We've been feeling pretty comfortable with the keyboard, so the time was right to move on to our next computer part...the mouse. Young kids are pretty amazing when it comes to technology and many are already quite comfortable with the mouse. But it's a good idea to review what exactly each of the mouse actions does. We discussed using the mouse to point, single click, double click, drag and drop, scroll, and highlight. We didn't just see how they worked, we discussed what each of those functions actually does, Then we practiced. This week, we integrated subtraction into our lesson. Students completed an exercise where they read a math problem, modeled the problem with an illustration, completed the subtraction number sentence at the bottom, then changed the color of the type. We moved flies, frogs, apples, bats, and cups with our mouse. Clicking, dragging, typing, highlighting...it was a busy busy week.
