Kindergarten

Previous Weeks: 

Week 37: Mrs. Goetz's class, we won't meet for class this week but I will see you next week!

Mrs. McMahon's class, we'll complete our reading NWEA assessment.

Week 36: In class this week, it's our turn to show what we know and how we've growth. We'll take our NWEA tests in the lab.

Week 35: We're wrapping up testing this week. Next week...back to normal and back to computer class!

Week 34: Our testing continues this week. Our 3rd - 8th graders are working hard and testing will be complete soon!

Week 33: We'll have a break from our computer classes, as our 3rd - 8th graders complete their iLearn Testing. Classes will resume soon!

Happy E-Learning Day 4/22/19 (...and Happy Earth Day!)

Today is Earth Day! There are many things we do at school and at home to help take care of our planet! (We recycle, pick up litter and try not to waste.)

Click on today's link (the mouse on the left) to tell Mrs. Howard something you do to help the earth!

Week 32: Shhhh...Teacher Appreciation week is coming up soon! Let's let your teachers know you appreciate them by writing them a kind message! Click on your class to share.

                   Mrs. Goetz's Class                               Ms. McMahon's Class

Week 31: I hope you had a wonderful spring break! Let's continue our animal research this week with National Geographic for Kids!

Week 30: As kindergartens are researching animals, we'll explore the animals informational section of National Geographic for Kids. 

We'll review our new term media and then use a checklist to see what logos and signs we already know!

Week 29: Now that the kindergartners are beginning their animal unit, let's check out one of Mrs. Howard's favorite sites, Build Your Wild self! We'll create an animal version of ourselves.

Week 28: In the next few classes, we'll be talking about the term, media...and how media (through signs, radio, websites, books...) we get information. We'll see what print media logos we already recognize with our kahoot game today.

Week 27: We've talked a lot of internet safety recently. Let's review with a Brainpop video and Kahoot game!

Week 26: We'll continue our discussion of digital citizenship this week. Last week, we talked about safety on the internet - only communicating with people we know and visiting websites that parents and teachers say are ok! This week we'll talk about online privacy - what things (ex. name, address) do we never put online? 

Week 25: This week, we'll begin our study of Digital Citizenship...and talking Going Places Online...safely! We'll enjoy a quick video clip about safety on the internet and then we'll see what we've learned with a Kahoot game!

Week 24: Kindergarteners have recently created their own folders and saved their pictures from PhotoBooth. We'll practice opening and closing our folders this week as well as opening one of pictures to print.

Week 23: This week we'll return to our work with Photo Booth! We'll use  the "Andy Warhol" picture effect and learn how to save a picture to our desktop folder. (We'll also practice opening and closing our folders.) 

Week 22: E-Learning Day (1/29/19) Another day of school in pajamas? Alright! 

We'll continue our picture project in class next week! 

Today, visit one of Mrs. Howard's favorite reading websites: Storyline Online and select a story to enjoy! 

(Some of the favorites at the Howard home are: Enemy Pie, Brave Irene and The Tale of Peter Rabbit.)

Week 21: Kindergarteners have been learning about the artist, Andy Warhol, in art class. We'll use his work as an idea by using creating repetitive pictures of ourselves with Photo Booth. 

Mrs. Goetz's class, due to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we won't meet for class on Monday!

Week 20: Last week, we worked to navigate the keyboard, finding the shift key to capitalize our letters as well as using the space bar to put (just one!) space between our words. We'll review these this week as well as locate (and use!) the delete key.

Week 19: Happy New Year!

We're becoming experts with the computer mouse and this week we'll begin to give more attention to using the keyboard. We'll work on typing the letters of our name, using the shift key to capitalize and adding a space between our first and last name. 

Week 18: This week, Mrs. Goetz's class will complete their NWEA testing. Ms. Mahon's class will continue our coding study: this week, we'll look at Scratch Jr. (a coding program created by MIT). 

Week 17: This week we'll show what we know with our reading NWEA assessment! (Mrs. Goetz's class, we'll complete your test next week, due to the older students testing on Monday.)

Week 16: We'll return to coding this week! We'll learn about "loops" which a way to tell the computer that it needs to repeat a step!

Week 15: We'll be taking our math NWEA assessment in class this week - I am excited to see how you've grown as mathematicians!

Week 14: Let's continue our coding study! Use the directions to move the robot to the metal! (Remember, it's okay to make mistakes...in fact, now we know it can be helpful as we problem solve!)

We'll also talk about E-Learning...and how if we miss school on a computer day - Mrs. Howard will put our activities on the computer website as usual!

Week 13: Last week we learned that computers are excellent at following instructions - however, it's important for instructions to be correct in order for the computer to work the way we want it. 

Those instructions are called code! Let's continue working on our problem-solving skills by writing code for the characters on our screens with Code.org. (Mrs. Goetz's class, we won't meet this week, due to Teacher Record Day.)

Week 12: This week, we'll begin our study of code! We'll learn about how computers follow step-by-step directions, which is known as code.  Kindergartens will practice ordering these directions (sequencing) with Code.org.  

Week 11: Last week, we began using Google's AutoDraw. This was a great opportunity to become familiar changing between the software's tools, as well as using the "undo" tool, sizing images on the screen - and continue master our "double-click" and "click and drag". 

Week 10: Last week, we began drawing with our software, Kidpix. Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties that have yet to be ironed out. In the meantime, let's keep creating with Google's AutoDraw.

Week 9: Now that we've about master accessing online activities, we'll take the next few weeks to explore one of our favorite desktop softwares - Kidpix. We use Kidpix to create our own illustrations or to add the program's built in illustrations. This first week, we'll try out the drawing tools - as well as "undo" option!

Week 8: Kindergartens are becoming experts at logging on to the computer and using Chrome to access Mrs. Howard's website and our daily activities. We'll put our mouse skills to the test this week, learn to click and drag with online geoboards.

Week 7: Now that we're familiar with how to access our school computers and Mrs. Howard's website, we'll get to work! 

At St. Joe, we know that technology is a tool to learn and create! Let's visit the Chrome Music Lab - where technology lets us create music!

Week 6: Today we'll review how to log on and get to Mrs. Howard's website. 

Let's visit  online tangrams!

Week 5: Today we'll learn how we "log in" to the computers with our secret password! 

We'll also talk about the types of technology we use throughout the day. Extra time? We'll check out one of Mrs. Howard's favorite websites: online tangrams!

Week 4: We'll wrap up our NWEA assessments in computer class this week!Week: 3: Mrs. Mahoney's class - this week we'll complete our first NWEA test in computer class.  (Mrs. Goetz's Class - we won't meet this week due to Labor Day weekend.)

Week 2:  Mrs. Goetz's class - We'll use our lab time to complete our NWEA assessments! These assessments help let our teachers what we already know and what we need to learn! (*Mrs. Mahoney's class - we won't meet due to NWEA testing for the upper grades.)

Week 1: Welcome kindergarten!  Mrs. Goetz's class - we'll miss class this week since we will be at mass. Mrs. Mahoney's class - we'll learn how to navigate the computer mouse with today's game.