Technology Competency: General Technology, Information Input
Standard: Cross-Curricular
Skill: Log on to digital devices with username and password
Activity 1: Log into Google Account: Login and logout
Students login with their new school google email account and password, teach them a song to remember the username and password, identify keys on the keyboard they need to log in to the device, Sign out of google account, if time Join Google Classroom
Week of September 9
Input Competencies: Keyboarding
Standard: Students identify numbers on keyboard, number keypad, num lock key
Activity: Oh the Things you can count
Input Competencies: Keyboarding
Standard: Students identify numbers on keyboard, number keypad, num lock key
Activity: Oh the Things you can count
Week of March 2
Week of February 24
Information Input and Communication Competencies: Keyboarding and Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Locate the SHIFT key on the keyboard, open a document, save a document, Insert text(use cursor to locate insertion point)
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Type Words- Students learn to type words by capitalizing them.
Week of February 17
Communication Competencies: Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Identify Spacebar key on keyboard, Learn the function of the key
Activity: Name Tag
Week of February 10
Week of February 3
Communication Competencies: Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Format Graphics (Fill and Line Color)
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Valentine’s day Hearts
Week of January 20
Communication Competencies: Keyboarding and Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Type Uppercase letters
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Beginning sound activity –Students look at the picture and type the beginning sound in upper case using the SHIFT key. This activity will reinforce what they learned last week
Week of January 13
Communication Competencies: Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Open a document, save a document, Insert text(use cursor to locate insertion point)
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity – Lowercase Alphabets
Week of January 6
Communication Competency: Word Processing (Microsoft Word 2013)
Standard: Open and Save Word Processing Program, Enter Text,
Skill: I (Introduction)
Cross-Curricular Stem Activity: Library/Science/Technology
Activity: Terrarium Project
Week of December 30
Information Input and Communication Competencies: Keyboarding and Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Locate the SHIFT key on the keyboard, open a document, save a document, Insert text(use cursor to locate insertion point)
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Uppercase Letters
Week of December 16
Competency: Immersive Experiences: (STEM)
Standard: Coding
Skill Level: S(Skill Building)
Activity: Coding Concept – Week 2 - Santa Code Lab and Code Boogie
Week of December 9
An hour of Code - Week 2 - STEM Activity
Competency: Immersive Experiences: (STEM)
Standard: Coding, Robotics
Skill Level: S(Skill Building)
Activity: Metamorphosis Bot - Life Cycle of a Butterfly - Students program the Ozobot to travel through the life cycle of a butterfly
Week of December 2
Competency: Immersive Experiences: (STEM)
Standard: Coding
Skill Level: S(Skill Building)
Activity: An Hour of Code-Week 1- Ozobot Introductory Lesson- Students are introduced to Ozobots which are programmable robot, control the movement and speed of Ozobots by programming it through color codes.
Week of November 18
Design Competencies: Online coloring
Standard: Save jpeg image to their network folder
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity – Cornucopia Online Coloring
Week of November 11
Information Input Competency: Keyboarding Skills
Standard: Locate Keys, Identify left hand side and right hand side of the keyboard by using both hands: left hand/left side of keyboard; right hand/right side of keyboard
Skill Level: I (Introduction)
Activity: Students visit an interactive online game Keyseeker that helps them identify where the letters are on the keyboard. It also teaches which hands to use for the letters. Purple for left hand - Green for right hand
Week of October 28
No Computer Class - School Holiday
Week of October 14 and October 21
Investigative Competencies: Research Skills-Google Chrome, Interactive Discovery
Standard: Uses a browser, uses links
Skill Level: I (Introduction)
Activity: Starfall Activity -Week 1(Letters A-L) - Students open the Google Chrome Browser and access the teacher website, learn to click on the links and navigate through a website.
Week of October 7
Week of September 30
Information Input Competency: Manipulation
· Mouse Double Click
Skill Level - I (Introduction to Skill)
Activity: Practice Double Clicking
General Technology Competency: Cross-Platform Skills
· Locate and open network folders
- Locate and open their computer folder from the network drive for the first time
Week of September 23
Information Input Competency: Manipulation
• Hold and Drag (Place it somewhere else)
Skill Level - I (Introduction to Skill)
Mouse Tutorial 3: Hold and Drag Practice -
Students learn to hold and drag (press and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse over the mouse pad). They learn that the purpose of holding and dragging is to move one object to another place.
