Kindergarten and 1st Grade Mouse Skills

Kindergartners and 1st graders display another fun way to show off their progress at controlling the mouse. They had to move the mouse with precision across the screen, hold the mouse still while clicking, and click and drag.

Kindergarten

"Wordle" you thankful for, Area B?

Second graders in Area B typed 10 or more words they were thankful for using Microsoft Word. They used the "return" key to type on a new line, saved their work, and learned to copy and paste their work between applications using both the menu and the keyboard shortcuts. They pasted their words into the Word Cloud maker from ABCya.com. Here are some of their Word Clouds.

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Happy Computer Science Education Week!

Try these Hour of Code activities to write your own lines of code and create a nifty project.

Kindergarten-1st Grade

Click Kodable then click "Students Start Here" to begin. Place arrows in the correct order to help the fuzz balls move through the maze.

2nd-3rd grade

Click Puppy Adventure then click "Play Now" to begin. Program the puppy to avoid obstacles and return home by placing commands in order and using loops.

4th-5th Grade

Click Spin Draw then click the button "Play Now" to begin. In this activity you will use code to create a stamping art project.

Kindergarten Shows Off Mouse Skills

A foundational skill kindergartners work on in tech class is how to use the mouse. Students learn to hold the mouse steady, click, double click, and click and drag items across the screen. Mouse control develops hand-eye coordination and precision.  Creating their own pumpkins is one way students used this skill. 

Kindergartners created and saved their individual pumpkins using the Make a Pumpkin activity from ABCya.com. I combined their creations into a single picture using PhotoCollage.com.

Kindergarten Class Books: Silly Sally

Did you know we have some super silly kindergartners in our school? I know, what a surprise. Kindergartners show off just how silly they can be in their own versions of Silly Sally by Audrey Wood.

Through this project students took photos of each other using the iPad. Then they recorded their voices on Adobe Spark using silly made-up words that rhyme with their names. Because these books have student pictures and names, the books won't be posted online to protect student privacy. But if you want to see your student's class book, just ask me or their kindergarten teacher to watch it.

Area A and P7A Class Books: Q is for Duck

D is for ice cream? W is for dog? Why?

Area A and P7A wrote their own versions of Q is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game by Mary Elting and Michael Folsom. Read on to find out the answers to these alphabet riddles and more.

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Area B Class Books: Yes Day!

Are you excited to see what Area B 2nd graders have been working on? If you answered "Yes!" then you are on the right track to enjoy these class books. Area B wrote their own versions of Yes Day! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Read on to find out what these 2nd graders are hoping you'll say "Yes!" to.

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