Thursday, March 26, 2009

Fifth Grade: Students learned to use PowerPoint for word processing. Students learned to type in a recipe and make it look professional. PowerPoint is a great resource for creating handouts, typing stories, and/or reports!



Fourth Grade: Students uploaded Limericks that they wrote for St. Patrick's Day. Students earned a free choice (monitored) Thursday!



Third Grade: Students learned to use word processing utilities such as spell checker, grammar checker, and thesaurus to edit their writing.



Second Grade: Students used Microsoft Word to type Easter Bunny stories. Students used clip art to illustrate their stories.



First Grade: Students visited http://www.scholastic.com/ to view and play I Spy games. This site has excellent activities for younger students that provide practice for higher-level thinking skills.

March 12, 2009

Fifth Grade: Students have been learning about how to cite an Internet source. We have been talking about plagiarism as well. Students each chose a topic to research using the Britannica Online School Edition which has been purchased by the school. Once students chose a topic, s/he took notes and wrote a paragraph.

Fourth Grade: Students visited http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ to learn about Limericks. Each student created her/his own limerick. We will post them on our Class Wiki so look for them next week!

Third Grade: Students used Microsoft Word to create a recipe for a favorite sandwich. Students learned to type a heading, use a bulleted list, and spell check.

Second Grade and First Grade: Students visited www.sadlier-oxford.com/ to play a large variety of phonics games. This is an excellent site for grades pre K-6.