Grade K Scope and Sequence
Scope and Sequence Grade K Technology
The scope and sequence listed below are the recommended Instructional Technology units to teach. Connections to the Kindergarten content area scope and sequence are included. Be sure to check with your kindergarten team to align with classroom instruction as needed.
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Community Building | Digital Citizen | Computational Thinker | Digital Citizen |
| Unit 2 | Empowered Learner | Empowered Learner - Tech Skills Checklist | Computational Thinker Cornerstone Task | Digital Citizen Cornerstone Task |
| Unit 3 | Computational Thinker | Digital Citizen | Empowered Learner - Tech Skills Checklist |
Last Updated: 8/11/2024
Quarter 1
Quarter 1
Outcomes:
Community Building:
- Share that classrooms are a community
- Identify that each and every individual contributes to the classroom community
- Identify norms for respectful, trusting, and safe engagement in the community
- Define equity and how it looks, sounds, and feels in our community
Empowered Learner:
- Develop an understanding of appropriate keyboarding positions
- Develop an understanding of parts of the computer and expectations in technology class
- Identify how coding is used in my life
- Lesson: What is an Algorithm?
- Identify patterns
- Lesson: Meet Bee-Bot
- Lesson: Turning Bee-Bot
- Create a sequence to reach a goal
- Lesson: Planning a Path
Last Updated 8/26/2022
Additional Technology Lessons:
Below are lessons created by HCPSS Technology teachers for use with Grade K students. These lessons are supplemental lessons and are not required. Lessons listed can be taught at any time, but are recommended for Quarter 1. These lessons were created for asynchronous/synchronous instruction. Modifications may be needed.
- Virtual Learning Cycle 1 Lessons
- Welcome to Technology
- Getting to Know You!
- I Can Use Digital Tools
- Let's Meet Wixie Part 1 & 2
- Laptop - Parts of a Computer
- BrainPOP, SimonSays, Wixie
- TrackPad Skills
- 3 Giphy visuals on trackpad skills, and some games to practice and quiz/survey
- Wixie ID Card
- Create an ID card with computer login information Links to an external site.
- Skills: double click to type, practice user ID & password, use camera to add picture
- mePhone
- Complete the "app" spaces on the Wixie mePhone Links to an external site. to show interests about yourself.
- Skills: use the camera tool to add a picture of myself, use the paint bucket tool to fill in color, add stickers from different folders to match topics.
- Mixed Up Keyboard
- Pete the Cat Out of This World
- Peardeck and Quiz,Google Slides of lesson Links to an external site.
Last Updated 8/22/2021
Curriculum Connections:
Below are the units of study for each content area in Grade K. Lessons that are designed for collaboration with technology have been included.
- Health - Social and Emotional Health
- Reading - Rhythm and Rhyme
- Science - Scientists and Engineers
- Lessons 6-8 - Design and Create a Garden Wall
- Social Studies - Home and School (unpublished for the 2020-21 School Year)
- Writing - Shared Writing and Storytelling, Writing about Reading
Quarter 2
Quarter 2
Outcomes:
- Identify what information is safe to share online
- Lesson: Personal Information
- Explain and demonstrate the ways to keep safe online.
- Lesson: What Should I Do?
Empowered Learner - Technology Skills Checklist:
- Demonstrate growth towards proficiency in Grade K technology skills across all content areas
Last Updated 8/26/2022
Additional Technology Lessons:
Below are lessons created by HCPSS Technology teachers for use with Grade K students. These lessons are supplemental lessons and are not required. Lessons listed can be taught at any time, but are recommended for Quarter 2. These lessons were created for asynchronous/synchronous instruction. Modifications may be needed.
- Matching Letters - Keyboarding
- Wixie Activity and Quiz
- Typing Upper Case Letters
- Keyboarding practice on a variety of websites, PearDeck option included
- Skills: keyboarding, shift key
- Keyboarding Practice
- Wixie practice Links to an external site. typing with both hands using the shift key for upper case an other characters on the keyboard
- Skills: text-box, drag and drop
- Rhyming
- Rhyming book in Wixie Links to an external site.
- Skills: delete, drag and drop
- Sort the Shapes
- Variety of Shape sorting Activities in Wixie Links to an external site.
- Skills: drag and drop, use shape tools
- Elmer the Elephant
- Read Aloud and Wixie activity to create a colorful patterned elephant Links to an external site. to celebrate Elmer's Day
- Skills: point & click, paint bucket, additional colors/patterns
- Favorite Animal
- Wixie activity Links to an external site. to review drawing/painting tools connected to animals.
