An original fiction story about a laptop that dies the night before a big report is due. This My Computer Died Reading Comprehension Worksheet builds 4th grade text-evidence skills, and a complete answer key is included.
Let's Publish My Writing Activity helps 2nd to 4th Grade writers pick a prompt card, plan, and type one full page on the computer, then check their work with a publishing checklist.
Run the How Much Will It Absorb Diaper STEAM Activity as a real lab for 4th to 6th grade: test diaper gel, convert capacity units, and design a diaper, with an answer key included.
Students hunt for U.S. government facts with this digital dilemma research activity for 3rd to 5th grade, checking each answer in a website and a book. An answer key is included.
Using Publish It Writing on the the Computer Activity, students use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Using Name That President Smartboard Game, students look at pictures of each president to build their knowledge of our past presidents.
Using this Get to the Point PowerPoint Activity, students learn to include multimedia components such as graphics, sounds, and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
Using Enhancing My Presentation Activity, students add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations to enhance the development of main ideas.
Using the Computer Whiz Reward Certificate for Boys, your student will feel celebrated and recognized for their accomplishment of being a computer whiz.
Using the Computer Whiz Reward Certificate for Girls, your student will feel celebrated and recognized for their accomplishment of being a computer whiz.
Click, type, create, publish!
Fourth graders move from using technology to creating with it. They type and format their own writing, build simple slideshows, and learn to search the internet and decide if a website can be trusted. Digital citizenship becomes a big deal too: kids talk about passwords, kindness online and what to do when something doesn't feel right. Many also try beginning coding and learn basic computer care. The click moment is when a student publishes a polished piece and says, "I made that!"
Technology skills stick when kids use them for something real. These moves give every click a purpose.
Project your screen and publish a short paragraph while kids watch: open, type, change the font, add a picture, save. Say each step out loud. Then kids publish their own writing with the steps posted beside them.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withPublish It Writing on the Computer ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Have kids make a 4-slide presentation on a topic they love, with a rule: one big idea per slide and no more than 10 words. They learn that good slides are short and clear, then present to a partner for feedback.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withGet to the Point PowerPoint ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Read a short scenario, like a friend asking for your password or a mean comment in a group chat. Kids decide what to do in small groups and share. Practicing online choices out loud prepares them for the real thing.
Why it works: playful practice with a clear goal keeps kids practicing longer, and simple learning games have been shown to build real skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withDigital Dilemma Research ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Tech time kids look forward to.
AssessmentsRead a funny story about a computer meltdown and answer the questions. Great for talking about saving work often.
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ActivitiesKids add transitions, images and clear titles to make a plain slideshow really shine.
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ActivitiesTeams race to name the president on the smartboard. Interactive whiteboard practice and history together.
Open Name That President Smartboard Game →Teacher favorites right now: My Computer Died Reading Comprehension Worksheet, Let's Publish My Writing Activity and How Much Will It Absorb Diaper STEAM Activity.
Most 4th graders can type short pieces, format text, save and find files, make a simple slideshow and search the internet safely. Many also begin basic coding and learn rules for being a good digital citizen.
Use real scenarios kids may face: sharing passwords, unkind comments or a pop-up asking for personal information. Talk through good choices and make sure kids know to tell a trusted adult.
Many 4th graders type around 10 to 20 words per minute. Accuracy and good habits, like using both hands, matter more than speed at this age.
Let them type a letter to a relative, make a slideshow about a family trip or research a favorite animal. Real projects build skills faster than drills alone.
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