Student Work
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE UP TO IN THE COMPUTER CLASSROOM:
Third Grade
Third Graders have begun learning to type using two software applications, Typing Instructor and Typing Master. In November, we'll begin experimenting with the drawing tools of the MS Office Suite. Here you see some creations by previous Third Grade classes:
And if you'd like to read a few samples of previous Third Graders' typed poetry, just look below.
Cat and Dog
It’s amazing
How my cat and dog never fight
All they ever do is touch noses
I really think it’s awesome
How they learned to like each other so fast
I like them both so much
It’s so amazing.
- Grant F.
Upside down,
right side up
upside down, right side up
what’s the difference?
all I know is one is right
and one is wrong
now, what’s the deal on mirrors?
- Caleb S.
Fourth Grade
The Fourth Graders have been polishing their typing skills using our favorite typing program, Typing Instructor, as well as another typing application called Typing Master. We'll be learning about The Big Nine shortly. Did you know that despite the wealth of words contained within the English language, we use just nine words 25% of the time? In October, ask your fourth grader if s/he remembers them all.
Fifth Grade
In September, Fifth Graders also revisit their typing skills. We reviewed The Bush School's Acceptable Use Policy (the AUP), reinforcing the acceptable use of computers at school. Next, we'll customize Word, creating some Quick Parts and Homework Templates. In October, we'll reinforce classroom work on mapping, longitude and latitude by using our new GPS units. Hopefully, we can get outside with them before we lose all hope of good weather!
"Mosquitoes" rendered by three former Fifth Graders, using MS Office drawing tools:
Sixth Grade
As always, summer is followed by a review of typing skills. Once we've polished up our use of keyboards, sixth graders will customize MS Word by creating some Quick Parts and Homework Templates. Parents, you'll be hearing about our new "Owning Up" Curriculum for 6th grade which will include a session on Web Safety. In October, we'll be using Excel to enter data from Science class and reinterpret it in graphs, followed by a series of projects in conjunction with MESH class content.
Here are a few stills from previous student-created environmental films:
Orci, the Orca Whale, by Maggie, Laine, and Murphy
A Beautiful Day, by Addi, Kirsten, and Blair
Hydrogen Fuel Cells by Cameron and Max can be seen in its entirety by clicking the link.