- Skills: drawing/painting tools, text box
Last Updated 10/13/2021
Curriculum Connections:
Below are the units of study for each content area in Grade K. Lessons that are designed for collaboration with technology have been included.
- Health - Safety, First Aid, & Injury Prevention
- Reading - Coming Full Circle with Cycles
- Science - Weather
- Lessons 8-10 - Design and Create a device that reduces the impact of the sun's heat.
- Social Studies - It's a Busy World! (unpublished for the 2020-21 School Year)
- Writing - Opinion: Book Review, Informational: ABC Books
Quarter 3
Quarter 3
Outcomes:
- Create a sequence to reach a goal
- Lesson: Introduction to the Bee-Bot Emulator
- Break down a problem into two parts
- Lesson: Debugging Bee-Bot
- Break down a problem into two parts
- Lesson: Debugging with Bee-Bot Emulator
Computational Thinker: Cornerstone Task
- Identify various digital devices that can connect to the Internet
- Lesson: Devices That Can Access the Internet
Last Updated 8/26/2022
Additional Technology Lessons:
Below are lessons created by HCPSS Technology teachers for use with Grade K students. These lessons are supplemental lessons and are not required. Lessons listed can be taught at any time, but are recommended for Quarter 3. These lessons were created for asynchronous/synchronous instruction. Modifications may be needed.
- Dental Health Review
- Dental Health story and Wixie template Links to an external site..
- Skills: labeling (drag and drop, paint tools, etc)
- Happy Healthy Teeth
- Importance of Teeth brushing and healthy food/drink choices with Wixie template Links to an external site..
- Skills: drag/drop, speaker to read, search images, text box
- Spring has Sprung
- Sorting Activity and Poem using a Wixie template. Links to an external site.
- Skills: drag/drop, speaker to read, search images, text box
- Virtual Field Trip: National Zoo
- Explore the National Zoo as a virtual field trip using Google Slides Links to an external site. and Wixie Template Links to an external site.
Last Updated 2/21/2022
Curriculum Connections:
Below are the units of study for each content area in Grade K. Lessons that are designed for collaboration with technology have been included.
- Health - Disease Prevention and Control
- Reading - Going Here, Going There, Going Everywhere
- Science - Pushes and Pulls
- Lessons 9-11 - Marble Run
- Social Studies - My Country 'Tis of Thee (unpublished for the 2020-21 School Year)
- Writing - Narrative: Personal Narrative, Opinion: Thank You Letters, Notes, and Cards
Quarter 4
Quarter 4
Outcomes:
- Compare and contrast online friends and real-life, face-to-face friends
- Lesson: Real Life vs. Online
Digital Citizen Cornerstone Task
Empowered Learner - Technology Skills Checklist:
- Demonstrate proficiency in Grade K technology skills across all content areas
Last Updated 8/26/2022
Additional Technology Lessons:
Below are lessons created by HCPSS Technology teachers for use with Grade K students. These lessons are supplemental lessons and are not required. Lessons listed can be taught at any time, but are recommended for Quarter 4. These lessons were created for asynchronous/synchronous instruction. Modifications may be needed.
- Sprinkle with Kindness
- Brainstorming Kind words and drawing a picture showing kindness to others with Wixie Template Links to an external site.
- Skills: Drag and Drop, Drawing tools
- Earth Day
Links to an external site.
- Learn why we celebrate Earth Day with Wixie Template Links to an external site.
- Skills: drag and drop, selecting/clicking, deleting
- Monsters Love Underpants
Links to an external site.
- Listen to online book and decorate monsters with Wixie Template Links to an external site.
- What Pet Should I Get?
- Dr. Seuss read aloud with Wixie Template Links to an external site.
- Skills: Text box, image search
- Screen Time
- Learn about the importance of balanced screen time and real life play with Wixie Template Links to an external site.
- Skills: Drag/drop, drawing tools
- Getting Ready for the Summer
- Sharing summer plans and review Chromebook Care
- Skills: Wixie Drawing tools, Kahoot
- Chromebook Care for Summer
- Video covering caring for the Chromebook over the summer
- Skills: Browser updates, refresh/reset procedures, tech support info.
Last Updated 3/29/2022
Curriculum Connections:
Below are the units of study for each content area in Grade K. Lessons that are designed for collaboration with technology have been included.
- Health - Nutrition and Fitness
- Reading - Carnival of the Animals
- Science - Relationships in Ecosystems
- Lesson 14 - Students communicate about the 3R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)
- Social Studies - Maps and Me (unpublished for the 2020-21 School Year)
- Writing - Informational: Nonfiction Fact Book (Science), Narrative: Acrostic Poetry
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