Grade 4 - Computers

Keyboarding

Reinforce and encourage proper keyboarding skills to develop touch typing mastery.

Word Processing

Use Cut, Copy and Paste feature
Explain clipboard
Find and Replace text
Align text in paragraphs (Center, Left, Right and Justified)
Use print preview
Use Save As (different name, location or format)
Know difference between insert and overstrike mode
Edit clipart to change appearance, location, color etc.

Multimedia

Create, place, and adjust the size of a textbox
Edit content of textbox by changing font size, color, and style
Change background items (color, texture, graphic/object)
Delete a slide from project
Understand concept of different views of slides
View a project as a presentation
Rearrange slide/cards in a project using the slide sorter or project view or storyboard
Save using Save As (different name, location, format)

Database

Examine ready made or teacher made databases
Navigate through records in a table or form
Find records
Sort records

Research and Communications

Introduce a brief history of the Internet
Discuss Copyright Issues (Age-Appropriate Language)
Communication using the Internet:
E-mail: Elements
Netiquette
Cautions
Electronic Encyclopedias
Use an Atlas
Use a Timeline
Surf the Internet

Research and Communications

Explain Search Engines:
What they are
How they work
Different types
Searching skills
Cite electronic sources (MLA/Age-Appropriate)
Implement directed research: scavenger hunt
Use the Internet for tools such as dictionary and thesaurus
Introduce multitasking/note-taking – Internet
(Selecting information from electronic sources; Encyclopedias or Internet, copying and pasting to a
word processing program, saving, and printing)