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A student using Smartboard during after-school ALC.
X-Pectations in Computer Lab

1. Be Ready to Learn!
2. Respect personal Space, Property and Privacy!
3. Move Safely and Quietly.

Consequences

1. Warning
2. Time-Off (Sit out until demonstrate readiness to learn)
3. Time-Out (Lose privilege for that day)
4. Office (Write-up)

Project for Specific Grade Levels

Pre-K: This year Pre-K students will not come to the computer lab.

Kindergarten Lessons:
    Semester 1: Intro. to computers, Parts, Colors,
    Semester 2: Num1-10, Winter,  Living (no)
    Semester 3: 5 Senses (no), Day/Night, Dinosaur

1st Grade Lessons:
    Semester 1-Me, Intro. to Keyboarding (1-2)
    Semester 2-City/Country, Move(no), Keyboarding (3-6)
    Semester 3-Intro. Internet, ABC, Dinosaur(no), Keyboarding (6-8)

2nd Grade Lessons:
    Semester 1-Family(no), Neighbor, Months, Keyboarding (1-3)
    Semester 2-Intro. Internet, Hunt, Keyboarding (4-8)
    Semester 3-Shuttle(no), Big Books, Keyboarding (9-12)

3rd Grade Lessons:
    Semester 1-Patch, Hunt, Keyboarding (1-4)
    Semester 2-Sign (door),
Sixth graders using new eMacs in computer lab
Sixth graders using new eMacs in computer lab
Keyboarding (5-10)
    Semester 3-Planets, Brochure, Keyboarding (11-15)

4th Grade Lessons:
    Semester 1-Coat of Arm, Keyboarding (1-5)
    Semester 2-Graph, Hunt, Keyboarding (6-12)
    Semester 3-Slideshow, Keyboarding (13-18)

5th Grade Lessons:
    Semester 1-Quilt Design, Spend, Keyboarding (1-6)
    Semester 2-Hunt, School, Keyboarding (7-14)
    Semester 3-Presentation, Intro. *Lego Robotics, Keyboarding (15-20)

6th Grade Lessons:
    Semester 1-Mission Patch, Webpage, *Robotics Week, Keyboarding (1-7)
    Semester 2-Database (Address Book, Survey Q/data), Keyboarding (8-16)
    Semester 3-Webpage (update), Slideshow, Keyboarding (17-24)

*All fifth graders will be introduced to Lego Robotics in the computer lab.

**All sixth graders will spend one-two weeks working with Lego Robotics in November.

Note: We use Appleworks 6 to create most of the above projects. Internet is a huge part of our learning process.  We will use the Internet to complete a lot of our projects, especially in the upper grade levels.