Cycle 8

Carving Pumpkins, Scarecrow Writing and the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Full Day Kindergarten--The students will be visiting http://www.abcya.com to Carve a Pumpkin.  We will talk about shapes and how to draw a variety of shapes as we carve our pumpkin.  When we are finished, we will add our name to the pumpkin--practicing the SHIFT key, and then we will print the pumpkin.

Second Grade--The students will be visiting the Highlights for Kids website and will be building a scarecrow.  After the students print their scarecrow, they will use Pixie to create a descriptive writing about their scarecrow.

First Grade--The students will be learning about pumpkins.  When should you plant a pumpkin seed?  What two things does a pumpkin seed need to grow into a pumpkin?  How long does it take a pumpkin seed to turn into a pumpkin?  What is the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin?  The students will be watching a Teacher Tube video on the life cycle of a pumpkin and will learn about each of the stages.  Using Pixie, the students will create the life cycle of a pumpkin.

Cycles 6 and 7



FALL, GOLDEN EGGS, AND RAINBOW ALPHABETS

Full Day Kindergarten--the full day kindergarten students reviewed how to access Reading Eggs from the school district website. The students then logged into their Reading Eggs account and learned how to spend the golden eggs that they have earned.  The students enjoyed buying parts to create their own Avatar to use during Reading Eggs time.  Remember if you have a computer with Internet access at home, your child can access Reading Eggs from home.

Second Grade--the students began class by watching a BrainPop Jr. video about Fall.  They learned when fall occurrs, Fall holidays celebrated around the world, and what animals do during the Fall to prepare for winter.  After the video, we completed a graphic organizer about Fall.  The students listed the things that they see, hear and smell during the fall.  Using Pixie, the students began working on a Fall writing about the things they see hear and smell during the fall.  They will add images to support their writing before printing their completed project.  Watch for your child's writing to come home and have him/her share it with you.

First Grade--During these cycles, the students are continuing to practice using the Shift keys to make Capital letters.  We learned how Excel is made up of rows and columns and practiced making capital letters by creating the alphabet in Excel.  We practiced using our Tab key to move from column to column.  We learned how to save our document in our network drive.  Key terms:  Shift Key, Tab Key, Excel, rows and columns.

Cycle 5

Reading Eggs and Fire Prevention

Full Day Kindergarten--the full day kindergarten students reviewed how to access Reading Eggs from the school district website. The students then logged into their Reading Eggs account and spent the period completing activities to help them become better readers. The kindergarten students are doing a great job with their Reading Eggs lessons.  If you have a computer with Internet access at home, your child can access Reading Eggs from home.

Second Grade--the second grade students began class by watching Stop Drop and Roll by the City of Ocoee's Fire Department.  During the video, the students learned what to do if their clothing catches on fire.  Using Pixie the students created a Stop Drop and Roll poster.

First Grade--the first grade students began class by learning about Sparky the fire dog.  The students read The Story of Sparky the Fire Dog.  Then the students watched several Sparky Fire Safety Videos.  Ask your child what they should do if a room is filled with smoke or if their clothing catch on fire.  Using Pixie the students then created a drawing of Sparky the Fire Dog to demonstrate their ability to follow directions.  You can find the directions for drawing Sparky here.