Bits and Bytes from the Computer Lab

• Parents can view their K-5 children's Success Maker scores online through Power School.  Log on to Power School and click on your child's computer grade for the quarter.  There you can keep track of your child's progress quarterly for grades K-5.  Parents who wish to see their student's scores in grades 6-8 should contact Mrs. Kremer or the homeroom teacher.  Students in grades K-5 access the Success Maker program in the computer lab once weekly to improve their skills in the areas of reading (RR, IR, RW), spelling (SS) and math  (MCS).  Students in grades 6-8 use the program occasionally in the library and computer lab, when they don't have another project they are working on.  We ask that you encourage your child to work hard and make good use of their Success Maker sessions.

Computer Classroom Activities



Middle school students search for information on the internet


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2nd Quarter 2008-2009

Pre-K

• Pre-K does not begin computer classes until later in the year

Kindergarten

• Success Maker - Students use the Success Maker program weekly to hone their skills on an individualized level in the academic areas of math and reading.
• Halloween Pictures  - Students used Kid Pix to create Jack-o-lanterns scenes and pictures of themselves dressed in their Halloween costumes.
• Reader Rabbit Learn to Read - Students used this self-directed piece of software to firm up their phonemic awareness of letter sounds.

1st Grade

• Success Maker - Students use the Success Maker program weekly to hone their skills on an individualized level in the academic areas of math and reading.
• All About Me Book - Students used Kid Pix to create and illustrate a book all about themselves including their name, address, phone numebr, birthday, and many of their favorite things
  

2nd Grade

• Success Maker - Students use the Success Maker program weekly to hone their skills on an individualized level in the academic areas of math, spelling and reading.
• Halloween Web Site - students used a web site to do Halloween themed math problems and create jack-o-lanterns
  

3rd Grade

• Success Maker - Students use the Success Maker program weekly to hone their skills on an individualized level in the academic areas of math, spelling and reading.
• Math Blaster - Students used an arcade like piece of software to brush up on their addition and subtraction facts
• Our Communities Brochure - Students used Publisher to create a brochure with Word Art headings and pictures to show what they had learned about the differences between urban, suburban, and rural communities
• Colonial Reports - Students used Word and Publisher to create a report on some phase of life in Colonial times.

4th Grade

• Success Maker - Students use the Success Maker program weekly to hone their skills on an individualized level in the academic areas of math, spelling and reading.
• Australian Animal Power Point - students created an 8 slide Power Point from scratch, complete with textual information, Word Art headings, and images they downloaded from the internet,  themed on an Australian animal

5th Grade

• Success Maker - Students will use the Success Maker program weekly to hone their skills at an individualized level in math, spelling and reading.
• Graphing - Students used information gathered online and in class to create threee graphs (bar, line, and pie) using Excel.

6th Grade

• Success Maker - Students use the Success Maker program in the library to hone their skills on an individualized level in the academic areas of math, spelling and reading
• Kentucky Mineral Brochure - Students used Publisher to create a tri-fold brochure on 5 minerals found in KY.  They researched and gathered information and images online to complete the assignment.
• Haiku & Cinquain Poems - Students used Publisher to  publish their poetry, creating full page backgrounds with images and layering text boxes with their poetry on top.

7th Grade

• Success Maker - Students use the Success Maker program in the library to hone their skills on an individualized level in the academic areas of math, spelling and reading
• Cell Scavenger Hunt - Students used various online links to naswer questions regarding cell structure

8th Grade

• Success Maker - Students use the Success Maker program in the library to hone their skills on an individualized level in the academic areas of math, spelling and reading
• Solids, Liquids and Gases Virtual Lab - students used virtual lab software coordinated with their science text books to gather and complete a data chart on the effect temperature and volume have on pressure.  They completed a series of journal questions; took an online quiz, and created two lines to reflect their data using Excel.