• After this last week your assignment is to....HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL SUMMER!!! MRS. HOLLINGSWORTH WILL BE READY TO SEE YOU WHEN WE GET BACK!!!!!!!
     
    Week 38/June 8th - June 9th:  These two days are our "Bad Weather" make-up days. We will have early release both days. We will have no Electives these two days. I will be helping with Market Day and Memory Day and finishing up my Technology End of the Year things.
     
    Week 37/June 1st - June 5th:  This week will be kind of wild. On Monday my classes will go with PE/Music due to the fact that I have to do awards. On Tuesday we have Field Day so we will not have electives. Wednesday and Thursday my classes should be normal and we will either finish sharing our projects or have a FLEX Day. Friday is early release so we will all be in PE and have an adjusted schedule. 
     
    Week 36/May 25th - May 29th:  This week all my classes will be finishing up their projects. We will start looking at them if time allows. Monday we have no school.
     
    Week 35/May 18th - May 22nd:  This week all my classes will be doing the same thing we did last week. We had a couple of days where we didn't get to have class last week, so some of my classes will be doing this for the first time and others will just continue working on their projects.
     
    Week 34/May 11th - May 15th:  This week all my Monday classes will be with Coach Scott/Mrs. Lopez due to GT Testing for 5th grade in the lab today. On Tuesday to Thursday all my classes will be normal. K-2nd Grade will be doing some review of Word and then we will do a fun assignment about what they want to do this summer. They will have two weeks to do this and then on the third week we will share these with each other.  3rd - 5th Grade will be reviewing Power Point and then doing a fun assignment. They will have to do a power point with at least 5 slides about themselves. I will give them some guidelines about what all needs to be on this. They will have to put pictures on it and everything. They will have two weeks to do this and then we will have a week to share these. They will then get to look at each others. The fun part will be that they will not have anything with their name on it on the slides and the class will have to figure out who the presentation is about.
     
    Week 33/May 4th - May 8th:  This week we will be practicing for Cino de Mayo, so all the electives will be together on Monday and Tuesday. Then on Wednesday - Friday we will have reward time for all of the hard work the students put into the program for all of my regular classes.
     
    Week 32/April 27th - May 1st:  This week we will be practicing for Cino de Mayo, so all the electives will be together.
     
    Week 31/April 20th - 24th:  This week we will have STAAR Testing on Monday - Wednesday and I am helping give the test. My students will go with Mrs. Lopez and Coach Scott in the auditorium. Then on Thursday and Friday, we will all go together to practice for Cino de Mayo.
     
    Week 30/April 13th - 17th:  This last nine weeks will be a little different. We will be doing project based learning. So, we will review this week the things we have learned from this year. We will talk about why we might have learned it. So, this week ALL Grades will reviewing what we have learned so far this year.  Then we will do some fun internet work.
     
    Week 29/April 6th - April 10th:  This week the Computer lab will be closed. We will be doing TELPAS testing. All my classes will go to the GYM.
      
    Week 28/March 30th - April 3rd:  This week we will have STAAR testing for 4th and 5th on Monday and Tuesday so all my classes will go to the auditorium and we will be with Music/Art and PE. We will watch a movie. My other classes will not start anything new this week. They will have a FLEX week where they can finish any missed work and then work on my webpage. We will not have school on Friday.
     
    Week 27/March 23rd - 27th:  This week Kinder - 2nd will finish working on the unit on Word Processing Basics/Word. We will review from last week and then work on learning.com to practice some of what we learned. If they finish all these lesson they will go back to any old lessons they need to finish. If they have finished all their lessons then they can go to my webpage and do anything on it.  3rd - 5th Grade will be finish working on the unit on Presentation Basics/Power Point. We will review from last week and then work on learning.com to practice some of what we learned. If they finish all these lesson they will go back to any old lessons they need to finish. If they have finished all their lessons then they can go to my webpage and do anything on it.
     
