1st 9 Weeks
There may be more material here that can be covered in the time allotted. If that is the case, prioritize the skills and activities most important for students' needs.
Consider making keyboard skills a weekly priority, as this is the foundation for word processing and presentation skills going forward.
If you need additional material, repeat prioritized material for gaining skill mastery or supplement with the enrichment activities at the bottom of this page.
Be patient. Since these activities are online, students need browser skills, mouse skills, and keyboard skills.
Be prepared to provide plenty of demonstrations, guided practice, and assistance.
These activities are linked to third party sites. The links here may be from ABCya.com, starfall.com, pbskids.org, sesamestreet.org, and others.
You can check these sites out on your own and find many additional activities for your students.
Consider making keyboard skills a weekly priority, as this is the foundation for word processing and presentation skills going forward.
If you need additional material, repeat prioritized material for gaining skill mastery or supplement with the enrichment activities at the bottom of this page.
Be patient. Since these activities are online, students need browser skills, mouse skills, and keyboard skills.
Be prepared to provide plenty of demonstrations, guided practice, and assistance.
These activities are linked to third party sites. The links here may be from ABCya.com, starfall.com, pbskids.org, sesamestreet.org, and others.
You can check these sites out on your own and find many additional activities for your students.
Week 1
- 1) Do: introductions.
- 2) Review computer lab rules.
- 3) Model: how to hold and click the mouse.
- 4) Demo: use of desktop icons to open programs or internet.
- 5) Students do Mouse Practice.
Week 2
- 1) Teach: computer parts names.Monitor, keyboard, mouse, CPU.
- 2) Review: how to hold and click the mouse and open internet.
- 3) Intro: ABCya Typing Keyboard Zoo. Students do A - Z or best effort.
- 4) Students do Mouse Practice (attempt to "master" every game)
Week 3
- 1) Teach: browser skills: open, minimize, maximize, scroll, forward, back, close.
- 2) ABCya Typing Keyboard Zoo. Students do A-Z or best effort.
- 3) Students do Mouse Practice. (get good at every game)
- *Review computer part names.
Week 4
- 1) You demo, students do:ABCya Numbers 1-10 counting and mouse practice.
- 2) ABCya Typing Keyboard Zoo. Students do A-Z or best effort.
- 3) Make a Word - Short "a" sounds. "an".
- 4) Students do Mouse Practice. (get good at every game)
Week 5
- 1) ABCya Typing Keyboard Zoo. Students do A-Z
- 2) ABCya - Numbers 1-10connect the dots (counting and mouse practice).
- 3) Make a Word - Short "a" sounds, "at".
- 4) Students do Mouse Practice. (get good at every game)
Week 6
- 1) You demo, students do:Bees and Honey (mouse practice).
- 2) ABCya Typing Keyboard Zoo. Students do A-Z
- 3) ABCya - Numbers 1-10
- 4) ABCya - Numbers 1-20
- 5) Students do Mouse Practice. (get good at every game)
Week 7
- 1) You Demo: PBSKIDS 3-2-1 Snack (counting and clicking). (Kids do: after typing)
- 2) ABCya Typing Keyboard Zoo. Students do A-Z
- 3) PBSKIDS 3-2-1 Snack(counting and clicking)
- 4) Bees and Honey (mouse practice).
- 5) Mouse Practice.
Week 8
- 1) ABCya Typing Keyboard Zoo. Students do A-Z.
- 2) Bees and Honey (mouse practice).
- 3) PBSKIDS 3-2-1 Snack(counting and clicking)
- 4) ABCya - Numbers 1-20(counting and mouse practice)
- 5) ABCya Numbers 11-30(counting and mouse practice)
- 6) Mouse Practice.
Week 9
- 1) You Demo: Bubble Puppy (shape and color matchng) (Kids do: after typing)
- 2) ABCya Typing Keyboard Zoo. Students do A-Z.
- 3) Bubble Puppy
- 4) PBSKIDS 3-2-1 Snack(counting and clicking).
- 5) ABCya Numbers 11-30(counting and mouse practice)
- 6) Mouse Practice.