Today I began our new project by taking pictures of my first graders wearing a tricorner hat (like George Washington) or a stove pipe hat (like Abraham Lincoln). The students inserted their picture and completed the sentence "If I were president I would....."
Snowmegeddon has been prominent in the area where I live. After reading the story The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, the first graders drew a picture on what they would do on a snowy day. They also typed a sentence about their picture.
Remember, keyboarding in first grade. The students need to learn proper keyboarding: sitting tall in the chair, legs uncrossed, not sitting on their feet. They often hear me say "Two handed typing, what the right hand can do the left hand can help out" or for my left handed friends, what the left hand can do the right hand can help out! I only encourage them the home row position of there hands. They are still a bit to young to be told to keep their hands in homerow and reach for the other keys.
