1st Grade Lessons 1 - 10
Lesson 1: What is the Internet? and Mouse Skills
Welcome back to school!! Let's review how big the Internet is and discuss being safe. Then let's see those Mouse skills. Here are a few games on ABCya to start.
Lesson 2: Mouse Skills & Tabs
You will use a mouse or track pad to navigate, point, click and drag. After you complete each game X the tab at the top & play the next game. If you complete all 3 then find another game on PBSKids to play.
Lesson 3: Keyboarding skills
In this lesson you will be finding the keys on the keyboard. Lets' start with Keyboard Zoo. After you complete the Game, you can choose any game in the ABC letters section. After you have done that a few times, check out another Typing game on ABCya.
Lesson 4: Making Learning to read Fun with Roy the Zebra
You will continue to learn how to use a mouse and navigate a website, while playing reading games.
Lesson 5: Typetastic
You have gotten pretty good at those Keyboarding Skills and are ready for a challenge.
Lesson 6: Coding, unplugged!
Students learn what an Algorithm is; A list of steps to follow to complete a task.
You get to learn how to do coding with paper: Happy Maps!
Lesson 7: Typing words
You will use keyboarding software to learn to list words or letters by using the return or enter. It is recommended that the teacher project the typed words for the animal game. For #2 have students type 100 correct letters and then be done or make that the long term goal. These should take place over several classes.
1. Teaching Treasures Alphabet
2. Type to 100
Lesson 8: Coding on Code.org
Students will learn sequencing, Loops, using commands to code a program & Impacts of Computing. This Course has 12 Coding lessons that include unplugged lessons. This will take some time & it is recommended that students are still doing typing & other activities while continuing to revisit these lessons.
Lesson 9: Starting Monster Read
Students will put those keyboarding skills to the test by typing their name and a password. Also they start to really see how the Curser works by having to click in the correct boxes. Teacher has to sign up for a free account, upload students & print out Password cards ahead of time.
Lesson 9 : Build a Snowman
Students will use ABCya Story maker to Paint a picture and type a seven word sentence about their snowman. Students can write more sentences if time and then PRINT it for them to take home.
Example: My snowman is wearing a red hat and gloves.
Lesson 10: Model & Collecting Data
Students will learn how to use numbers, symbols, manipulatives to create a visual that represents the data collected. In this lesson students complete the all about Me activity on ABCya this collects data about them. Print these off and compile the information on a chart to see what they have in common. Second do the CANDY GRAPHING Lesson.
