The first grade class will begin a special project today: they will create an ABC book for the JK and Kindergarten classes. They will use PIXIE over the next few weeks to create a separate page for each letter of the alphabet, practice creating text blocks and typing upper and lower case letters, selecting and typing a word representing each letter of the alphabet, and illustrating the word using pictures found in PIXIE.
Today the first grade students will continue to explore maps, map skills, and map symbols using interactive National Geographic map games for kids.
First grade students are beginning a map skills study in their classroom. Today students will explore maps and map symbols while helping a tour bus driver navigate National Geographic's Adventure Island.
Today marks the 111th anniversary of Dr. Seuss' birth. Since 1998, the National Education Association (NEA) has designated March 2nd as Read Across America day. In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, we will play educational games and explore the Seussville website during our computer class.
In preparation for the celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday next week, the students will be exploring an interactive site filled with Dr. Seuss activities during their computer class today.
Today students will use an interactive learning tool called Keyseeker to continue to build their introductory keyboarding skills. Keyseeker helps the students recognize letters on a keyboard and prompts them to use the correct hand to strike the key. The keyboard is split into purple for left and green for right hand. The students use bands on their wrists to help remember which hand to use.
The students made their own Senet board game in class. We played a version on the iPad to help them learn the rules. There are many free online web versions of the game as well.
Today the students will be using Pixie to finish their Snowflake Poem project. They will practice changing the way the "text" of their poem looks by changing the font style and color of the text. Each student wrote a cinquain poem about snowflakes in class. This poem has been added to a snowflake picture they created during computer class. Below is an example of what they will be starting with.
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