Collinsville
Unit 10 School District
6th Grade Scope and Sequence Benchmarks
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| 1. Basic Operation and Concepts | 2. Social, Ethical and Human Issues | 3. Productivity Tools |
| 4. Communication Tools | 5. Research Tools | 6. Problem-Solving and Decision Making Tools |
| I = Introduce | D = Develop | S = Secure |
| 1. Basic Operations and Concepts | Activities |
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| Demonstrate proper use of storage devices... | S | 1.3 | Apply use of CD ROM drive, Floppy Disk drive and removeable USB flash or zip drive | ||
| Locate program menu bar and select menu item | S | f | 1.9 | Applied by student | |
| Save and retrieve work with a removeable storage media (floppy disk or flash drive) | D | i | 1.9 | Applied by student | |
| 2. Social, Ethical and Human Issues | Activities |
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| Describe technology used in society | D | 2.1 | Technology at Work - web site | ||
| Appropriate copyright laws | D | a | 2.2 | Copyright and the Internet - web site | |
| Hardward/software licensing agreements | D | b | 2.2 | ||
| Established district, school, classroom and computer lab policies | S | c | 2.2 | Discussion by teacher Computer Rules - handout |
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| Respect privacy of staff and student files | S | 2.3 | Discussion by teacher | ||
| Understand appropriate Internet communication social and safety issues... | D | 2.5 | Internet
Safety - web links Faux Paw movie - (from www.ikeepsafe.org) |
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| Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others when using technology | D | 2.6 | |||
| 3. Productivity Tools | Activities |
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| Enter text | D | c | 3.1 | ||
| Edit the line spacing of a document | S | j | 3.1 | ||
| Manipulate a document's layout by changing margin settings | D | k | 3.1 | ||
| Cut, copy and paste text in a document | D | l | 3.1 | ||
| Use the Spelling checker | D | m | 3.1 | ||
| Use the Grammar checker | D | n | 3.1 | ||
| Import and manipulate graphics | D | p | 3.1 | ||
| Use the thesaurus | D | t | 3.1 | ||
| Import a digital camera image | S | y | 3.1 | ||
| Select and manipulate a graphic using tools to resize, copy, paste, rotate, flip and delete. | D | f | 3.2 | ||
| Use a scanner or digital camera to capture an image | D | g | 3.2 | ||
| 4. Communication Tools | Activities |
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| Identify the main components of an electronic mail message, including To, From, CC, BCC, Subject line, Body and Attachments | S | a | 4.1 | ||
| Understand the concepts forwarding and replying to an email | S | b | 4.1 | ||
| Understand the importance of saving and delete email | S | c | 4.1 | ||
| Add bulleted and numbered text to a slide | S | e | 4.2 | ||
| Insert relative graphics from a variety of sources to a slide | S | f | 4.2 | ||
| Add student-produced graphics to a slide | D | g | 4.2 | ||
| Add video and/or digitized movie clips to a slide | D | h | 4.2 | ||
| Record and insert student-created sounds to a slide | S | l | 4.2 | ||
| Use various View options | D | n | 4.2 | ||
| Reorganize the slides using the slide sorter view | S | o | 4.2 | ||
| Create a presentation consisting of a series of slides/screens | D | a | 4.3 | ||
| Set a presentation to auto-run | D | c | 4.3 | ||
| 5. Research Tools | Activities |
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| Use the tool bar in the Web browser | D | d | 5.2 | ||
| Access and use search engines | D | a | 5.3 | ||
| Use Boolean expressions to refine searches | D | b | 5.3 | ||
| Capture information from an online article and transfer notes to MS Word with proper reference citation | D | c | 5.3 | ||
| Capture and save non-copyrighted graphics with proper reference citation | D | S | d | 5.3 | |
| Print a page from an Internet site | S | e | 5.3 | ||
| 6. Problem-Solving and Decision Making Tools | Activities |
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| Recognize the elements of a spreadsheet | D | b | 6.1 | ||
| Enter text and numbers into a spreadsheet | D | d | 6.1 | ||
| Select a cell or block of cells in a spreadsheet | D | e | 6.1 | ||
| Insert and delete rows and columns | D | f | 6.1 | ||
| Format a cell or block of cells | D | g | 6.1 | ||
| Save and retrieve spreadsheet files | D | h | 6.1 | ||
| Reorder columnar data by sorting | D | i | 6.1 | ||
| Insert and format column and row headings | D | j | 6.1 | ||
| Print a spreadsheet | D | r | 6.1 | ||
| View and contribute to a group-created graph... | D | a | 6.4 | ||
| Understand the type of graph to use based on the type of data to be displayed | D | b | 6.4 | ||
| Create a bar graph | D | f | 5.4 | ||
| Create a pie graph | D | g | 6.4 | ||
| Create a line graph | D | h | 6.4 | ||
| Add a title to a graph | D | i | 6.4 | ||
| Add a legend (key) to a graph | D | j | 6.4 | ||
| Add data labels to a chart | D | k | 6.4 | ||
| Save a graph | S | n | 6.4 | ||
| View and contribute to a group-created concept map | D | a | 6.5 | Inspiration - software | |
| Enter data that supports a main concept | D | d | 6.5 | Inspiration - software | |
| Change main and supporting concept box shapes | D | e | 6.5 | Inspiration - software | |
| Create a chronological timeline | D | i | 6.5 | ||
| Save a chronological timeline | D | j | 6.5 | ||
| Print a chronological timeline | D | k | 6.5 | ||