January 24-January 28

Media Literacy

Third grade students are diving in to Microsoft PowerPoint this week. They learned how to open the program last week, and saved a file with their name on it. This week, they will begin turning that file into an "All About Me" PowerPoint, with pictures of themselves and information on what they like to do. For this week, they will be putting in a picture of themselves, as well as writing an acrostic poem for their name (with a word for each letter). If you have any good pictures (digital is preferred, but prints work), please send them in so they can put them into their presentation!

Fourth and fifth grades are also working with PowerPoint this week, using it to create a presentation on the information they researched about their favorite sport. They will create a short presentation about the history of their sport, how to play it, important people or places, and activities we could do in class.

P.E.

After finishing up the dances from last week, classes will be learning the final dance in our unit: the Cha-Cha slide. This popular dance incorporates many different steps, so it should be a challenge for students, while still enjoyable. After that, Fourth and Fifth grades will have a chance to create their own dances to a specific theme or song. I look forward to seeing their creativity!