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Technology Standard 3.1 - Level 6 - Essential Skill
Use formatting capabilities of technology tools for communicating and illustrating
Standard in Kid Friendly Language
Use a word processing program (6th grade uses Microsoft Word) to create various documents and visual presentations (ex. reports and posters)
Standard Unwrapped
KNOW
- How to open, save, and print a Word document
- Invisible characters
- Formatting skills
- Changing the appearance of font (size, style, color, etc.)
- Left, center, right alignment
- Double-spacing
- Editing skills
- Cut, copy, paste
- Indented paragraphs using the tab key
- Delete, undo, and redo
- Selecting
- Spell check
- Changing left, right, top, bottom margins
- Insert clipart and wordart
- Change layout of objects
- Resize using the resize squares
ABLE TO DO
- Create a properly formatted, one-page report in Microsoft Word
Instructional Strategies
Assignments associated with 6th grade word processing:
- ursProofermarks pp. 26-30 (how to edit using a computer, know proofreader's marks)
- ursSpelling p. 36 (using spell-check)
- ursLost Dog pp. 33-35 (changing font color, size, alignment, style)
- ursAdmire pp. 59-61 (double-spacing)
- ursDust of Snow pp. 64-65 (formatting a poem)
- ursPuppy p. 66 (using a thesaurus)
- ursCharlie pp. 112-116 (creating a one-page report using all of the skills learned thus far)
Assessment Strategies
Assessments associated with 6th grade word processing:
(Note - * indicates a final assessment for a unit)
- ursJefferson p. 31
- ursColumbus p. 37
- ursColossus p. 53 *
- ursSaltWater p. 62
- ursWhat a Day p. 67
- ursCrabtree pp. 117-118 *
Resources
Textbook: Zimmerly, Arlene, and Julie Jaehne. Computer Connections: Projects and Applications. 1st ed. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2004. (pg. 26-31, 33-37, 53, 59-62, 64-67, 112-118)
Teacher's notes on what is covered during the font exercise
Example of a completed font exercise
