Week of June 12-June 20, 2023
With the exception of Monday and Tuesday classes, this is the last week you will have Technology in 1st Grade!  You have all come so far this year and we have explored many exciting websites and activities.  Today you may have CHOICE of any website on this page.  I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful and safe Summer Vacation!

Week of June 5-June 9, 2023
We are coming close to the end of the School year and I don't know about you, but I'm thinking about Summer!  Today, we are going to watch a Brain Pop, Jr. movie all about Summer and then you are going to get to play either Digipuzzle, with all new Summer puzzles.  If you want, another choice would be to play Teach Your Monster to Read which we haven't played in awhile.  Have fun!

Week of May 30-June 2, 2023
This week we are going to take a break from practicing signing in to our ChromeBooks or Desktops.   Digipuzzle has a new set of puzzles for the Summer.  You can either choose an educational game from these puzzles or you can try out the "always entertaining", Snakes and Ladders.  We are going to have fun, but I need you to work independently!

Week of May 8-May 26, 2023
This week we are going to practice signing in to our ChromeBooks or Desktops.  Every student will type out their Usernames and passwords and go to their email. I made index cards with the information you will need to copy in order to get into your email.  Once you succeed in signing in you will see an email from me congratulating you on successfully signing in to your email account for the first time.  We will do this every week, so it will be a seamless transition in 2nd grade.  Once everybody has completed this task, you will be shown how to sign out.  Then they can have CHOICE from the Welcome to 1st Grade STEAM Lab website. 

Week of May 1-May 5, 2023
Welcome Back to the STEAM Lab! This week we are going to continue with keyboarding, which is a skill you will be using throughout your life.  If you have already done Levels 1 and 2, it's time to move on to Level 3- concentrating on the letters r and u!

Dance Mat Typing 

After working on your typing skills for 15-20 minutes, you may have choice of any of the websites on this page.

Week of April 24-April 28, 2023
Welcome Back to the STEAM Lab! This week we are going to continue with keyboarding, which is a skill you will be using throughout your life.  Did you know that the keyboard contains all of the letters in the alphabet and numbers that are placed in a special order on the keyboard called qwerty.  If you did Level 1 last week, it's time to move on to Level 2- concentrating on the letters e and i!

Dance Mat Typing 

After working on your typing skills for 15-20 minutes, you may have choice of any of the websites on this page.

Week of April 17-April 21, 2023
Welcome Back to the STEAM Lab and I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing Spring Break! This week we are going to be introduced to keyboarding, which is a skill you will be using throughout your life.  Did you know that the keyboard contains all of the letters in the alphabet and numbers that are placed in a special order on the keyboard called qwerty. We are going to start by learning about this and then you will be introduced to a number of keyboarding games!  Let's let the learning begin!

Dance Mat Typing (We are only doing Level 1-Home Row this week!)

After working on your typing skills for 15-20 minutes, you may have choice of any of the websites on this page.

Week of April 3-April 7, 2023
Spring arrived on March 23, 2023 and our weather is starting to change!  We don't need our winter jackets and it's starting to warm up.  Today we are going to watch a BrainPop Jr. movie together as a class all about Spring.  Then we will answer the Easy Quiz and Pop-A-Joke.  After, you will be allowed to go to DigiPuzzle's newest games all about Spring!  Have fun!

Week of March 27-March 31, 2023

March is Women's History Month.  In celebration of all of the achievements made by women over the years, today we will honor Susan B. Anthony.  First we will watch a Brain Pop, Jr. video about her, take the easy quiz and then try to guess the Pop a Joke.  To date we have talked about Amelia Earhart, Mae Jemison and Clara Barton and discussed the accomplishments they made.  What remarkable women they were!

Once the lesson is completed, students will go to any website listed on this page including Teach Your Monster to Read, Room Recess, Fun4theBrain, Math Playground or Kodable (1A ,1B or 1R )  or Digipuzzle Spring.  Enjoy!

