Students are much more willing to edit their writing with a word processor when they can edit on the computer and they can share their final copies with classmates and over the Internet. It is very important that each student in grades 3-6 have a signed Internet permission slip for this school year. Third graders are busy entering into Microsoft Word the several different styles of poems they have written. The poems will be posted soon. Fourth graders used the computers in their room for typing and editing their stories.
Fantasy is the genre of their latest creations.
Fifth graders exercised their word processing skills to create a recipe book of healthy foods as part of their food chemistry unit. They are practicing Internet search strategies as they begin projects on the Revolutionary War. Sixth graders used the Internet to find information on countries. They are now creating original folktales while practicing advanced word processing skills such as setting margins and page orientation with multi-column formats. Our field trip to the Pratt Museum and Amherst College Planetarium was a great fun and learning experience.