• Standard 1
       Students read, comprehend, and respond to a range of materials, using a variety of strategies for different purposes.
• Standard 2
       Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
• Standard 3
       Students communicate using standard English grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting.
• Standard 4
       Students demonstrate competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning and communicating.
• Standard 5
       Students locate, select, and synthesize information from a variety of texts, media, references, and technological sources to acquire and communicate knowledge.
• Standard 6
       Students read, analyze, and respond to literature as a record of life experiences.
• Standard 7
       Students apply reasoning and problem solving skills to reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing.

• ELA-1-E1
       gaining meaning from print and building vocabulary using a full range of strategies (e.g., self-monitoring and correcting, searching, cross-checking), evidenced by reading behaviors while using the cuing systems (e.g, phonics, sentence structure, meaning);   (1,4)
• ELA-1-E2
       using the conventions of print (e.g., left-to-right directionality, top-to-bottom, one-to-one matching);   (1,4)
• ELA-2-E2
       focusing on language, concepts, and ideas that show an awareness of the intended audience and/or purpose (e.g., classroom, real-life, workplace) in developing compositions;   (1,2,4)
• ELA-2-E3
       creating written texts using the writing process;   (1,4)
• ELA-4-E1
       speaking intelligibly, using standard English pronunciation;   (1,4)
• ELA-4-E2
       giving and following directions/procedures;   (1,4)
• ELA-4-E5
       speaking and listening for a variety of audiences (e.g., classroom, real-life, workplace) and purposes (e.g., awareness, concentration, enjoyment, information, problem solving);   (1,2,4,5)
• ELA-5-E4
       using available technology to produce, revise, and publish a variety of works;   (1,3,4)

• Grade K
  1. Demonstrate understanding of phonemic awareness by doing the following:  creating rhyming words. (ELA 1 E1)
  4.  Recognize and understand words found in environmental print (LA-1E1)
  6.  Identify that printed text is made up of sentences that begin with a capital letter and end with some type of punctuation.  (ELA-1-E2)
  7.  Demonstrate understanding of book and print concepts by doing the following:  locating front and back covers, titles pages, and inside pages of a book
  identifying periods, question marks, and exclamation marks and demonstrating knowledge that they are used at the end of the sentence
  isolating individual words in print (ELA-1-E2)
  21. Use illustrations, developmental/inventive spelling, and appropriate vocabulary to write for a specific purpose and/or audience  (ELA-2-E2)
  22. Create simple text using prior knowledge by drawing, dictating to the teacher, and/or writing using developmental/inventive spelling  (ELA-2-E3)
  23. Use classroom resources (e.g., word walls, picture dictionaries, teachers, peers) to support a writing process  (ELA-2-E3)
  35. Give and follow one- and two-step verbal and nonverbal directions without interrupting  (ELA-4-E2)
  44. Use technology to produce class work  (ELA-5-E4)

• Mathematics : Patterns, Relations, and Functions
       In problem-solving investigations, students demonstrate an understanding of patterns, relations, and functions that represent and explain real-world situations.
• Arts : Creative Expression
       Students develop creative expression through the application of knowledge, ideas, communication skills, organization abilities and imagination.
• Science : Science as Inquiry
       The students will do science by engaging in partial and full inquiries that are within their developmental capabilities.

• Identify, explain, and effectively use input, output and storage devices of computers and other technologies (e.g., keyboard, mouse, scanner, adaptive devices, monitor, printer floppy disk, hard drive).
• Discuss common uses of technology in daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those uses provide.
• Discuss basic issues related to responsible use of technology and information; and describe personal consequences of inappropriate use.
• Use technology tools (e.g., publishing, multimedia tools, and word processing software) for individual and for simple collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities for a variety of audiences.

Hardware:
Computer

Software:
KidPix

• Grading Rubric
• Strawberry
• Red for Transparency