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=__**Grade 1**__= Week 1: 8/31/09 - 9/4/09

1. Motivation: Share Game: Who likes: pizza, hotdogs, tacos, and etc. Stand up from chair if you like that food. Share teacher created powerpoint about self. 2. Read aloud Arther's Computer Disaster by Marc Brown. 2. Share with students your expections to earn SpotLight for SpecTechular student each week. Have students generate their ideas on the excel document. Teacher will write down students thoughts. 3. Student will watch a powerpoint on the parts of their laptop and emac computers. 4. Assign students seats and have them practice logging onto the laptop. 5. If time allows have student practice using the hand-in and hand-out folders if time allows. 7. Have students go into Kidspiration and click/drag out pictures of activities they did during the summer. 6. Have students practice putting laptops away safetly. 7. Select a SpecTechular Student.

Week 3: 9/14/09 - 9/18/09 1. Motivation: All About Me! :) Each of us is unique and special because of our special talents and gifts. What are some activities that you enjoy that makes you special either in school or out of school? Each of us have a family and enjoy doing special activities with them. What are some activities that you enjoy doing with them? 2. Students will create a picture of their family to share with the class using Pixie. 3. The students will print their work. 4. The SpecTechular student will be 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 and Inspiration to complete these activities. The students will print their work.

Week 5: Sept. 28th-Oct. 2nd Motivation: The students will watch an ABC movie on the alphabet. 1. The students will model how to create a ABC powerpoint. The students will create their own powerpoint of the alphabet. 2. The students will finish this activity during a two day period. 3. The students will save their work.

Week 7: Oct. 12th-16th Motivation: The students will watch a movie from BrainPop about Christopher Columbus. 1. The students will explore a website about Columbus and take a mini quiz to see how much they know about this American Explorer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/index.shtml#focus

Week 8: Oct. 19th-23rd Motivation: The students will watch a movie on outer space. 1. The students will use Pixie to create an outer space picture. The students will print and save their work. 2. The students will complete a space sort using Inspiration. The students will save and print their work.

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 [] 3. This is a short movie on the life cycle of pumpkins. (Only 3.8 MBs = a few minutes long) [|life cycle pumpkin.asf] 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. [|Pumpkins.doc]

Links to games: [] [] []

Week 10: Nov. 2nd-Nov. 6th Motivation: The students will watch a short clip about Bats. 1. The students will watch and explore a PowerPoint about Bats (either Bats and/or Bats are our friends...depending on time). 2. The class will use the Smartboard to label the parts of a bat. 3. The students will click and drag true and false statement about bats into their correct location.

4. Closing: The students will complete a Bat Quiz together as a class. 5. The students will print and save their work.

Week 11: Nov. 9th-13th Continue and finish Bat Lesson from the previous week.

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. [|Thankful.kid] 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. Students will explore Fairy Tales by watching a united streaming movie on fairy takes. 2. The students will visit a fairy tale website to read several fairy tales. The students can be read aloud. The students will learn and explore the author Hans Christian Anderson. 3. The students will open Pixie 2 and create an illustration of one of their favorite story parts. http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main 4. The students will save and print their work.

Jan. 4th-8th Motivation: The students will watch the United Streaming movie "More Holiday Adventures TumTum Land: Happy New Year to explore a New Year's Day." 1. The students will use Pixie to create their own New Year Resolution. The students will finish a sentence and draw a picture to illustrate the sentence. 2. The students will save and print their work. 3. Students who finish early can free draw in Pixie.

Jan. 11th-Feb. 5th Motivation: The students will watch a movie from United Streaming to explore the habitat of penguins. 1. The students will interact with a PowerPoint on penguins. 2. The students will visit the National Geographic for Kids website to explore the habitat of the Adelia Penguins. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Adelie-penguin 3. The students will begin creating their Adelia Pengiun Book cover page and if time create their map to show where the penguin's live. 4. The students will create a folder to save their book pages.

March 8th-12th Motivation: The students will explore rocks and fossils to discover the time when dinosaurs' lived. The students will dig up dinosaur bones. http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/dig/dinodig.html 1. The students will watch a PowerPoint on Dinosaurs. 2. The students will create their own picture of the habitat that dinosaurs' lived in based on their observation thus far. 3. The students will save and print their work. 4. Students who finish early can explore more information about dinosaur. http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/dig/dinodig.html

April 12th-April 16th The students will continue working on their Dinosaur projects.

