The students are writing fictional stories inspired by art on Storybird.com. They love it! Once they finish and publish their stories on the website, their classmates are able to read them and leave comments. The students are also learning about what makes a good comment.

The students are learning how to write friendly emails well. They will:

• recognize characteristics of email writing: includes email adddress, subject line, salutation/greeting, body, closing, and name; short, clear message.
• identify the structure and traits of good writing.
• write a friendly email.

The students are drawing holiday pictures in Paint:

The students had a lot of fun watching each other talk about the use of technology in their families. Here is a sample of student work:

tam-technology-helps-my-family

Students learned to follow 3 rules when going places onine:

• Always ask your parent (or teacher) first
• Only talk to people you know
• Stick to places that are just right for you

They drew pictures of their favorite websites:

Quarter 1 was dedicated to introduction to technology. The students learned what ICT stands for. We talked about what kinds of technology at home are ICT and which aren’t. Then the students had to think of examples of technology that helps their families. They used those in their first PowerPoint presentation ever. The students created a presentation “Technology Helps My Family” about 3 technologies that their family uses. They inserted online pictures of technology and wrote how each technology helps their family.

After the break, the students will save their Power Point presentations directly in a One Drive folder shared by the teacher and talk in front of the class about their presentation.

Students are learning to write friendly emails. We are making sure that both content and structure are proper. The students are taking time to plan, draft, revise, and edit their emails before sending.

The students have learned what makes a good comment and now they are commenting on their peers’ books on Storybird. They are getting the teacher’s feedback and reflecting on their comments.

The students are writing fictional stories inspired by art on Storybird.com. They love it! Once they finish and publish their stories on the website, their classmates are able to read them and leave comments. The students are also learning about what makes a good comment.

The students reviewed what academic means. They learned to use shapes and fill button in Paint to draw quadrilaterals learned in Math class.

Reviewing what it means to be altruistic, the students drew pictures about helping somebody.

The students reviewed what it means to create something aesthetic. They enthusiastically created beautiful Christmas-themed pictures.