Tech for 2nd Graders

September Lessons

• Lesson #1:

• Library: Discuss rules and care of books.
  Review browsing sticks.
  Discuss the 4 neighborhoods of the library.
• Read aloud:  I Yam a Donkey! (Bell) –  What is grammar and why is it important?

 

• Lab:
  – Logging in/Logging out –  changing fields
  – What is a hot button?
  – Toolbar/Placing important sites on your toolbar
  – Opening a browser/What is an internet browser?
  – What is technology?
  – Opening up another tab
  – Leaving a clean lab/logging out
  I can place the Long and DuVall blog site on my toolbar.

 

• Lesson #2:
  Library:
  -Comparing Easy books with the Fiction section
  Read Aloud: Library Lion (Knudsen)
• Lab:
  – Reviewing the parts of a computer
  – Review the following terms:  logon screen, desktop, bookmarks bar, icon, logoff
  – What is a hot button again?
  – Opening the Long and DuVall blog from the Bookmarks Bar
  – using Google Docs (How do I login and logoff?)
  – logging off vs/ shutting down
  I can logoff the computer without shutting down. Also, I know how to access Google Docs.

• Lesson #3:Library:
  – Breaking down fiction books
  – Examples of popular fiction series for 2nd graders
  Read Aloud:   Library Lion (continued)
• Lab:
  – Accessing eBooks online
  – Visiting BookFlix (look at an eBook) and StoryLine Online
  – using Docs (Aa, Zz –  your full name (using capitals)
  – Using the “Shift” key
  I can open an eBook and read it.

 

• Lesson #4:Library:
  Figuring out “good fit” books for you
  Read Aloud:  Penguin Problems (John)
  – Keyboarding/Typing.com (6 minutes) /Continue working with Docs
  – Watching a BookFlix/Storyline Online/other eBook
• I can open up an eBook book without help.

 

October Lessons

• Lesson #1:  Using the keyboard template (review the home row)
  – Using Typing.com
  – Sites:  MeL/Typing.com
  – Revisiting MyOn     Read Aloud:  The Boy Who Cried Wolf (retold by Hennessy)  The Hiccupotamus (Zenz) or Pigsty (Teague), Click Clack Moo (Cronin)
• I can successfully login to 2 eBook sites.
• Lesson #2: Viewing resources (TumbleBooks trial, Typing.com, Typing Rocket)
  RA:  Strega Nona 
• Lesson #3:  Coding  (Angry Birds) RA: Knuffle Bunny (Willems)
• Lesson #4:  Space Case (Discovery)

November Lessons

• Lesson #1:  Discuss Research Project  RA: Z is for Moose (Bingham)
• Lesson #2:  Continue Animal Research Project  RA:  Mr. Tiger Goes Wild (Brown)
• Lesson #3:  Setting up Google Classroom/
  Thankful Acrostic Poem/ Thanksgiving Word Cloud
  RA: That is Not a Good Idea (Willems)
• Lesson #4:   A Short History of Thanksgiving/Classroom Quiz

 

December Lessons

• Lesson #1:   Typing.com/Moon Rock Patterns (abcya.com)  RA: Dog Letters to Santa(818 DOGS)/I Wanna Iguana (Orloff)
• Lesson #2:   Google Docs/Keyboarding      RA:  Roller Coaster (Frazee)
• Lesson #3:   Typing.com/Reading  RA:     Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Steig)

 

January Lessons

• Lesson #1:   Learning Coins/ RA:  Leave Me Alone! (Brosgol)
• Lesson #2:   Cyber Five/Adding a Chrome app (Simple Calculator) Britannica School (Elementary)/Research – finding facts   RA:  Blackout (Rocco)
• Lesson #3:    Calculator worksheet/  RA:  We Found a Hat (Klassen)
• Lesson #4:   Google Slides (About Me project), Reading  RA: Hansel & Gretel(Marshall)/ BF

 

technology –   a machine or piece of equipment that is invented to do useful things or to solve problems
February Lessons

• Lesson #1:    Different kinds of technology/Intro to Google Maps  RA:  Mom and Dad are Palindromes (Shulman)
• Lesson #2:    Google Slides/My School (Slides Project)/ Myon    RA: The Giving Tree(Silverstein)
• Lesson #3:    More with Slides (Create cover slide)  RA: The Legend of the Teddy Bear (Murphy)
• Reward week!

 

March Lessons

• Lesson #1:    Work on About Me presentation (Google Slides 2 & 3)
• Lesson #2:    Five things to know about Keyboarding/ Henry Ford (Myon)
• Lesson #3:    Introduction to Research  RA:  The Snurtch – (Ferrell)
• Lesson #4:    Country research (Research)  RA:  The Dark – (Snicket)

 

April Lessons

• Lesson #1:     Spring Break
• Lesson #2:     Work on presentations    RA:  Two Bad Ants (part 1) (Van Alsburg)
• Lesson #3:     Finish presentations   RA: Two Bad Ants (part 2) (Van Alsburg)
• Lesson #4:     Intro to Google Sheets

 

May Lessons

• Lesson #1:    Creating a Reading Log using Google Sheets  RA: Zoom (Banyai)
• Lesson #2:    Reading Log
• Lesson #3:    Reading   RA: The Dark  (Snicket)
• Lesson #4:    Reward Week

 

June Lessons

• Review    RA: The Quiet Book (Underwood)
• Review

by Bruce Pantaleo