Grade+5

WELCOME, GRADE 5!

This year we will review the parts of a computer that are needed for computers to work. We will also practice and practice and practice using the Home Row Keys, the QWERTY Row Keys, the Bottom Row Keys, Numbers and Special Characters for typing. Practice will go from small words to paragraph formats. Most times we will use a cloud-based program called Type OnLine. Other options are below . Dance Mat Typing Practice [] and Typing Practice []

In __//**the beginning**//__ fifth graders: Review Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). View Internet Safety CD based on the Netsmartz program suggested by the Archdiocesan Guidelines. Review keyboarding skills for the Home Row, Qwerty, and Bottom Rows and begin small word practice.

__//**Keyboarding**//__ Keyboarding is a fundamental skill for data entry into a desktop or laptop. Jobs are built around this skill in business. Therefore, students are still required to practice this skill and build upon it over the school year. This year we are using an online program found at [|www.typeonline.co.uk]. Students can practice at home. They are required to use proper placement of hands on the keys as they type. Also, their goals are to achieve their personal bests, not compare themselves to others. Some is dependent upon the development of fine motor skills and the size of their hands. Fifth grade has more special characters to practice with all the letters and numbers on the keyboard.

__//**Working in the Cloud **//__ Children have been given gmail accounts to use for school emailing as well as setting up accounts for school subscriptions. They have access to google drive to create and share documents. Grades 4 through 8 are developing their use of cloud files.

__**//Trimester 1//**__ Fifth graders create a friendly letter to send to family or friends in Word. They need to enter specific parts that would be included in a letter : Heading, Greeting, Body, Closing, and Signature. Also, they need to use the margin settings on the View Ruler function in Word. When the letter is complete they will upload to Google Doc and can show their parents at home.  They will create a letter with 4 paragraphs or ideas.One paragraph must have bullets that lists some part of one idea. They will create a return label after Thanksgiving in the Mailing Function of Word. They will print 30 of them for Christmas letter mailings at home. They can choose different colors for fonts and add clip art.  __//**In Trimester 2**//__ Fifth graders will continue to increase their keyboarding speed with the goal of 30 Words Per Minute.  The project will be learning how to incorporate a database file into a Word file for Mail Merge. They will use the sections of the country, find important data using a states website. they will record the data and then create labels for each territory. Then they will merge the data to create 1 database for 50 states.  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__//**Trimester 3**//__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Students will begin the semester by using the Makey Makey tools. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The site Makey Makey K-12 will jump start their project. They will incorporate the MIT program SCRATCH to create a motion effect and sound effect. []

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Students will write their steps that they want to accomplish in Google Drawing. Then they will write the steps in Scratch. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Then they will connect the MakeyMakey to run the program they write. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">