MEDIA TECH CURRICULUM GRADES 1-5

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BEGINNINGS BASICS         PLANNING RESEARCH   OFFICE           PRESENTATION      
1st Grade: Backyard birds and penguins Basics: Parts of a computer, behavior, tour of lab Basics: mouse movement with Kid Pix Basic mouse, menu, and program skills with Kid Pix Keyboard recognition with Read, Write, and Type Keyboard recognition with Read, Write, and Type Farm Animal Outline on Inspiration; Read, Write, and Type Demo of Web Research w/bird theme; Read, Write and Type Web research w/ penguin theme; Read, Write, & Type Intro to Word Processing with basic acronymns Intro to Word Processing: type name (sm and cap) Intro to Spreadsheet.. Demo with M&M's Navigation with a spreadsheet Intro to EMail with USPS letter. Send letter to teacher Intro to Web links with online book  Kid Pix: arts and words Kid Pix: arts and words Kid Pix: arts and words Kid Pix Slide Show by teacher
  BASICS     PLANNING RESEARCH       OFFICE             PRESENTATION    
2nd Grade: insects Basics: Parts of a computer, behavior, tour of lab, Kid Pix Keyboard recognition with Read, Write and Type Assessment Intro to research with Inspiration on Insect theme Intro to Index search with Yahooligans Index Search on insect info and Read, Write and Type Intro to Encyclopedia Search Encyclopedia Search and Read, Write and Type Intro to Word Processing with basic acronymns Intro to Word Processing: type name (sm and cap) Intro to Spreadsheet.. Demo with M&M's Navigation with a spreadsheet Intro to EMail with USPS letter. Send letter to teacher Intro to Web with online book Assessment Kid Pix: arts and words on insects. Start on storyboard Kid Pix: arts and words on insects Finalize Kid Pix Slide Show on insects
SYNTHESIS BASICS   PLANNING   RESEARCH       OFFICE         PRESENTATION        
3rd Grade: Bats, Solar System Basics, tour of network in building, TTL Saving/ Opening/ Closing on the Network w/ Word basics Webbing with Inspiration. Group Activity Keyword Searching Skills using Groliers Searching Skills using Groliers Searching Skills on the Internet: planets or bats Internet Research: planets or bats Research Relay Word Processing Basics with acronymns Spreadsheet basics: making a table with planet info Using Word and Excel to make a document with a table Read Aloud then Email author Assessment Kid Pix Slide Show: Planning with Inspiration Kid Pix Slide Show: Basics and Art Kid Pix Slide Show: Art and Text Kid Pix Slide Show: Transitions Kid Pix Slide Show: Final
4th Grade: Bird of prey, weather, Life in NH Basics, tour of network in building, TTL Saving/ Opening/ Closing on the Network w/ Word basics Webbing with Inspiration. Group Activity Keyword Searching Skills using Groliers Searching Skills on the Internet: Introduce other Index Search sites Finding NH facts on the Internet. Searching skills Finding NH facts on the Internet. Searching skills Research Relay Database Basics: categorizing birds Database Exercise Database Exercise Read Aloud then Email author Assessment Web Page Design: Planning with Inspiration Web Page Project: Basics and Digitizing Pictures Web Page Project: Links Web Page Project: Kid Pix Art Web Page Project Final
MASTERY BASICS   PLANNING     RESEARCH     OFFICE           PRESENTATION      
5th Grade: Real life economics, US States Basics, tour of network in building, TTL Saving/ Opening/ Closing on the Network w/ Word basics Webbing with Inspiration. Group Activity State Research w/Real Life Theme, organized on Inspiration State Research with Real Life Theme, documented on Inspiration State Research w/Real Life Theme, organized on Inspiration "Real Life" Chance cards for WWW research Research Relay Spreadsheet Basics: M&M data and graphing exercise Spreadsheet exercise w/graphing & sorting of state data Spreadsheet Exercise with graphing and sorting of state data Email. Build your own web email account Practice email use. Send email to selected sites Assessment Powerpoint Planning with Inspiration. Story - boarding Organize Research for Powerpoint. Start work Powerpoint: tranistions, and techniques Powerpoint Project Final

Last Updated on 9/21/99
By SBR