    March 16th - 20th:   It is Spring Break!!! Everyone enjoy yourselves. Make sure to have lots of fun, rest, and spend time with your family. No matter what you are doing...please be careful!! See you ready to work next week!!
     
    Week 26/March 9th - 13th:  This week Kinder - 2nd will continue working on the unit on Word Processing Basics/Word. We will review from last week and then work on learning.com to practice some of what we learned. 3rd - 5th Grade will be continue working on the unit on Presentation Basics/Power Point. We will review from last week and then work on learning.com to practice some of what we learned.
     
    Week 25/March 2nd - 5th:  This week Kinder - 2nd will be starting a new unit on Word Processing Basics/Word. This week we will be looking at what that is and talking about all its features. We have a couple of videos we will watch about this to help them out. 3rd - 5th Grade will be starting a new unit on Presentation Basics/Power Point. This week we will be looking at what that is and talking about all its features. We have a couple of videos we will watch about this to help them out.
     
    Week 24/Feb. 23rd - 27th:  This week All Grades will continue working on the same lessons we had last week. We will do a review at the first of class before anyone gets on the computer so that I can check and see if they remember what the did last week. I will ask them questions about what they did and then we will talk about what we have left to do on our assignments.
     
    Week 23/Feb.16th - 20th:  This week K and First will continue working on Keyboarding basics. We will talk about the importance of keyboarding and starting to work on more letters. We will have learning.com lesson to go along with this. Second Grade will start working on Keyboarding this week. We will talk about how important it is to type the correct way. I will demonstrate to them how to type correctly and they will work on learning.com lesson to support this. Third - Fifth Grade will be talk a little more  about One Drive. Then we will talk about Word Processing. We will have some learning.com lesson to go along with this.  Since Monday is a Early Release we will have a different Elective Schedule and we will all go to the gym due to the short class time. Then on Friday I will see my Monday classes instead of us going to the gym like we usually do.
     
    Week 22/Feb. 9th - 13th:  This week 3rd - 5th will be taking Benchmarks. Due to this I will be helping relieve teachers who are testing so the lab will be closed this week. My classes will be going with Coach Scott this week. We should be back to regular schedule next week. I want to wish all the students testing the best of luck. Do your best, take your time, and use all the strategies that your teachers have taught you .
     
    Week 21/Feb. 2 - 6th:  This week K and First will be working on Keyboarding basics. We will talk about the importance of keyboarding and starting to work on the letters ABCDE. We will have learning.com lesson to go along with this. Secondd Grade will be working on Computer Navigation. We will talk about the desktop. and things on it. We will have learning.com lesson to support this. Third - Fifth Grade will be learning about One Drive. We will be talking about what it is and what all we can do with it. We will be trying some of the neat things we can do. 
     
    Week 20/Jan 26th - 30th:  This week on Monday my classes will go to the gym with Coach so that I can help with GT testing in the lab for Kinder. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday classes will SRI test in the lab this week. 
     
    Week 19/Jan 19th - 23rd:  This week we will still be working on getting all of our assignments in. We had several things going on here last week and most of the students did not get to finish their work, so we will do that this week for Tuesday-Thursday classes. Monday classes will actually meet on Friday since we were out on Monday and will be doing SRI testing in the lab. 
     
    Week 18/Jan 12th - 16th:  This week with ALL GRADES we will be "playing" catch-up. We will be working on any assignments that they have not finished over the last few weeks. Once they have finished all their assignments they will then get to work on learning sites from my webpage.
     
    Week 17/Jan 5th - 9th:  This week K-Second Grade -will continue working on our 4 week unit on Graphics. This week we will working on different tuxpaint to work on our Graphics. I put a picture I have done on the board and they will have to duplicate it and add a couple of their own touches. It will be a fun project to see how the do. Third - Fifth Grade will be practicing their Web-browsing skills. We will have an internet scavenger hunt for them to do. (This was going to be done the week before we got out for winter break, but things ended up getting changes so we will do it this week.) 
     
