Kindergarten

=__**Kindergarten**__= Week 1: 8/31/09 - 9/4/09 1. Read aloud Arther's Computer Disaster: An Arther Adventure by Marc Brown (Natalie will provide the book). 2. Excel document for being the Spotlight SpecTechular Student for each week.

Week 3: 9/14/09 - 9/18/09 1. Motivation: Where is the mouse on our computer? Can you find the letters: A, E, I, O, and U? 2. The students will color a paper keyboard with their login codes. 3. The students will participate in a PowerPoint exercise to practice finding keys on the keyboard. 4. The students will visit the Mouserise Website to practice using the mouse on the keyboard. 5. The SpecTechular student will selected. Week 4: Sept. 21st-25th Motivation: Getting to Know the Computer & It's Parts by watching a movie from BrainPop. Activity: The students will identify parts of the computer and laptop as well as explore computer safety. The students will use Pixie as a class to label the parts.

Week 5: Sept. 29th-Oct. 2nd Motivation: The student will explore a website to learn about the parts of a computer and how to use their mouse. 1. The students will login and follow directions on the website. 2. The students will visit and explore a shape website.

3. The students will put their laptops away safely.

Week 7: Oct. 12th-16th Motivation: The students watched a movie about the season. 1. The students visited the Season Street website and together explored the four seasons. http://www.sesamestreet.org/playlist_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=playlistPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=100033883 2. The students created their own snowmen as we discussed and explored the season of winter. http://www.abcya.com/snowman.htm

Week 8: Oct. 19th-23rd 1. The students will watch a movie from Discovery Streaming about fall and the four seasons. 2. The students will visit a website and create a fall picture. The students will need to click and drag fall icons into their pictures. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/seasons/autumn.htm 3. The students will use the smartboard and label season pictures with the correct word. http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/seasons/seasons.htm

Week 9: Oct. 26th-30th 1. Take the picture of the pumpkin and zoom in all the way. Give clues about what it is and zoom out with each guess. 2. Review information from these links http://kids-learn.org/pumpkins/coolfacts.htm 3. This is a short movie on the life cycle of pumpkins. (Only 3.8 MBs = a few minutes long) 4. Place the links into the folder for kids to play. One table at a time, have students complete the Pumpkin.doc activity. It is a template, so they must print it. The other tables will be engaged in the games websites. Links to games: http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/halloween/carving/carve.htm http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/halloween/play.htm?f http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swf

Week 10: Nov. 2nd-6th Motivation: Students will watch a PowerPoint on Community Helpers to learn about how people live, work, and play. 1. The students will learn about member of their community by using the website Sesame Street. The teacher will use the interactive Smartboard to complete this lesson. http://www.sesamestreet.org/browseallplaylists?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=BrowseAndPlayContents_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_action=basicEntitySelected&p_p_browseByCatagory_key=subject&p_p_browseByCatagory_value=People%20and%20Places 2. The students will visit the website: "What is my job?" to explore job in their community. http://www.hud.gov/kids/whatsjob.html 3. The students will log-off from their laptop.

Week 12: Nov. 16th-20th Motivation: The students will watch a United Streaming movie about Pilgrims and the Thanksgiving. 1. The students will use Kidspiration to click and drag the pictures that express/show what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving. 2. The students can explore thanksgiving games after they have completed the thankful activity. 3. The students will save and print their work.

Nov. 30th-Dec. 4th 1. Motivation: The students will explore their health and fitness by watching two Health movies from BrainPop. 2. The students will interactive with a variety of websites to learn about their health. http://www.sesamestreet.org/home (Interactive for Students) http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/resources/kids.html (Teacher Resource) http://www.nutritionforkids.com/kidactivities.htm (Smartboard Activities) http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/activities-main.asp (Interactive for Students) http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/nutrition-main.asp (Food Chart) 3. Students will share with each other 3 healthy foods.

Jan. 5th-9th 1. Motivation: The students will watch a movie from United Streaming about the Winter Season. 2. The students will explore different types of clothes to wear from winter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/bobinogs/games/game.shtml?1 3. The students will use Pixie to create a winter picture. The students will print and save their work. 4. Students who finish early will be able to create snowmen. http://www.castlearcana.com/christmas/snowman/

Jan. 11th-Jan. 15th Motivation: The student will watch a movie from United Streaming about even and odd numbers called "The Number Crew."

1. The students will explore a PowerPoint on even and odd numbers. 2. The students will use Kidspiration to identify even and odd numbers. 3. The students will interact with digital games to review even and odd numbers. http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/mathart/info.html http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/cyc/index.asp 4. The students will save and print their work.

