Computers

Program Year 1 Term 1, 2015

Lesson #
& Register
2

Program/Site
Tux Paint

Tux Paint

Mathletics

Reading Eggs

Reading Eggs

MS Word

Navigating internet
webpages
Logging on
Navigating internet
webpages
Logging on
Navigating internet
webpages
Logging on
Typing
Question marks
Copy/Paste
Changing colours
Saving

MS Word

Program created by Natasha Reynolds

Skills

Inserting images
Duplicating
Saving

Lesson
Students are reminded how to log on to the computer revise the Ctrl Alt Del and
Enter buttons.
Students search for Tux paint and enjoy exploring the program.
Students open the internet and type mathletics.com.au into the address bar, and
hit Enter. They locate sign in, click, type in their details, hit Sign In, and then play
in the lesson and area nominated by the teacher.
Students open the internet and type readingeggs.com.au into the address bar, and
hit Enter. They locate log in, click, type in their details, and then play.
Students open the internet and type readingeggs.com.au into the address bar, and
hit Enter. They locate log in, click, type in their details, and then play.
Students open up an MS Word document.
Students are shown how to make the ? (shift + /) and ! (shift + 1) marks.
They then type a block of text using these two marks. They highlight the block using
the mouse, then use Ctrl+C to copy.
They use Enter to go down a line and use Ctrl+V to paste the text. They then highlight
it again and use the Font Colour buttons to change the colour.
They go down a line and paste again, and change the colour again. e.g.
Who are you? Im Sarah!
Who are you? Im Sarah!
Who are you? Im Sarah!
Who are you? Im Sarah!
They are then shown where to save {{In class folder}}
Students open up a new MS Word document. They open Clipart (Insert tab, Clip Art).
They choose an item and type it in, and then double click to
insert it. They should resize the image and move it to the top
left of the page. They choose another item and repeat process.
They then duplicate the first image by clicking on it and pressing Ctrl+D, and do the
same with the second image, to make a pattern.

MS Word

Opening
Saving
Deleting text

MS Word

Inserting a table
Inserting text and
images into a table

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MS Word

Putting it all together

(assessment)

Program created by Natasha Reynolds

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They can then make a different or more complicated pattern.
They are then shown where/how to save the document.
Students open the Libraries folder and then locate the
Collaboration drive. They open Year 1 and the Computers
Lessons folder. They double click to open the Deleting
Lesson file. They hit the Enable Editing yellow bar, and then
go File>Save As and save in their Class Folder.
They then begin deleting the duplicate, coloured words they will need to move the
cursor next to the word, click, and hit Delete.
Afterwards, they need to hit Save again not Save As.
Students open an MS Word doc.
They insert a table by going to the Insert tab, clicking Table, and choosing a 5x2 grid.
Into the table they type:
Name
Number of
Can it fly?
Colours
Picture
legs






They pick an animal from the list frog, bee, cat, bird and fill in the columns for
their chosen animal.
**If you like, you could have the children pick any animal and move from computer
to computer, entering their animals details.
Students open the Libraries folder and then locate the Collaboration drive. They open
Year 1 and the Computers Lessons folder. They double click to open the Assessment
file.
They are given the following instructions:
1. Open Clipart and find a picture of a bee.
2. Insert the bee, and then duplicate it 3 times.
3. Move the bees above the tree.
4. At the top of the page, type your name.
5. Make your name Red if you are a girl, Green if you are a boy.
6. Copy your name, and go down a line.
7. Paste your name, and change the colour of it to Blue.
8. Put in a picture of a pig.

9. Delete one of the bees.

10. Delete your Last Name from the blue line.

Program created by Natasha Reynolds