What Are We Working on This Quarter?

Learning Targets:

Students will build on previous mouse and keyboard skills.

Students will engage in topics that include letter and word sounds, Dolche sight words, digraphs (sh, wh, th), mouse skills with numbers 40-80, simple math, vowel sounds, and simple fractions.

Students will regularly type A-Z to develop letter recognition and basic keyboard literacy.
Students will learn names of computer parts.

Students will review browser skills: open, minimize, maximize, scroll, forward, back, close.

ISTE.2 Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

CCSS.IS 2.1 Information Technology is used to retrieve, process and communicate information and as a tool to enhance learning.

ISTE.6 Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

CCSS MS&T 3 Students will understand the concepts of and become proficient with the skills of mathematics; communicate and reason mathematically; become problem solvers by using appropriate tools and strategies; through the integrated study of number sense and operation, algebra, geometry, measurement and statistics and probability.

ISTE.1d Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

CCSS.MS&T 5.3 Computers, as tools for design, modeling , information processing, communication, and system control, have greatly increased human productivity and knowledge.

Learning Targets:

Word Processing skills such as cut, copy and paste images and text will be introduced.

Students will learn text boxes and arrows to create labeled diagrams. These basic skills are foundational for creating multimedia presentations going forward.

First graders will continue developing keyboard skills by using home row, all previous lesson keys and adding new keys.

Students will copy and paste words and pictures to classify and sort.

Students will add text boxes and arrows. Students will type in text boxes to label diagrams. Students will learn to drag, move and resize text boxes.

Students will learn to open and close the word processor. Students will backspace, enter, shift and undo.

Students will learn to change font size.
 

ISTE.6 Creative Communicator

ISTE.1 Empowered Learner

CCSS.IS 2.1 Information Technology is used to retrieve, process and communicate information and as a tool to enhance learning.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing.

Learning Targets:

Students will continue to develop typing proficiency. Students will review previous keys plus TY, WO, QP

Spreadsheets and Coding:

Students will create spreadsheets with charts.

Students will learn spreadsheet vocabulary such as rows, columns, data, cells and values.

Students will be introduced to coding and beginning programming concepts.

Possible Themes:
Favorite Pet Spreadsheet and Pie Chart
Favorite Subject Spreadsheet and Bar Graph
How Do You Get To School Spreadsheet and Bar Graph

Students will solve beginning coding puzzles.

Students will answer 32 Would You Rather Questions with QR Codes and Task Cards.
 

CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.D.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems1 using information presented in a bar graph.

CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.

CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.2 Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.

ISTE.5 Computational Thinker

Learning Targets:

Students continue to develop two hand home row typing proficiency.

Coding and Logic Games:

Students learn basic programming concepts and coding logic.

Coding Connections to Common Core Mathematical Practices:

a) Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

b) Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

c) Use appropriate tools strategically.

d) Attend to precision.

e) Look for and make use of structure.

f) Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
 

ISTE.1d Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies

ISTE.4 Innovative Designer

ISTE.5 Computational Thinker

CCSS.TECH.5 Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.

Learning Targets:

Students continue to develop two hand home row typing proficiency. 

Coding and Logic Games:

Students learn fundamental programming concepts and coding logic.

Students review basic word processing skills by writing holiday related poems.

Coding Connections to Common Core Mathematical Practices:

a) Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

b) Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

c) Use appropriate tools strategically.

d) Attend to precision.

e) Look for and make use of structure.

f) Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
 

Learning Standards:

ISTE.1d Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies

ISTE.4 Innovative Designer

ISTE.5 Computational Thinker

CCSS.TECH.5 Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.

Learning Targets:

Students continue to develop two hand home row typing proficiency.

Coding and Logic Games:

Students learn fundamental programming concepts and coding logic.

Students review basic word processing skills by writing holiday related poems.

Coding Connections to Common Core Mathematical Practices:

a) Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

b) Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

c) Use appropriate tools strategically.

d) Attend to precision.

e) Look for and make use of structure.

f) Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
 

Learning Standards:

ISTE.1d Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies

ISTE.4 Innovative Designer

ISTE.5 Computational Thinker

CCSS.TECH.5 Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.