Grade 5 and 6

Mission Statement | Scope and Sequence | Vocabulary | Exit Skills | Awareness | Database | Graphics | Keyboarding | Multimedia | Spreadsheets | Telecommunications | Word Processing

K-2 | K-4 | Grades 5/6 | Grades 7/8

Unit:        Technology Awareness  

CCCS:     2-1  All Students will be able to understand how technological systems function.   

 

Goal:        To develop an understanding of and correctly use computer terminology

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

¥identify/define a variety of technology hardware/software:

            scanner                                                               server

            digital camera/digital video camera                   network

               CD/DVD-ROM drives                                      laser printer/ink jet

            External disk drives                                           hard drive

            Microphone                                                       LCD projector

            Databases                                                          presentation applications

              Spreadsheet                                                        graphic applications

            HTML editor                                                     CD burner

¥identify/define basic computer terminology:

             import/export                                                     multimedia

             slide show                                                          download/upload

             logon/logoff                                                       JPEG

               GIFF                                                                   Hypertext markup language

               Quicktime

Oral response

 

Printed response, student work

 

Test

 

Checklist

 

Teacher observation

 

 

 

 


 

Unit:        Technology Awareness

CCCS:     2-1  All Students will be able to understand how technological systems function.

 

Goal         To use technological equipment appropriately

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

¥ demonstrate proper utilization of computers, scanners, digital                    

 cameras, various types of printers, LCD projectors, TV

 monitors, VCR's, digital video camera

 

¥ follow established operating procedures

 

Teacher observation

 

 

 


 

Unit:         Technology Awareness

CCCS:      2-4  All students will be able to access technology-based communication and information systems.

 

Goal        To develop effective management of applications/information

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

á      Save document to file server

á      Retrieve document from file server

á      Identification of appropriate software application

Student work

 

Student activity

 

Teacher observation

AppleWorks

BioCard

 


 

Unit:         Keyboarding

CCCS:     2-3  All students will be able to demonstrate skills needed to effectively access and use technology-based

                materials through keyboarding.

 

Goal        To develop keyboarding skills

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

á      Use proper ergonomics

á      Reinforce home keys

á      Develop accuracy and speed

Teacher observation

 

Student activity

 

Mavis Beacon

Practice

 


 

Unit:         Word Processing

CCCS:     2-8  All students will be able to use technology and other tools, including word-processing, spreadsheet

                 and presentation programs, and print or graphics utilities, to produce products.

 

Goal         To develop effective and efficient use of word processing applications

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

á      Demonstrate understanding of the following vocabulary:

copy

paste

cut

delete

select all

style sheeting

text wrapping

tables

columns

headers/footers

 

 

 

á      Use editing skills:

spell checking

thesaurus

proofreading

revise and edit

á         Use formatting skills:

highlighting text

centering text vertically/horizontally

modifying fonts

modifying style

modifying color

importing a variety of graphic images

á      Compose at the computer

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Student activity

AppleWorks

 

Microsoft Word

Bio Card

 

Menu

 

Bio poem

 

Text editing exercises

 

Newsletters

 


 

Unit:        Spreadsheets

CCCS:     4.3 All students will be able to connect mathematics to other learning by understanding the

                 interrelationships of mathematical  ideas and the roles that mathematics and mathematical

                 modeling play in other disciplines and in life.

 

Goal        To develop effective management of spreadsheet applications

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

á      Demonstrate understanding of the following vocabulary:

Row                                        Column

Cell                                          Entry bar

Address box

á      Enter and edit data

á      Insert header/footer

á      Create formulas

á      Format rows, columns, and cells

á      Create charts from data

á      Use fill down , fill right, fill special

á      Use sorting function

á      Use display functions

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Student activity

AppleWorks

 

Stock Market contest

Budget calculator

Floorplan dimension

Car loan

Colony population chart and graph

 

Unit:        Multimedia/Presentations

CCCS:     5.4 All students will develop an understanding of technology as an application of scientific principles.

 

Goal        To develop an effective and efficient use of multimedia applications

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

á      Demonstrate understanding of the following vocabulary:

Slide

Multimedia

View/play

Outline/note view

Template

Layout

Slide master

Hypertext markup language

JPEG

GIF

Hyperlink

 

 

á      Organize information in a presentation following an outline

á      Create backgrounds

á      Create and format text boxes

á      Import graphics from a variety of sources

á      Import sounds from a variety  of sources

á      Create tables/frames

á      Create hyperlink to anchored data/image

á      Proper usage of digital image/video cameras

á      Presentation of projects using LCD

á      Use of sound files

á      Use of graphic files

á      Use of video files

á      Exporting/importing multimedia files

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Student activity

AppleWorks

 

Microsoft PowerPoint

 

Adobe Page Mill

Plant type presentation

 

Storm type presentation

 

North American explorer presentation

 

African American history presentation

 

Weather web page presentation

 

North American explorer web page

 

Student profile presentation

 

Book report presentation

 


 

Unit:       Databases

CCCS     2-4 All students will be able to develop, search, and manipulate databases.

 

Goal        To develop effective and efficient use of database applications

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

á      Demonstrate understanding of the following vocabulary:

field

record

sort

find

match

á      Create fields and enter record information

á      Search a database to retrieve information

á      Manipulate data using sort, match, and find

á      Design and format layout (including font/backgrounds)

á      utilize mail/merge function

 

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Student activity

AppleWorks

African American history research

 

North American explorers research

 

QAAR goals book list

 

Holiday Card

 

 


 

Unit:         Graphics Applications

CCCS      3-9  All students will be able to identify patterns and investigate relationships.

 

 

Goal        To develop effective and efficient use of graphics applications

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

á      Use lines, ovals, and multi-sided figures to create drawings

á      Use colors, patterns, and shapes to create images

á      Import a variety of digital images

á      Manipulate layers

á      Manipulate objects

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Student activity

AppleWorks

 

Microsoft Word

 

Microsoft PowerPoint

 

Menu

Floorplan

Dream house

Interior decoration

Bio card

Bio poem

African American history profile

 


 

Unit:         Telecommunications

CCCS:      1.5   All students will identify the various historical, social, and cultural influences and traditions which

                 have generated artistic accomplishments throughout the ages and which continue to shape

                 contemporary arts.

 

Goal:        To develop effective and efficient use of telecommunication applications

 

Objective– The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Suggested 

Software

Suggested

Projects

 

á      Demonstrate understanding of the following vocabulary:

telecommunications

Internet

World Wide Web

browser

Web site

Web page

link

network

cable modem

search engine

 

 

á      Access and explore information on the Internet

á      Use search engines

á      Exposure to distance learning experiences

á      Discussion of Ethics

plagiarism

copyright

piracy

á      Acceptable Use Policy

Teacher observation

 

Peer conferencing

 

Student activity

Microsoft Internet Explorer

 

Netscape Communicator

Scavenger Hunt

 

Web Quest

 

Q and A from selected web sites

 

Stock Market information analysis and data retrieval

 

African American History research

 

Weather information analysis and data retrieval

 

North American Explorers research

 

Auto loan information analysis and data retrieval