Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Week 14 - Dec 13

Ms. Gillespie's class will be doing math in Let's Go Learn.
Ms. Link's and Ms. Revier's classes will be studying birds.
Ms. Buginas' class will be practicing factors.
Ms. Nichols' class will work on their poems.
Ms. Gray's class will play math games.
Ms. Morita's and Mrs. McKnight's classes will play SpellIt with compound words.
Most upper grade classes will practice typing and play Cool Math.
Ms. McReynolds' class will do phonics in Starfall.
Ms. Lieberman's class will do Let's Go Learn.
Ms. Riedell's and Ms. Ruff's classes will do math practice in Harcourt math.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Week 13 - Dec 6

Ms. Gillespie's, Ms. Lieberman's, and Ms. Cason's classes will do Let's Go Learn.
Ms. Billings' class will have a KidPix day!
Ms. Link's class will practice making change.
Ms. Buginas' and Mr. Gill's classes will practice division.
Mr. Aiken's and Ms. Henry's classes will practice geometry.
Mr. Baum's and Ms. Tobin's classes will research winter.
Ms. Nichols' class will type up poems.
Ms. Morita's class will write about their buddies.
Ms. Gray's class will practice multiplication.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Week 12 - Nov 29

Kindergarten classes come to computer lab this week.

Ms. Gillespie's class will practice measurement and money.
Ms. Billings' and Mrs. Link's classes will practice measurement.
Ms. Buginas' class will practice division.
Mr. Aiken's and Ms. Henry's classes will practice geometry.
Ms. Tobin's class will practice factors and fractions.
Ms. Koenig's class will do research on California regions.
Ms. Ruff's class will study penguins.
Ms. Revier's class will study birds.
Ms. Nichols' and Ms. Gray's classes will practice typing.
Mr. Gill's class will practice decimals and fractions.
Mrs. McKnight's class will practice making change.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Week 11 - Nov 22

No school Thursday or Friday - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Ms. Gillespie's and Ms. Billings' classes will play money games.
Ms. Buginas' class will finish their essays about the environment.
Mr. Aiken's class will do research on Thanksgiving.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Week 10 - Nov 15

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

Ms. Gillespie's class will do the reading activities in Let's Go Learn.
Ms. Billings' class will practice their spelling words in SpellIt.
Mrs. Link's class will illustrate their fall poems.
Ms. Buginas' class will start a writing project on the environment.
Mr. Aikens' class will practice multiplication.

Ms. Nichols' and Ms. Gray's classes will practice Typing Instructor.
Ms. Cason's class will do calculator practice in Harcourt Math.
Ms. Morita's class will do word processing for their classroom blog.
Mr. Baum's class will edit their stories.

The kindergarten classes will practice phonics in Starfall.
Ms. Henry's class will do research for their anatomy projects.
Mr. Gill's class will do research for their 4-square on medical history.

Mrs. McKnight's class will look up their ancestor countries in Google maps.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Week 9 - Nov 8

No School Nov 11 and 12 -Veteran's Day.
Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

Ms. Gillespie's class will work on Let's Go Learn reading activities.
Ms. Billings' class will use FunBrain Changemaker to practice money skills.
Ms. Link's class will finish their fall poems.
Mr. Aiken's class will do research for their state reports.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Week 6 - October 18

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

All upper grade students will practice typing.
Ms. Gillespie's and Ms. Billings classes will practice math facts.
Ms. Link's class will start their fall poems.
Ms. Buginas' class will do ecosystem activities.
Mr. Aiken's class will finish research Human Anatomy.
Ms. Revier's class will study California butterflies.
Ms. Nichols' class will start touch typing.
Ms. Cason's class will finish the Let's Go Learn assessments.
Ms. Gray's class will research Phillipe Petit.
Ms. Morita's class will practice word processing.
Kindergarten classes will do number games on the Harcourt site.
Ms. Henry's class will finish research for their Native American projects and then play math games with factors and prime numbers.
Mr. Gill's class will play math games with multiplication.
Mrs. McKnight's class will learn about maps.
Ms. Tobin's class will start a creative writing project.
Ms. Koenig's class will finish their Pearson science assignments.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Week 5 - October 11

No kindergarten classes this week.

All upper grade classes will practice typing.
All primary classes will finish Let's Go Learn assessments and then do math practice.
Ms. Gillespie's class will do money games.
Ms. Billings' and Ms. Link's classes will play FunBrain Tic Tac Toe with math facts.
Ms. Buginas' class will play language arts games.
The third grade classes will practice subtraction with regrouping.
Mr. Gill's class will play math games.
Mr. Baum's class will edit their stories.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Week 4 - October 4

All classes come to computer lab this week.

