5th Grade Technology Assignments
QUARTER 1 LESSONS
Fifth Grade Technology Lessons focus on typing skills development and spreadsheet budgets with charts (Qtr.1), coding and logic games (Qtr.2), graphics and photo editing (Qtr.3), and presentations (Qtr.4). These units will build upon the skills introduced in fourth grade with expanded challenges and expectations.
In the first quarter, students continue to master two hand homerow typing proficiency. Students will master the use of their online account for CPS email and Google Drive. They will learn proper file naming conventions and document organization skills. Students will share documents and write professional emails. They will create a variety of spreadsheet budgets using functions and charts with Google Sheets. Students will learn spreadsheet vocabulary such as rows,columns, cells, data, values, and formulas.
In the first quarter, students continue to master two hand homerow typing proficiency. Students will master the use of their online account for CPS email and Google Drive. They will learn proper file naming conventions and document organization skills. Students will share documents and write professional emails. They will create a variety of spreadsheet budgets using functions and charts with Google Sheets. Students will learn spreadsheet vocabulary such as rows,columns, cells, data, values, and formulas.
5th Grade Week 1 - Introduction to Computer Lab & Mac OS X Review
1) CLASS LESSON (35 mins)
1) CLASS LESSON (35 mins)
- Seating assignments
- Computer lab rules and procedures
- Students follow demonstration completing various skills within Mac OS 10
- Open, close, quit applications
- Move, resize, maximize, minimize, arrange windows
- Navigate tabs and windows in Safari and Chrome
- Demonstrate proper posture and sitting at the computer
- Demonstrate proper finger position on keyboard
- Login to Typing.com, short site demonstration
- Begin at Beginner Level, follow lessons in order. Focus on accuracy not speed
5th Grade Week 2 - Google Drive Review
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Login to Typing.com and continue at Beginner Level, follow lesson order. Focus on accuracy not speed
- Review the various functions of Google Drive
- Students will login and practice creating and sharing a document
- Choose any activity from Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 3 - Writing with Google Docs
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Login to Typing.com, continue at Beginner Level, follow lesson order. Focus on accuracy not speed
- Use shared Google Doc to write about summer vacation, then share completed document.
- Save as "yourname my vacation"
5th Grade Week 4 - Review of Google Sheets
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Login to Typing.com, continue at Beginner Level, follow lesson order. Focus on accuracy not speed
- Follow demonstration of Google Sheets. Topics covered will be:
- Data entry, cell formatting, selection tools and techniques, and the sum function
- Creating and formatting a chart, modifying source data to change existing chart
5th Grade Week 5 - Creating a Spreadsheet with Chart in Google Sheets
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Login to Typing.com, continue at Beginner Level, follow lesson order. Focus on accuracy not speed
- Complete the "School Supplies Budget" assignment. Enter the prices for items to purchase (be sure you don't exceed $65). Create a chart to illustrate how you spent your money. Use formulas to calculate remaining budget after expenses.
- Start with a new google sheet, save as "yourname school supplies budget"
5th Grade Week 6 - Creating a Spreadsheet with Chart in Google Sheets
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Login to Typing.com, continue at Beginner Level, follow lesson order. Focus on accuracy not speed
- Complete the "Clothes Shopping Budget" assignment. Enter the prices for items to purchase (be sure you don't exceed $150). Create a chart to illustrate how you spent your money. Use formulas to calculate remaining budget after expenses.
- Start with a new google sheet, save as "yourname clothes budget"
5th Grade Week 7 - Creating a Spreadsheet with Chart in Google Sheets
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Login to Typing.com, continue at Beginner Level, follow lesson order. Focus on accuracy not speed
- Complete the "Party Budget" assignment. Enter the prices for items to purchase (be sure you don't exceed $100). Create a chart to illustrate how you spent your money. Use formulas to calculate remaining budget after expenses.
- Start with a new google sheet, save as "yourname party budget"
5th Grade Week 8 - Creating a Spreadsheet with Chart in Google Sheets
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Login to Typing.com, continue at Beginner Level, follow lesson order. Focus on accuracy not speed
- Complete the "Fast Food Nutrition" assignment. Students search for fast food nutrition and calorie information on the internet. Students plan a meal and enter the calories and the fat calories for each item into their spreadsheet. Use formulas to calculate percentages.
- Start with a new google sheet, save as "yourname fast food"
5th Grade Week 9 - Formulas & Functions Review in Google Sheets
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Login to Typing.com, continue at Beginner Level, follow lesson order. Focus on accuracy not speed
- Review how to input formulas for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Then use simple functions for sum, average, maximum, minimum, and count. Create simple "weekly sales" spreadsheet.
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 10 - Quarter 1 Review
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Typing Test
- Complete the Spreadsheet Functions test, save as "yourname function test" and share with Google Drive
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
QUARTER 2 LESSONS
In the 2nd quarter, fifth grade students continue to perfect two hand homerow typing proficiency. Students expand fundamental programming concepts and coding logic through challenging puzzles including functions, conditionals, loops, and debugging.