Week of March 20-March 24, 2023

March is Women's History Month.  In celebration of all of the achievements made by women over the years, today we will honor Clara Barton.  First we will watch a Brain Pop, Jr. video about her, take the easy quiz and then try to guess the Pop a Joke.  We will then discuss other famous women we know and their accomplishments they have made.

Once the lesson is completed, students will go to Teach Your Monster to Read.  Enjoy!

Week of March 13-March 17, 2023

March is Women's History Month.  In celebration of all of the achievements made by women over the years, today we will honor Mae Jemison.  First we will watch a Brain Pop, Jr. video about her, take the easy quiz and then try to guess the Pop a Joke.  We will then discuss other famous women we know and their accomplishments they have made.

Once the lesson is completed, students will celebrate St. Patrick's Day by going to DigiPuzzle St. Patrick's Games.

Week of March 6-March 10, 2023

March is Women's History Month.  In celebration of all of the achievements made by women over the years, today we will honor Amelia Earhart. First we will watch a Brain Pop, Jr. video about her, take the easy quiz and then try to guess the Pop a Joke.  We will then discuss other famous women we know and their accomplishments they have made.

Once the lesson is completed, students will go to their computers and play any of the following educational games:

Teach Your Monster to Read
Watch a Brain Pop, Jr. movie about a woman you didn't know about.

Week of February 27- March 3, 2023

I hope everyone had a wonderful Winter Break and is back at school and ready to learn! 

Today, we are celebrating Read Across America Week.  As a class we will watch my favorite Dr. Seuss movie, The Sneetches.  Then, after a short discussion, students will go to their Computers and play Teach Your Monster to Read or Room Recess (WORD OR LETTER GAMES ONLY).  Enjoy your time spent reading this week!

Week of February 20- February 24, 2023

Have fun and enjoy the February Break!  See you next week!

Week of February 13-February 17, 2023
This week will be a Review of all of the different things that we have accomplished during Technology so far.  Students can have the CHOICE of playing any of the links found on this webpage, including:

Digipuzzle
Fun4theBrain
Math Playground
Teach Your Monster to Read
Kodable (1A ,1B or 1R )
Room Recess

Wishing everyone a safe and fun February Break!

Week of February 6-February 10, 2023

What a blast of cold we experienced this past weekend!  This week, we will celebrate the season of Winter by watching a BrainPop Jr. video.   After we watch the movie we will discuss what the students learned, do the easy quiz and finally try to answer the Pop a Joke.  Then, students will be able to play some WINTER games found at Digipuzzle.  

Week of January 30-February 3, 2023
Today, we will continue with practice Math by playing some of the following games found at Fun4theBrain, Math Playground, or ABCya.  Some of these games include:  

Math Man, Jr.
Jet Ski Addition
Jelly Jump
Snowball Fight

You can choose among other games, but they must be Math.  Have fun!

Week of January 23-27, 2023
This week in the STEAM Lab we will be playing a number of different Fuzz Bugs games and other assorted Math games found at ABCya or Math Playground.  Some of these games include:
Fuzz Bugs Number Bonds 
Fuzz Bug Patterns
Math Man, Jr.
Math Playground- Grade 1

Week of January 16-20, 2023
What is an emoji?  An emoji is a picture that we use on a device to express how we feel.  This week we will watch Mystery Doug talk about How Were Emojis Created.  Then, we will talk about how certain situations make us feel and ways that we can illustrate them using emojis.  Students will access their own "Mood Meter" and draw three (3) emojis representing how they felt this morning, how they feel right now and how they think they may feel later today.  Students can use crayons or PlayDoh to illustrate their emojis.
Some ideas might include feelings such as being happy, calm, sad, hurt, tired, silly, excited, anxious, surprised, scared, angry, etc.  Have fun!

Week of January 9-13, 2023
Last week we began a new reading program called Teach Your Monster to Read found at : www.teachyourmonster.org/u/1779981.  Students will continue playing this game by first typing in their username (it is set to "no password needed").  I will demonstrate the next steps in the program as a class and then students will go to the computers and work independently.  Enjoy!

