2nd 9 weeks upon us

And so begins the 2nd 9 weeks of school.. already?!?  Wow, that flew by!
This round of specials will extend all the way until October 30th, due to early release for conferences next Mon., Tues., Wed. 

Let's flip it and start with 6th grade:

6th:  My 1st 9 weeks connections class moved on to different and new things.  Congrats to 3 of my students for making over a 100% on their 9 weeks final grade in technology!  They have received a voucher good for one chicken biscuit and drink next Friday for Chick Fil A biscuit day.
I have been given a great group of students with which to trudge through the ever expanding world of technology this 9 weeks.  We have started with blogging on Kidblog.  We are also hoping to explore Edmodo this 9 weeks.  Permission forms went home yesterday.

5th:  We are continuing with blog posts, changing avatars, posting pictures in our blog, etc.  This will continue through until Oct. 29th, when we will move on photo editing with Picasa.  6th graders will also learn to use Picasa at this time.

4th:  We are continuing, again, with blogs, with changing our avatars, adding photos to post, and the importance of Netiquette.  We will also move on to explain the important of utilizing correct spelling and grammar in blog posts.

3rd:  Third grade is doing a tiny bit of Internet Research this round and next round of specials, just to get our feet wet in going to a search engine and finding a reliable web site.  The topic is U.S. Government and reflects what they have been learning in class.  We work for half of the period, and then explore educational activities for the second half.

2nd:  Second grade has been practicing their math skills in the wonderful world of FunBrain Math.  So much more fun than flashcards and worksheets!  I wish this had been around when I was their age!

1st:  First grade gets to explore their science specials time and concept mapping, and then move on to Michael Michael Go Recycle.  It is amazing how this game has spanned the grade levels!

K:  Kindergarten starts out with a game testing their number sequence knowledge as well as mouse abilities on one of my favorite websites:  funschool.kaboose.com.  This game is called "Stacker" and is one of a handful of awesome games for the younger students.


ON ANOTHER NOTE:
We are in the process of receiving awesome, brand new headphones for the lab, courtesy of donors through donorschoose.org!!!  I am so so excited that the headphones will be reliable and I hope much better than these that I purchased at the beginning of the year as a temporary measure.  The headphones I have that are still in good condition will go to various teachers throughout the school who need headphones for their classrooms.

That's all I have for now!  Thanks for reading and as always, for supporting Kennesaw Charter Science and Math Academy!!!