Grade Level
Objectives
By the end of …
Kinder/1st | 2nd | 3rd
| 4th | 5th
...students should know:
Kindergarten/First
Grade
• How to turn on and shut down the computer
• Computer etiquette/ Rules for computer use. (Rules to be posted
in lab and rooms.
• Mouse skills
• Use of two hands over the keyboard and the location of critical
keys( Shift, delete, space bar. Command (Apple, Option)
• How to use pull down menus
• How to save / quit(using both the command key and mouse/menu)
• Computer language/terms( click, window, command key, keyboard,
monitor, mouse, floppy disk, CPU, menu bar, desk top, folder, etc.)
• Paint/Drawing Tools (Kid Pix)
• How to save work on a disk (First Grade)
• Simple word processing and graphic use
• Insertion and removal of CD Roms and floppy disks from drive
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Second Grade
• Use of menu bar to save, new, close, quit, print, undo
• Basic word processing
• How to pick a font and change font size
• How to save and print files
• Drag and drop(ie. Graphics/pictures)
• Use CD ROM references to produce simple reports( using programs
such as “Kids Zoo”, Zurk’s Rain forest)
• Simple desk top publishing (Creating greeting cards)
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Third Grade
• Key boarding skills using Typing Tutor
• Word Processing (including highlighting, cut/paste, find,
and change)
• Command keys for frequently used commands( such as save, quit,
close window, print, select all, etc.)
• How to select fonts and styles, adding pictures, (etc.)
• How to create a multi-media presentation (Kid Pix Slide show)
• How to use the spell checker
• How to use the CD ROM Reference CD Rom’s (Groliers etc.)
• Accessing the Internet for e-mail, key pals
• Basic web design
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Fourth Grade
• How to use Word and Excel
• How to create multi-page stories with graphics
• How to create a class newspaper
• How to import graphics between applications
• How to manipulate and alter images
• Multiple methods to create multimedia presentations
• Use of peripherals such as scanner and digital camera
• How to gather data and synthesize into graphs
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Fifth Grade
• Internet terms/ability to search/use bookmarks, download text,
images and sounds
• How to conduct electronic research
• How to create a multimedia presentation with inclusion of
sounds, photos and video (as in Hyperstudio)
• Database creation and retrieval
• How to use E-mail and communicate with other students
• How to use multimedia tools to accumulate and organize work
into an electronic portfolio
• How to develop their own website
• How to set up video conferencing
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