First and Second Grade Holiday Sites

The following is a link to over 30 holiday games to enjoy with your child.  We had fun with them in class but didn't have time to explore them all!  I hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas and that your holiday season is blessed with good times with family and friends!

Holiday Web Sites

Kindergarten Holiday Sites

Please click on the links for the week in technology.  We had lots of fun with these sites, so please check them out at home!  Happy Holidays to everyone!  I wish you many happy memories and good times with your families!


Christmas Lights

Make a Christmas Tree

Gingerbread House

Online Coloring Pages

Kindergarten - Week of December 5

The kindergarten students worked with numbers and stamps using Tux Paint.  Here is an example of their work.  They did a great job, plus had some great practice with number concepts!

 

First Grade - Week of December 5

This week we learned how to insert word art on a powerpoint slide.  We also practice on inserting clip art and resizing clip art.  A few classes had time to do an activity called Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes where they put a picture of Santa and then put the labels and arrows to point to the body parts. 

Here are some examples of our projects.  Enjoy!

 

Second Grade - Weeks of December 5 and 12

We worked on our December counting books during the last two weeks.  They did a great job of inserting word art, inserting clip art and resizing images in PowerPoint.  I have put a link to a sample of our project.  If you would like me to email your child's project to you, please email me at nortonb@usd320.com with your child's name and class.  I will send it to you in a PDF form, so you don't have to have PowerPoint to view it.  Enjoy!

December Counting Book Sample

December Counting Book Sample 2

Second Grade - Week of November 28

Second grade started a new project in technology this week.  We are making a mini December counting book using PowerPoint.  By doing this project, they are learning how to add word art, clip art and how to re-size the images to fit on their slides.  We will work on this project for the next couple of weeks.  When we are finished, I will let you know on the blog and if you would like me to email you their project as a PDF file, I would be happy to email you!  You can then print off their project and make their book to keep at home! 

First Grade - Week of November 28

This week in technology the first graders had fun adding clip art to a PowerPoint slide.  We practiced adding a new slide, and inserting holiday clip art.  Once the clip art is inserted, we learned how to re-size the clip art so we could fit multiple images on a slide.  They enjoyed working with the holiday images, so if you have PowerPoint on your computer at home, let them show you what they can do! 

Kindergarten - Week of November 28

This week we worked on shapes in Tux Paint.   Next, we experimented with using shapes to make a decorated Christmas tree.  Tux Paint is a free program that you can download, so you might want to download it for your child to use.  They absolutely love to draw using Tux Paint!

Another skill we continue to work on in technology is typing their name.  This is excellent practice in both letter recognition and keyboarding skills.  If you have a computer at home, please have your child practice typing their name.  I also have them type their last name which is excellent practice for those who are still learning how to spell their last names.