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It’s hard to believe that it is December already. The students have been working hard on many activities. The students in kindergarten having been learning how to use a mouse in programs like Thinking Things and Kidspiration. First Graders have been busy creating activities using animals with our theme, Animals, Tame and Wild. We have worked on projects using Kidspiration, like creating our own zoos to show what we can learn by watching animals at a zoo. We have also been exploring a program called Math Zoo Zillions; this program uses animals to help students with their math facts. The second grade students theme has been Exploration. The students created habitats in Kidspiration and added pictures of plant and animal life could be found in each habitat. Students then wrote and shared what they would discover when they visited each place. The students also used Math Zoo Zillions worked in the souvenir shop of the “zoo” which helped students learn more about money. The third grade theme was Dollars and Sense. We used Inspiration to create concept web stories about what they would do or buy if they had a million dollars, and the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. Students used their concept website to create a journal about what they would do with their money, and the advantages and disadvantages of their choices. We have a very charitable group of third graders! The theme for the fourth graders was This Land Is Your Land. They learned about regions of the United States. One region they learned about was the Southwest. The students created a concept web in Inspiration to about the regions of Texas. Each group gathered information to complete their concept web. Students then used Microsoft Publisher to create a travel brochure for their region of Texas. I’m so excited to work with the students on many more projects this term! I know the students in Mrs. Janssen’s classes on Mondays have been busy with their own projects as well!