**__Grade 1 Quarter 1 Tech Objectives__**

 * 1 |||| Recognize and identify the function of the major hardware components in a computer system ||
 * 2 |||| Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications ||
 * 3 |||| Use the keyboard to type letters and numbers and know how to use special key functions ||
 * 4 |||| Understand and follow the acceptable use policy ||
 * 5 |||| Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others when using technology in the classroom ||
 * 6 |||| Recognize responsible use of technology systems and software ||
 * 7 |||| Demonstrate proper care of equipment (such as following lab rules, handling equipment with care) ||
 * 8 |||| Recognize the potential harm of intrusive applications (such as viruses, pop-up windows, etc.) ||
 * 9 |||| Use safe and correct security procedures (such as protecting password and user ID) ||
 * 10 |||| Recognize that technologies (such as computers, calculators, television, cameras, PDAs, CD-ROM, and DVD) have influenced daily life, past and present ||
 * 11 |||| Identify examples of how technology has affected the environment past and present ||
 * 12 |||| Identify how technology tools have been and are used to meet people's needs ||
 * 13 |||| Use templates provided by the teacher to complete learning assignments ||

**__Grade 1 Quarter 2 Tech Objectives__**

 * 1 |||| Recognize that technologies (such as computers, calculators, television, cameras, PDAs, CD-ROM, and DVD) have influenced daily life, past and present ||
 * 2 |||| Identify examples of how technology has affected the environment, past and present ||
 * 3 |||| Identify how technology tools have been and are used to meet people’s needs ||
 * 4 |||| Explore and discuss social and ethical behaviors when using technology (such as appropriate copying and pasting, giving credit for ideas, and identifying sources) ||
 * 5 |||| Discuss the importance of having access to current, accurate information ||
 * 6 |||| Discuss safety issues related to use of the Internet ||
 * 7 |||| Recognize safe practices when working online ||
 * 8 |||| Recognize and understand the purpose of technology protection measures including filtering systems ||
 * 9 |||| Describe ways the selected technology tools are being used to support learning goals ||
 * 10 |||| Edit work created using concept mapping, word processing, or presentation software ||
 * 11 |||| Collect, analyze, and display data and information using electronic tools (such as calculators, spreadsheets and graphing programs) ||
 * 12 |||| Identify electronic sources of information on a topic ||
 * 13 |||| Use teacher-identified resources to collect information using print and non-print resources as a class or in a small group ||
 * 14 |||| Select relevant information from teacher-selected technology resources (such as databases, library catalogs, and electronic reference materials) ||
 * 15 |||| Explain evaluation strategies when using electronic resources (such as publication date, fact vs. fiction, author, ease of use) ||
 * 16 |||| Collect data using technology ||

**__Grade 1 Quarter 3 Tech Objectives__**

 * 1 |||| Use technology tools, including software and hardware, from a range of teacher-selected options to learn new content or reinforce skills ||
 * 2 |||| Describe ways selected technology tools are being used to support 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 class lessons using technology for brainstorming and shared writing ||
 * 5 |||| Use multimedia tools to express original ideas with print, drawings, digital images, existing video, sounds, and/or personal recordings ||
 * 6 |||| Prepare writing and data for display with tools such as visual organizer, word processing, or multimedia software ||
 * 7 |||| Participate, as part of a class, in organizing information using technology tools (such as graphic organizers and slide presentations) ||
 * 8 |||| Describe how technology tools are used to organize information/collect data ||
 * 9 |||| Reflect, as part of a larger group, on the appropriateness of the selected technology tool(s) for organizing information ||

**__Grade 1 Quarter 4 Tech Objectives__**

 * 1 |||| Participate in a class lesson using technology tools to collect, display, and interpret data ||
 * 2 |||| Reflect and discuss the advantages of collaboration supported by technology tools ||
 * 3 |||| Identify technology tools that help gather information, share ideas, and respond to questions ||
 * 4 |||| Use technology tools identified by the teacher to communicate with various audiences ||
 * 5 |||| Present information, with assistance, to various audiences including school and community ||
 * 6 |||| Identify various media formats to communicate and share ideas (such as CD, DVD, VHS, digital, and analog) ||
 * 7 |||| Use various media formats, with assistance, to communicate and share ideas ||