Email:  sracca@saintkevinschool.org

• Keyseeker--proper home row and hand placement

• Reinforcement of letter location on keyboard using sight words

• Sign-in practice
• Diagnostics

• Using type styles for letters
• Changing type sizes
• Adding color and highlighting

• Using type styles for letters
• Changing type sizes
• Adding color and highlighting

• Hand and Home Row reinforcement
• Increasing speed by repetitive key location lessons

• Review formatting
• Adding graphics
• Inserting page borders

• MLA  formatting for research papers
• Citing quotations properly

Students learn the importance of computer literacy,
technology operation, word processing, internet safety, 
and spreadsheet fundamentals at various grade levels.

Software Utilized
Microsoft® Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher
Weebly for Education
Windows Moviemaker
Paint
Code.org
Internet resources for research and supplemental class instruction
 

• names of basic computer parts
• sign in to student account and enter password
• open basic programs from the desktop
• manipulate the mouse and keyboard
• basic keyboarding concepts
• introductory applications of MS® Paint basic Microsoft® Word features

• basic keyboarding concepts
• saving documents and projects
• introductory and intermediate features of Microsoft® Word
• using print functions

• basic features of Microsoft® PowerPoint
• design PowerPoint presentations and present them to the class
• examine search engines and various websites to conduct online  research
• operate the special function keys
• introductory applications of Microsoft® Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher
• examine spreadsheets and identify uses and functions
• typing at a speed of 10-15 WPM (Words Per Minute), stressing accuracy over speed

• advanced features of Microsoft® Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher
• automatically run Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
• design PowerPoint presentations and add advanced animation features
• advanced features of spreadsheets and their different uses and functions
• design and navigated aspects of web pageswebsites using Weebly for Education
• typing at a speed of 15-20 WPM (Words Per Minute), stressing accuracy over speed
• basic program coding with Hour of Code

• advanced spreadsheets and charts in Microsoft® Excel
• incorporating spreadsheet and charts into other programs
• details about using advanced features of Microsoft® Excel
•  detailed features of Microsoft® PowerPoint
• design advanced PowerPoint presentations
• legal and ethical consequences of their online activities
• typing at a speed of 20-30 WPM (Words Per Minute), stressing accuracy over speed
• create websites using Weebly for Education
• design and navigation aspects of web pages
• create a movie using Windows Moviemaker
• features for incorporating text, graphics, audio, and videos into Moviemaker
• basic program coding with Hour of Code