Week of January 2-6, 2023

Happy New Year to Everyone!  I hope you had a safe and wonderful Holiday Break.

 Today, we are going to review a reading program that we began using in Kindergarten called Teach Your Monster to Read found at : www.teachyourmonster.org/u/1779981.  Students will type in their username and it is set to "no password needed".  I will demonstrate the program as a class and then students will go to the computers and work independently.  Progress made last year was carried over to this year.   Enjoy!

Week of December 19-23, 2022

This week, as a holiday gift from me, students will have choice of the following websites:

Kodable (1A ,1B or 1R ) 

Santa Tracker
Room Recess

DigiPuzzle Holiday
Fun4theBrain
Math Playground

Wishing you and your families a safe and happy holiday season!!  I'll see you in the New Year!

Week of December 12-16, 2022
This is such an exciting time of the year for everyone!  This week we will take a break from all of the coding we have been doing and the students will be   introduced to one of their all-time favorite websites called Santa Tracker.  Some of the games that students can play include:
Santa Selfie
Elf Maker
Search for Santa
Penguin Dash

Have fun!

Week of December 5-9, 2022
Welcome to the 2022 Hour of Code!   The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to take the mystery out of "code" and to show that anybody can learn the basics of computer science.  Today we celebrate this special week!

Students will have the choice of going to their Kodable accounts (1A ,1B or 1R ) and playing any of the planets including Build a Fuzz and the Puppies once they have opened that level.  They can also choose to play Sequencing with Scrat or Programming with Angry Birds found at code.org. 

I will also put the OzoBots on the table if students choose to code with them.  The choice is yours!

I hope you enjoy these Computer Programming activities, as we celebrate the International Hour of Code!

Week of November 28-December 2, 2022
This week we are going to continue with a unit on Coding that will bring us through The Hour of Code, celebrated the week of December 5-11, 2022.   

Today, students will be introduced to a new website called Code.org.  We will be doing some block coding together through a series of puzzles called Sequencing with Scrat.  Then students will go to their seats and work independently trying to code each level.  If they make it through all of the levels, the next one to be attempted is called Programming with Angry Birds.

Remember: the only way to learn how to code is to make a lot of mistakes and keep trying to fix them!  Although it can be frustrating, it is all worth it at the end!  I hope you enjoy!

Week of November 21-25, 2022
This week we are going to continue with a unit on Coding that will bring us through The Hour of Code, celebrated the week of December 5-11, 2022.  We will first review the definitions:

Algorithm- In coding, an algorithm is a sequence of instructions telling the computer what to do.

Bug- An error or mistake in a program.

Debug- To fix an error or mistake in a program.

Sequence- To put instructions in a specific order

Computer Programmer- Someone who gives instructions to the Computer.

Students will log in to their Kodable account found at... 

1A
1B
1R

After doing some coding, students can go to Digipuzzle Thanksgiving Games.

 Week of November 7-18, 2022

This week we are going to start a unit on Coding that will bring us through The Hour of Code, celebrated the week of December 5-11, 2022.   First, we will watch a short video on What are Computers and then we will review the definitions:

Algorithm- In coding, an algorithm is a sequence of instructions telling the computer what to do.

Bug- An error or mistake in a program.

Sequence- To put instructions in a specific order

Computer Programmer- Someone who gives instructions to the Computer.

Students will receive their Kodable Login found at... 

1A
1B
1R

We will do the introductory lessons together and then students will go to their Desktop and try to work independently.  When done with the Coding lessons students can go to Thanksgiving Games.

 Week of October 31-November 4, 2022

This week in Technology will be a Review Week before starting our Unit on Coding.  Students will have the choice of selecting any of the following educational games:
Fun4theBrain
Math Playground
Room Recess
DigiPuzzle

Week of October 17-28, 2022

We recently celebrated Fire Prevention Week, a national event celebrated this year from October 9-15th, 2022.   This week in the STEAM Lab we will continue to discuss how to be safe during a fire by creating an "emergency plan" to use at home.  First students will be given markers to code a route that they can take from their house to an outside location.  This is the place they will meet up with their family in case of a fire.