Jan. 18th-Jan. 23rd Motivation: The students will watch a movie from United Streaming to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. 1. The students will use Kidspiration to create an illustration of how they can help make the world a better place. 2. The students will print their work. 3. Students who finish early can color illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr.html http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/black-history/ http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/black-history/dr-martin-luther-king-jr.html

Jan. 25th-Jan. 29th Motivation: The students will explore living and nonliving things by watching a movie from United Streaming. 1. The students will use Kidspiration to click and drag picture into the correct box to identify living and nonliving things. 2. The students will print and save their work. 3. Students who finish early can visit Build-A-Bear to create their own living bear. http://www.buildabear.com/play/default.aspx http://pbskids.org/

Feb. 1st-5th 1. Motivation: The students will watch a story movie from United Streaming about Groundhog's Day. 2. The students will use head phone or the teacher can share the book using the Smartboard to listen to the story Groundhog's Day (Possum Day) by Tom Tittle. http://www.mightybook.com/MightyBook_free/books/groundhog_day/groundhog_day.html 3. The students will use Pixie to draw their favorite picture from the story. 4. The students will print and save their work. 5. If student's finish early they can free draw using Pixie.

April 12th-April 16th Students will practice and review their Typing Skills using this website. http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/Keyboard_Skills_US.swf Motivation: The students will watch Peep and the Big Wide World to explore seeds and plants. 1. The students will visit two websites to explore and review living and nonliving things. 2. The students will explore the life of a plant. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml 3. The students will open their own Pixie document and create a picture of a flower. (This could take two classes.) 4. The students will print their work.

__**Kindergarten Quarter 1 Tech Objectives**__
1 |||| Recognize and identify the function of the major hardware components in a computer system || 2 |||| Use the mouse (or track pad) to perform computer functions (such as accessing an application, indicating a choice, or activating a hyperlink) || 3 |||| Recognize symbols and icons used to identify common functions (such as the arrow, hyperlinks, printer, save) || 4 |||| Use the keyboard to type letters and numbers and know how to use special key functions || 5 |||| Understand and follow the acceptable use policy || 6 |||| Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others when using technology in the classroom || 7 |||| Recognize responsible use of technology systems and software (such as following lab rules, handling equipment with care) || 8 |||| Demonstrate proper care of equipment (such as following lab rules, handling equipment with care) || 9 |||| Use safe and correct security procedures (such as protecting password and user ID) ||

__**Kindergarten Quarter 2 Tech Objectives**__
1 |||| Identify and explain that technology is used in their daily lives to do things better or more easily(such as telephone, microwave, television, cameras, and computer) || 2 |||| Identify examples of how technology affects the environment (including home and school environments) || 3 |||| Participate in class or small group lessons on how technology tools are used to meet personal needs || 4 |||| Use appropriate technology tools to support learning goals || 5 |||| Identify that a variety of forms of digital content (CDs, DVDs, websites, videos) can be used to learn information about a subject. || 6 |||| Select relevant information from teacher-selected technology resources (such as picture interface databases and bookmarked files) || 7 |||| Understand that electronic resources can be evaluated using the same strategies as print resources (such as fact vs. fiction, author, ease of use) || 8 |||| Recognize social and ethical behaviors when using technology || 9 |||| Discuss safety issues related to use of the Internet || 10 |||| Collect data using technology ||

__**Kindergarten Quarter 3 Tech Objectives**__
1 |||| Explore and use teacher-selected technology tools, including software and hardware, to learn new content or reinforce skills || 2 |||| Explore teacher-selected, technology tools that enhance learning || 3 |||| Reflect and discuss, as part of a larger group, on the appropriateness of the selected technology for the given task || 4 |||| Participate in a class or small group lessons using technology for shared writing or language experience stories || 5 |||| Use multimedia tools to express original ideas with print, drawings, digital images, sounds, and/or personal recordings || 6 |||| Prepare writing and data for display with tools such as visual organizer, word processing, or multimedia software || 7 |||| Describe how technology tools are used to organize information/collect data ||

__**Kindergarten Quarter 4 Tech Objectives**__
1 |||| Participate in a class lesson using technology tools exploring, collecting, and displaying data || 2 |||| Reflect and discuss the advantages of collaboration supported by technology tools || 3 |||| Recognize that technology helps with communication at home || 4 |||| Recognize that technology helps with communication at school || 5 |||| Recognize that various media formats are used to communicate ideas (such as CD, DVD, VHS, digital, and analog) ||