Using Word, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint with young

students

What do we want K-3 children to be able to do independently on

the computer?

How can teachers use available technology to enrich

lessons?

What are some ways we can “kill two birds with one

stone?”

•As a vehicle for altering/inserting text or graphics

•Attendance

•Shape patterns

•Beginning writing

•Editing

•File management (floppy disks)

• Clock Face• Daily Edits• Patsy’s Words• Farm Animals• Color Words• Counting• Classifying• Story Template

• Cloze Sentences• Missing Numbers• Equal Parts• Money Identification• Sequencing

– Early, late

• Graphing• Blends

•Graphing data

•Lunch count

•Teacher productivity

•Sorting information

• Monthly Temperatures• Gameboard• Make $1• Area & Perimeter• Attendance• Day Schedule• Charts

– Fast Foods, Free Time

• Grade Book• Lunch Count• Music Staff• Rubric Template• Data Manipulation• School Store Ledger

•Patterns and shapes

•Writing projects

•Working with photos

• Word Wall• Brochure• 4 Page Booklet• Weather Calendar• Constellation

• President’s Card• Sentence Sorting• Building Words• Word Family• Post Card

•Timer

•Greetings

•Field Trip

•Blackboard

•Interactive sequencing

• Blank – 21 slides• Sorting:

– ABC, Clouds

• Jeopardy• Map Skills• Number of the Day• Reviewer• Sight Words

• Announcements• Ciquains• Timer• Plants in my Neighbor

hood• Solid-Liquid-Gas• ABC Game• State Report

So many programs…

So little time…

Let’s explore!