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We are off on a new adventure!

Hello my little 2nd grade chickadees!  I miss you!  I would love to be with you exploring PowerPoint (presentation graphics programs)  in the classroom this quarter! Instead, I will be posting some fun activities. Come back next week for another fun activity. But remember, no grades in Specials during remote learning! Just use these activities for a break and have some fun! Know that I think of each of you. You are in my prayers and I hope to see you all again soon! Let me know what you are doing and how you like all this computer learning stuff!

Online free typing program Click here

Week of May 18

Please email your slide to me by Friday, May 22, margaret@stmatts.org 

Week of May 11

I hope your are finishing up your slides! Please send them to me by May 22 so I can put them together for an awesome slide show!!  You can email to my school account margaret@stmatts.org.

Week of May 4

Let's add our final touches-A background and animation for your slide in PowerPoint!
 

How to Add Animations and Pictures

Written Instructions: How to Add Background
Written Instructions: How to Add Animation

Week of April 27
 

Add pictures to your Communion slide:

How to Add Pictures

WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADDING PICTURES
 

Week of April 20

Are you ready to begin your Communion PowerPoint (or whatever program you are using) slide?

If you are using Keynote, please look at this tutorial with your parents. Tutorial
If you want a "slide show" in PDF format explaining Keynote, click Slideshow

Join me on my video for a demonstration of how to add word art to your PowerPoint slide.

Word Art How To Video

Week of April 13
 

By now, I hope you all have received the email I sent about our end of year project! If not, please email me and I will send you the information OR you can retrieve the information here! I hope you will join me in doing this project (no grades, participation is optional!)  Next week I'll begin posting some how to videos to get you started!
 

Intoduction Video (MP4 format)
Email sent to parents
Example of Slide
LIst of Programs that can be used

Week of April 6 

Look for instructions upcoming explaining our end of year project.

Week of March 30

You may want to finish the pixel drawing we started.  Here is the link for the picture grid online:

Lion Pixel Drawing

 You can find the solution and other pictures on this site (click on desired picture to get the grid):

Math Fact Coloring

Maybe a parent or sibling can choose the picture so you don’t know what it looks like! While you are having fun creating a picture realize you are being a computer! You are following commands (the math problems) to color pixels to create a picture.  You are now COMPUTER CHICKADEES!

Week of March 23

Next year you will begin keyboarding—learning to type fast on a keyboard. There is a right way! If you want to get a head start on next year, click on the link at the top of the page and you will open a free typing program. Pay attention to the instructions so you learn to keyboard/type correctly!