Here is the link to view the battle:

Unis:  Snow Day Monday!!!

McCollough:

1st Grade:

1. Typing vs. Writing demonstration.
2. Review logging onto chromebooks.
3. Demonstrate home row, finger placement, posture, etc.
4. Demonstrate Dance Mat Typing.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr
5. Student Practice Time

2nd Grade:

1. Typing vs. Writing Demo
2. Home row, finger placement, posture, etc.
3. Demonstrate Typing.com
4. Student Practice Time

3rd Grade:

1. Review typing basics
2. Demonstrate typing.com
3. Student practice time.

McCollough-Unis:

• Book Fair this week!  Lots of classes visiting.
• Grades 1-3:  Internet Safety Review and Book Fair Browsing with wish lists.

Stout:  

• Check out with Mr. Melvin and Mrs. Thompson’s classes
• Book Club meetings with The Flash Readers
• Cataloging new titles from Amazon.

McCollough:

Grades 1-3:  Internet Safety Video and Discussion.

Stout:  

Check out with Mr. Melvin and Mr. Hool’s classes;  finishing up our holiday decor.  The place looks great!

Unis:  Check out with Mrs. Matash’s 6th grade students;  finished cataloging new titles

McCollough: 

1st grade:  I can show my understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds;  I can use the alphabet bubble game to practice my alphabetizing and computer (keyboarding and mouse) skills.  

• Review logging on and off the computer
• ABCya.com:  Alphabet Bubble

2nd Grade: I can demonstrate my command of English usage and grammar;  I can use the Thanksgiving word search game to practice my keyboarding and mouse skills

• Review Logging on and off
• ABCya.com:  Thanksgiving Word Search

3rd Grade:  I can use my  knowledge of English Language Conventions when speaking, reading or writing;  I can use the Thanksgiving Crossword to practice my keyboarding and mouse skills

• ABCya.com: Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle.

Unis:  Check out with Mr. Drinkert’s LA classes

McCollough:  

• Teaching/Reviewing logging onto Chrome Books
• 1st Grade:  visit ABCya.com work on the ABC slider puzzle (great for mouse skills)
• 2nd Grade:  ABCya.com  work Spelling Practice
• 3rd Grade:  ABCya.com  Spelling Bees  (fun interactive spelling game; can compete with other users online while working the keyboard and mouse)

Stout:  Check out with Mr Melvin’s classes on Thursday;  Book Tasting with Mr. Hool’s classes on Friday.  Lunch meetings with my book club.  These guys are FLYING through the books!  I’m sponsoring some serious readers this year.

McCollough: 

• Read aloud a Halloween Story (Halloweiner by Dav Pilkey for 1st;  Boo! by Robert Munsch to 2nd and 3rd).  I had a blast scaring the bejeezus out of my older students during parts of Boo!  (insert evil laugh here)
• Computers were taken for testing (again) so onto Plan B;  We designed our own paper jack-o-lanterns. I love the students who think outside the box and add headphones or crazy hair to their pumpkins.

Stout:

• Check outs with 6th grade and Bilingual classes
• Had lunch meetings with my book club, the Flash Readers. They LOVED our first book Code of Honor by Alan Gratz.  Hopefully they enjoy The Watsons Go To Birmingham as much.

Unis:  Check out with Mr. Drinkert’s classes

McCollough:  

1st Grade:

• Read Aloud Smelly Ghost  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17592617-smelly-ghost
• ABC order Review
• Library words ABC challenge  (more difficult than last week’s)

2nd/3rd:

• ABC order review
• ABC Challenge  (Much more challenging than last week’s work;  Longer list of words, and several that begin with the same letter)

Stout:  Book check out with Mr. Melvin and Mr. Hool’s Language Arts classes;  Had several groups of kids sign up for Battle of the Books 🙂