Today in honor of the annual Great Grymes Pumpkin Carving Contest, we are going to carve pumpkins using two online web applications during computer class. Students will create pumpkins to match some of the contest categories: Scariest, Funniest, Most Creative, Celebrity Look- Alike, or Strangest Creature. After students have completed their pumpkins, they will enjoy two other interactive Halloween themed computer activities.
Today the second grade will begin a collaborative project between their computer class, their homeroom classroom, and the library called the Monster Adjective Project. They will use PIXIE today, along with their imaginations, to create pictures of an original monster. Next week each student will select one of the monster pictures they created to become the subject of an adjective-filled descriptive paragraph.
Today students will review their introductory keyboarding skills with an interactive learning tool called Keyseeker. This tool helps the students practice placement of 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 color bands on their wrists to help remember which hand to use.
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