5th Grade Week 11 - Fundamentals of Programming
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (20 mins)
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5th Grade Week 12 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete stages 6-7
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 13 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete stage 9
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 14 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete stage 10
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 15 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete stage 11
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 16 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete stage 12
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 17 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete stage 14
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 18 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete stage 15
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 19 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete stage 16
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 20 - Programming with Code.org
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Login to Code.org and continue Course 4 in Code Studio
- Complete any Super Challenge stage (19-22)
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
QUARTER 3 LESSONS
In the 3rd quarter, 5th grade students continue to develop two hand homerow typing proficiency. Students will use a photo editor to crop, adjust brightness and contrast, remove red eye, and resize photos. Students will learn to remove picture backgrounds and use layers to combine photos to make a wanted poster, cartoon a face, create Andy Warhol pop art and more. Students can use these skills and techniques to improve the photos used in their technology integrated assignments with Google Slides presentations, slideshows, brochures, posters, movies, websites, etc. These assignments also build strong file management skills. Students will open, save, name and rename files, as well as create and name folders throughout these weekly projects.
5th Grade Week 21 - Introduction to Gimp - Graphic/Photo editing
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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5th Grade Week 22 - Photo Editing - Cropping
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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5th Grade Week 23 - Photo Editing - Red Eye Removal
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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5th Grade Week 24 - Photo Editing - Brightness & Contrast
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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5th Grade Week 25 - Photo Editing - Layers (part 1 of 2)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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5th Grade Week 26 - Photo Editing - Layers (part 2 of 2)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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5th Grade Week 27 - Photo Editing - Image Trace
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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5th Grade Week 28 - Photo Editing - Wanted Poster
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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5th Grade Week 29 - Photo Editing - Warhol Poster
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
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QUARTER 4 LESSONS
Quarter 4, 5th grade students will work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint to create a variety of presentations. Students will compare the features found in each program and make informed decisions when choosing an application. Students will learn about animation, transitions, slide master, and action settings.
5th Grade Week 30 - Introduction to Google Slides
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Follow the demonstration to create a sample presentation using Google Slides
- Investigate the features available within Google Slides
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 31 - Create a Presentation with Google Slides (part 1 of 3)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Complete the Class Schedule Project - Create a new presentation detailing all the subjects taken at Blaine. Include information about each class.
- Change the presentation name to "yourname class schedule HR#"
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 32 - Create a Presentation with Google Slides (part 2 of 3)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Continue refining the Class Schedule Project. Add images to each slide that relate to the subject
- Save the presentation as "yourname class schedule HR#"
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 33 - Create a Presentation with Google Slides (part 3 of 3)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Continue refining the Class Schedule Project. Add transitions, animations, and a design theme. Change the fonts and colors as desired to improve the overall visual presentation.
- Save the presentation as "yourname class schedule HR#"
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 34 - Using Action Settings in Microsoft PowerPoint
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Follow the class demonstration introducing action buttons and action settings. Create a presentation that links slides together through the use of buttons, then add additional links using action settings
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 35 - Recreate Class Schedule Presentation with Action Buttons (part 1 of 2)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Begin by downloading your Google Slides file as a PowerPoint Presentation. Modify any settings which changed during the conversion so that the presentation runs through normally using Microsoft PowerPoint
- Create a new starting slide and illustrate buildings for each subject
- Save the file as "yourname action buttons HR#"
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 36 - Recreate Class Schedule Presentation with Action Buttons (part 2 of 2)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Add action buttons on each slide to return to the home page. Modify the action settings from the home page to link to each subject when clicking the illustrated building for that subject. Test the presentation so that you can navigate to each slide and return to the home slide when done.
- Save the file as "yourname action buttons HR#"
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 37 - Introduction to Prezi
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Follow the demonstration introducing Prezi and its features. Prepare a practice presentation exploring the options for movement within a presentation
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 38 - "We are Blaine" presentation Project (part 1 of 2)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Follow the project requirements for creating a presentation featuring the concept of "We Are Blaine." Select the application most appropriate for the desired outcome (Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Prezi).
- Include a minimum of Six slides which discuss what it means to be part of Blaine. Discuss the school community, core values, and any other benefits a student has by attending Blaine.
- Save file as "yourname we are blaine HR#"
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page
5th Grade Week 39 - "We are Blaine" presentation Project (part 2 of 2)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
1) KEYBOARD PRACTICE (15 mins)
- Practice keyboarding using Typing.com
- Complete the "We Are Blaine" project
- Include a minimum of Six slides which discuss what it means to be part of Blaine. Discuss the school community, core values, and any other benefits a student has by attending Blaine.
- Save file as "yourname we are blaine HR#"
- Choose any activity from BrainPop.com or Abcya.com Grade 5 page