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Kindergarten Computer Science Class

Course Description

Hello Everyone!
 
During distance learning I am offering office hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. via email and zoom. Please email me ahead of time for a zoom meeting link! 

Posts

Week of May 24th

Hello Everyone!
 
I hope you all had a nice long weekend! Please continue to practice keyboard zoo on abcya.com. Students should practice about three times a week. If your child feels ready for a more advanced typing lesson please email me and I will set them up with a typing.com account. 

Week of May 18th

Please continue to practice keyboard zoo on abcya.com. Students should practice about three times a week. If your child feels ready for a more advanced typing lesson please email me and I will set them up with a typing.com account. 

Week of May 11th

Hello Everyone!
 
For week two, please continue to practice typing on www.abcya.com with keyboard zoo. It is best to practice three times a week. Please note my office hours listed above and if you have any questions you can always reach out to me via email. 

Week of May 3rd - Rollman's Advocacy

Welcome to the first week of your technology rotation. My web page is where you will find all assignments, activities and resources for my class. Please see above for my office hours! 
 
Week 1 - Keyboarding
 
This week I would like for you to practice keyboard zoo a few times. Using keyboard zoo at least three times a week will help you learn the keyboard and develop your skills. You can find keyboard zoo here https://www.abcya.com/games/keyboarding_practice
 and you do not need to login to ABCYA to use keyboard zoo. 

April 27th - May 1st

Please continue to practice keyboard zoo on abcya.com. Students should practice about three times a week. If your child feels ready for a more advanced typing lesson please email me and I will set them up with a typing.com account. 

April 13th - 17th

Hello Everyone! For week two, please continue to practice typing on www.abcya.com with keyboard zoo. It is best to practice three times a week. Please note my office hours listed above and if you have any questions you can always reach out to me via email. 

April 6th - 10th Chalstrom's Advocacy

Welcome to week one of Quarter 4 and virtual learning! I hope you all had a nice and restful break. My web page is where you will find all assignments, activities and resources for my class. Please see above for my office hours! 
 
Week 1 - Keyboarding
 
This week I would like for you to practice keyboard zoo a few times. Using keyboard zoo at least three times a week will help you learn the keyboard and develop your skills. You can find keyboard zoo here https://www.abcya.com/games/keyboarding_practice
 and you do not need to login to ABCYA to use keyboard zoo. 

March 16th - 18th

  1. All students in every grade level should practice at least 10 minutes of typing each day on www.typing.com
  2. Students do not need to login to practice typing. You may practice with lessons, test, or games.
  3. See your grade level below to see what you should be working on.
 
1/2 students should go to https://hourofcode.com/us and chose one activity each day from the pre-reader section. If students do not have a computer you may draw each part of the computer and your keyboard. Please color in the home row keys with a different color.
 
3/4 students should work on their games in http://flowlab.io/ If you need any help you can look under the help tab for video tutorials, helpful examples or you can open the editor on any game to see what code was used. If you can not complete your flowlab game you can go to https://hourofcode.com/us  and complete an hour of code activity. If you do not have access to a computer please create pixel art making art out of tiny boxes!
 
5/6 students can create a new game with http://flowlab.io/ or complete activities on http://flowlab.io/. If you do not have access to a computer please create pixel art by making an art picture out of tiny boxes!
 
 
7/8 students can create a new game with http://flowlab.io/ or complete activities on http://flowlab.io/. If you do not have access to a computer please create pixel art by making an art picture out of tiny boxes!
 
If you have any questions, please email me. I will be checking my email several times a day and will do my best to get back to you right away and walk you through any tech issues or questions you may have. Please stay safe and healthy during our break. Clean hands, lots of fruits and veggies and good sleep! I will miss you all and am eager to see you upon our return!

March 9th - 13th

This week kinder will begin block coding with code.org. 

March 2nd - 6th

This week kinder will work on keyboarding and have an introduction to block coding on code.org. 

December 2 - 6

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! This week we will dive back ino our projects!
 
7-8 3D model Winter Games
5-6 Chasing Coral Week
3-4 STEM Bins 
1-2 Keyboarding and STEM Bins
K Keyboarding 

November 18 - 22

Welcome to the last week of November! I hope you all have a warm and cozy Thanksgiving break!
 
7/8 Wrapping up Neon STEM Arcade and presenting
5/6 3D Modeling Water slides and the Engineering Design Process
3/4 Typing, STEM challenges and Coding 
1/2 Typing and STEM challenges
K Typing and Mouse practice 
 

November 12 - 15

Welcome to a four day week! This week:
 
7/8 will continue working on their neon STEM Arcade project.
5/6 will be introduced into the lab for their first week of their tech rotation
3/4 will be introduced into the lab for their first week of their tech rotation
1/2 will be introduced into the lab for their first week of their tech rotation
K will be introduced into the lab for their first week of their tech rotation

November 4th - November 8th

This is the last week of the k-6th rotation. We will be wrapping up all projects and reflecting on what we have learned over the last four weeks. 
 
7/8 will continue working on out Neon Arcade STEM project. 

October 28 - November 1st

This week we are working around a delayed start, and early dismissal, a snow day and Halloween! Each class will continue working on their projects from last week.