Kindergarten students will explore KidPix while learning mouse control.
Grades 1 - 3 will finish the Let's Go Learn reading and math assessments.
Mr. Aiken's class will finish research for their Native American projects and start their Life Stories.
Ms. Buginas's class will finish editing their paragraphs for their research projects.
Ms. Tobin's and Mr. Baum's classes will start a creative writing projects to practice using Microsoft Word.
Ms. Henry's class will finish their research on Native Amerians.
Mr. Gill's class will do math practice on rounding.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Week 3 - Sept 27

No kindergarten classes this week.

Grades 1 - 3 will finish the Let's Go Learn Assessments.
Grades 4 - 6 will practice typing.

Ms. Buginas' class will work on their science writing assignment.
Ms. Henry's and Mr. Aiken's classes will do research for their Native American projects.
Mr. Baum's and Ms. Tobin's classes will do math practice.
Mr. Gill's class will work on their African-Amerian 4 square projects.
Ms. Koenig's class will do math practice.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Week 2 - Sept 20

All grade levels come to the lab this week.

Kindergarteners will use KidPix to learn mouse skills.
Grades 1 - 3 will do the Let's Go Learn assessments.
Grades 4 - 6 will do keyboarding and complete last week's word processing assignment.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Week 1 - Sept 14

The computer lab opens this week to grades 4 - 6.
Students will create logins for the typing program and begin the typing lessons.
Students will review word processing by writing a simple assignment about themselves.

All grades, K - 6, will come to the lab starting next week.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Back to School!

Welcome back!

The computer lab will open in a few weeks. Parents, look for the sign-up sheets by the office to volunteer for your child's class computer lab visit. We love having adult helpers in the lab!

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Week 34 - June 1

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

Upper grade classes will play typing games.
Upper grade classes will do internet safety activities.

Most K-3 classes will play math practice games.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Week 33 - May 25

Stop by the computer lab at Open House on Thursday!

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.
Upper grade classes will be practicing typing.
Upper grade classes will be finishing up all research and writing projects.
Third graders will practice multiplication facts.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Week 32 - May 17

No K-3 computer lab this week.

Upper grade students will practice typing and do an ecology internet scavenger hunt.

Ms. Henry's class will finish their pattern books.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Week 32 - May 10

Kindergarten classes come to the class this week.

Most upper grade students will do a worksheet on practical internet use.
Ms. Henry's and Ms. Buginas' classes will finish writing projects.

Ms. Link's class will do research for their animal reports.
Ms. Nichols' and Ms. Revier's classes will finish their stories.
Mr. Gill's class will work on their magazines.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Week 31 - May 3

Kindergarten classes will come to the lab this week.

Upper grade classes will be practicing internet research skills with a Cinqo de Mayo scavenger hunt.

Ms. Bennett's class will use online newspapers to study current events.
Ms. Morita's and Ms. Revier's classes will play math games.
Ms. Nichols' and Ms. Link's classes will finish their writing.
Mr. Gill's class will practice keyboarding.

Kindergarteners will play math games.
Ms. Koenig's class will continue social studies research.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Week 30 - April 26

Star testing continues this week.
Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

Upper grade classes will finish all story and poetry projects.
Upper grade classes will start a map activity.

Mr. Gill's class will practice geometry and probability.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Week 29 - April 20

No kindergarten classes this week.

Upper grade classes will finish their women's reports.
Ms. Link's and Ms. Revier's classes will finish their poetry.
Most classes will do math and grammar activities in preparation for testing.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Week 28 - April 11

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

Most upper grade classes will practice typing.
All upper grade classes will finish their Women's History projects this week.
Upper grade classes will start a poetry project for National Poetry Month.

Most classes will be practicing math facts, especially fractions, in preparation for testing.
Ms. Morita's class will play games with synonyms and homophones.
Kindergarten classes will practice using number lines.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Week 27 - March 29

No kindergarten classes this week.

All upper grade classes will practice typing.

Most classes will be finishing on-going projects this week.
Mr. Baum's and Ms. Henry's classes will finish their women's reports.
Mr. Aiken's class will finish their tall tales and their women's reports.
Ms. Tobin's class will research Cuba.
Ms. Buginas' class will write up sequential instructions.

Ms. Bennett's class will do math games.
Ms. Link's, Ms. Nichols', Mr. Gill's and Ms. Revier's classes will finish typing their poems and stories.
Ms. Morita's class will find illustrations for their research reports.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Week 26 - March 22

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.
Sixth graders are off at camp.

All upper grade classes will practice typing.
Most upper grade classes will finish their women's history reports.
Ms. Buginas' and Ms. Koenig's classes will do an internet research sheet on grammar.

Ms. Bennett's and Ms. Revier's classes will finish typing their stories.
Mr. Gill's class will work on typing instructor.
Ms. Morita's class will do internet research for their projects.

Mrs. McKnight's class will practice Google map skills.
Ms. Reidell's class will work on math facts.
Mr. John's class will draw polygons.
Ms. Ruff's class will do Let's Go Learn.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Week 25 - March 15

No kindergarten classes this week.

