Technology

First Grade was introduced to Kid Pix by learning the drawing, paint, and writing tools. We read a story online and the students are creating their own scene from the story and adding a sentence to describe it. They have also traveled to the Internet and played math games to help reinforce adding, subtracting, and recognizing odd/even numbers.  Second Grade have been typing sentences and highlighting nouns and verbs. They have also used various software to practice their addition and subtraction skills. Third Grade is working on their keyboarding skills. They are learning home row keys and proper placement of their fingers on the keyboard. Everyone is progressing nicely. Remember to practice at home to build up this skill. Fourth Grade is learning how to make MS Word work for them.  They have been practicing how to cut, copy, and paste as well as changing the font to various sizes, colors, and styles. Fifth Grade learned the parts of the computer. They created webs in MS Word and viewed a video from Intel to help show how each computer part works together. In honor of Veterans Day, they did a scavenger hunt on the Internet to find facts about Veterans Day to better understand the meaning of the day. Sixth Grade went online to the Intel website and learned how technology has affected society.  They began the Life program by creating a business letter to persuade their deceased Great Aunt’s lawyer to give them her inheritance money to set up their business.

                                                                                                                                                              

Tests and Classroom Assignments/Projects

3rd Grade - Mr. Leidy  
Tests Classroom Assignments/Projects
  Continue independently with Type to Learn Lessons
3rd Grade - Mrs. Garvey  
Tests Classroom Assignments/Projects
  Students are working on a solar system webquest. They are researching planets and will be writing their findings.
4th Grade - Mr. Mahlman  
Tests Classroom Assignments/Projects
  Students will be creating a brochure in Print Shop describing the different Biomes of the world.
5th Grade - Ms. Mihalek  
Tests Classroom Assignments/Projects
  Students are working on researching all aspects of owning a pet. Results will be presented in a Power Point presentation.
5th Grade - Mrs. Hanna  
Tests Classroom Assignments/Projects
  Students are working on researching all aspects of owning a pet. Results will be presented in a Power Point presentation.
6th Grade - Mr. White  
Tests Classroom Assignments/Projects
  Students will be creating spreadsheets.

Students are working on creating a brochure on an assigned scientific element.

 

Used Cartridges Program

We will continue to collect used printer cartridges (any size), as well as cell phones, and laptops (with cords). Students and parents can deposit these in the box provided in the lobby of the school.  The funds are used for technology throughout the year. Thank you for all of your support in the past and keep those cartridges, cell phones and laptops coming!

Attention All Working Parents, Family Members and Friends

Our vendor who collects our used cartridges will now pick up your used cartridges at your workplace, saving you from dropping them off at school and increasing our profit for this fund raiser. The vendor will provide the carton for depositing the used cartridges.  Please contact me at 856-783-1086 Ext. 201 or email me at phibbert@laurelspringschool.org if you think your workplace would be interested.  We welcome all support!