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News from the Lab
November 2014

Kindergarten

WOW! What a difference a month has made. I am so excited by the progress the kindergartners are making in the lab! We have been working about a month and a half now learning to login! I am excited to say that each class has about 10-15 students who already know their logins without needing a login card! That is worth a celebration so each day the classes come we celebrate the successes of those students who have mastered this skill! This number is very important because as they continue to move through the grades this number will allow them to access other programs and computers in other labs in the building. We are also building a good foundation for learning to navigate through websites and how to use our mouse correctly. Check out our Kindergarten page to find some of the activities we have been doing!

New from the Computer Lab

October 2014

Kindergarten:

Kindergarten students have been working on learning to login to their computer workstations. Each student in grades k-12 have their own username and password to login to the computers. The students are really coming along on being able to remember the steps to get to their login and onto our class website where their lessons for each week are posted. We are also working on learning how to use a mouse correctly!

A Look ahead: Kindergarten students need lots of repeated practice to become successful so the next two months we will continue to develop our skills of using a mouse as well as gain knowledge of the keys on the keyboard.

Some things you can do at home: Have your child spend sometime practicing using the mouse at home. Below is a link to our class website. Here is where you will find academic games that will incorporate mouse skills while building a strong foundation for reading and math. I will update the website with weekly projects or activities we are doing in the lab here as well under the news tab!

__http://mrsbagley.wikispaces.com/Kindergarten+Lessons__

First Grade:

First Grade students started September reviewing classroom procedures and expectations. Then we quickly moved into reviewing parts of a computer. The last two week of September focused on being a Digital Citizen. The students learned how to be respectful, responsible and safe when on the computers. In October we have really been working on learning our login numbers and continuing our master our skills with using a mouse. I am so excited to see the growth of these students. They remember a lot of the concepts covered in Kindergarten which makes transition into First Grade so much easier! Some of the students have even memorized their logins! This is great!

A look ahead: Next week students will be introduced to a new keyboarding program called Keyboarding Without Tears. Students will focus on a letter location and learning to use fingers correctly. These are short quick lessons that allow us to develop proper keyboarding skills, but the flexibility to skill do fun projects in the lab!

Some things you can do at home: Have your child spend sometime practicing using the mouse at home. Below is a link to our class website. Here is where you will find academic games that will incorporate mouse skills while building a strong foundation for reading and math. I will update the website with weekly projects or activities we are doing in the lab here as well under the news tab!

__http://mrsbagley.wikispaces.com/1st+Grade__

Second Grade:

First Grade students started September reviewing classroom procedures and expectations. Then we quickly moved into reviewing parts of a computer. The last two week of September focused on being a Digital Citizen. The students learned how to be respectful, responsible and safe when on the computers. In October we have really been working on learning our login numbers and continuing our master our skills with using a mouse. I am so excited to see the growth of these students. They remember a lot of the concepts covered in Kindergarten which makes transition into First Grade so much easier! Some of the students have even memorized their logins! This is great!

A look ahead: Next week students will be introduced to a new keyboarding program called Keyboarding Without Tears. Students will focus on a letter location and learning to use fingers correctly. These are short quick lessons that allow us to develop proper keyboarding skills, but the flexibility to skill do fun projects in the lab!