Winter Session Week 1

A short week due to Monday inservice, Thursday early dismissal, and Friday snowday!

Kindergarten Spanish:
So much that is nuevo to discuss--ano nuevo (2010), mes nuevo (enero-Jan.), a nuevo season (invierno), and weather that is nuevo (hace frio-cold, nieve-snow)! We even talked about some nuevo gifts we received over the holidays. The rest of the class was focused on reviewing seasons and colors. We played the season dice game, made a mini-season book, discussed our favorite seasons and activities (me gusta!), and finished up with a silly Spanish video about colors.

B1-2 Tech:
As usual, our lesson starts with keyboarding, but this session we are focusing on our homerow fingers-quite a challenge! We will be using the program Type To Learn, Jr. as we start not only using the right hands to type a letter, but also some of the right fingers. We reviewed internet safety with Faux Paw, the Safety Cat video, games, and coloring.

3-4 Tech:
Type to Learn again, this time with an option to go back to some beginning levels to let our fingers relearn some basics. We reviewed internet safety, and our Word formatting skills, by changing fonts, colors, background, and borders on a safety rules document and watched the Tumblebook Little Red in Cyberspace. I also introduced our first at home cyberchallenge-to comment on my Winter Break snowman voki by creating your own!