Elementary Computer Science Grade 4

Segment One

• Adaptive technologies
• The impact technology has on people’s lives
• Digital footprints
• Using technology to communicate
• Proper netiquette
• Internet safety
• Cyberbullying
• Digital citizenship
• Correct hand and finger placement for typing
• Creating code in Scratch
• Understanding coding concepts such as functions, events, and parallelism
• Identifying a bug in the code and debugging the code
• Computer organization and personalization
• Operating systems
• Artificial intelligence
• Cyber safety
• Boolean logic
• Website reliability
• Keyboarding accuracy
• Conducting research

Segment Two

• Plagiarism, copyright, and copyright infringement
• Free resources, public domain, and Creative Commons
• Academic Integrity
• Fair use and free use
• Works-cited page and using citations
• Word Online
• Formatting and proofing tools
• Functions, events, and initial conditions in code
• Debugging code
• Media and multimedia
• Pride and ownership in work
• Publishing and collaboration, feedback, constructive criticism, and peer conferencing
• Coding in Scratch
• Loops and parallelism in code
• Keyboarding

Students will need the following materials: printer, cell phone or scanner, notebook, pencils, erasers, scissors, crayons, glue, and printer paper.

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, oral assessments, and discussions. Core courses will use the state-approved grading scale and Special Area courses will use an S or U grading scale.

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.