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
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Kindergarten |
First
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Second
Grade |
Third
Grade |
Fourth
Grade |
Fifth
Grade |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 ) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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? |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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) |
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Week 32 |
Basic Words using Microsoft Word | Excel (change fonts, colors) | Excel (change fonts, colors) | Student emails | Combine all skills for homeroom project |