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SBAC Tech Skills for grades 1-2

 

Mouse Practice

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Description

CCSS      

Magical Capitals         

Magical Capitals allows students to practice their understanding of capitalization and mouse skills. 

ELA
(RF.1.1) 

Color, Draw & Paint 

Color, Draw & Paint gives students the opportunity drawing lines, circles and navigating buttons with their mouse.      

FUN 

Balloon Pop Subtraction

Balloon Pop Subtraction allows students the opportunity to practice subtraction while they practice their mouse
skills.

ELA
(RF.K.3)      

SBAC Tech Skills for grades 3-4

 

Mouse Practice

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Skill

Activities and Description

CCSS      

Scroll Practice                                          
 

Students will visit Scroll Practice and follow directions to practice using the mouse. 

Using Math Maven students are expected to apply their mouse skills by scrolling through prompts to solve the math mystery and answer the question.  

 Math
(3.OA.D.8)
(4.OA.A3) 

Highlight Text 

Using Highlighting Text students will wear headphone, listen to the directions and practice highlighting text. 

Students will visit Grade 3 Proofreading Makes Perfect and Grade 4 Proofreading Makes Perfect to practice correcting grammar, spelling usage, and punctuation. Students will need to practice highlighting text, and placing cursor in specific locations in the text.     

ELA 
(L.3.1,L.3.2)
(L.4.1,L4.2)

 Mouse Clicking   

Students will play Mouse Clicking to improve the speed and accuracy of mouse clicking

Using Spelling Bees students will practice their speed and accuracy of using the mouse.  

ELA
(RF.3.3)
(RF.4.3) 

Keyboarding

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Description

CCSS

Monkey Paws             

Students will type keys using left and right hands.                                                                                                

ELA            
(W.1.6)
(W.2.6) 

Keyboarding Zoo

Students will practice finding the keys on the keyboard. 

ELA
(W.1.6)
(W.2.6) 

Keyboard Climber          

Students will navigate the website to begin and type keys that appear.          

ELA
(W.1.6)
(W.2.6) 

Keyboarding

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Skill

Activities and Description

CCSS

Keyboarding

Students will use Dance Mat Typing to practice typing skills, choose your level.                                            

ELA            
(W.3.6)
(W.4.6) 

Keyboarding

Students will use Typing Club to follow sequential format for improving a variety of typing skills. 

ELA
(W.3.6)
(W.4.6) 

Number Pad Practice          

Using Number Pad Practice students will focus on using the number key pad and will practice using the number pad for speed and accuracy

Students will play Math Quiz to improve their multiplication fluency while practicing using the number key pad.          

Navigation 

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Description

CCSS

Number Chart Game       

In the Number Chart Game students will place numbers in the appropriate location on the number chart while 
choosing between levels and finding hot spots.  

Math
(1.NBT.A.1)  
(2.NBT.A1) 

Dinosaurs Read Aloud

Dinosaurs Read Aloud is a read aloud that allows students to practice navigation, while listening to reading. Use      
hot spots (pause, arrow) and volume sliders.  

ELA
(SL1.4)
(SL2.2)

Study Jams           

In Study Jams, students can watch videos and play supplemental games on as variety of topics tied to 
CCSS Math standards. Play a video, use navigation tools, and learn! 

Math   

Math Word Problems

In Math Word Problems, have students choose a grade level, and practice typing in a constructed response box.

Math 
(1.OA.A.2)
(2.OA.A.1)
 

Navigation 

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Skill

Activities and Description

CCSS

Understanding Symbols      

Using Word Clouds for Kids students will practice interpreting how to navigate an activity by creating content-specific word clouds. 

ELA            
(W.3.6)
(W.4.6) 

Writing into Fields

Using The Friendly Letter Creator, students will practice typing into fields.

Esperanza Rising will allow students to respond to prompts by typing into fields. Once finished, they have the option of printing their writing. 

ELA
(W.3.1)
(W.4.1) 

Navigating Videos

In Study Jams, students can watch videos and play supplemental games on a variety of topics tied to 
CCSS Math standards. Play a video, use navigation tools, and learn! 

Math   

Multiple Navigation Skills 

Using Story Starters, students will use a variety of navigation skills including locating hotspots, toggling to advance to next screen and
typing into fields to create a story. 

ELA
(W.3.3)
(W.4.3)
 

Drag & Drop 

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Skill

Activities and Description

CCSS         

Drag and Drop                    

Using Thinking Blocks, students will model and solve word problems while practicing their navigation and drag and drop skills. 

Using Clean Up Your Grammar, students will practice dragging and dropping by sorting verbs and nouns. 
 

