1st Grade Technology Lessons and Activities

Did you know that Kindergarten isn't required in every state? I found this out the hard way my first year of teaching in North Carolina when 1st graders came into the tech lab with no school or desktop computer experience. I had planned to do a quick review of the Kindergarten stuff and then jump into more challenging projects, but my students slowed me way down. Instead, we had to spend time building skills (even the kindergarten students still needed practice) and learning all about the computer. You'll see in the scope and sequence below that the first unit teaches students about the parts of the computer, the internet, and how to save websites to favorites. By mid-year my first graders are always ready for more!

So, I created these 1st Grade Technology Lessons and Activities for the entire school year that will make a great supplement to your technology curriculum. These lesson plans and activities will save you so much time coming up with what to do during your computer lab time. They are ideal for a technology teacher or a first grade teacher with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you!

What you need in order to use these lesson plans:

- Laptops are ideal (PC or Chromebooks) because a lot of the lessons require a flash browser. I suppose that Macs are also totally fine if you can download a flash browser. 

- A class website (doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a place to store the links) or learning management system like Edmodo, Google Classroom, etc. The website links need to go on a password protected page. Another option is to make a desktop shortcut that links to the site. Another option is having students access it once and then save to their favorites. What I am getting at here is that there are lots of options that all protect the digital copyright.

Each lesson or project includes:

-a rationale page

-an editable lesson planning page

-a web page with linked prompts, directions, and activities

-a video for the teacher for how to use all of these resources together titled "start here" in your download folder

-Unit cover pages for a binder if you want to print out these plans

Enough to last you the entire school year! 

1st Grade Technology Lessons Scope and Sequence

These are the lesson titles you will find in this resource:

Rules and Procedures

1.How to’s

2.Computer Parts

3.How to use the Internet

4.Save to Favorites

Mouse and Keyboard Practice

1.Mouse Practice

2.Keyboard Arrows

3.Memory Match

4.Paint and Make

5.Alphabet Order

Internet Safety

1. Internet Safety 1-4

Computers and Academics

1.Math with Computers 1 and 2

2.Addition Game

3.Reading with Computers 1 and 2

Word Processing

1.MS Word 1-4

2.Typing Practice

3.Writing with Computers

Presentation Software

1.PowerPoint 1-3

2.Make a Secret Message

3.Make a Story

Ready to add this to your cart on TpT? Click here. If you would like your school to purchase this and wish for an administrator to look over the resource preview, I created a page just for him/her. Find it on my Example Technology Curriculum Site.

This 1st grade set of lessons is also part of a larger bundle of K-5 technology lessons. I made a Frequently Asked Questions blog post about it, which you might find very informative.

I also offer a free technology teacher email course. It is 5 parts and walks you though how I do my planning and collect data.