Summer is almost here!

Have a great summer and don’t forget to sign up for the Summer Reading Program at the Bloomington Public Library starting June 4th!

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Happy Earth Day!

In preparation for Earth Day we are reading several new books about our environment!

K- Michael Recycle
1st- 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World
2nd- Michael and the Tree Top Cops
3rd- Compost Stew

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Presentation Software

All grades are working with presentation software in the coming weeks.

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Comic Strips

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ISAT Links

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Internet Safety

All students at Sheridan School are learning how to use the internet safely.  Congratulations to our second graders who are working hard to learn their username and password!

Stay safe online Sheridan Sharks!

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Spreadsheets, Spreadsheets, Spreadsheets

Students in all grades will begin learning the parts of a spreadsheet, how to enter data into a spreadsheet or how to make graphs using a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel.

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Winter is here!

You know winter is here when Kindergarten starts thinking about gingerbread!  We can’t wait to see your yummy houses!

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Microsoft Word

Each grade level is now half way through their work with Microsoft Word and have learned many of the benefits to using a word processor when creating a poster, document or book.

Each grade level will create a final project:

K- Poster of Color Words
(basic word processing and mouse clicking)
1- Knock Knock joke posters
 (basic word processing plus shift, enter and punctuation)
2- Thanksgiving I Spy
(basic word processing plus copy and paste of clipart)
3- Animal Research poster
 (basic word processing and using bullets as a formatting tool)
4- Greek Mythology books
 (Using the home tab while formatting a page)
5- Take a Closer Look  flip books
(Using the home tab to format and inserting text boxes)

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Microsoft Office Word 2007

Many classes are learning to use Microsoft Word for word processing this week.  We are focusing on formatting using the HOME tab in grades 4 and 5.

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