This unit plan is a comprehensive resource for teaching and assessing computer skills in your Foundation classroom. The unit includes a presentation, digital activities, classroom display, and group assessment task. The detailed and engaging unit plan requires minimal preparation time and is designed to be progressive and engaging for your class. The ICT aspects of this unit are also suitable for Year 1 and Year 2.
Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly
Follow and describe algorithms involving a sequence of steps, branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition)
Use the basic features of common digital tools to create, locate and communicate content
Use the basic features of common digital tools to share content and collaborate demonstrating agreed behaviours, guided by trusted adults
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
Recognise and explore digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose
Follow, describe and represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve simple problems
Create and organise ideas and information using information systems independently and with others, and share these with known people in safe online environments
Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message
Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts
Develops solutions to an identified need
Identifies digital systems and explores how instructions are used to control digital devices
Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Describes, follows and represents algorithms to solve problems
Identifies the components of digital systems and explores how data is represented
Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts
Understands and responds to literature read to them
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
Identify and explore digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose
Follow, describe and represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve simple problems
Independently and with others create and organise ideas and information using information systems, and share these with known people in safe online environments