    Dec 22nd - Jan. 2nd:   Everyone is out for Winter Break. I hope you all have a great holiday and that you enjoy your time off with your family and friends. See you in the New Year.
     
    Week 16/Dec. 15th - 19th:  This week will be a little different. On Monday and Tuesday we will be practicing for our Christmas Program so all the electives will be together. Wednesday the 4th and 5th will go to the movies so they may be late for electives and the CHS band is coming to play for the rest of the students so this will mess with our change electives. We will just all be together today and work around these things. Thursday is Polar Express Day so we will have something fun to do in electives. Friday is early release so we will not have electives. Have a great Winter Break!! 
     
    Week 15/Dec. 8th - 12th:  This week K-Second Grade -will continue working on our 4 week unit on Graphics. This week we will start talking about Shapes and fills. We will have some class discussion about Graphics and these topics and then we will work in learning.com for 1st and 2nd grade and for kinder we will be working in tuxpaint to work on some of these things. Kinder will have to follow my instructions to draw a picture to practice what we have learned. 1st and 2nd will have to look at my picture and try to duplicate it once they have finished all of their learning.com.  Third - Fifth Grade will continue working on our 3 week unit on Web-browsing. This week we will be talking about the key word searches and security/ethic. We will have some class discussion on this and then work in learning.com to get some practice on this subject. 
     
    Week 14/Dec. 1st - Dec 5th:  This week K-Second Grade -will be start working on a new 4 week unit on Graphics. This week we will start talking about Brushes and Lines. We will have some class discussion about Graphics and these topics and then we will work in learning.com for 1st and 2nd grade and for kinder we will be working in Microsoft Paint, tuxpaint, and abcya.com to work on some of these things.  Third - Fifth Grade will be starting a 3 week unit on Web-browsing. This week we will be talking about the basic components and browsing along with URLs. We will have some class discussion on this and then work in learning.com to get some practice on this subject. 
     
    Nov. 24th - Nov. 28th:  Everyone is out for Thanksgiving break. Have a great holiday and enjoy your time off with your family.
     
    Week 13/Nov. 17th - Nov. 21st: We will actually being doing last weeks lessons this week. We did not get to have class on Monday or Tuesday of last week with practicing for and performing the Veteran's Day Program. I decided that I did not want those to classes to be behind, so we did a fun little project with all grades instead. So this week K-Second Grade -will be working on more Computer Basic. We will continue our  learning.com and then some different websites to practice it a little more. This is a 4 week unit, so we will be going a slower pace to try and learn all we can about this. Third - Fifth Grade will continue working on keyboarding. We will review from week before las and then continue learning.com and some other websites to work on this.  
     
    Week 12/Nov. 10th - Nov. 14t.h: This week K-Second Grade -will be working on more Computer Basic. We will continue our  learning.com and then some different websites to practice it a little more. This is a 4 week unit, so we will be going a slower pace to try and learn all we can about this. Third - Fifth Grade will continue working on keyboarding. We will review from week before last and then continue learning.com and some other websites to work on this. We will have our Veteran's Day Program on Tuesday so that will take part of my class time, but we will just make that up later in this unit. I hope to see as many Veteran's, family, and friends there as possible. Our students have been working hard on this program and are very excited. Thanks to my students for all the hard work they have put into this. I know our Veterans will truly appreciate it. 
     
    Week 11/Nov. 3rd - Nov. 7th: This week ALL GRADES -will be working on the Veteran's Day Program so we will all be in the Auditorium. We will pick up next week where we left off last week. 
     
