~ PLEASE REPLENISH YOUR SUPPLIES AFTER CHRISTMAS ~
Please have students practice typing over the summer. I can tell a huge difference in the students who practice. This will only make it easier on them next year. Remember, this year’s sixth grade will be on the typing grading scale next year.
Ergonomics - Students are expected to use home row at all times and to use the proper finger for each key. To type comfortably, students should keep their wrist flat/straight, feet flat on the floor, eyes level with the text on the screen, sit up straight, and their thumbs resting on the space bar.
It is critical that students practice typing at home in order to achieve their goals. Several students are not practicing on their own; please make sure that your child is practicing WITHOUT looking at their hands/keys.
Please have all students practice typing on this site: http://freetypinggame.net/default.asp or in another typing program. An excellent program is Type to Learn 3. You can download a 30-day free trial of this at www.sunburst.com.
“Wall of Fame”
Top of the Class (7th & 8th)
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Great Job!
Winners of the Pictorial PowerPoint Project (Class of 2009):
REMINDER: All students are given space on the network (P drive) for their assignments/projects. Students must save their work to this drive in order for it to be there the next time they login. If they save it anywhere else, all of their hard work will be lost.
Did You Know?
We are almost at our ten-thousandth visitor on the school website. That is incredible for our small school! I would like to take this opportunity to let everyone know that there are numerous educational games on our website. This summer, your child/children can keep their brain cobweb-free while learning about the states and capitals, times tables, parts of speech, the nervous system, and typing. To visit these pages, go to the website (www.sasaints.net) and click on Games & Gadgets. There, you will see a box of links and one line of links below it. The one line of links is what you’ll want to look at. Pick a subject and browse through the numerous games.
Have a Happy and Safe Summer!
God Bless,
Mrs. Emily temily <at> sasaints <dot> net