Once students are done with their pictures, they will have the OzoBots follow their coded route, if they didn't have a chance to use the tiny robots last week.  While 5 people are at the MakerSpace table, the others will play either Fun4theBrain or Room Recess (which we will go over this week as well).  You can also have fun at a new Halloween website! 

Week of October 10-14, 2022

Fire Prevention Week is a national event celebrated this year from October 9-15th, 2022.   This week in the STEAM Lab we will do a number of things to honor this event.  First, students will watch a BrainPop Jr. video on Fire Safety  - we will discuss how to be safe in case of a fire, do the easy quiz and of course, Pop-A-Joke.

Then students will either go to the MakerSpace table and "code" a route out of their house in case of an emergency after which they will have the OzoBots follow their coded route.  While 5 people are at the table at a time, the others will play Fire Safety games found at https://www.sparky.org/games or Brigade Kids.

Week of October 3-7, 2022

This week in the STEAM Lab we will discuss the "Week of Respect".  Students will  first watch a Brain Pop Jr. movie on "Listening and Speaking" .  Then we will do the short quiz and Pop-A-Joke as a group. 
After, students will be introduced to Auto Draw .  They will use this website to draw a picture representing something that deals with the Week of Respect.  As a group we will discuss some ideas that they can draw/write about.  We will also talk about how to put details into their pictures by adding colors and text.
Have fun!  

Week of September 26-30, 2022

This week we are going to do a few things in Technology. 
1. We are going to learn how to bookmark a website using our Chromebook!  Today, we are going to bookmark this website,  the "Welcome to the 1st Grade STEAM Lab" so you can get to it easily whenever you are on your ChromeBooks.  Look for the STAR in the URL bar to bookmark the webpage!

2.  We will review how to open our class page on the Desktop computers.

Remember to first, Open Google Chrome from your dock.  Once the page opens, look for where it says, "Managed Bookmarks".  Click on First Grade.

3.  Now we are ready to  go to Fun4theBrain!  You can play any of the games we played last week, or click on the website to try out some new games that you haven't seen before.
Remember, if you have a question raise your hand and we will come over to help you.  Have fun!

Week of September 19-23, 2022

Let's check out our website to see what we will be doing today!  When you walked into the STEAM Lab did you remember to hand sanitize, put your headphones by your computer and sit in the place where you can do your best learning?

1. Before we can do anything, we need to learn how to get to our Welcome to the 1st Grade STEAM Lab website.  Watch me first and then we will do it together.  Open Google Chrome from your dock.  Once the page opens, look for where it says, "Managed Bookmarks".  Click on First Grade.
2.  Now we are ready to click on Fun4theBrain!  Below are some of the math games that you will enjoy playing.  You can choose any of these addition games.
Splat Bounce
Sketch's World
Alien Munchtime

and there are many more!  Remember, if you have a question raise your hand and we will come over to help you.  Have fun!

Week of September 12-16, 2022

Welcome to the STEAM Lab.  Today, we are going to look at what we are going to do today by going to our website found at... https://sites.google.com/wyckoffschools.org/welcometothe1stgradesteamlab/home 

1. Review the expectations in the STEAM Lab (hand sanitize, put your headphones by your computer and go to the carpet ready to learn).
   
   

2. We will watch a Brain Pop Jr. video about the "Parts of a Computer".
   
   

3. Play some "mouse skill" games found at OwlieBoo 

Week of September 5-9, 2022

Welcome to your first week in the STEAM Lab! Today, we will do a number of things:

1. Get acquainted and go over expectations in the STEAM Lab.

2. Be assigned computer seats.

3. Play some "mouse skill" games found at...

Coloring with OwlieBoo- Mouse Skills