Curriculum – Technology:

Kindergarten

Programs:

  • Kid Pix
  • Type to Learn Jr.

Overview:

Begin keyboarding, do dexterity exercises using the Mouse while learning colors, shapes, and letters. Begin Home Row finger placement, typing the students name, home row letters and then Frequency Words.

First Grade

Programs:

  • Kid Pix
  • Type to Learn Jr.
  • Type to Learn 3
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Power Point

Overview:

Keyboarding and review dexterity exercises using the Mouse. Continue Home Row finger placement, typing student’s name, phrases, introduce shift keys while typing sentences using Capitalization and Punctuation Marks. Introduce Microsoft Word for typing in sentence and paragraph format. Introduce Microsoft Power Point and create a slide show.

Second Grade

Programs:

  • Kid Pix
  • Type to Learn 3
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Power Point

Overview:

Keyboarding and continue dexterity exercises using the Mouse. Continue Home Row finger placement, typing sentences and paragraphs using Microsoft Word. Begin Page Set-Up changing margins, changes font type, size, and color. Learn to add a page border and create Book Covers using Microsoft Word. Review Power Point and create 3 different slide shows introducing Backgrounds, changing Font type, size, color, adding Clip Art, and Animation.

Third Grade

Programs:

  • Kid Pix
  • Type to Learn 3
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Power Point

Overview:

Keyboarding and continue dexterity exercises using the Mouse. Continue Home Row finger placement, typing sentences and paragraphs using Microsoft Word. Begin Page Set-Up changing margins, changes font type, size, and color. Learn to add a page border and create Book Covers using Microsoft Word. Review Power Point and create slide shows about the books they reading for Book Reports reviewing changing the Backgrounds, changing Font type, size, color, adding Clip Art, and Animation. They will be presenting these in front of the class.

Fourth Grade

Programs:

  • Kid Pix
  • Type to Learn 3
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Excel

Overview:

Keyboarding and continue dexterity exercises using the Mouse. Continue Home Row finger placement, typing paragraphs using Microsoft Word. Create classroom projects on the computer from Religion, Science, and Geography. Create Thank you Cards in Microsoft Publisher. Learn how to research on the internet and internet safety. Create slide show in Power Point on Book Report projects and present in front of the class. Begin graphing in Microsoft Excel.

Fifth Grade

Programs:

  • Kid Pix
  • Type to Learn 3
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Excel

Overview:

Keyboarding and continue dexterity exercises using the Mouse. Continue Home Row finger placement, typing classroom projects from Language Arts and Social Studies in Microsoft Word. Create Slide Show on St. Paul and present in front of the class. Create Thank you Cards in Microsoft Publisher. Create Tri-fold Price List Brochure on a Marketing Concept of the student’s choice Microsoft Publisher. Create Explorer Power Point and State Power Point to present in front of the class. Continue graphing in Microsoft Excel.

Sixth Grade

Programs:

  • Kid Pix
  • Type to Learn 3
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Excel

Overview:

Keyboarding and continue dexterity exercises using the Mouse. Continue Home Row finger placement, typing classroom projects from Language Arts and Social Studies in Microsoft Word. Create Slide Show on St. Paul and present in front of the class. Create Thank you Cards in Microsoft Publisher. Create Tri-fold Price List Brochure on a Marketing Concept of the student’s choice Microsoft Publisher. Create Travel Brochure on Ancient Egypt. Create Newspaper on Ancient Greece in Microsoft Publisher. Present a slide show in Microsoft Power Point on Ancient Rome.