Category Archives: Computer Lab

Valentine’s Day

Posted on by under Computer Lab, February, Valentine's Day

Today’s Poem:

“Love,” by Shel Silverstein

Key Vocabulary:

Review last week’s vocabulary word, “predictions” by watching the BrainPop video, “Predictions.”

Key Vocabulary

Literacy:

  1. We’ll review the differences and commonalities between hardcover, paperback, and ebooks.
  2. We’ll read “Arthur’s Valentine“
  3. If there’s time, we’ll watch a video, “Arthur and the Square Dance.”

Today’s Music:

Beautiful Relaxing Music

YOUR JOB TODAY:

Practice dragging objects:

  1. ABCYA Valentine’s Day Puzzle: https://www.abcya.com/valentines_day_puzzle.htm
  2. ABCYA Counting Hearts: https://www.abcya.com/valentines_day_counting.htm

Once More With Snow

Posted on by under Computer Lab, January, Snow

Today’s Poem:

“Children Soup with Rice”

Today’s Key Vocabulary:

Key Vocabulary

Media Skills:

We’ll read two books on the Promethean board:

This Week’s Music:

Chopin’s Nocturne Op.9 No. 2

YOUR JOB TODAY:

After students log in, students need to complete level 5 before going to free choice.

It’s Snowing!

Posted on by under Computer Lab, January, Snow

Today’s Poem:

“New Year’s Day” by Rachel Field.

Today’s Key Vocabulary:

January Vocabulary

Literacy:

First, we’ll review vocabulary from previous classes: hardcovers, paperbacks and ebooks and introduce the new words.

Next, we’ll read two books:

This Week’s Music:

“Winter’s Light,” by Tim Janis

Computer Skills

YOUR JOB TODAY:

We’ll review login procedures and students will login into computers using their own ID and password.

Try playing each of the games below and after you’ve gone to each site, if you can answer a question about one of the games, you can go to free choice.

Play with virtual snowballs: https://www.abcya.com/one_hundred_snowballs.htm

Click on this link to build a virtual snowman: https://www.abcya.com/snowman.htm

Try Grover’s Winter Games: https://pbskids.org/sesame/home/grovers-winter-games/

 

 

One More Time With Santa

Posted on by under Christmas, Computer Lab, December, Week 15

Today’s Vocabulary: Alphabet, alphabetizing

Today’s poem: “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” by John Rox.

Literacy:

Today we’ll read a book:

McGinley, Phyllis, and John Manders. The Year without a Santa Claus. New York: Scholastic, 2010. Print.

Your Job Today:

Your job today is to practice your computer skills by playing these games.

  1. Make a gingerbread house: https://www.abcya.com/kids_make_a_gingerbread_house.htm (Clicking and dragging)
  2. Super Santa Kicker: https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-super-santa-kicker 

 

 

 

Happy Grinch-mas Day!

Posted on by under Christmas, Computer Lab, December

Today’s Vocabulary

Today’s poem, “Louder Than A Clap Of Thunder,” by Jack Prelutsky

Literacy:

We’ll read a story on the Promethean Board:

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

YOUR JOB TODAY:

Show off your typing skills by leveling up at “Typing Rocket”: https://www.abcya.com/typing_rocket.htm

If you get a score of 10 or higher, you can go on to free choice. Go to any game we’ve played before or try a Grinchy game:

How the Grinch stole Christmas | Free games with To14.com

 

I See Santa Everywhere

Posted on by under Christmas, Computer Lab, December, Week 12

Today’s Vocabulary 

Today’s Poem, “Snowball,” by Shel Silverstein

Literacy:

We’ll read two books about Santa Claus:

YOUR JOB TODAY:

Complete one level of the word search and then you can go to free choice.

https://www.abcya.com/christmas_word_search.htm

 

Fiction or Nonfiction? Looking for details to make decisions

Posted on by under Computer Lab, Fiction/Nonfiction, November, Week 11

Today’s poem, “Daddy’s Football Game,” by Jack Prelutsky

Today’s Library Words.

First, we’ll review the differences between fiction and nonfiction by watching a slideshow.

Today we’ll read two books:

Your job for today:

Rhyming Halloween

Posted on by under Computer Lab, Halloween, October, Week 7

Today’s poem is Candy Corn.

This week we will continue reading Halloween books:

All three are rhyming books and students will practice identifying pairs of rhyming words.

Students may notice that two of the books are illustrated by the same person. The same books are pattern books based on traditional literature, “This Is The House That Jack Built” and “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.”

Your Job Today:

  • Log into your computer using your student ID and password.
  • Use the bookmark at the top of your browser to find Mrs. Harrison’s blog.
  • Practice navigating between pages by going from Mrs. Harrison’s blog to the video of the book and the games.
    • What is the easiest way to do this?
  • Check out this video (do you hear the rhyming words?):
  • Check out the new games:
  • Return your library card to Mrs. Harrison after you’ve played both games and navigated between the windows.
  • Log off your computer by clicking on the “Sign Off” button at the bottom of the screen.

Happy Fall

Posted on by under Computer Lab, September, Week 4

September Poems

We have spent September classes going over the procedures for using the library media center and computer lab.

Students have practiced using shelf markers to help keep the media center books in order and how to determine if a book is right for them.

We will finish up orientation of the media center this week by reviewing the rules generated last week and focusing on spine labels.

We will talk about the differences between digital books and print books.

For practice, we’ll go to the “Shelve-It” game

 

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