Monday, January 30, 2012

This week in Computer Lab...

Kindergarten will start out the class on Starfall. The focus will be the story "Soap Boat," "make-a-word," "long vowel review," and a video "Two Vowels Going for a Walk." Students will then be going to World Book Online to explore the "Early World of Learning." They can do activities from "Trek's Travels,' "Welcome to Reading," or "Know It."

First grade will start out the class practicing their keyboarding skills on BBC Dance Mat. They will then go to World Book Online to explore the "Early World of Learning." They can do activities from "Trek's Travels,' "Welcome to Reading," or "Know It."

Second grade will start out the class practicing their keyboarding skills on BBC Dance Mat. They will then finish up their PowerPoint projects they started a few weeks ago on one of the seven continents.
 
Third grade and Fourth grade will continue taking the Acuity. This week they will be tested on math.

Monday, January 23, 2012

This week in computer lab...

Kindergarten will start out doing Starfall. The focus will be the story "Dune Buggy," "long U," "long vowel review," and a video on the lonely vowel. They will then get on PBS Kids Lab and play some math games.

First Grade will start out their class with BBC Dance Mat to practice keyboarding skills. They too will then go to PBS Kids Lab.

Second Grade will continue with Acuity testing. They will be taking the Math portion this week.

Third and Fourth Grade will begin the Acuity testing this week. They will do Lang. Arts this week and Math next week.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

This week in computer lab...

Kindergarten will be using Starfall to review long o, watch a video on chunking and reading a story called "Robot & Mr. Mole." They will then focus on counting and numbers playing games in Gamequarium.

First grade will practicing keyboarding with "Ready, Set, Type." They will then continue with Reading Builder Practice in Riverdeep.

Second grade will be taking the Acuity again this week and next. This week the focus is Language Arts.

Third and Fourth grade will practice keyboarding skills and then finish up their excel spreadsheet from last week. When finished they will be able to do learning activities in Gamequarium.

Check out PBS KIDS Lab. This is a new addition to the PBS Kids site which offers more than 50 games designed to help children ages 2-8 develop their math skills.

Monday, January 9, 2012

This week in Computer Lab

Kindergarten will be starting the class off doing Starfall. The focus this week will be on "ch," “long i,” and short vowel review and the story "Sky Ride." Students will then practice and review counting playing "Junior 123" activities on Gamequarium.

First grade will be taking the SRI for the first timet his year. They will be taking a test on Scholastic Reading Inventory to find our their Lexile level in reading.

Second grade will continue on their Geography Project using Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

Third and Fourth grade will continue to review and then demonstrate using Excel. Their excel spreadsheet will demonstrate the cost of model rocket parts.