HCSD K-12 Technology Benchmarks - Word Processing and Writing

Hornell City School District Technology Benchmarks

The table below outlines how specific computer hardware and software skills progress as students progress through the school.

Word Processing and Writing Technology Benchmarks

At the end of each school year, students will be able to...

Year Word Processing and Writing

Kindergarten
Use the shift key
Use punctuation keys
Use a word processor or graphics program to type text (name, words) with teacher assistance
Edit documents and make occasional changes to a composition while writing (delete or replace letters) with teacher assistance

Grade 1
Pick font and style
With guidance select known software to repeat a routine (use a word processor to type names, words, simple stories, etc.)
Create documents in Word independently
Create basic documents in Word with teacher assistance
Perform editing in basic Photoshop with teacher assistance.

Grade 2
Create a storyboard for a computer-based project
Compose and illustrate a nonfiction text
Use a word processor to generate and refine possible questions for an inquiry
Create basic documents in Word independently
Create basic documents in Word with teacher assistance
Perform editing in basic Word with teacher assistance.

Grade 3
Create a storyboard for a computer-based project with a computer application
Select from known software to perform a familiar task (select a word processor to write reports, poems, stories)
Make changes to a composition for revising and editing while writing and after completion of a draft (revise a story by adding and inserting ideas and edit known spelling and punctuation errors by deleting and replacing and/or using a spelling check)
Perform editing in basic Word independently.
Create basic documents in Word independently. Examples:
change fonts, sizes, styles, alignments and borders
insert a graphic from a library
utilize edit commands such as undo, cut, copy and paste
utilize the tool bar and page setup, column and spell check commands
select the color of the text
use text wrap for graphics

Grade 4
Utilize the full writing process through the use of word processor to produce a complete composition
Create intermediate documents in Word independently. Examples:
use alignment commands
tabs
insert tables
bullets

Grade 5
Take a completed composition and edit its format, text style and page layout for different kinds of writing tasks
Create advanced documents in Word independently. Examples:
use headers and footers
resize fonts
change fonts
use style features
do a spell check
use thesaurus
cut and paste
copy and paste

Grade 6
Use style features
Use thesaurus
Use simple techniques to facilitate the writing process
Use a mind mapping program to brainstorm and connect ideas
Classify ideas by copying and pasting into a chart, creating headings for each group

Grade 7
Use graphics from library
Download graphics from Internet sites
Make graphics from software and use in document
Use techniques to facilitate composition, revision and editing (compose both introduction and conclusion, filling out the body text later, mark sections that will require revision by changing the style)
Create a sequence of steps in a process that can then be revised and reordered

Grade 8
Make columns
Use a range of techniques to facilitate composition, revision and editing (write key points in bullet form, cut and paste paragraphs to reorder them)

Grade 9
Create simple project specific word processing documents which include graphics, tables, images, and other files
Use electronic dictionary, thesaurus and spell checker, and multilingual dictionaries
Use a range of techniques to facilitate composition, revision and editing (write key points in bullet form, cut and paste paragraphs to reorder them)
Create headers, footers and references following correct style

Grade 10
Create complex newsletters or booklets for specific classroom projects with teacher assistance
Insert spreadsheets into word processor documents.

Grade 11
Create bilingual documents
Save into various formats and insert into other documents or files with teacher assistance

Grade 12
Complete and communicate all research and writing assignments in appropriate and recognized styles
Save into various formats and insert into other documents or files as needed

Year	Word Processing and Writing
Kindergarten	Use the shift key Use punctuation keys Use a word processor or graphics program to type text (name, words) with teacher assistance Edit documents and make occasional changes to a composition while writing (delete or replace letters) with teacher assistance
Grade 1	Pick font and style With guidance select known software to repeat a routine (use a word processor to type names, words, simple stories, etc.) Create documents in Word independently Create basic documents in Word with teacher assistance Perform editing in basic Photoshop with teacher assistance.
Grade 2	Create a storyboard for a computer-based project Compose and illustrate a nonfiction text Use a word processor to generate and refine possible questions for an inquiry Create basic documents in Word independently Create basic documents in Word with teacher assistance Perform editing in basic Word with teacher assistance.
Grade 3	Create a storyboard for a computer-based project with a computer application Select from known software to perform a familiar task (select a word processor to write reports, poems, stories) Make changes to a composition for revising and editing while writing and after completion of a draft (revise a story by adding and inserting ideas and edit known spelling and punctuation errors by deleting and replacing and/or using a spelling check) Perform editing in basic Word independently. Create basic documents in Word independently. Examples: change fonts, sizes, styles, alignments and borders insert a graphic from a library utilize edit commands such as undo, cut, copy and paste utilize the tool bar and page setup, column and spell check commands select the color of the text use text wrap for graphics
Grade 4	Utilize the full writing process through the use of word processor to produce a complete composition Create intermediate documents in Word independently. Examples: use alignment commands tabs insert tables bullets
Grade 5	Take a completed composition and edit its format, text style and page layout for different kinds of writing tasks Create advanced documents in Word independently. Examples: use headers and footers resize fonts change fonts use style features do a spell check use thesaurus cut and paste copy and paste
Grade 6	Use style features Use thesaurus Use simple techniques to facilitate the writing process Use a mind mapping program to brainstorm and connect ideas Classify ideas by copying and pasting into a chart, creating headings for each group
Grade 7	Use graphics from library Download graphics from Internet sites Make graphics from software and use in document Use techniques to facilitate composition, revision and editing (compose both introduction and conclusion, filling out the body text later, mark sections that will require revision by changing the style) Create a sequence of steps in a process that can then be revised and reordered
Grade 8	Make columns Use a range of techniques to facilitate composition, revision and editing (write key points in bullet form, cut and paste paragraphs to reorder them)
Grade 9	Create simple project specific word processing documents which include graphics, tables, images, and other files Use electronic dictionary, thesaurus and spell checker, and multilingual dictionaries Use a range of techniques to facilitate composition, revision and editing (write key points in bullet form, cut and paste paragraphs to reorder them) Create headers, footers and references following correct style
Grade 10	Create complex newsletters or booklets for specific classroom projects with teacher assistance Insert spreadsheets into word processor documents.
Grade 11	Create bilingual documents Save into various formats and insert into other documents or files with teacher assistance
Grade 12	Complete and communicate all research and writing assignments in appropriate and recognized styles Save into various formats and insert into other documents or files as needed

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Word Processing and Writing Technology Benchmarks