MEDIA CENTER
Please be sure and look at the RESOURCE tab on the SCS homepage. There are alot of websights available for thechildren to practice many different skills.
Grades 6-8 is beginning to work on Microsoft PowerPoint and it's functions. They will be using 50 Quick and Easy PowerPoint Activities which covers all the functions. They will then apply their knowledge to a powerpoint presentation. They are also continuing along with Type To Learn3. Some of the students have completed all 25 lessons and have moved on to Type to Learn4. They have been given projects from their teachers in which they are creating Power Point Presentations.
Grades K-5 is working with We Can Use the Computer Books, these corralate with their grade level, then they are given small tasks to further their understanding. They are also going to be doing some Microsoft Excel work, which is chart and graph making. Grade three has begun using Max Show to create a small power point presentation using their
Italy
Projects they did with Mrs
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Chambers.
K-5 Library is continuing with all the parts and functions of the Dictionary. In this Techno world, it is so easy to "GOOGLE", but children still need to know how to use a dictionary. It's easy to look up a word on Google, but that only gives them a definition. They need to know Guide words, pronunciation, parts of speech, example sentences, alphabetizing, phonetic spelling and so on. By the time they are finished with Library in Grade 5, they are all well versed in this area.