Kindergarten Technology Benchmarks

  • Use correct terminology: cursor, mouse, monitor, keyboard
    SMARTBoard and Kidspiration matching activities are available in SOL Resources folder

  • Open Word document and type name.
    Extension Activities using Paint, Scholastic Keys, Kidspiration or Kid Pix
    Language Arts
    Math
    Science
    Social Studies
    Draw and label vocabulary word Draw and label a set of objectives. Draw and label things that can be recycled. Draw and label famous Americans.
    Draw and label characters from stories. Draw and label shapes. Draw a life cycle and label it. Draw and label a need and a want.
    Draw and label a simple story map. Draw and label ordinal positions of 3 objects. Draw a picture with the name of a season. Draw two objects and label: past/present.

  • Open a program from the Application Launcher or desktop.

  • Close a program after using
    Use programs such as:  AtoZap, Study Dog, Word, Scholastic Keys, Kidspiration, Math Rabbit, and SMART Notebook
    Language Arts
    Math
    Science
    Social Studies
    Use SB for sorting and draw/write activities. Use Math Rabbit to review shapes. Complete Kidspiration sort on seasons. Use SB to go over positional vocabulary.
    Use Kidspiration to create picture maps. Use number dice to illustrate numbers. Draw/write about what we need to survive. Use SB to draw pictures of holidays.
    Use SB for handwriting practice. Complete Kidspiration sort on coins. Use SB to sort by properties of an object. Draw symbols of our country.

  • Use mouse to navigate and make selections on a website or program.
    Try the Kindergarten portaportal for great websites for Kindergarten.
    Language Arts
    Math
    Science
    Social Studies
    Starfall Hekko BBC Science Clips Name this Picture
    Julia's Rainbow Corner Sesame Street Games Dress the Weather Bear Scholastic Community Club
    The Literacy Center Illuminations Houghton Mifflin Science Series BBC Dynamo's History

  • Internet Safety (See curriculum)

Sample Unit Activity that covers five of this grade level's requirements:
Students can use the BBC Dynamo's History website when studying past and present. Follow-up using a Long Ago and Today Kidspiration sort. Students can add their name to the sort before printing.