Dear Carmody 7th & 8th Grade Elective Computer Class Students and Parents.

October 9, 2006

1. Welcome to this Wednesday's and Thursday's Carmody Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences. Each day they will take place between 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the PC lab, room 110. Remember: do not wait outside the room but go into the room immediately check out your child's electronic portfolio (word processing documents, typing tests, etc.). In addition, I also suggest that you observe your child taking a typing test. A special reward of 20 bonus points (one floating A) will be issued to any student who accompanies their parent(s) to the conference with Dr. Data.
2. Carmody's Parent Portal via Infinite Campus is up and running well. Strongly suggest that parents check it daily after 4 p.m. if they are concerned about their child's classwork habits. Daily classroom grades are posted daily for your perusal. That should make a huge difference in being well informed about what assignments/tests need to be updated for better grades.
3. 7th grade is basically finishing the word processing unit of instruction with assignments at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/claris_syllabus.html#Required . The entire semester's curriculum can be found at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/Curriculum_Preview.html#August
   • Your Own Party Invitations (2) - Must use Crazy Font Clue Sheet to input mini Pic's Classic, L'il People and Wingding fonts in the appropriate places for substituting select graphical fonts for words - Assignment #14 - B-21
   • Ice Cream and Fun Riddles - Assignment #15 - B-27 and B-28
   • 7th Grade Scale for Typing Proficiency and Spring Break Assignment #16 - B-38
   • Typing Your First Carmody Middle School Paper: Hints! and Backward Words - Assignment #17 - B-30 and B-31 Carmody Middle School Fee Schedule - Assignment #18 - B-32
   • Final Korean Penpal Letter due Thursday, October 20th and preliminary draft on Friday, October 20th. - Assignment #18 - B-34 and B-35: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/penpal_908.html

Special Extra-Credit Assignments:

See Dr. Data for the following assignments. The CSAP assignments are worth 75 extra-credit points per assignment and the others are worth 25 point per assignment. Any of them can be done at home or in class. Here are three CSAP web sites to introduce you to some of the kinds of supplemental CSAP activities used in my web-based instruction. The CSAP extra-credit assignments can be done over and over again. Just pick a different topic and start writing again and earning more extra-credit points!
• http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/csap.html
• http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/csap1.html
• http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/csap2.html

Your Favorite Words, Crossword Puzzle , Crossword_Puzzle2 , Practice Activity, Hello, My Name Is .........., Definitions , and others.

8th grade curriculum is focused on doing spreadsheets for their businesses. The daily assignments can be found in week 8 at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/business/Week8.html. The entire semester's curriculum is found at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/business/Lesson_Plans.html