Kinder+Tech+Skills+&+Assessment

We will use this page to identify the technology skills students in Kindergarten should be learning according to the RRISD report card. The skills listed below are expected at ** Performance Level 3 - Exhibits mastery of skill/concept. **


 * **Starts and exits programs independently**
 * **Creates and prints files independently**


 * **Uses font, color, and graphics for effective communication**
 * **Applies language skills including capitalization, punctuation, and spelling as grade-level appropriate**


 * **Uses text and graphics to enhance learning experiences for self**


 * **Understands and follows the RRISD Acceptable Use Policy**


 * **Evaluates acquired electronic information for usefulness and validity**


 * 1. To practice technology SKILLS or learn something NEW **
 * [[image:http://schools.roundrockisd.org/XeniaVoigt/Images/easytech.jpg caption="EasyTech" link="http://learning.com/"]] ||

Log in to EasyTech as if you were a student. You will find 4 activities to complete.

__ 4th Nine Weeks Topics __
 * 2. Let's FOCUS on PRODUCTIVITY **

**Writing Personal Experience-- TuxPaint or KidPix**
 * // K.14 Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real people, events, and ideas. Students are expected to: //// (A) dictate or write sentences to tell a story and put the sentences in chronological sequence; RRISD write about important personal experiences//


 * Reading Fiction -- Kidspiration**
 * //K.6 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: (A) identify elements of a story including setting, character, and key events. //

**Writing / Oral & Written Conventions -- TuxPaint or KidPix**
 * //K.18 Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to: ////(C) write one's own name. //


 * Writing / Oral & Written Conventions -- Microsoft Word or PowerPoint **


 * //K.18 Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to: ////(A) use phonological knowledge to match sounds to letters; //

**Developing Number Sense -- Tux Paint or Kidspiration**


 * //K.4 Number, operation and quantitative reasoning. The student models addition (joining) and subtraction (separating).//
 * //K.4A Model and create addition and subtraction problems in real situations with concrete objects.//
 * //K.1A Use one-to-one correspondence and language such as more than, same number as, or two less than to describe relative sizes of sets of concrete objects.//
 * //K.1B Use sets of concrete objects to represent quantities given in verbal or written form (through 20).//
 * //K.1C Use numbers to describe verbally or in writing how many objects are in a set (through 20) using verbal and symbolic descriptions.// //How many things are in this set (displaying a set of items or a collection of dots)?//


 * How to Assess?**


 * Informal observations during computer use
 * Ask students "How do I..." questions
 * Assess printed work
 * Conference with individual students