How high can you count?
We have learned up through the number 15 and are now learning about money. We are learning the names of the coins and how much money they are worth. Soon we will continue our math journey to number 20.
Every day we practice counting from one to the current day number when we do the calendar. We did a class graph and saw that more people in our class prefer mittens to gloves.
Miss Holden
Who is on our money?
Pre-K 4 Continues to be a busy place. In Social Studies we learned about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and how he worked hard to teach people to be friends and to get along. We learned that George Washington was the first president of our country and appears on the one dollar bill. Abraham Lincoln was the president who helped free the slaves, and HE is on the five dollar bill. We learned about Ground Hog Day…it sounds like we have more winter coming!!!
Miss Holden
Learning to use Collegeboard.com
The 11th grade classes have begun taking Junior Seminar during computer lab time. They are discovering where to begin the long road to choosing a college and finding the right financing for their education. They are using collegeboard.com to get their name out there and find out what SAT scores they will need to get into the school and program of their choosing.
Miss Stahler
See what we can do with Microsoft Publisher
The 9th and 10th grade classes have been using Microsoft Publisher. We have designed greeting cards, flyers, and calendars. As they discover how to use the different toolbars they are also finding their creativity in design, layout and prose. For the academic fair, which is coming up in March, we have learned how to use the reference toolbar in Microsoft Word to cite our sources in MLA format and create a bibliography page. We have also worked on paraphrasing from our sources so we avoid plagiarism.
Miss Stahler
Picking Up Speed With Mavis Beacon
The middle school classes have been practicing their tying skills using Mavis Beacon. Our goal is to work up to 30 words per minute with 95-100% accuracy. We have also just finished our 2nd MAP testing so we will be able to see student growth in Reading and Math. For the academic fair, which is coming up in March, we have learned how to use the reference toolbar in Microsoft Word to cite our sources in MLA format and create a bibliography page.
Miss Stahler
Fun with Word Art
Students have finished working on Microsoft Word- WordArt In January. We have worked on a project where we have chosen a piece of technology that we cannot live without and have used WordArt to make it more appealing to our audience. Each student has also taken a pretest to help determine what they know and what they still need to learn in Microsoft Word. Check out Recipes4success online. Our school’s user name is ECS and password school. (Anyone connected to Evangel may use it!)
Miss Stahler
Computer Class
The 3rd grade class has finished working on Microsoft Word- WordArt In January. We have worked on a project where we have chosen a piece of technology that we cannot live without and have used WordArt to make it more appealing to our audience. Each student has also taken a pretest to help determine what they know and what they still need to learn in Microsoft Word. Check out Recipes4success online. Our school’s user name is ECS and password school. (Anyone connected to Evangel may use it!)
Miss Stahler
Computer Fun
The 2nd grade class has been learning how to use the toolbars on Paint. They are practicing using the eraser, fill with color, airbrush and other features. We are even working on inserting free-form select shapes. Recently 2nd grade learned a new program called Pixie where students can create a picture using claymation, stickers or premade backgrounds. The students have enjoyed seeing their picture up on the overhead display as they help teach each other how to use the toolbars and where to find funny pictures and effects.
Miss Stahler
Playing with Pixie
The 1st grade class has been learning how to use the toolbars on Paint. They are practicing using the eraser, fill with color, airbrush and other features. We are even working on inserting free-form select shapes. Recently 1st grade learned a new program called Pixie where students can create a picture using claymation, stickers or premade backgrounds. The students have enjoyed seeing their picture up on the overhead display as they help teach each other how to use the toolbars and where to find funny pictures and effects.
Miss Stahler
Resource Room News
January was quite an eventful month: midterms, new students, academic fair, and more. Congratulations to our students whose study skills paid off and who were exempt from any of their midterm exams. Congratulations to those who took their midterms and did well. And congratulations to our 11th graders that passed an RCT or two!
We also welcome 4 new Chinese students and an American Student from New Jersey. We look forward to getting to know them and we’re glad they can join us in the adventure of learning through the last half of the school year.
Part of the adventure is working through all the phases of the academic fair process which helps ideas come to life. This month very interesting topics have been explored and research started. Some of the topics included skate boarding, gymnastics, basketball, terrestrial and jovian planets, the origins of chocolate, baking a cake, Puerto Rican cookies, volcanoes of Hawaii, Hawaiian culture and language, and international flight. Do you get the feeling some students are really hungry and some are ready for warmer weather? We look forward to seeing all these wonderful ideas blossom into research papers, projects, and presentation boards by March 18th.
Mrs. Kemp and Mrs. Hampton