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8th Grader Reminder

Congratulations to all 8th graders for passing the Tam Union High School District keyboarding proficiency requirement!

Tam, Drake and Redwood high schools offer a computer proficiency exam each year, whose purpose is to allow students to test out of the required computer proficiency classes in high school. Upcoming exam dates are:

Redwood Drake Tamalpais
3/21/12 3/22/12 3/23/12
4/25/12 4/26/12 4/27/12
5/16/12 5/17/12 5/18/12

You may take the exams at any of the three schools in the district, regardless of which school you plan to attend.

Download and submit the registration form to sign up now! 

Study guides and more information.

Please let Kevin know if you would like to schedule a study session to prepare for the exam.

5th Grade: Fill Handle

This popped up on the board yesterday:

Excel: Fill Handle

Valentine

Download the valentine below. Make sure you go to Layout when printing and select "2-sided: Short-edge binding."

White

WHITE is fresh powdered snow
Waiting for me to play in
WHITE is a cherry blossom
Sitting on a tree
WHITE is popcorn
Buttered and ready to eat
WHITE is whipped cream
So sweet and creamy
WHITE is a gardenia
floating on the water
WHITE is a snowman
Plump and cold
WHITE are snowflakes
drifting to the ground
WHITE is clean clothes
Fresh from the dryer
WHITE are the clouds

floating away 

5th Grade: 10/19/2011

5th graders continued to work on their Powerpoint presentations.

4th Grade 10/10/11

4th graders logged in quietly and worked on Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor. We finished the class with a timed typing test. The kids are great at focusing on proper finger placement and accuracy over speed.

5th Grade: 9/28/2011

Instead of working on our Powerpoint research presentations, we spent the entire class today talking about using critical thinking to determine bias in sources of information, and how to cite those sources in a bibliography.