Overview:

Students abilities and knowledge are continued to be developed through the introduction to proper typing technique and use of home row keys.  Using a website entitled Typing Club student are walked through the development of their typing skills with a focus on using home row keys rather than just pecking at the keyboard. Students will create a project targeted for this specific grade with the goal of supporting content being taught in the regular education class.

 

Project:

Students in small groups will create a story using scratch jr or scratch jr PBS on the iPads.  These Scratch apps give the students the ability to create a story using computer programing blocks. Students will collaborate to create a story map involving the parts of a story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integration:

Students use there gained knowledge on parts of a story to create a story map for there project, a coded story using Scratch Jr or Scratch jr PBS.  Through this students see stories from another angle.  Often students only dissect stories written by another this time students develop a story while learning a computer science skill, computer coding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Websites used:

• Typing Club

  • https://www.typingclub.com/

• Glider cats

  • http://www.kidztype.com/glider-cats_ce8b91b16.html

• Bull Spell

  • http://www.kidztype.com/bull-spell_c3be8f9d3.html

• Sky Chase Words

  • http://www.kidztype.com/sky-chase-words_f0ca5ba2d.html

• Town Creator Typing

  • http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/typing-games/towncreator/tc-typing.html

• Coding Activities

  • https://code.org/learn

    • for more information see information on coding page on this website

      • Link.... coming soon