dens, and Prairie Dogs and their Burrows.

First through fourth grades focused on 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's Back, and Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks.

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

PS-3 Computers

The PS-3 classes definitely know the correct procedures to come into the lab.  This week our curriculum guide had our video as 'The Three Little Bears'...I love to see their eyes watching this video.
After that our letter of the week was 'T' and Turtlediary offers a quick review of our sounds plus illustrations.

Even though Easter was technically last Sunday, we continued to celebrate Spring with coloring Easter eggs.  Mouse skills  are reinforced on www.Internet4classrooms.com with  fun activities for the students.  They colored their eggs beautifully, and frequently I would hear 'I did it.' Sweet sweet children.

Spring will come...eventually 😊

Looking forward to our Spring Sprint tomorrow.

Mrs. Speck

PS-3 www.Internet4classrooms.com/Pre-K/Mouse Skills/#12
PK- www.funbrain.com/
K-Google Docs/www.starfall.com/Geometry
1st Grade- www.turtlediary.com/1st Grade/Money
2nd Grade-Google Docs-Desktop Publishing
3rd Grade-www.ipl.org/div/potus
4th Grade- Google Slides

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Fly Guy's Big Family and The Purple Pussycat.  We watched the YouTube video Colors for Kids/Learning the Color Purple.

PS3 - We read It's Spring Dear Dragon, Black All Around, and When Spring Comes.  We  watched Curious George Zoo Night also.

PK4 - We read Some Babies are Wild, Annie and the Wild Animals, and That's Good, That's Bad.

Kindergarten - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson My Creative Work.

First Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Follow the Digital Trail.

Second Grade - did not come to library.

Third Grade - did not come to library.

Fourth Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson The Digital Citizenship Pledge.

Fourth Grade Computers

   Fourth graders are confident with their keyboarding skills...however, every class period begins with 8-9 minutes of practice. I remind the students that one day they will thank me.😊
   This class has been so busy this 9 weeks with their Tennessee projects.  Some research was gathered about their character in the lab, while independent research was also needed. 
   A website that is entitled www.glogster.com (a digital poster) was introduced to the students. They were able to take the information they had learned from their previous research and create a digital poster or a Glogster.  Last Thursday evening the students presented their oral presentation to their parents and were also able to show their Glogster on their ChromeBook. 
   Our last project will be a Google slide presentation about Tennessee.  I am excited to see their creative work.
   Great job 4th Graders!!!

Happy Easter to all,

Mrs. Speck
PK-3 www.turtlediary.com
PK- www.turtlediary.com
K-www.starfall.com
1st Grade- https://studio.code.org/Course A
2nd Grade-https://studio.code.org/Course A
3rd Grade-Google Docs
4th Grade-Google Slides

Elementary Library

This week all library classes went to Guidance with Mrs. Coleman.  She always does such a great job with the students!  They have so much fun with her!

The Art Zone... Kindergarten Royal Portraits

We are hard at work in the art room as we work on our final pieces for our upcoming Art Show! The kids are getting super excited to finally have everyone come in and see their masterpieces on display! The Art Show will be on April 16th starting at 6pm in the Eagle's Nest. Further details will be shared your child's classroom blog and the school newsletter.

Elementary PE

COACH FREUD'S CORNER

Preview of Field Day 2018 on April 27

This year's theme:  "IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING"

Field Day Events:

1.  Arizona Cactus League (Ring Toss)

2.  The Roy Pardue Memorial Strike 3 Contest

3.  Sideline Dodgebaall

4.  Nashville Hot Chicken Race

5.  Run the Bases Contest

6.  Sparky's Gym (Sit-ups & Push ups)

7.  Coach Freud's Hall of Fame ???

8.  7th Inning Stretch (Tug of War)

9.  Sulphur Dell Watering Hole

10.  Back to the Minors Road Trip (Obstacle Course)

11.  Dugout Bean Bag Toss ???

12.  Rocky Colavito's "Bucket Throw"

13.  Bullpen Horse Shoes

14.  Stealing Home (40 Yard Dash)

15.  Charlie Brown's Hippity Hop

16.  "A League of Their Own" (Turtle Race)

17.  Wrigley Field Pop Fly Contest

Teachers, I will be using pennant shaped markers for each station.

Kindergarten-Computers

The Kindergarten classes have been very busy since Christmas. The home row keys have been introduced to the students--1 letter a week for 8 weeks. Their High Hat sound that corresponded with a HRK key were reviewed also.  We continue to work on our sound booklet as well.  

