Kindergarten: Students are learning to use the skills they learned since the start of the new year to type and illustrate sentences. They are practicing typing their typing skills. They are learning to locate letters, numbers, and special keys on their keyboard. They have learned to:
- use the spacebar to make spaces between words
- use the delete key to erase a mistake
- use the shift key to type a capital letter and
- type a period at the end of a sentence.
Grade 1: Students continue to practice word processing skills. They are learning to use conventional typing rules by typing one space after each word and punctuation. They also continue to format their text to appeal to their audience by changing the font style, color, and size when necessary. Students also work on using shift or the caps lock key to type capital letters to begin their sentences or to type proper nouns. These skills were put to use when students had to explain how technology makes live easier. Students can practice word processing skills online at Toy Theater.
Grade 2-4: Students continue to explore coding online at code.org. They are learning to use loops for repetitive sequences. They are also learning how to calculate angles to draw shapes with code. Please visit the class pages on this site to see students' shared projects.
Grade 6: Students continue to explore the various sensors on their robots. They work in small groups to program sensors to detect light (light sensor), travel a certain distance or turn a specific number of degrees (rotation sensor), and detect objects (ultrasonic sensor). Please visit your child's class page to view how these sensors work and how programs are created. See examples of students work with the NXT and RCX robots.