Grade+2

WELCOME, GRADE 2!

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 and the QWERTY 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 []

Multi-tasking is a word many people use when they speak about doing more than one action at a time. In second grade you will learn to use two or more programs at one time. It might be a word processing program with a picture program. It might be a word processing program with an electronic encyclopedia. It might be a word processing program with one that lets you make slides. Maybe we can have chances to add our voices to our work, too! Stay tuned for more to come.

__//**Trimester 1**//__ Children are practicing the home rows using correct finger positions. They are typing words using the home keys such as a, as, fall, fad... They will continue to log on to our network and save their files. They have graduated to the QWERTY row in developing proper finger placement on the keyboard.

Children have been keyboarding season specific poems or stories. that they made up in class. Then they insert an Online picture. Then they try to draw a replica in PAINT.

Discuss the importance of the Acceptable Use Policy. Review Computer basics: parts and special keys for logging in. Practice Logging On and Logging Off.

__//**In Trimester 2**//__ Children continue to practice proper finger placement using the home row and the qwerty row to keyboard words that can be created using those rows. It will be Martin Luther King's Day. Children will make a picture for Peace that matches a poem for peace. Then they will Select from one program to add to another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG8X0vOvi7Q Martin Luther King

__//**In Trimester 3**//__ Children will begin to research in worldbookonline: http://worldbookonline.com/kids/home They are creating a Powerpoint called, Animals in North America, (It is the same for each child.) The creation will stress Textbox and Image insertions.