Students in all grades will cover internet safety, research skills, coding, and digital design at age appropriate levels.
Kindergarten students will complete and end of the year research/design project about a digital book they read.
In 1st grade students will complete a research project about an animal. They will use a website to find information, they will take notes on Seesaw, and will present to the class.
In 2nd grade students compelte a group project in which they research various animals. They practice navigating websites and taking notes. Afterwards, they will use the information gathered to create and present a 3D augmented reality scene of their animals in their habitat.
In 3rd grade students research how Christmas is celebrated around the world. They will learn how to navigate websites, take notes and give credit, and present their information on a poster. This project ends in a fun celebration with food from the countries studied as well.
In 4th grade students read and research a biography of a person of their choice. We go over proper note taking and citation skills. The students then complete an oral report about their person while dressed up as them. Lastly, we learn how to edit a photo of them dressed up as their person to look like they are in a scene where that person may be.
In 5th grade students learn research skills as well and work on the foundational skills of proper note taking, citations, and presentation making. They also learn how to plan, film, and edit videos.
In 6th grade students continue to fine tune their research skills but also learn to code animations and games.
In 7th grade students use their research skills to learn how to design and create a logo. They then get to make stickers of their created logos. They also learn how to use html and css to code their own web pages.
In 8th grade students use their research skills to create a podcast. They also learn how to code a functioning app to control the robot that they build in STREAM class.
All students receive practice and performance grades. Most performance grades come from projects, however, students in the older grades may have one or two quizzes throughout the year.
Practice grades account for 30% of their overall grade and performance grades account for 70% of their overall grade.
Class rules are as follows:
Be kind
Keep to the voice level
Raise your hand
Listen
Follow directions
Expectations I hold:
All students are expected to enter the room quietly and be ready to pray at the beginning of class.
Students are expected to show respect to themselves, each other, and all staff at all times.
Students are expected to always do their best and always try even if it is difficult.
Students are expected to keep to walking feet and inside voices at all times in the Media Center.
Students are expected to take care of their library books and return or renew them on time.
Students are expected to take care of the library by using the book place holders and letting us know if they are not sure where a misplaced book should be returned.
Consequences:
Consequences will vary depending on grade level appropriateness, however, all discipline will follow the same progression.
Warning
Level 1 consequence such as parent/teacher contact, loss of iPad, silent lunch, apology letter, etc.
Level 2 consequence such as detention or further parent/teacher contact
Some serious offenses may jump up a level.