Week of September 16
Information Input Competency: Manipulation
• Mouse Clicking - Selecting
Skill Level - I (Introduction to Skill)
Mouse Tutorial 2: Single Clicking Practice
Week of September 9
Information Input Competency: Manipulation Skills
1. Proper Techniques of holding a mouse
2. Mouse Pointing and Moving
Skill Level - I (Introduction to Skill)
Proper Technique for holding a mouse:
Place your thumb on the left side of the mouse
Index finger should rest on the left side of the mouse.
Middle finger rests on the right side of the mouse.
Ring and little finger rests on the right side of the mouse.
Palm cups the end of the mouse gently.
Base of the wrist rests on the mouse pad
This week students learn to hold the mouse correctly and practice mouse skills (Moving and pointing, single clicking) using six interactive online lessons.
Week of September 2
General Technology Competencies: Cross-Platform Skills
Basic care of computer: cleanliness, no food, respect for property
Name technology components: computer, digital devices, peripherals and explain functions
Skill Level - I - Introduction to Skill, Initial Instruction: Teacher Teaches
Tasks for this week
Assign Computers
Computer Lab Rules - Watch presentation
Fire drill procedure - Get familiar with the procedure
Patron Saint of Technology - St. Isidore of Seville and Prayer
Basic care of computers - Watch presentation
Parts of a computer - Watch presentation
Parts of a computer - Complete coloring sheet to reinforce learning
Parts of a computer
Activity: Parts of a computer coloring sheet
Netsmartz Kindergarten.wmvWeek of April 22
Earth Day Activity
Week of April 8 and 15
Communication Competencies: Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Insert text box and arrows
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Parts of a Plant Activity: Students open the file from their network folder, label the parts of a plant.
Week of April 1
Communication Competencies: Word Processing (Word 2013)
Standard: Resize Objects
Activity: Goldilocks Activity: Students learn to resize objects without distorting them.
Week of March 25
Communication Competencies: Word Processing (Word 2013)
Standard: Move Objects
Activity: Brown Bear Sorting Activity: Students learn to move objects without resizing them and sort them based on the animal group they belong to.
Week of March 18
Communication Competencies: Word Processing (Word 2013)
Standard: Font Color
Activity: Rainbow Activity: Students learn to format the font colors of words. Students learn to identify the tool from the HOME tab under the Font group, choose more Colors either from standard or Custom
Week of March 11
Input Competencies: Keyboarding
Standard: Students identify numbers on keyboard, number keypad, num lock key
Activity: Oh the Things you can count – Students count Dr. Seuss character and type the numbers using the number keypad. Students learn to turn the Num Lock key on/off
Week of March 4
Design Competencies: illustration
Standard: Students understand the purpose of illustration, create a simple illustration, save their illustration in network folder
Activity: Create a who - Seussville - Create a Dr. Seuss Character – Students create and name the character
Week of February 25
Week of February 19
Communication Competencies: Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Format Graphics (Fill and Line Color)
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Autoshapes Formatting
Week of February 11
Week of January 21 and January 28
Information Input and Communication Competencies: Keyboarding and Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Spacebar and its function
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Name Tag
Week of January 14
Information Input and Communication Competencies: Keyboarding and Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Locate the SHIFT key on the keyboard, open a document, save a document, Insert text(use cursor to locate insertion point)
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Type Words- Students learn to type words by capitalizing them.
