Apr 11-15

Warning....Warning....Warning...Projects ending ahead...

Our students have done such a great job on these projects...keep an eye on the pupil’s express because I will be announcing where to find these finished projects.  Great job...

Kindergarten: We started a small project this week.  The students began creating a menu in Kid Pix.  They are using stamps to designate food items, typing tool for title and prices, and the paint bucket to fill in the background.  I saved their work for them this week...next week we will open their work, finish it, and print it.

1st Grade: We began our last project in Kid Pix this week.  Last year, the 1st created a single Kid Pix document, split into four sections, about the day in a life of a 1st grader.  When they finished, we invited the Kindergarteners and they showed their work to them.  This year the students are creating a slide show.  They will have to create four individual documents, save them, then insert them into a Kid Pix slide show.  We will finish this next week before Pesach.

2nd Grade: We began typing instruction this week.  We talked about the benefits of proper typing technique and how to sit correctly when typing.  Students should sit with good ergonomic position, back straight, but relaxed, feet on the floor, back on the back of the chair, elbows and shoulders relaxed, and wrists and elbows relaxed.  We called this typing position.  We then began filling out paper keyboards by coloring the home row keys blue.  The students practiced typing home row keys on the paper keyboard and on the laptop.

3rd Grade: The students continued typing their two paragraphs.  Next week, we will talk about spell checking and printing.
Homework:

4th Grade: The students finished their brochures and printed them.  They turned out wonderfully.  We talked about printing: choosing a printer, number of copies, and printing back to back.  I will cut the brochures to size and have them available to see next week.
Homework:

5th Grade: The students finished their web pages.  They turned out quite well.  It is quite a feat for 5th graders to be able to publish items on the Internet all their own.  Their sense of style and form has really impressed me...look at next week’s pupil’s express for a link to all the student’s sites.  I would also ask your child what the URL is to their site.
Homework:

6th Grade: The students finished their web pages.  They turned out quite well.  It is quite a feat for 5th graders to be able to publish items on the Internet all their own.  Their sense of style and form has really impressed me...look at next week’s pupil’s express for a link to all the student’s sites.  I would also ask your child what the URL is to their site.
Homework:

7th Grade: We continued working on the iMovie project.  We talked about adding titles and credits to the project.  We also talked about adding transitions between photos.  Next week, we will add voice-over narration.
Homework: Add titles and transitions.

8th Grade: We continued to film the movie.  The project is going real well.  We are going to have to do some filming during the week next week outside of class, but it is my goal to get the filming done before Pesach.  A preview of the movie may be coming soon.
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If you have any questions, feel free to email me at matt@wornickjds.org

Have a great weekend!!!

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Matt Harris
Director of Technology
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School