Skills

//Below is a general list of the skills, concepts, and topics that are covered from grade to grade in Computer Class. This list is by no means comprehensive or all-inclusive. Its purpose is to give parents a glimpse of what is covered and when.//
 * Welcome to Computer Lab! **

__PK 3__
 * Introductory mouse skills through online games
 * How to open and close programs properly

Vocabulary/terms: mouse, keyboard

__PK 4__
 * Beginning keyboard skills
 * Navigate from one site to another
 * Maximize and minimize the page
 * Differentiate between right and left click on the mouse
 * Proper hand placement on mouse

Vocabulary/terms: click, “back” arrow, click and drag

__Kindergarten:__
 * Login protocol
 * **Microsoft Word 2010**
 * Opening and closing documents
 * Saving documents
 * Typing skills
 * Moving, resizing, and coloring objects in a document

Vocabulary/Terms: open, save, close, internet, backspace, undo button

__First Grade:__
 * Intermediate keyboard skills
 * Capitalization and punctuation
 * Deleting, copying and pasting objects using shortcuts

Vocabulary/Terms: spacebar, enter, shift, copy, paste, capitalize

__Second Grade:__ Vocabulary/Terms: right click, wallpaper, clip art, wrap text
 * More advanced keyboard skills
 * Right click to copy/paste
 * Changing wallpaper
 * Typing paragraphs
 * Choosing graphics to illustrate documents
 * Decorate pre-created WordArt using drawing tools
 * Wrapping text

__Third Grade:__ Vocabulary/Terms: slides, insert, tab key, browse/browser, font, format, search, Google, monitor
 * **Microsoft PowerPoint 2010**
 * Special characters on the keyboard
 * Indenting a paragraph
 * Choosing graphics from a file
 * Finding folders
 * Create **WordArt** choosing font and color
 * Text effects with formatting
 * Completing reports assigned by subject teachers
 * Beginning internet searches
 * PC components
 * Interim **ACT Aspire** Online Testing

__Fourth Grade:__
 * Advanced typing skills
 * Advanced formatting skills
 * Research skills
 * Using the taskbar
 * Transferring information from one document to another
 * Proofreading and editing documents
 * Interpreting editing marks that exist in Word
 * Font styles and effects
 * Functions using Ctrl + _____
 * Alignment (left, center, right)

Vocabulary/Terms: bold, italics, underline, bullets, control button, find function, text box, document alignment

__Fifth Grade:__
 * Creating **Microsoft Excel** Spreadsheets
 * Making charts and graphs using Excel
 * Typing with increased speed and accuracy
 * Creating brochures
 * Creating a **Wiki Page** and uploading items
 * Saving and naming original documents to pre-created folders
 * Document orientation and page layout
 * Space formatting
 * Emailing attachments
 * Creating a table in Word

Vocabulary/Terms: cell, chart tools, portrait, landscape, columns, page breaks, format, attachment, save as, upload, download, Wiki

__Sixth Grade:__
 * Make movies using **Windows Movie Maker**
 * Animation and visual, and sound effects
 * **Google Picasa** for organizing, viewing, and editing photos
 * Advanced use of search engines
 * Advanced use of keyboard function keys
 * Creating folders and subfolders
 * Creating animated cartoons using PowerPoint AutoShapes
 * Using a flash drive
 * Picture Tools
 * Robotics/Programming
 * Coding

Vocabulary/Terms: song trimming, captions, fade in and out, visual effects, transitioning, snipping, crop, red eye, retouch, “photoshopping”, tag, inserting a duplicate slide, code, widget

__Seventh Grade:__
 * Refining acquired skills and creating in-depth cross curricular reports, and erudite research projects
 * Producing quality projects which are necessary for success in high school and beyond