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Content Standard # Level
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
o Changing the appearance of font (size, style, color, etc.)
o Left, center, right alignment
o Double-spacing
* Editing skills
o Cut, copy, paste
o Indented paragraphs using the tab key
o Delete, undo, and redo
o Selecting
o Spell check
* Changing left, right, top, bottom margins
* Insert clipart and wordart
o Change layout of objects
o 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)
