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.