The Foote School: Academic Programs
Technology Department
Curriculum By Grade


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Listen to the NEW Foote School Radio Station online!
"Falcon a101"
On campus? Click here.

See the
China E-pal teleconference

View "Social Networking:
A Parents' Guide to Internet Safety"
, a presentation to the Foote School Association and PTC .

 

 

MAG 3rd Grade 4th Grade
5th Grade 6th Grade 7th - 9th Grades
MAG

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Computer Skills / Software to be Covered:
  • Internet Safety / Appropriate Use Policy Discussion
  • Keyboarding (Ten Thumbs Typing)
  • Inspiration (brainstorming, notetaking, writing, outlining, pre-writing, creative writing, literary analysis)
  • Word Processing w/ Microsoft Word and Pages
  • Pages – Document layout / design program
  • Keynote presentation software
  • Saving to Shared Folder / Using Drop Box for assignments
  • Research skills reinforcement (using internet databases & websites, library online resources, Boolean searches, evaluating resources)
Curriculum Integration
  • Inspiration work with summer reading book (The Watsons Go to Birmingham)
  • Inspiration, Microsoft Word, Keynote - research papers (2 per year)
  • Keynote - Science research project presentation
  • Pages - Travel brochure for Country Project (2nd half of year)
  • Spreadsheets / Keynote presentation - Country Project - fact sheet, statistic comparison, graphs (US vs. Country of choice)

See the Middle School Lab page for more information on the Sixth Grade curriculum.

Updated Sept. 2006
 
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