Our next project for Kindergarten will be to type a Safety booklet.  Our first document will be 'My name is...', with their own illustration. The next document will be 'My cell number is...', with an illustration of a cellphone.  The third document will be 'My address is....', with an illustration of their house, condo or apartment. I feel it is so important for our children to know this information. 

Have a wonderful weekend....Spring is definitely coming.😊
PS-2-Tablets
PS-3-www.turtlediary.com/Countsides/Learn Numbers/Lean to Write Numbers
PK-www.funbrain.com/Pig Pile/Apple Catch/Desert Dive
K-www.starfall.com/ More Phonics
1st Grade-Google Drawing
2nd Grade-Google Drawing
3rd Grade-Google Docs
4th Grade- Glogster

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Pete the Cat:  Big Easter Adventure, 10 Easter Eggs, and watched Harry the Bunny on YouTube.

PS3 - We read Easter Mice, Pete the Cat:  Big Easter Adventure, and Here Comes the Easter Cat.

PK4 -  We read Easter Mice, Pete the Cat:  Big Easter Adventure, and Here Comes the Easter Cat.

Kindergarten - did not come to library.

First Grade - We read The Easter Bunny that Overslept and watched The Berenstain Bears Spring Surprise/Easter Surprise.

Second Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Follow the Digital Trail.

Third Grade - We continued reading Jake Drake Teacher's Pet.

Fourth Grade - did not come to library.

First Grade

Having the First grade class come into the lab is always an active class time.:)  However, the students know our procedures well, so we are able to begin our lesson promptly.  After spending time watching and discussing a  video from Brainpop, we quickly had a keyboarding and word processing lesson about how the computer has its own margins to prevent us from typing to the very edge of the document.  Very often I empathize how the computer is our 'friend' and will help us with word processing skills.  (especially spell check). 
Worldbookonline.com is a website that allows children to listen to fun stories. These stories were all about Trek and his adventures. With their own headphones, the children enjoyed listening to these stories. 
Easter is just around the corner, so next week the students will need to draw some spring pictures on Google drawings which will be displayed in the hall.

The sun is shining...yeah!!! Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Speck

PS-2-Tablets
PS-3 www.turtlediary.com/Learn Shapes/Pattern Match
PK-www.turtlediary.com/Shapes/Color the Shapes
K-www.starfall.com/More phonics
1st www.worldbookonline.com
2nd- www.kidzone.ws/water/Google Drawing
3rd -Google Doc/Table
4th-www.glogster.com

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Jesus Love Me, the eBook Spring Senses and watched the YouTube video Peep and the Big Wide World:  Spring Thing.

PS3 - We read Signs of Spring,  And Then It's Spring, the eBook Spring Senses and watched the YouTube video Peep and the Big Wide World:  Spring Thing.

PK4 - We read Signs of Spring, Mud, the eBook Spring Senses and watched the YouTube video Peep and the Big Wide World:  Spring Thing.

Kindergarten - We watched Harold and the Purple Crayon.

First Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Staying Safe Online.

Second Grade - We learned about the author Robert Munsch.  We read his book Mortimer and talked about what we and others do to avoid bedtime.  We then illustrated our favorite part of the book.

Third Grade - We began reading Jake Drake Teacher's Pet by Andrew Clements.

Fourth Grade - We read The Marvelous Thing that Came from a Spring.  We watched the Slinky commercial from the 1970's and watched Slinky Josh do tricks with on YouTube.  We then got to play with our own Slinky!

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

This week was Read Across America Week/Dr. Seuss.  Even though it was Guidance week and all classes went to Mrs. Coleman during their library time, I opened the library for teachers to bring their students for 30 minutes of Dr. Seuss!  We read books like Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?, The Cat in the Hat, And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, and Oh, the Places You'll Go.  We also watches some videos like Are You My Mother?, Go, Dog, Go, The Best Nest, and (my favorite) Daisy Head Mayzie.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe spring break!

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read A Color of His Own and watched the YouTube video The Very Busy Spider.

PS3 - We read What is Blue?, What is Shape?, and Apes Finds Shapes.

PK4 - We read Up, Up, Down and then drew a picture of our favorite part of the book.

Kindergarten - We read Harold and the Purple Crayon.  We then made our own Harold book with a purple crayon.

First Grade - did not come to library.

Second Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Follow the Digital Trail.

Third Grade - did not come to library.

Fourth Grade - did not come to library.

