Week of January 9, 2012

Keyboarding for Kids: http://www.keyboardingonline.com/epco/

 Kindergarten

Day 1.  Intro to Kerpoof:  Students will receive their username, passwords, and   for Kerpoof and practice logging in.

Day 2.  Kerpoof:  Make a Picture:  We’ll learn how to use this feature in Kerpoof and make a different kind of Winter Picture.

First Grade

KEYBOARDING By Big Brown Bear

In Kidpix, create a picture of a “Snowy Day”.

Second Grade

We will view the Martin Luther King Timeline  and  have a class discussion about his life and accomplishments.  Then we’ll write Dr. King a letter asking him one question about his life.

Create your own Kidpix picture of a famous event in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Third Grade

View the Martin Luther King Timeline.  We will then make our own timeline using Kidpix.  Each child will get a different fact about his life to write about and illustrate.

Create your own Kidpix picture of a famous event in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Fourth Grade

Begin Keyboarding for Kids: This week Lessons 1-5

Fifth Grade

Day 1:  Explore Colonial Williamsburg

Day 2:  Begin Keyboarding for Kids - Lessons 1-5

  Sixth Grade

You will choose your favorite piece of writing from your Writer’s Notebook and publish it using Microsoft Word.  This time you will have the freedom to choose type and size of font and text colors.