Hi, I'm Leslie Timbers, the Computer Specialist at Round Meadow. Our computer goals for your children are below but, more importantly, I hope your children come away from the lab with the feeling that computers are great fun to learn on and about. I know that I have great fun teaching and learning, from them.
Reading Academy
Reading Academy is a powerful intervention software solution that helps at-risk students achieve rapid, permanent gains in reading. Our readers include 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. I am very excited to share that 93% of the students that participated in the Reading Academy last year increased their STAR reading scores, many significantly! Plans are underway to start the next groups of Reading Academy students in mid-October or early November. We hope to also offer after-school groups so that more students can participate. We’re thrilled with the results so far and look forward to offering this computer-based instruction opportunity to more students in order to reach our goal of bringing all kids to a proficient (or beyond!) reading level. See you in the lab!
The following information lists the computer technology goals for each grade level. Click a tab to review the information:
- To assume responsibility for actions while using the computer
- To type first and last name in upper and lower case letters
- To type a simple sentence
- To draw and paint a picture (Kid pix and Claris paint)
- Identify CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer
- Adjust font, size, style and color
- Math practice (Patterns, counting, addition, shapes, subtraction)
- Writing ( Friendly letters, adjectives, vowels, rhyming words, stories, consonants, upper and lower case letters and their sounds)
- Drawing ( shapes, maps, objects, adding a graphic)
- Software we are using: Once Upon a Time, Preschool Parade, Claris painting, word processing and drawing and Kid Pix.
- To assume responsibility for actions while using the computer
- Supervised, responsible, and safe use of the internet
- To type a story
- Identify CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, shut down, font, style, size, undo, save and quit
- To adjust font, size, style and color
- Save to, and retrieve from, the computer
- Math (adding 9's and 10's, doubles, fractions, thermometers, measuring, shapes, neighbors and carrying)
- Writing (Friendly and business letters, adjectives, vowels, rhyming words, stories, journals, poems and newsletters)
- Type to Learn once a month and any time finished early
- Drawing (3D shapes, maps and adding a graphic)
- To assume responsibility for actions while using the computer
- To use the internet in a safe and responsible manner
- To draw and paint a picture and use it in a slideshow
- Identify CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, shut down, font, style, size, undo, save, quit, scanner, digital camera and floppy disk
- Use shortcut key commands
- Select text by highlighting
- Adjust font, size, style and color
- Save to, and retrieve from, the computer
- Math (fractions, multiplication arrays, perimeter, area, spreadsheets, graphs, symmetry and story problems
- Writing ( Friendly and business letters, adjectives, verbs, persuasive paragraphs, bibliography, crosswords, word search, cartoons, stories, journals, poems and newsletters)
- Type to Learn once a month and any time students are finished early
- Drawing (maps, objects, logos, cartoons, adding a graphic)
- To assume responsibility for actions while using the computer
- To use the Internet in a safe and responsible manner
- To draw and paint a picture, copy and paste text and use both in a slideshow
- To identify parts of the computer and learn computer vocabulary
- To use short-cut commands and spell check
- Select type by highlighting
- Adjust font size, style, spacing, margins and color
- Save to, and retrieve from, a disk
- Math ( fractions, multiplication arrays, perimeter, area, spreadsheets, graphs, symmetry and story problems)
- Writing ( friendly and business letters, alliteration stories, outlines, parts of speech, persuasive paragraphs, research, bibliographies, crosswords, slide shows, word searches, cartoons, journals, databases, stories, poems and newsletters)
- Type to Learn once a month and anytime a student is finished early. 20 wpm is our goal for the end of 5th grade. Many students are typing much faster than that.
- Drawing ( maps, slide shows, logos, cartoons and adding a graphic)
- To assume responsibility for actions while using the computer
- To use the Internet in a safe and responsible manner
- To draw and paint a picture, copy and paste text and use both in a slideshow
- To identify parts of the computer and learn computer vocabulary
- To use short-cut commands and spell check
- Select type by highlighting
- Adjust font size, style, spacing, margins and color
- Save to, and retrieve from, a disk
- Math ( fractions, multiplication arrays, perimeter, area, spreadsheets, graphs, symmetry and story problems)
- Writing ( friendly and business letters, alliteration stories, outlines, parts of speech, persuasive paragraphs, research, bibliographies, crosswords, slide shows, word searches, cartoons, journals, databases, stories, poems and newsletters)
- Type to Learn once a month and anytime a student is finished early. 20 wpm is our goal for the end of 5th grade. Many students are typing much faster than that.
- Drawing ( maps, slide shows, logos, cartoons and adding a graphic)
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