Book Report: Grade 4 *Please select a fiction book as the focus of this book report. Name: _____________________________________________ Grade: _____________________________________________ Date: _____________________________________________ Title of Book: ___________________________________________ Author of Book: __________________________________________ Please answer in complete sentences. Setting: (Where does the story take place?)

Main Characters: (Describe each of them few sentences ) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe the main events in the story. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Would you recommend this book to a friend? ___________________ Explain why or why not _____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

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Draw a picture below depicting your favorite part of the book.

Keyboarding Quiz 1

Directions: Circle the best answer to each question. 1 When typing, you should always keep your eyes on the _____________.

a. monitor b. keyboard c. speakers d. mouse

2 When typing, your fingers should always rest in the ____________.

a. school position b. home school position c. hello row position d. home row position

3. When typing, your back should be ____________. a. straight b. bent c. leaning c. slouched

3.Give the name of the keys that let you type uppercase letters.

_______________________ _________________________

4.What name is given to the key that allows you to space letters or words?

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Name: _______________________________ Class: _______________________________ Date: ________________________________

5.What are the home row keys? _____ _____ ______ ______ ______

______ ______ _____ ____ _____.

Computer Basics Worksheet II

Directions: Locate the technology tool on a Web site, and then draw an illustration of the

technology tool in the box provided.

Technology Tool

Illustration

Technology Tool

Illustration

Cables monitor

CD-ROM

drive

mouse

compact disc

(CD)

mouse pad

USB Thumb

Drive

printer

Head Sets speakers

Name: _______________________________

Class: _______________________________

Date: ________________________________

keyboard tower

laptop

Technology Ethics Worksheet II Name: _______________________________ Class: _______________________________ Date: ________________________________

Directions: Write the letter of the correct definition in the gray box next to each term listed below.

1. software

a. The exchange of messages using computer networks. Electronic mail.

2. computer virus

b. A part of your writing that is copied from someone else.

3. plagiarism

c. Messages are electronically exchanged with another person using usernames.

4. e-mail

d. A worldwide network connecting millions of computers.

5. Internet

e. A virtual room used to communicate in real time with other people.

6. instant messaging

f. A destructive code that spreads from computer to computer, capable of damaging software.

7. chat room

g. A program designed to use on computers. Examples include Microsoft Word and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing.

Do’s and Don’ts

Term Do ☺ Don’t ☺ Picture

software Do buy your own software.

Do not make copies of software and pass them out to your friends.

computer virus

Do delete viruses from your computer.

Do not send viruses to other people.

plagiarism Do read information and then put it in your own words.

Do not copy straight from the Internet.

e-mail Do be polite when sending e-mail.

Do not send a mean e-mail.

Internet Do go to safe places on the Internet approved by your parents.

Do not surf to bad Web sites.

instant messaging

Do talk with your friends.

Do not write mean messages.

chat room Do talk in chat rooms about your opinions while using a username.

Do not give away personal information about yourself.

Online Dictionaries

Listed below are several online dictionaries that could be used to locate the definition of a specific technology ethics term.

Title

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Dictionary.com

www.dictionary.com

Merriam-Webster

www.m-w.com/home.htm

Your Dictionary

www.yourdictionary.com

Technology Ethics Online Stories Listed below are interactive Macromedia Flash online stories related to

ethical behavior while using the computer.

Title Screenshot Uniform Resource Locator

(URL)

Mr. J. Thaddeus

Toad in “Web Mania”

http://disney.go.com/family/webmania/ index.html

The Three Little Pigs in “Who’s Afraid of the Little Sweet

Sheep?”

http://disney.go.com/family/threepigs/ index.html

Questions

Basic Technology Tools Web Sites

Listed below are several Web sites that could be used to find the purpose of the technology tools.

Title

Screenshot Uniform Resource Locator

(URL)

How Stuff Works

www.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm

Inside a Typical Computer

http://members.aol.com/ wbox/wboxmenu.htm

Kids Domain Computer

Connections: Computers Inside

& Out

www.kidsdomain.com/brain/ computer/lesson/comp_les1.html

Kids Online

www.kids-online.net/kidsframe.html

Technology Ethics Information

These sites contain valuable information about ethical behavior

when using the Internet.

www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/index.cfm

www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html www.iste.org/bookstore/detail.cfm?sku=cometh www.learnthenet.com/english/section/www.html

www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=Intrnt

Internet Safety Games

Listed below are Web sites with Internet safety games and activities for children.

Title

Screenshot

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

KidsCom

www.kidscom.com/ games/isg/isg.html

Looney Tunes Teach the Internet

www.warnerbros.com/ ltti/homepage.html

WPM Record

Name: _________________________ Grade:_____________

Name of Typing Program

Date:

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Educational Websites

www.abcya.com

www.dancemattyping.com

www.sunmoonusa.com/TryAl.htm

www.kidscom.com/games/isg/isg.html

www.warnerbros.com/ltti/homepage.html

www.magickeys.com

http://bestkidswebsites.com/funbrain-arcade/

www.starfall.com