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WELCOME, GRADE 1!

This year we will begin with learning the different parts of a computer that are needed for computers to work. We will also practice and practice and practice using the Home Row Keys for typing. Most times we will use a program called //Fastype//. We will also use //Type-to-Learn//. Sometimes we will go out to the World Wide Web and use programs for typing that we do not have in school. Type OnLine Dance Mat Typing Practice [] and Typing Practice []

Learning to use a Word Processing Program is important in First Grade. A Word Processing program is used to type messages. It also lets you add pictures. After you can use Word Pad which is a program that comes with the computer when you buy it, you will learn to use a program called, Microsoft Word, that lets you do more.

__//**In September**//__ Practice placing fingers on the home row of the keyboard: **a s d f space bar j k l ;**. When we write using the keyboard we will focus on using the Left hand for Left-sided keys and the Right hand for Right-sided Keys.

//**__In the First Trimester__**//, Learning the parts of computers and tablets is part of the first grade curriculum. The first graders build their ability to open Word and use the Copy, Cut, and Paste functions in Microsoft Word as well as their skills to type with proper finger placement on the home keys. Saving files to the proper place is stressed throughout the year.

__//**In Trimester 2**//__ The students are getting better at using the right fingers when typing words found by using Home Row Keys only. They will continue through this year. The children will continue to work with Copy, Cut, Paste functions in Microsoft Word 2016. Using a prepared table in Word. They will learn to Copy words and Insert Online Pictures. They will discover the effects of inserting "Humongous" pictures and how they need to make them smaller.

__//**In Trimester**//__ //**3**// Students are using Insert Online Pictures to enhance poems that they receive through the Share from the Students drive: Froggies and It's Spring.

