The Holidays are approaching and …

Happy Thanksgiving!

Let us pause and give THANKS
for all we have been blessed with.

First Grade Students
The students have been successful in logging on and off the computers using the control, alt, and delete keys. They know how to access the start menu and log-off button. They are still engaged with Common Sense Media, our Internet safety course. Once completed, they will begin working in the Microsoft Paint Program. They will be working in this program until January learning many of the Paint components. They will be introduced to the oval, rectangle, triangle and shift key. The shift key is held down when drawing a circle and square. They are encouraged to practice the skills accomplished in their computer class at home.

Second Grade Students
The students will be introduced to the KidWorks Deluxe Program.  This program is used in Second Grade Computer class.  It is a great program for building creative writing and reading skills. The students will be writing a journal of their Second Grade Memories. Each month will consist of three good sentences about what happened at school during that particular month. They will be creating their own sentences. The program has kid-friendly design tools, which students will be able to illustrate their stories with free-hand drawings and more. Students can hear their stories read aloud by the computer. The Journal will be printed and sent home at the end of the school year.

 

Third Grade Students

The students will begin working in Microsoft Word 2010. They will learn how to retrieve documents from one drive and save them in another drive. The students will know where to find Spelling and Grammar or Spell Check and how to use it when editing a document. The students will learn that spell check is not 100% accurate and that they have to reread documents to see what spell checked missed. They will also learn how to insert clipart, use the text wrap tool and send their images behind text and change the brightness of their image. They will be able to manipulate their images by using the sizing handles and clicking and dragging or by clicking on the size tab on the picture tool bar.

 

Fifth Grade Students

Fifth grade students are working in the Common Sense Media/Internet safety program and they have just completed their lesson on copyright laws and will finish up with discussions on Social Networking and some activities to go along with the lessons. Once Common Sense Media has been completed they will be ready to review the keyboard. They will be working in Ultra Key Typing. They will watch a video on Introduction to Ultra Key, Correct Posture, and Introduction to Fingers. The students will take the typing challenge. This score will indicate their words per minute and accuracy. They will be able to set goals for themselves. All scores will be recorded for grades.

Common Sense Media Bulletin Board outside the Computer Lab

Please take a minute and read what is going on in Cyberspace. There are so many things changing on a daily basis. Please talk to your children about Facebook. There are 500 million registered users. There are approximately 7.5 million kids under 13 on Facebook. Facebook isn't supposed to be used by children under 13.

Common Sense Media
A great website - commonsensemedia.org

“Their mission is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.” Please take a minute to look at their site. They rate and comment on all the new movies, videos and video games. Christmas is coming and what is safe?

                                                      Have a great Holiday month!

PAINT CLUB STARTS

Tuesday - October 22^nd 3:00 - 3:45
and meets on the 29^th, and November 5^th and 12^th

Mrs. Velastegui and I would like to welcome the following students:
 

Alex Menke	2A
Zeth Etienne	2A
Durius Williams	2A
Jade Giuseffi	2A
Ethan Nguyen	2A
Savannah Minton	2A
Delaney Iwanaga	2B
Andrew Hoffman	2B
Sarah Nowak	2B
Cale Burke	2B
Martin Vu	3A
Nathan King	3B
Isabelle Ferrari	3B
Ian Joyce	3B
Daigo Fujita	4A
Lauren Thompson	4A
Matthew King	4A
Michael Nowak	5A
Anh Le	5B
Trisha Iamsakun	5B