All upper grade classes will practice typing.

Mr. Baum's class and Ms. Henry's class will work on their women's history projects.
Ms. Buginas' class will work on internet research skills.
Mr. Aiken's class will finish their Tall Tales and do the Maya Skies activities in preparation for their field trip to the Chabot Space and Science Center.

Ms. Bennett's class will research their author projects and the Thousand Cranes.
Mr. Gill's class will do the Let's Go Learn reading assessment.
Ms. Link's class will work on fractions in Harcourt Math.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Week 24 - March 8

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

Most upper grade classes will work on the research for their Women's History projects.

Ms. Buginas' class will study electricity and magnets.
Kindergarteners will do the Learn to Read activities in Starfall.
Mr. Aiken's class will work on their Tall Tales.

Ms. Bennett's class will look at the wetlands in preparation for their field trip.
Ms. Revier's class will finish their study of prehistoric horses.
Ms. Nichols, Mr. Gill's, and Ms. Link's classes will finish their stories.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Week 22 - Feb 22

Welcome back from winter break.

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

Most upper grade classes will practice their research skills by starting a women's history project.

Ms. Bennett's class will play spelling games.
Mr. Gill's class will finish their stories.
Ms. Revier's class will study Fossil Horses.
Ms. Nichols' class will do reading assessments in Let's Go Learn.

Mrs. McKnight's class will do Harcourt fraction activities.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Week 21 - Feb 8

No kindergarten classes this week.

Most upper grade classes will practice typing.
Most classes will do research and take a quiz on Abraham Lincoln in honor of his birthday on Friday.
Ms. Buginas' class will work on probability.
Mr. Gill's class will practice word processing.
Ms. Bennett's class will finish their animal research.
Ms. Revier's class will finish their poems.
Ms. Link's class will do research for their bird reports.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Week 20 - Feb 1

The 100th day of school is this week!

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.
Mr. Baum's class will practice geometry.
Ms. Tobin's classes will write up their buddy interviews.
Ms. Henry's class finish their cookbook.
Ms. Buginas' and Mr. Aiken's classes will practice fractions and decimals.

Ms. Morita's class will continue adding 3 multi-digit numbers.
Mr. Gill's class will practice fractions.
Ms. Revier's class will type.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Week 19 - Jan 25

No kindergarten classes this week.

All upper grade classes will practice typing.

Mr. Baum's class will practice internet research skills.
Ms. Tobin's class will do research for their animal communication projects.
Ms. Buginas' class will work on writing reports.
Ms. Link's and Ms. Revier's classes will finish their poems.
Ms. Morita's class will work on on multiple number addition.
Mr. Gill's class will practice equivalent fractions.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Week 18 - Jan 18

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

All upper grade classes will practice typing.

Mr. Baum's class will play the Grid Game to practice factors and prime numbers.
Ms. Henry's class will edit their recipes.
Ms. Tobin's class will work on percentages.
Ms. Buginas' class will practice coordinate grids.
Mr. Aiken's class will practice fractions and finish research on their state reports.

Mr. Gill's class will practice multiplication and fractions.
Ms. Bennett's class will finish their tree reports.
Ms. Nichols' class will do Let's Go Learn.
Ms. Link's class will finish their winter poems.
Ms. Morita's and Ms. Billings' classes will do Let's Go Learn.

Ms. Mentzer's and Ms. McReynolds' classes will do phonics work in Starfall.
Ms. Lieberman's and Ms. Gillepie's classes will do phonics work in Let's Go Learn.
Ms. Koenig's class will finish editing their stories.
Ms. Goldbeck's class will practice multiplication facts.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Week 17 - Jan 11

No kindergarten classes this week.

Most classes will study Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ms. Henry's class will work on their haiku and recipes.

Ms. Morita's class will practice addition with regrouping.
Ms. Nichols' class will practice double-digit multiplication.
Ms. Bennett's class will do word processing.
Mr. Gill's class will practice fractions.
Ms. Revier's class will work on geometry with KidPix.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Week 16 - Jan 4

Happy New Year!

Kindergarten classes come to the lab this week.

Mr. Baum's class will work on factors.
Ms. Henry's class will do research for biography reports.
Ms. Tobin's class will work on their buddy interview questions.
Ms. Buginas' class will start their earth sciences unit.
Mr. Aiken's class will do research for their state reports.

Ms. Bennett's class will type up their tree facts.
Ms. Link's class will study Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mr. Gill's class will work on fractions.
Ms. Morita's class will practice math facts.
Ms. Nichols' and Ms. Revier's class will practice typing.

Ms. Mentzer's and Ms. McReynolds classes will use Starfall to study the alphabet.
Ms. Lieberman's class will continue Let's Go Learn.

Ms. Ruff's class will study polar bears.