2nd Grade-Computers

The winter Olympics have been exciting for all grades.  We have researched the different continents, events and athletes. Google word documents, Google drawing, and Google sheets have been used to complete assignments. This week the students pretended like they were one of the athletes and described their experience using Google Docs, and of course inserted a picture of their event. The  first time the 2nd grade students were introduced to Google sheets the project was to calculate our favorite types of cookies...I think chocolate chip was the winner.  This week we will use Google sheets again to calculate the  medals that the top 4 countries won.....hoping USA is at the top.   This assignment will be printed.  The 2nd graders are always engaged in our computer time together....great classes.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Speck

PS-2 Tablets
PS-3 www.fisherprice.com
PK- www.sesamestreet.org
K  www.sesamestreet.org/winter games
1st- Google Drawing
2nd Grade-Google Docs
3rd Grade-Google Slides-Winter Olympics
4th Grade-www.glogster.com/Winter Olympics

The Art Zone... Paul Klee with 1st Grade

First Grade took a look at the works of Paul Klee. Specifically his piece tittled "Cat and Bird". We talked about how it didn't look like a traditional, or realistic drawing but the artist chose to give it more of an abstract style. After discussing about more about what abstract art is, we broke out our chalk pastels and got to work with our own abstract cats. 

I think they did a spectacular job!

PS-3

The PS-3 classes have made such progress since the beginning of school.  They are well adjusted to the procedures of entering the computer lab and sitting on the floor in front of the room.  We always begin the class the same way...with a short nursery rhyme from their classroom curriculum and then a review of the letter they are having for the week.  The children always color that  letter from the website www.Internet4classrooms.com.  Next the students are shown the website we will be using for the class and this week it was from www.sesamestreet.org.  The children were able to draw on a Valentine picture and dress Elmo and Abby with different Valentine costumes.  All of these activities require the children to use their motor skills for the mouse.  They are totally amazing!!!

Both classes are adorable.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs. Speck

PS-2-Video-This Little Piggy
      Tablets
PS-3-www.sesamestreet.org
PK-www.fisher-price.com
K- Kodable.com
1st Grade- Google Drawing
2nd Grade- Google Sheets
3rd Grade-Google Slides
4th Grade-www.glogster.com






   

The Art Zone... Stepping Stone Love

Febuary is just full of love and with the help of the Stepping Stones program, the love is spilling into EH's hallways. We've worked hard working on our motor skills while learning about color and having fun.

The two year olds learned if you smoosh red and white paint together that it becomes pink!

The preschool class worked on color mixing and making different shades of pink and purple. They also worked on fine moter skills as they used cotton swabs to paint.

Pre-K worked on keeping control of their cotton swabs by filling their hearts full of poka-dots. I'm also proud of their scissor skills as they carefully cut out their hearts so we could glue them onto the purple paper.

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Valentine's Day is Cool, Valentine Mice, and the Ebook Do You See Hearts?  We also watched the YouTube video Caillou Happy Valentine's Day.

PS3 - We read Valentine Mice, Too Many Valentines, and the Ebook Do You See Hearts?  We also watched the YouTube video Caillou Happy Valentine's Day.

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

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

First Grade - We read A Crankenstein Valentine and The Valentine's Day from the Black Lagoon.

Second Grade - We read Cam Jansen and the Valentine Baby Mystery.

Third Grade - We read The Runaway Valentine, Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink, and Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch.

Fourth Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Strong Passwords.

PK Computers

PK students are always excited to come to the computer lab. These children know the procedures well.  Their classroom nursery rhyme this week was 'The Three Little Pigs,' followed by a review of the letter 'L' from Turtle Diary.  After coloring the letter L from www.Internet4classrooms.com, the children were given instructions for 2 activities from www.sesamestreet.org.  The Winter Olympics began this week, so the children enjoyed skiing, ice skating and snowboarding  with Grover and his friends.  We also traced numbers with Mr. Count.  Great class.....

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Speck 
PS2Tablets
PS3- www.sesamestreet.org
PK-www.sesamestreet.ort
K-www.abcya.com
1st- Google Docs
2nd-Google Docs
3rd -Google Docs
4th-Google Docs -Table 

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Blue Chicken and watched the YouTube video From Head to Toe. 

PS3  We read Blue Chicken and Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum.  We also watched the YouTube video Bear Snores On.

PK4 - We read Fast Food and Ride, Fly Guy, Ride.  We also watched the YouTube video Transportation for Kids.

Kindergarten - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Keep It Private.

First Grade - did not come to library.

Second Grade - We read Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery.

Third Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson Private and Personal.

Fourth Grade - We completed reading the book Twenty and Ten.

Elementary PE

Coach Freud's Corner

February 5, 2018

A Special Stepping- Stones Report

This report from Coach Freud's Corner is going to highlight PK3 and PK4 in their physical education classes.  We focus on basic skills such as running, skipping, galloping, hopping and most of all following directions.  We realize how fragile emotions are for this age group, and success is just as important to three and four year olds as it is to third and fourth graders.

