Welcome to Kindergarten

Week of August 26, 2019 (Week 1) - Introductions

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• Introduce myself/students

• Class Procedures/Rules (nametags, seat assignments, headphones, etc.)

• Ice Breaker Activity

• Discuss: what is a mouse/keyboard

• Go Noodle Activity

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Week of September 2, 2019 (Week 2) Unit 1- Mouse Skills​

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• Review Class Procedures/Rules, add in ClassDojo

• Review: what is a mouse/keyboard

• Introduce left/right mouse click, how to hold, where to place fingers

• Go Noodle Activity

• Using the website: minimouse.us students will practice mouse skills

  • Play Pickle, Turtle Slide and Frog games​

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Week of September 9, 2019 (Week 3) Unit 1- Mouse Skills​

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• Review Class Procedures/Rules, including ClassDojo

• Review: left/right mouse click, how to hold, where to place fingers

• Choose Your Own Adventure using education.com

• Using the website: minimouse.us students will practice mouse skills

• If ready move onto Mouse Clicking at www.letsgolearn.com/bubble.html

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Week of September 16, 2019 (Week 4) Unit 2 - Digital Citizenship

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• Review Class Procedures/Rules

• Introduce Treasure Box and Freetime Area

• Review Mouse Clicking at www.letsgolearn.com/bubble.html

• Get to know how the students use technology at home - quick activity

• Next, ask students about what games they play or videos do they watch

• Discuss why it is important to be a good person. Transfer that to being a good digital citizen online. 

• Introduce netsmartzkids.org, Begin PowerPoint presentation "Be Safer Online with Netsmartz!" 

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Week of September 23, 2019 (Week 5) Unit 2 - Digital Citizenship

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• Review Treasure Box and Freetime Area

• Review what we learned about being a good digital citizen last week

• GoNoodle

• Finish PowerPoint presentation "Be Safer Online with Netsmartz!" 

• Review Mouse Clicking at www.letsgolearn.com/bubble.html

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Week of September 30, 2019 (Week 6) Unit 2 - Digital Citizenship

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• Review what we learned about being a good digital citizen the last 2 weeks

• Break kids up into pairs to work on Netsmartz Safety Stories

• After 10 min. students will present Netsmartz Safety Story

• Wrap Up Digital Citizenship 

• Treasure Box Time

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Week of October 7, 2019 (Week 7) Unit 3 - abcya.com

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• Teach students how to open up Google (internet)

• Help students navigate to abcya.com, using bookmarks

• Once at abcya.com, click on "K" for Kindergarten

• Introduce Fuzz Bugs or Counting Fish

• Play together as a class

• Give students time to try it

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Week of October 14, 2019 (Week 8) Unit 3/4 - abcya.com/IXL

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• Introduce IXL 

  • What is it? Why do we use it? ​

  • Go through a few questions showing them how it will read to them

  • Show them how to log in (maybe)

• GoNoodle ​

• Open Google, navigate to abcya.com, go to "K"

• Introduce Alphabet BINGO

• Play together as a class

• Give students time to try it

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Week of October 21, 2019 (Week 9) Unit 4 - IXL

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• Review IXL

  • ​Show them how to find the app and log in on iPads

  • Navigate to LA and math to see the skills

  • Break them up into pairs, so they can help each other 

  • In math show them how to pick a skill, remind them it will read to them

  • Give them time to try it

• abcya.com

  • Show them the Skills section​

  • Give students time to try it

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END OF 1st QUARTER