Integrating Technology into First Grade

FIRST GRADERS AND TECHNOLOGY

Mill Street Elementary School

First Grade Teachers

Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Elstad,

Mrs. Hamman, Mrs. Harsant, Mrs. Macciocchi

WE BELIEVE IN THE CURRICULAR INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY

Technology has become an exciting tool for students' learning in first grade. The result is not only students excitement about learning with technology, but computer literate students - ready to reach into the future side by side with technology!

Computer skills are learned within the curriculum:

MATH

Computer Program	KidWorks 2
Computer Skills	Using stamps, Selecting Color, Eye-hand and spatial coordination with pencil tool,
Curricular Concept	Patterns, labeling

MATH

Computer Program	KidWorks 2
Computer Skills	Using shape maker, pencil, stamps,
Curricular Concept	Addition, Number sense, Doubles, Laguage Arts story Problems

SCIENCE

Computer Program	KidsWorks 2
Computer Skills	Tool Selection, Mouse Skills (click, drag, let up), Undo Tool, Vacuum, Apple -Z
Curricular Concept	Closed shapes, insects, parts to whole

LANGUAGE ARTS

Computer Program	KidWorks 2
Computer Skills	Clicking Speech Option to hear sentence read, Changing words to pictures, Using the delete key, Keyboard skills, Space Bar and Shift Key
Curricular Concept	Writing sentences, Punctuation, capitalization skills, Spelling

First Grade Home Page

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