This week the "Stepping-Stones" kids have had a taste of competition with relays including the use of hula-hoops and gator-skin funballs.  The relays have included all of the skills listed above with a few twists of our own or rather their own twists.  They are so excited to be able to try something new, and they are learning to take turns, share, and the order of things.

Until next time, "Keep on Playing."

Third Grade Computers

Keyboarding lessons begin in January for our Kindergarten students. Learning and mastering the home row keys is the first step in being able to master the entire keyboard.  Our 3rd grade students have mastered these skills and are now being introduced to the other 18 characters on the keyboard.  Each week 2 new characters are introduced and practiced.  We are using www.mikids.com/keyboarding.  This is a 'life skill' that will benefit them throughout their educational and professional life.  So proud of these students!!
Our word processing project this week was to create a 'flyer' advertising our Open House.  Spacing, different fonts, different colors, and inserting an image were all used to create this lesson on Google Docs...

I am so proud of these children...great class!!!

Have a great Super Bowl weekend.
Mrs. Speck

PS-2--Tablets
PS-3 www.sesamestreet.org
PK-www.fisherprice.com
K-www.abcya.com
1st Grade-Google Drawing
2nd Grade-www.sheppardsoftware.com
3rd Grade-Google Docs
4th Grade-Internet research- Famous TN

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read Pete the Cat:  Pete's Big Lunch and A Pet for Pete.  We then watched some Pete the Cat YouTube.

PS3 - We watched Five Little Monkeys DVD.

PK4 - We watched Five Little Monkeys DVD.

Kindergarten - We read Charlie's Snow Day and Snowmen at Night.  We then drew a picture of what we would do if we stayed up all night.

First Grade - We read The Emperor's Egg.  We did a before reading/after reading worksheet and learned a lot more about penguins!

Second Grade - We learned about a new series of books, Cam Jansen.  We then read Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones.

Third Grade - We continued working on our online catalog skills by doing an independent worksheet.

Fourth Grade - We began reading Twenty and Ten and discussed the Holocaust.

Elementary PE

Coach Freud's Corner

January 30, 2018

As we await the appearance of Punxsutawney Phil and his prediction of how much longer we will have winter, the PE department is taking advantage of any fair weather days that we have.  We try to get our students out of the classroom as much as we can in order for the to receive the vitamin D from the sun as well as fresh air.  We are constantly monitoring the temperature and wind chill when making our decisions regarding playing outdoors.  

Elementary Music

The 1st and 2nd graders did a wonderful job performing "The Big Chill" last Thursday evening!  The 3rd graders will be working more on learning the notes of the musical staff by playing a treble clef game, and the 4th graders will continue learning to play the recorder in class.  The PK4, K, 1st and 2nd have been working on a musical snowman picture that will be coming home in a few weeks.  They will be put on display in the hallway for a while first!

Lisa Northcut

Fourth Grade Computers

February is the month of  'love' and we are taught from a very young age the amazing love that our God had for all of us on earth when He allowed His son to come as a baby.  John 3:16 is the text that is used as an acrostic spelling the word 'Valentine.' The students had several word processing skills in order to complete the assignment...and the end product is outside the computer lab...very impressive!!
The fourth graders will be very busy the rest of the year with research of their Famous Tennessean, a poster or Glogster of their character, and an Emaze presentation of Tennessee.
Of course, keyboarding is practiced every class period.

Soo proud of these students!!
Have a good weekend,
Mrs. Speck

PS-2 Tablets
PS-3 www.sesamestreet.org
PK-www.topmarks.co.uk
K- www.crawfordthecat.com
1st grade- Google Docs
2nd grade-www.topmarks.co.uk
3rd grade-www.topmarks.co.uk
4th grade-Google Docs

Elementary Library

This week in the library...

PS2 - We read A Ball for Daisy, Train Man, and Bear Sees Colors.

PS3 - We read Five Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake, Five Little Monkeys Play Hide and Seek, and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.  We also watched Arctic Antics.

PK4 - We read Five Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake, Five Little Monkeys Play Hide and Seek, and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.  We also watched Arctic Antics.

Kindergarten - We did the Digital Citizenship lesson ABC Searching.

First Grade - did not come to library.

Second Grade - We introduced the series of books Cam Jansen.  We began reading Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones.

Third Grade - We continued learning our catalog skills by doing an independent worksheet.

Fourth Grade - We did the Digital Citizenship Unit I Assessment. 

Elementary Library

This week in the library all elementary classes went to Guidance with Mrs. Coleman.  All students 1st - 4th have taken the STAR Assessment again.  The students did very well!