Technology Curriculum

Technology Curriculum 3

Third Grade:

-Keyboarding

• Show correct body and finger position
• Keep eyes on copy
• Use correct reaches from homerow keys
• Key accurately from dictation and printed copy
• Demonstrate correct fingering of period, comma and question mark
• Demonstrate correct use of space bar, enter key, shift key and tab
• Demonstrate required speed and accuracy
• Demonstrate correct keyboarding technique through use of timed writings
• Achieve minimum competency of 15 wpm speed at 95% accuracy on a one-minute timing

-Logging in to google

-Word/ Google Docs

WORD

• Save and retrieve files
• ​Bullets and Lists
• Insert and format clip art
• Insert and format pictures
• Insert and format text boxes
• Learn copy and paste with shortcuts​

GOOGLE DOCS

• Create documents in google docs

-Powerpoint/ Google Slides

• Create slides
• Put text and pictures in slides and format them
• Add clip art
• Rearrange slide order

-Excel/Sheets

• Open an excel file
• Fill in a chart
• Format cells
• Make a graph
• Format a graph
• Cell reference

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Fourth Grade:

-Keyboarding

• Show correct body and finger positions
• Keep eyes on copy
• Demonstrate correct keyboarding technique while keying from dictation and printed copy
• Achieve minimum speed of 20 wpm speed at 90-100% accuracy on one-minute timed writings

-Word/Google Docs

WORD

• Create Simple tables
• ​Insert and format SmartArt and WordArt
• Use shortcut to print and save

GOOGLE DOCS

Share documents with classmates

-Excel/ Sheets

• Use formulas

-Powerpoint/ Google Slides

• Word Art and Shapes
• Layered shapes to create pictures
• Using templates to create certificates and awards

Fifth Grade:

-Keyboarding

• Show correct body and finger positions
• Keep eyes on copy
• Demonstrate correct keyboarding technique while keying from dictation and printed copy
• Achieve minimum speed of 25 wpm speed at 90-100% accuracy on one-minute timed writings

-Research skills

• Search tips
• Demonstrate how to use search engine advanced search techniques
• Evaluate websites for credible sources

-Careers project

• Students will pick a computer science career and research it and create a project to represent what they learned.

-Coding

• Students will use Scratch to create projects using the drag and drop coding software

-Word/Google Docs

WORD

• Complex Tables
• Page layout and columns
• Templates
• Headers and Footers
• Page Numbers

GOOGLE DOCS

• Fluently use Google Docs

-Excel/ Sheets

• Write equations
• Sort and Filter information
• Conditional Format

-Powerpoint/ Google Slides

• Include transitions and animations
• Include links, videos, and music

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