Second Grade - My Favorites

Second graders went back to working on their My Favorites PowerPoint.  I love this project because I get to know what they like!  Some of the slides ask for favorite store, favorite book and favorite thing to do with their family.  We learned how to find images on the internet so we could have an image of the exact book they like as well as store logo.  We will finish these up and I will post examples next week. 

First Grade - Doubles Rap

In computer lab this week, we revisited our Double Rap projects after taking time out to view education city and enjoy some St. Patrick's Day games.  Students continued to type out the words to the rap and added pictures to signify the number sentence.  We had fun choosing pictures to go with the concept.  We will continue with this project next week to finish up!  I will post examples when we finish.

Kindergarten - Counting and Numbers Websites

The kindergarten classes worked on number concepts this week in technology class.  We typed our numbers 1-10 for our typing warm up, then we visited several games re-enforcing number sense by going to the internet. 
We had time to visit games 1-9 during class.  One of the games is a subtraction bowling game which is a concept some are not ready for, so I encouraged them to stick to the other games if they did not want to try it.   Please visit these games at home - they are good practice for computer skills and math skills.

Counting Games
 

Education City

Students explored the Education City this week in computer lab.  Education City is curriculum content delivered online.  The site has games, testing features and can track student progress.  I am not sure whether we will purchase the program, but I wanted students to give me some feedback on the website.  They really enjoyed the games and I liked the fact it is tied to state and common core standards.  You can actually request a trial version to try at home.  Just got to Education City and sign up.

Second Grade - Week of February 20

The second graders learned how to search for images and copy those images for a PowerPoint on "My Favorites".  I made a template PowerPoint and they added their favorites and used the the internet for images. For instance if they have a favorite team like K-State or KU, I taught them how to place the logo on their PowerPoint.  They had a lot of fun finding just the right image for their favorite book, movie or restaurant!  This project will take a couple of class sessions to finish, but when they are finished I will post an example.

First Grade - Week of February 20

The first graders worked with math concepts this week in computer lab.  During typing warm up we had a contest to see who could type the most numbers.  Our record was 134 by a student in Mrs. Stallard's class.  Our question of the day also focused on numbers.  Where do you see numbers and what do we use numbers for?  Lots of great answers including speed limit signs and numbers on team uniforms.  
In their classrooms, they are learning "The Doubles Rap" to help them recall double math problems such as 5 + 5 = 10.  So we are in the process of making PowerPoints to help reinforce what they are learning in the classroom.  This project will take more than one class period to complete, so when it's finished I will post some examples.  Next week we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss for Read Across America, so the following week we will finish our Doubles Rap project.

Kindergarten Week of February 20

We focused on numbers this week in computer lab.  For our typing warm up we typed the numbers 1-10.  Then we enjoyed a story called "One Duck Stuck" on tumblebooks through the Manhattan Public Library.  If you have a library card from their library you can access  books online.  Just click on the tumblebooks icon toward the bottom of the page, enter your user id number and password and enjoy books online.  The following links were the websites we enjoyed during class.  Most of them start out easy and then get harder as they work through the levels.  Enjoy!

Count the Cubes
More or Less
How Many Fish?
Numerical Order (Monkey Game)
Connect the Dots 1-40