Math
(3.OA.) 
(4.OA)  
ELA
(L.3.2)
L.4.2) 

Drag & Drop 

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Description

CCSS

Base Ten Fun                

In Base Ten Fun students will practice their 'drag & drop' skills by constructing numbers using base ten blocks.     

Math
(1.NBT.B2)
(2.NBT.A1)   

Spelling Practice with 
Dolce Sight Words
 

Practice spelling site words by dragging and dropping letters to spell the word.  

ELA 
(RF.K.2) 

Math Journey                  

In Math Journey, students will practice their 'drag and drop' skills by choosing which numbers are greater or
less than by traveling through the journey.  

Math
(1NBT.B3)
(2.NBT.A4)

SBAC Tech Skills for grades 5-6

 

Mouse Practice

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Skill

Activities and Description

CCSS      

Mouse Practice           
 

Students can practice multiple mouse skills, including scrolling, using drop down menus, radio buttons, and           
accessing links, using the Mousercise exercises, and if necessary visit the Mousing Around tutorial.

ELA
(W.5.6) 

Highlight Text 

Using Highlighting Text students will wear headphone, listen to the directions and practice highlighting text. 

Students will visit Grade 5 Proofreading Makes Perfect to practice correcting grammar, spelling usage, 
and punctuation. Students will need to practice highlighting text, and 
placing cursor in specific locations in the text.     

ELA 
(L5.2)

 Mouse Clicking   

Students will practice their speed and accuracy of using the mouse by playing various math games found in 
FunBrain: Math Arcade. Students should identify their grade level prior to playing game. 

 Math

Keyboarding

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Skill

Activities and Description

CCSS

Keyboarding

Students will use Keyboard Invasion to practice typing skills, choose your level.                                            

ELA
(W.5.6) 

Keyboarding

Students will use Sky Chase to practice typing skills. 

ELA
(W.5.6) 

Number Pad Practice          

Using Number Pad Practice students will focus on using the number key pad and will practice using the 
number pad for speed and accuracy

Students will play Math Quiz to improve their multiplication fluency while practicing using the number
key pad.          

ELA
(W.5.6)

SBAC Tech Skills for TK-K

 

Mouse Practice

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Description

CCSS

Starfall Pattern Maze              

Starfall Pattern Maze allows students to practice using the mouse while they practice identifying shapes.  

Math
(K.G.A.2)  

Birthday Candle Counting

Birthday Candle Counting gives students the opportunity to practice using the mouse while they practice one-to-one 
counting. 

Math 
(K.CC.B.4) 

Alphabet Bingo & 
Sight Word Bingo

Alphabet Bingo & Sight Word Bingo allows students to practice using the mouse while practicing letter-sound 
recognition and capitalization. 

ELA
(RF.K.3)

Navigation 

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Skill

Activities and Description

CCSS

Understanding Symbols      

Using Tagxedo, students will practice interpreting how to navigate an activity by creating content-
specific word clouds. 

ELA            
(W.3.6)
(RL. 5.2,5.4)) 

Writing into Fields

Using Make Beliefs Comix, students will practice typing into fields by creating original comics using a 
variety of editing and selection tools.  

ELA
(W.5.3)
(W.5.4) 

Navigating Videos

In Study Jams, students can watch videos and play supplemental games on a variety of topics tied to 
CCSS Math standards. Play a video, use navigation tools, and learn! 

Math   

Multiple Navigation Skills 

Using Making an Animation students will use a variety of navigation skills including copying, selection tools,    

ELA
(W.5.6)

Navigation 

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Description

CCSS

Starfall                

Starfall is a kid-friendly navigation site that allows students to practice letter-sound recognition. Starfall will begin 
to allow students to observe patterns in navigation.  

ELA
(RF.K.3) 

Word Machine

Word Machine allows students to practice their short vowel sounds while learning how to look for 'Hot Spots' 

when navigating websites. 

ELA 
(RF.K.2) 

 

 

Marvin Makes Music

Marvin Makes Music is a read aloud that allows students to practice navigation, while listening to reading.              

ELA
(SL.K.2) 

Drag & Drop 

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Skill

Activities and Description

CCSS         

Drag and Drop                    

Using Thinking Blocks, students will model and solve word problems while practicing their navigation and drag 
and drop skills. 

 

Math
(5.OA.)


Drag & Drop 

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Description

CCSS

Starfall2D & 3D 
Shapes
                               

Starfall 2D & 3D Shapes will allow students to identify 2D & 3D shapes while they practice how to 'drag and drop'. 

Math
(K.G.A.2)     

Zac and the Hat

Zac and the Hat allows students to practice short vowel sounds while they practice how to 'drag and drop.' 

ELA 
(RF.K.2) 

Make a FaceMake
a Pizza
Create a Car, & Make a
Snowman
                              

Students have fun while practicing dragging and dropping by creating characters, cars and more!  

FUN