1st Grade Technology Assignments
QUARTER 1 LESSONS
First Grade Quarter 1 technology lessons emphasize a strong focus on keyboarding and computing basics. First graders will practice using the mouse and keyboard with correct finger position and posture. They will also develop and improve their knowledge of the Mac OS X operating system by performing various skills (open, close, quit, move, and resize windows or applications, as well as accessing the dock and menus). Finally they will explore the web browsers Google Chrome and Safari, working with multiple tabs and windows.
1st Grade Week 1 - Introduction to Computer Lab
1) CLASS LESSON
1) CLASS LESSON
- Seating assignments
- Computer lab rules and procedures
- Overview of computer parts with worksheet "quiz"
1st Grade Week 2 - Introduction to Using the Mouse
1) CLASS LESSON
1) CLASS LESSON
- Demonstrate proper posture and sitting at the computer
- Demonstration of mouse techniques
1st Grade Week 3 - Introduction to Using the Keyboard
1) CLASS LESSON
1) CLASS LESSON
- Demonstrate proper finger position on keyboard (15 mins)
- Complete Stage 1 of Dance Mat Typing (20 mins)
- Choose any of the four activities below (25 mins)
1st Grade Week 4 - Keyboarding Practice
1) CLASS LESSON2) ENRICHMENT
1) CLASS LESSON2) ENRICHMENT
- Choose any of the four activities below (25 mins)
1st Grade Weeks 5 & 6 - Keyboarding Practice
1) CLASS LESSON
1) CLASS LESSON
- Complete Stage 1 of Dance Mat Typing (15 mins)
- Complete Stage 2 of Dance Mat Typing (15 mins)
- Complete Stage 3 of Dance Mat Typing (15 mins)
- Choose any of the four activities below (25 mins)
1st Grade Weeks 7 & 8 - Keyboarding Practice
1) CLASS LESSON
1) CLASS LESSON
- Complete 3 of the stages below (30 mins)
- Choose any of the four activities below (25 mins)
1st Grade Week 9 - Keyboarding Practice
1) CLASS LESSON
1) CLASS LESSON
- Complete 3 of the stages below (30 mins)
- Choose any of the four activities below (25 mins)
1st Grade Week 10 - Keyboarding Practice & Mac OS 10 Basics
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
- Complete 3 of the stages below (30 mins)
- Students follow demonstration completing various skills within Mac OS 10 (25mins)
- Open, close, quit applications
- Move, resize, maximize, minimize, arrange windows
- Navigate tabs and windows in Safari and Chrome
QUARTER 2 LESSONS
First Grade Quarter 2 technology lessons continue to emphasize keyboarding, but introduce word processing. Students will practice typing with an emphasis on correct finger position and locating keys accurately without looking. First graders will also develop their word processing skills by typing short sentences using proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation and word spacing. Assignments will include sequence writing using the formats of beginning, middle, end, and first, then, next, and finally. Lastly, Students will illustrate their text with shapes and clipart. They will learn to position and size those objects with their text. Students will also learn to print and save their documents.
1st Grade Week 11 - Introduction to Word Processing
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
- Practice keyboarding using Animal Typing Lite program (15 mins)
- Find using the Spotlight Search in top right corner, search "Animal"
- Introduction to Microsoft Word (40 mins)
- Open, close, quit Word
- Move, resize, maximize, minimize, arrange window
- Navigate menus and ribbon, zoom in/out
- Practice entering sample text, using backspace, shift, and enter keys as well as Undo/Redo commands
- Add name to document and save file using correct naming convention
1st Grade Week 12 - Using ClipArt and Shapes in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
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1st Grade Week 13 - Adding Text and ClipArt in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
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1st Grade Week 14 - Adding Text and ClipArt in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
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1st Grade Week 15 - Create and Format Document in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
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1st Grade Week 16 - Keyboarding Practice and Enrichment
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
- Practice keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing stages 5-7 (30 mins)
- Stage 5 of Dance Mat Typing
- Stage 6 of Dance Mat Typing
- Stage 7 of Dance Mat Typing
- Choose any of the four activities below (25 mins)
1st Grade Week 17 - Create and Format Document in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
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1st Grade Week 18 - Keyboarding Practice and Enrichment
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
- Practice keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing stages 5-7 (30 mins)
- Stage 5 of Dance Mat Typing
- Stage 6 of Dance Mat Typing
- Stage 7 of Dance Mat Typing
- Choose any of the four activities below (25 mins)
1st Grade Week 19 - Copy and Paste in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
- Practice keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing any stage 1-8 (30 mins)
- Follow demonstration on using the copy & paste tools in Microsoft Word. Students will practice various methods for copying and pasting and discuss the clipboard and its function
1st Grade Week 20 - Copy and Paste in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE
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QUARTER 3 LESSONS
In Quarter 3, first graders will strengthen their word processing skills with multiple assignments that include learning how to cut, copy, and paste images and text. Students will also learn to use text boxes and arrows to create labeled diagrams. Students will conduct safe internet searches for images marked for reuse, download and include them in their documents. These basic skills are the foundation for creating multimedia presentations going forward.
In addition, first graders continue developing keyboard skills emphasizing accuracy and memorizing keyboard layout without looking. Students will practice typing home row keys, all previous lesson keys, as well as adding new keys.
