Tech for 1st Graders
September Lessons
Lesson #1:
- Introduction: Media Center/Computer Lab Rules and Procedures
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Library Lesson#1:
Library rules, browsing for books, check out
Read aloud: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Willems)
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Lab Lesson #1:
Computer basics
– Logging in/Logging out
– Exploring the desktop
– Exploring the keyboard
– Logging out/Leaving a clean lab
– Visiting the media center (rules/policies/organization)
I can login to my computer and get to the desktop.
Lesson #2:
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Library Lesson#2: Discuss the “parts” of a book and review the library rules.
-Cover
-Binding
-Spine
-Barcode
-Dust jacket
-Book care vs. book don’ts (turning pages, using bookmarks, setting books down, where to set books, where not to set books, books and water, book damage, book fines) - Read aloud: I Do not Like Slop! (Willems)
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Lab Lesson #2: (Note: have 3rd graders help bookmark sites )
– Review logging in/logging out
– Discuss the following terms: logon screen, desktop, bookmarks bar, icon, logoff
– What is technology?
– What is the internet?
– Why do we use it?
– What is an internet browser? How do we access it?
Google Chrome
– Words we should know: mouse, monitor, keyboard, desktop
– Site: Bees and Honey - I can identify the important parts of a computer and know what they are used for. I can access the internet.
Lesson #3:
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Library Lesson #3: Discuss the “Easy” books and how they are organized.
Read aloud: Pete the Cat/I Love My White Shoes (Litwin)
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Lab Lesson #3: Computer basics/ mouse skills
– Introducing the keyboard
– Practice typing (user name/password)
– Reviewing the parts of a computer
– Developing mouse skills
-Sites: Bees and Honey/Bobby’s Busy Bakery - I can successfully use my mouse to select and drag objects.
Lesson #4:
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Library Lesson#4:
Discuss the Importance of “Good Fit” books.
Read aloud: Oops Pounce Quick Run! An Alphabet Caper (Twohy)
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Lab Lesson #4:
Accessing eBook sites.-Read a book of your choice on Storyline Online
-Site: ABC order/Hatch and Match - I can successfully access and read an eBook on StoryLine Online.
October Lessons 
- Lesson #1: Keyboarding -reviewing the home row
-Using Keyboard Climber and Keyboarding Zoo
-Typing Rocket Jr.
RA: Opposites (Carle)/ Louise Loves Art (Light)/ Shh! We have a Plan (Willems) - I can identify the home row.
- Lesson #2: ABCYA.com RA: How to Babysit a Grandpa (Wildish), David Gets in Trouble (Shannon)
- Lesson #3: abcya.com/Typing Rocket Jr. RA: Mr. Tiger Goes Wild(Brown)/Goodnight Gorilla (Rathmann),They All Saw a Cat (Wenzel)
- Lesson #4: Intro to coding/typing review RA: Are We There Yet? (Laden), Triangle(Barnett)
November Lessons
- Lesson #1: More coding RA: Count the Monkeys (Barnett)
- Lesson #2: Coding/Google Docs RA: The Duckling Gets a Cookie (Willems)/ Exclamation Mark (Rosenthal)
- Lesson #3: Coding/Google Docs RA: The Recess Queen (O’Neill)
- Lesson #4: Reward Week RA: King Baby (Beaton)
December Lessons
- Lesson #1: Keyboard Climber/Google Docs/ RA: The Day the Crayons Quit(Daywalt)
- Lesson #2: Simon/Pattern Memory/ MyOn RA: Five Little Monkeys (Christelow)
- Lesson #3: Create a Word Search RA: TBD
January Lessons
- Lesson #1: Numerical Order/Jet-ski addition RA: Harry the Dirty Dog (Zion)
- Lesson #2: Math Lines/More Myon
- Lesson #3: What is technology? More Myon RA: The OK Book (Rosenthal)
- Lesson #4: Piano Fun/Coding (Artist), Reading RA: My Dog is as Smelly as Socks (Piven)
February Lessons
- Lesson #1: Roll to the Finish/Shape Names, Keyboard Climber/Keyboard Zoo, MyOn
- Lesson #2: Balloon Pop Subtraction, Keyboard Climber, MyOn RA: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean (Sherry) (E SHE – L)
- Lesson #3: Piano Player/Pattern Memory/Mouse Practice (Bubbles)
Coding: Shapes RA: Bark, George! (Pfeifer) - Reward Week!
March Lessons
- Lesson #1: Math is Fun: 4 in a line/Keyboard Climber RA: If You Give a Dog a Donut (Numeroff)
- Lesson #2: Alphabetize It/Alphabet Bubble/Keyboard Climber
- Lesson #3: Keyboarding /Full Moon/Myon (adventure) RA: The Snurtch (Ferrell)
- Lesson #4: Google Docs/4 in a row/Myon (The Sun) RA: The Day Everything Went Wrong (Petz)
April Lessons
- Lesson #1: Spring Break
- Lesson #2: Typing.com RA: The Pigeon Wants a Puppy (Willems)
- Lesson #3: Typing.com
- Lesson #4: Sugar Sugar/Google Docs
May Lessons
- Lesson #1: Google Docs Practice
- Lesson #2: Sugar, Sugar/Math Lines/Duck/MyOn
- Lesson #3: More Google Docs Practice
- Lesson #4: Reward Week
June Lessons
- Review RA: Zero, Zilch, Nada (Ulmer)
- Review