Skills All Students Learn° Keyboarding
° Computer Coding ° Digital Citizenship ° Search Skills ° Spreadsheets ° Responsible Technology Use |
ClassRoom ActivitiesKindergarten
Kindergarten students are beginning their computer coding unit! They need to determine the steps needed to move the Angry Bird to the Pig using Blockly coding, a version of JavaScript using pre-set blocks. First Grade Students are working on using two hands on the keyboard, while changing fonts and sizes as they type. Second Grade Second graders are finishing a unit about Pilgrims and Wampanoag peoples. Students selected a topic and created a slide show with images, facts and transitions. Third Grade Students have learned about Internet browsers, their components, and how to use the features to their advantage. They used various search engines to learn about search strategies and learn more about geography. Fourth Grade Fun with Spreadsheets was the theme for fourth graders as they transposed an image they created on graph paper to a spreadsheet. Students learned basic terms (columns, rows, cells, cell address), set up columns, rows, and borders, and then filled in the cells. Fifth Grade Students created and sent cards to seminarians at the beginning of the month for Vocation Awareness. They are now receiving thank you cards and letters from the seminarians. Please pray for those who are answering God's call. Sixth Grade Students are creating spreadsheets with given data. They will then create their own spreadsheets using information they put together as they plan a day trip to some place in Minnesota. |
Keyboarding Expectations
Kindergarten - recognize letter locations, begin using two hands on the keyboard
First Grade - use two hands more consistently on the keyboard, recognize home row and basic reaches for space bar and return keys
Second Grade - use two hands on the correct side of the keyboard, able to type home row keys and common reaches
Third - Sixth Grades - type with eyes on the monitor, hands on home row and touch typing; increasing their speed each year with less errors
First Grade - use two hands more consistently on the keyboard, recognize home row and basic reaches for space bar and return keys
Second Grade - use two hands on the correct side of the keyboard, able to type home row keys and common reaches
Third - Sixth Grades - type with eyes on the monitor, hands on home row and touch typing; increasing their speed each year with less errors