    Week 10/Oct. 27th - Oct. 31th: This week K-Second Grade -will be working on Computer Basic. We have looked at this already this year, but we will be doing a more in depth lesson on this. We will be working on learning.com and then some different websites to practice it a little more. This is a 4 week unit, so we will be going a slower pace to try and learn all we can about this. Third - Fifth Grade will start working on keyboarding. We will talk about the keyboard and then we will do learning.com and some other websites to work on this. My classes on Tuesday and Wednesday will be shorter due to early release. We will have the Fall Festival Tuesday night and I hope to see everyone there!! 
     
    Week 9/Oct. 20th - Oct. 24th: This week with ALL GRADES we will be "playing" catch-up again. I did not get to see my Wednesday classes last week due to being out that day, so they need time to catch up.  We will be working on any assignments that they have not finished over the last few weeks. Once they have finished all their assignments they will then get to work on learning sites from my webpage. My Monday group this week will not be in the computer lab due to the fact that they will be using my room as an Early Voting Site. Also remember that this week is Red Ribbon week, so check you calendar and see what you need to do each day. One more thing, don't forget Open House Monday night. We are really excited for you all to come and see what all is going on here at Sam Houston.
     
    Week 8/Oct. 13th - Oct. 17th: This week with ALL GRADES we will be "playing" catch-up. We will be working on any assignments that they have not finished over the last few weeks. Once they have finished all their assignments they will then get to work on learning sites from my webpage. 
     
    Week 7/Oct. 6th - Oct. 10th: This week with ALL GRADES we will be talking more about Online Safety, Cyberbulling, and Netiquette. We will be reviewing things from last week and then working on several things on learning.com. this will be a continuation of last weeks lesson.
     
    Week 6/Sept. 29th - Oct. 3rd:This week with ALL GRADES we will be talking about Online Safety, Cyberbulling, and Netiquette. We will be doing an online whole group activity from Netsmaartkids.org. I think the students are really going to enjoy this and learn a lot. It is a fun, learning interactive site that makes it very interesting for the students. 
     
    Week 5/Sept. 22nd - 26th:This week with Kinder we are still working on logging in . I am going to send home a copy of a keyboard that has a picture of an index card and a keyboard. The index card is colored just like theirs is in class. I have written their user name and password on the card just like the one in class also. Then I have colored the keyboard with the keys they will need to use to login. I would like them to start practicing this at home also, so that we may can get it done a little faster each week in class  until we all can do it really quick and get started faster. I know this is hard for them since some of them are still working on their letters, but I think this will help. With First to Fifth Grade, we will be working on different assignments on learning.com. The students will get to work at their own pace on these and I will be here to help explain them all before we start and then help them through them. I am excited about how fast they are picking things up and are working so hard. I love my students here at Sam Houston...they love to learn and that makes my job even more fun!!!!! 
     
    Week 4/Sept. 15th - 19th: This week Kinder is still working hard on their logins. They are starting to really figure it out and that is great. We will continue to do this and then do some more work on computer parts and play a fun game to make sure we understand it. First grade will be working on logins as well. I think most of them have really figured it out, but it still takes them a little while. We will keep working on this. We will also be playing a game to review out computer parts. If time allows we will get to start talking about learning.com and how we will use it in our class. Second to Fifth Grade, will be doing a quick review of the computer parts, then play the game about them. We will then talk about what we did last week with Windows 8. If time allows we will get to start talking about learning.com also.
     
    Week 3/Sept. 8th - 12th: This week Kinder and 1st will be working on loging in/off. We will then spend some more time on parts of the computer. For 2nd-5th we will talk about computer parts that the others talked about last week and go into a little more depth. We will even talk about Windows 8 some. 
     
    Week 2/Sept. 1st - 5th:For Grades 2nd-5th we will be doing SRI Testing this week in the lab. For Kinder and 1st we will be talking about logins, and part of the computer this week. For some it will be a review and an extension of what they learned last year. For others this will be a first for them and we will be working on it for a little while longer than the others. I know the students are all really excited to get started.
     
    Week 1/Aug. 25th - 29th:The first week we will be going over Rules, Procedures, and talking about what all we will be doing in computer this year.