Gingerbread House Design- K-1st Grade

This cute virtual gingerbread house is just waiting for the Kindergartners and First Graders to decorate it for the Christmas season!  Go to Jenny B. Harris Illustrator- Decorate a Gingerbread House for a sneak peak of this online activity.

Google Sketch Up- 5th & 6th Grade

We downloaded Google Sketch Up 8.  The kids watched the following youtube video as a tutorial.

The kids followed along with the steps that are layed out in the tutorial to create their own building. Once the kids are comfortable with the Google Sketch Up features, they will create their house as they envision it will be in heaven.

Scripture Poster- 3rd & 4th Grade

The students Googled "popular Bible verses" to find their favorite verse. They copied and pasted the verse to a Word document.  Then the students Googled images that were relevant to their verse by typing in the book, chaper and verse number in the search bar. This assignment was a review of many skills including using search engines and Word tools such as copy/paste, aligment, image boarder, image text wrapping, image resizing, and footer/header.

Marketing Slogan Search- 5th & 6th Grade

The Fifth and Sixth Graders are using various search engines to find buisness slogans that could be compared to our Christian values.  They will recreate the slogan during art class, and they will add a the comparison to their work.  Below is an example of a slogan that could be used:  Disneyland- Where dreams come true.  The slogan could be compared to Heaven.  The art work will be scanned and shared on this blog!

Google Search and Christian Movie- 3rd-5th Grade

The Third through Fifth Graders are working on a Christian movie using Windows Movie Maker.  The first task was to search for Christian images to be used in the movie. The kids used Google as their search engine. We learned quickly that typing in generic key words such as "Jesus" and "God" was not the best way to search for good pictures.  We found many disrespectful pictures geared at mocking Christianity.  I challanged the students to think of other key words for good search results.  After giving the example "Triune God" and "The Good Shepherd," the kids started coming up with some great ideas.  Some of the key words the kids thought of were Worthy is the Lamb, The Lord is my Savior, Father Son and Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, God my Father, I shall not want, etc. 

Once the students collect at least 20 images in their pictures folder, they will begin to work on their movie.  This project will be their final project of this school year.

Mock Church Budget Spreadsheet on Excel- 3rd-6th Grade

The Third-Sixth Graders are working on a mock church budget spreadsheet on MS Excel. They are using various tools such as merge & center, text color, auto-sum and auto difference, and general cell formatting. We reviewed some budget vocabulary words including income, salary, expense, consumables, utilities, donations, offerings, misc. and savings.

Letters to Jesus- 2nd Grade

The 2nd Graders read a Christmas poem on http://www.alphabet-soup.net/chris/starry.html that compares Jesus to Santa.  They also read some notes that children wrote to Jesus.  After reading the poem, the 2nd Graders wrote their own note to Jesus:

Dear Jesus, You are the reason for Christmas.

Love, M.J.

Jesus, I am so glad that you died on the cross to take away my sins.

From, J.J

You are the reason for Christmas and thank you for dieing on the cross.

From, JJ

Jesus, I love you and happy birthday.  I am happy that you died on the cross.  You are the reason for Christmas.

Love, S.F.

Nativity Scenes- 3rd-4th Grades

The 3rd/4th Graders are finishing up their Nativity scenes on Paint.