Pulaski Elementary School Computer Lab Curriculum

(Use in collaboration with Grade level curriculum)    
Also see National Ed. Technology Standards & (International Society for Technology in Education)
Weekly Checklist for Lamination or download it here in Word.doc

 

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Week 1

Rules for Computer Lab Rules, Acceptable Use policy & Care of Components Rules, Acceptable Use policy & Care of Components Rules, Acceptable Use policy & Care of Components Rules, Acceptable Use policy & Care of Components, Inside PC Rules, Acceptable Use policy & Care of Components, Inside PC

Week 2

Seating order, Correct Posture Seating order, Correct Posture Seating order, Correct Posture Seating order, Correct Posture Seating order, Correct Posture Seating order, Correct Posture

Week 3

Computer Components and Basic Care Icons, Paint Tools, (brushes, increase brush size) Adapt to Homeroom Icons, Paint Tools, (brushes, shapes, menu bar, etc) Adapt to Homeroom Icons, Paint Tools, (brushes, shapes, menu bar, etc) Adapt to Homeroom Hand out Journals, record user names, Emails, passwords Hand out Journals, record user names, Emails, passwords

Week 4

Computer Component review, Intro to icons, Desktop terminology, Paint Tools, (brushes, auto-shapes,  eraser) Adapt to Homeroom Paint Tools, (brushes, auto-shapes,  eraser) Adapt to Homeroom Paint Tools, (brushes, auto-shapes,  eraser) Adapt to Homeroom Login using Journals, Practice emails, make folder on server Login using Journals, Practice emails, make folder on server

Week 5

Basic Internet use (home page, maximize, mouse, scroll bar, x out) Julies Place Paint (text tool, paint fill, spray can) Paint (text tool, paint fill, spray can) Paint (brushes, shapes, paint can & fill, dropper, select tool) Login using Journals, Practice emails, save document on server Login using Journals, Practice emails, save document on server

Week 6

Basic Internet use (home page, mouse, scroll bar, x out) Julies Place Paint (brushes, shapes, paint can & fill, dropper, select tool) Paint (brushes, shapes, paint can & fill, dropper, select tool) Paint Assessment Login using Journals, Practice emails, save document on server Login using Journals, Practice emails, save document on server

Week 7

Basic Internet use (home page, mouse, scroll bar, x out) Julies Place Paint (review) Adapt to Homeroom Paint (review) Adapt to homeroom Intro to Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - Home row)
Word - Portfolios, Edit features in Word (spell check, thesaurus) Word (all edit features, right/left click, format, font, save, spell check, thesaurus, etc)

Week 8

Basic Internet use (home page, mouse, scroll bar, x out) Julies Place Paint Assessment Paint Assessment Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - letters I,T,.)
Word - Portfolios (edit features cont) Word (all edit features, right/left click, format, font, save, spell check, thesaurus, etc)

Week 9

Internet Review and Assessment Using the Internet (purpose, uses, safety, etc) Using the Internet (purpose, uses, safety, etc) Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - letters O,R,N)
Word - Portfolios cont. Word Assessment

Week 10

Intro to using keyboard - Letters (type ABC's using Word) Using the Internet (pages, safety, scroll bar, links, address & menu bar) Using the Internet (pages, safety, scroll bar, links, address & menu bar) Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - letters H,E,P)
Word - Portfolios Paint tools review Paint (review tools, select tools, copy/paste into Word)

Week 11

Intro to Letters (type ABC's using Word, cursor, space bar) Internet (.com .org .gov edu. .net .mil) Internet (.com .org .gov edu. .net .mil) Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - letters W,M,C)
Word - Portfolios, Paint tools, (select tool, copy/paste) Paint (review tools, select tools, copy/paste into Word) 

Week 12

Intro to Letters (type ABC's using Word, cursor, backspace, caps lock, shift key) Internet (search techniques) Internet (search techniques) Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - letters G,Y, shift) Microsoft Word editing
Word - Portfolios, Paint (select tool, copy/paste) continued Paint using Internet copy/paste editing (review copyright laws, review internet safety )

Week 13

Letters (type ABC's using Word, cursor, backspace, caps lock, shift key, numbers) Internet (review) Internet (review) Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - letters U,B) Microsoft Word editing/formating
Word - Portfolios, Paint using Internet copy/paste editing, review internet safety Paint using Internet copy/paste editing

Week 14

Letter Assessment Basic Internet Assessment Basic Internet Assessment Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - letters V,X) Microsoft Word editing cont
Word - Portfolios, Paint using Internet copy/paste editing Paint using Internet, Word copy/paste editing

Week 15

Intro to Paint (tools: brush, pencil, colors, eraser) Paint Review (brushes, shapes, paint can & fill, dropper, select tool, etc) Paint Review (brushes, shapes, paint can & fill, dropper, select tool, etc) Keyboarding
(Ultrakey - letters Q,Z) Microsoft Word (editing cont)
Word - Portfolios, Internet Search engines, entering a url Review Internet features, url, search engines, menu bar, adapt to homeroom

