1st+Grade+Tech+Skills+&+Assessments

We will use this page to identify the technology skills students in first grade 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, names, saves, and prints files independently**
 * **Uses technology terminology appropriate to the task**


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


 * **Uses text, audio, and graphics to enhance learning experiences for self**
 * **Publishes information in a variety of media including printed copy, monitor display, and digitally stored files**


 * **Uses correct hand positions, body positions, and other proper keyboarding techniques**


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


 * **Uses a variety of strategies such as keyword searches to acquire and share information from online and electronic resources**
 * **Evaluates acquired electronic information for usefulness and validity**
 * **Uses research skills and electronic communication to create new knowledge**
 * **Uses communication tools to participate in group projects**


 * 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 a few activities to complete.

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


 * Fractional Parts -- Kidspiration, TuxPaint, KidPix**
 * //1.2B Use appropriate language to describe part of a set//

**Count On Subtraction -- Kidspiration, TuxPaint**
 * //1.3A Model and create addition and subtraction problem situations with concrete objects and write corresponding number sentences//
 * //1.3B Use concrete and pictorial models to apply basic addition and subtraction facts (up to 9+9=18 and 18-9=9)//
 * //1.5E Identify patterns in related addition and subtraction sentences (fact families for sums to 18)//

**More Patterns -- Microsoft Excel, KidPix, Kidspiration**
 * //1.5A Use patterns to skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s//
 * //1.5B Find patterns in numbers, including odd and even//

**Data & Graphs -- Microsoft Excel**
 * //1.9B Use organized data to construct real object graphs, picture graphs, and bar-type graphs//
 * //1.10A Draw conclusions and answer questions using information organized in real-object graphs, picture graphs, and bar-type graphs//

**Writing Literary Texts -- Kidspiration**
 * //1 .18 Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. Students are expected to: (A) write brief stories that include a beginning, middle, and end; [RRISD] write about important personal experiences //


 * Writing Expository & Procedural Texts -- Microsoft Word**
 * //1.19 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (B) write short letters that put ideas in a chronological or logical sequence and use appropriate conventions (e.g., date, salutation, closing) //

**Organisms & Environment -- Kidpix or TuxPaint**
 * //**1.10B ** Identify and compare the parts of plants. //
 * //**1.10D **Observeand record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish. //

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 * 3. How to Assess? **
 * Informal observations during computer use
 * Ask students "How do I..." questions
 * Assess printed work
 * Conference with individual students
 * Students should be saving their files to their network file, not just printing
 * Online portfolio at the end of the year