In addition, first graders continue developing keyboard skills emphasizing accuracy and memorizing keyboard layout without looking. Students will practice typing home row keys, all previous lesson keys, as well as adding new keys.
1st Grade Week 21 - Copy and Paste in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
- Practice keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing complete Stage 9 Dance Mat Typing
- Assignment:
- Complete the Living/Non Living Things Copy & Paste document by placing the animals in the correct spot on the document
- Save as "yourname living copy paste"
- Complete the Animals Copy & Paste document by moving the image with the copy/paste command
- Save as "yourname animals copy paste"
- Complete the Living/Non Living Things Copy & Paste document by placing the animals in the correct spot on the document
1st Grade Week 22 - Copy and Paste in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
- Practice keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing complete Stage 9 Dance Mat Typing
- Assignment:
- Complete the three copy/paste documents below
- Ladybug Math, Positional Words, and Push and Pull
- Complete the three copy/paste documents below
1st Grade Week 23 - Keyboarding practice and enrichment
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
- Practice keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing complete Stage 10 Dance Mat Typing
- Choose any activity on Starfall.com
1st Grade Week 24 - Cut and Paste Text in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
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1st Grade Week 25 - Working with Text Boxes and Shapes in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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1st Grade Week 26 - Working with Text Boxes and Shapes in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
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1st Grade Week 27 - Working with Text Boxes and Shapes in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
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1st Grade Week 28 - Google Image Search and Downloading Images
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
- Practice keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing (select any level 1-11)
- Follow demonstration on how to use Google Safe Search to find images for use in a document
- Discuss search filtering options
- Download three different images and insert them into a Word Document
- Save as "yourname google images"
- This file will be added to in week 29 and turned in then
- Save as "yourname google images"
1st Grade Week 29 - Google Image Search and Downloading Images
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Animal Typing Lite program (15 mins)
- Find using the Spotlight Search in top right corner, search "Animal"
- Using your "yourname google images" document, add at least five labels to each image pointing out important details
- Be creative and use a variety of fonts and colors in your design
QUARTER 4 LESSONS
First graders in Quarter 4 will be continue to practice keyboarding and document creation which includes the use of downloaded images, text, and graphics. They will write short sentences to construct a story using correct punctuation, spelling, and word spacing. Students will finish by creating a personal flier which discusses themselves and includes all the skills learned this year.
1st Grade Week 30 - Applying Image Format Options in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
- Practice keyboarding with Dance Mat Typing complete Stage 12 Dance Mat Typing
- Follow demonstration on how to modify images using the Format tab in Word. Students will practice applying various text wrap options as well as artistic choices such as borders, recoloring, and cropping
- Choose any activity on Abcya.com
1st Grade Week 31 - Document creation with text and images
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
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1st Grade Week 32 - Document creation with text and images
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
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1st Grade Week 33 - Keyboarding Review with Enrichment
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (25 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Animal Typing Lite program
- Find using the Spotlight Search in top right corner, search "Animal"
- Complete all 8 levels
- Find using the Spotlight Search in top right corner, search "Animal"
- Choose any activity on BrainPopJr
1st Grade Week 34 - Narrative Writing with Graphics in Word
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
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1st Grade Week 35 - Personal Flier Project (part 1 of 3)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
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1st Grade Week 36 - Personal Flier Project (part 2 of 3)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using the two typing games below:
- Continue Personal Flier Project. Add text and graphics to each text frame describing yourself.
- Save as "yourname personal flier"
1st Grade Week 37 - Personal Flier Project (part 3 of 3)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using the typing game below:
- Finish Personal Flier Project. Add text and graphics to each text frame describing yourself. Print document.
- Save as "yourname personal flier"
- Choose any activity on Abcya.com
1st Grade Week 38 - Keyboarding Practice and Enrichment
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (30 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (30 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using the two typing games below:
- Choose any activity on Abcya.com or BrainPopJr or Starfall
1st Grade Week 39 - Enrichment
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (30 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (30 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using any of the keyboarding activities used this year:
- Choose any activity on Abcya.com or BrainPopJr or Starfall
Additional Website Links for even MORE practice!!
Free Typing Lessons, Tests, and Games:
https://www.typing.com/
Computer Skills
https://online.maryville.edu/online-bachelors-degrees/management-information-systems/computer-skills-kids/
Wrist, Hands and Fingers: Proper Typing Techniques
www.wristbandexpress.com/content/wrist-hands-and-fingers-proper-typing-techniques
Learn to type more efficiently
https://www.certstaff.com/classes/learn-to-type-efficiently.html
Tips on Tying from HP
store.hp.com/us/en/tech-takes/typing-keyboarding-practice-games-and-lessons
Free Typing Lessons, Tests, and Games:
https://www.typing.com/
Computer Skills
https://online.maryville.edu/online-bachelors-degrees/management-information-systems/computer-skills-kids/
Wrist, Hands and Fingers: Proper Typing Techniques
www.wristbandexpress.com/content/wrist-hands-and-fingers-proper-typing-techniques
Learn to type more efficiently
https://www.certstaff.com/classes/learn-to-type-efficiently.html
Tips on Tying from HP
store.hp.com/us/en/tech-takes/typing-keyboarding-practice-games-and-lessons