Mrs. Gibala's November Newsletter

1. Technology Tidbits NOVEMBER 2007
Word is the Word
First through Eighth graders are working on units in
Microsoft Word. Word is a word processing pro-
gram that most people use when they want to type
things such as letters and reports.
First and Second graders will be writing stories as
their final project. The unit will teach them how to
change the font, use the mouse, open & save docu-
ments and print.
Third and Fourth graders will be reviewing the top-
ics first and second graders are learning. They will
also be learning how to use toolbars, spell checker,
cut/copy/paste, alignment, scroll bars and how to
Colonial Life
erase text. The final projects in their classes will be
flyers for their favorite movie/cd/video game. Egypt. Eighth graders will be writing about the turn
of the century. Fifth graders will be comparing/
Fifth through Eighth graders are learning a neces-
sary skill for any high school and/or college student. contrasting Native American groups.
They are learning the proper way to outline in Projects will be on display again in the hallway.
Word. Students will be using the skills they already Seventh grades reports will be featured on the bul-
have in Word, as well as applying the new ones, in letin board since they go along with the Thanksgiv-
making reports and outlines on a topic from class. ing theme.
Seventh grade will be reporting on Colonial Amer-
Other grades projects will be available for viewing
ica. Sixth graders will be teaching me about Ancient
on pageflakes.com/tdgibala
Kindergarten Keyboarding
The Kindergarten class is awesome! They enthusi- they choose. Most of them ask me if there are any
astically type each time asked. Right now they are words in what they have typed. We look together
learning home row. We began by learning the keys and see if we can kind any. Next we go over the
“f” and “a”. It was tricky to type with our left hand key to be typed that day. After the lesson, students
when most of us are right handed. Next we practice typing the letter(s). I walk around to make
learned the “j” and “;” keys. Finally we will learn sure the students are typing with the correct fingers
“s”, “d”, “k”, and “l”. and the correct hand. It is really a fun learning ex-
perience. Stay tuned to see what the class does
The class really loves to type! I allow them to
next!
warm up for a few minutes by typing what ever

2. PAGE 2
The Computer Song
Chorus:The computer has many parts,
Many parts, many parts
The computer has many parts
And I can name them all
Do you know the monitor?
The monitor, the monitor?
Do you know the monitor?
Please show me.
Chorus
Do you know the tower?
The tower, the tower?
Do you know the tower?
Show me please.
Chorus
Do you know the mouse?
The mouse, the mouse?
Do you know the mouse?
Please show me.
Chorus
Do you know the keyboard?
The keyboard, the keyboard?
Do you know the keyboard?
Please show me.