Week of January 7
Week of December 31
Week of December 10
Help elves through maze to collect gifts by coding
Code the elves to dance
Competency: Immersive Experiences: (STEM)
Standard: Coding
Skill Level: S(Skill Building)
Activity: An Hour of Code – Santa Code Lab and Code Boogie – Students code to move an elf through the maze to collect gifts and program the elves to dance
Week of December 3
Week of November 26
Week of November 12
Week of November 5
Week of October 22
Investigative Competencies: Research Skills-Google Chrome, Interactive Discovery
Standard: Uses a browser, uses links
Skill Level: I (Introduction)
Activity: Starfall Activity -Week 2
Week of October 15
Week of October 8
Week of October 1
Week of September 24
Week of September 17 - Mouse Activity 2 - Clicking
Week of September 10
Video Lessons - Parts of a computer
Week of May 28
Last week of computer class
Students review the internet safety rules
Take computer folder home
If time visit the website www.abcya.com
Week of May 21
Competency: Digital Citizenship: Safety and Ethical Behavior
Standard: Netiquette
Skills: S(Skill Building)
Activity: Netsmartz lesson
Week of May 14
Competency: Digital Citizenship: Safety and Ethical Behavior
Standard: Personal Information
Skills: S(Skill Building)
Activity: What is personal information – Students learn that their name, address, telephone number, password, e-mail, a picture of themselves, birth date is their private property and cannot be shared to anybody online.
Week of May 7 and April 30
Communciation Competencies: Word Processing (Word 2013)
Input Competencies: Keyboarding
Standard: Identify basic punctuation keys (period, exclamation mark, question mark) on keyboard, input text
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Spring Punctuation Activity
Week of April 23
Data Analysis Competencies: Spreadsheet (Excel 2013)
Standard: Cell, Cell address, Row, Column
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Cell Address:
Week of April 16
Presentation Competencies: Multimedia (PowerPoint 2013)
Standard: WordArt, Shapes, Pictures
Skill Level: S (Skill building)
Activity: Earth Day Poster – Students create a poster for earth day which includes:
· Title (Earth Day)
· Quote
· Three R’s (Reduce, Recycle, Reuse
Images that goes with the topic
Week of April 9
Communication Competencies: Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Insert text box and arrows
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Parts of a Plant Activity: Students open the file from their network folder, label the parts of a plant. Visit interactive activities to learn about plants.
Week of April 2
Communication Competencies: Word Processing (Word 2013)
Standard: Font Color
Activity: Rainbow Activity: Students learn to format the font colors of words. Students learn to identify the tool from the HOME tab under the Font group, choose more Colors either from standard or Custom
Week of March 26
Week of March 12
Week of February 26 and March 5
Input Competencies: Keyboarding
Standard: Students identify numbers on keyboard, number keypad, num lock key
Activity: Oh the Things you can count – Students count Dr. Seuss character and type the numbers using the number keypad. Students learn to turn the Num Lock key on/off
Week of February 19
Week of February 12
Communication Competencies: Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Identify Spacebar key on keyboard, Learn the function of the key
Activity: Type your name – Name Tag – Students learn to type their name capitalized with a space in between.
Week of February 5
Information Input and Communication Competencies: Keyboarding and Word Processing Skills - Microsoft Word 2013
Standard: Format Graphics (Fill and Line Color)
Skill: I(Introduction)
Activity: Valentine’s day Hearts
Week of January 28
Catholic Schools Week
Complete all pending projects
Week of January 22
Week of January 15
Week of January 8
Week of January 1
Week of December 11 and 18
General Competency:
Standard: Save files to their network folder
Skill Level: I(Introduction)
Activity: Make a Gingerbread House
Week of December 4
Week of November 27
Competency: Immersive Experiences: (STEM)
Standard: Coding
Skill Level: S(Skill Building)
Activity: Coding Concept – Week 1 – Unplugged Activity - Students give commands to move Flurb to reach the pot of gold
Vocabulary
Computer: A device or tool used for storing and processing information. Instructions are given by a human and it carries out tasks following these exact directions.
Programmer: People that write the code (language) that tells the computer what to do.
Language: A way to communicate, can be spoken or written.
Communication: A connection that allows information to be exchanged.
Action: The process of doing something.
Code: The language that programmers use and create to tell computers what to do.
Commands: Instruction given by a person (programmer) that tells a computer to do something.
Sequence: Sequence is one of three basic flow control structures in programming. Also known as the order of events, a computer will execute commands exactly in the order or sequence they are written. Commands must be given to a computer in the right sequence, otherwise, a program might not run as expected.
Week of December 4
Week of November 20
Week of November 13
Week of November 6
Competency: Immersive Experiences: (STEM)
Standard: Coding
Skill Level: S(Skill Building
Activity: An Hour of Code – Week 2- Sequencing with Drag and Drop and Kodable