Week 16

Paint continued - Adapt to homeroom - (paint tools, menu bar) Paint Review Adapt to Homeroom Paint Review Adapt to Homeroom Keyboarding (Ultrakey - numbers)
Word Assessment
Word - Portfolios, Internet for Ed. purposes (homework, research, data gathering, etc) Internet research using Yahooligans and Google

Week 17

Paint continued - Adapt to homeroom - (paint tools, menu bar) Paint tools & Internet combined Paint tools & Internet combined Keyboarding (Ultrakey - numbers cont.) Internet Basics (intro to menu bar) Word - Portfolios, Internet for Portfolios Internet for Educational purposes (homework, research, data gathering, etc)

Week 18

Paint continued - Adapt to homeroom - (paint tools, menu bar) Paint tools & Internet combined Paint tools & Internet combined Keyboard Assessment, Internet (menu bar, scrolling, minimize, maximize) Word - Portfolios, Internet for Portfolios, Internet/Paint combined Internet for Business and personal use (email, chat, messaging, web pages, etc)

Week 19

Paint continued - Adapt to homeroom - (paint tools, menu bar) Intro to Word (keyboard features) Intro to Word (keyboard features) Internet (search engines, purposes) Word - Portfolios, Internet/Paint Assessment Internet Skills Assessment

Week 20

Paint Assessment Word cont. (Formatting) Word cont. (Formatting) Internet Search Basic Assessment, Paint/Word review Word - Portfolios, Intro to PowerPoint (purpose, insert slides & text) Intro to PowerPoint (purpose, insert slides & text)

Week 21

Early words using the Star Fall on the web or software) Word cont. (Formatting cont.) Word cont. (Formatting cont.) Intro Combining Internet, Paint, Word Word - Portfolios, PowerPoint cont. (insert graphics, editing) PowerPoint (insert graphics, editing)

Week 22

Early words using the Star Fall on the web or software) Word cont. Adapt to Homeroom Word cont. Adapt to Homeroom Combining Internet, Paint, Word Word - Portfolios, PowerPoint cont. (Adapt to Homeroom) PowerPoint (insert effects/sounds/movies)

Week 23

Early words using the Star Fall on the web or software) Word Assessment Word Assessment Combining Internet, Paint, Word Assessment Word - Portfolios, PowerPoint cont. (Adapt to Homeroom) PowerPoint Demonstrations

Week 24

Early words using the Star Fall on the web or software) Paint and word combined (edit copy/paste) Paint and word combined (edit copy/paste) Intro to publisher (purposes) Word - Portfolios, PowerPoint demonstrations, Intro to publisher PowerPoint Demonstrations cont., Intro to Publisher?

Week 25

Early words using the Star Fall on the web or software) Paint and word combined (edit copy/paste) Paint and word combined (edit copy/paste) Publisher basics Word - Portfolios, PowerPoint demonstrations cont. Intro to Publisher (Adapt previous skills to create publisher document - ex edit, formatting, inserts)

Week 26

ABC Order (use learning planet on web or other software) Paint and word combined (edit copy/paste) Paint and word combined (edit copy/paste) Publisher (Adapt to homeroom) Word - Portfolios, Intro to Publisher menu selection bar Publisher (Adapt previous skills to create publisher document - ex edit, formatting, inserts)
Week 27 ABC Order (use learning planet on web or other software)  Paint, word, Internet combined (edit copy/paste) Paint, word, Internet combined (edit copy/paste) Publisher cont. Word - Portfolios, Intro to Publisher cont. Publisher (Adapt previous skills to create publisher document - ex edit, formatting, inserts)
Week 28 Find the Missing letters (PBS web site or teacher constructed) Paint, word, Internet combined (edit copy/paste) Paint, word, Internet combined (edit copy/paste) Publisher Assessment Word - Portfolios, Publisher Newsletter Publisher cont.
Week 29 Paint review - Adapt to Homeroom Paint, word, Internet combined Assessment Paint, word, Internet combined Assessment Intro to Student Log-ins Word - Portfolios, Publisher Newsletter cont. Publisher assessment
Week 30 Paint review - Adapt to Homeroom Intro to Excel (purposes) Intro to Excel (purposes) Student logins Word Tables and Text art Intro to Excel
(purpose)
Week 31 Word - Basic Sentence structure (Ex: The ball is Red Excel (make a list) Excel (make a list) Student Logins and Emails Word Graphs Excel charts (adapt to homeroom)
Week 32 Basic Words using Microsoft Word Excel (change fonts, colors) Excel (change fonts, colors) Student emails Combine all skills for homeroom project