Using Apps and Tools
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will open, use, and close simple apps/tools (drawing, typing, camera) and identify common buttons and icons.
Teaching Notes
- Teach icon meaning with visuals (home, back, save).
- Model steps: open app → do task → save (if needed) → close.
- Emphasize asking for help before changing settings.
- Use consistent vocabulary: tap/click, icon, menu, save.
🧒 Student Worksheet
Concept and Helping Material
Apps and tools help you do jobs on a computer, phone, or tablet—like drawing, writing, and taking pictures. Icons and buttons help you choose what to do.
Computer Vocabulary and Definition
- — A small picture you tap or click to open something.
- — A list of choices on the screen.
- — To keep your work so you can find it later.
- — A row of buttons for tools like pencil or eraser.
- — To exit an app or window.
Computer QA
1. What is an icon?
2. What does save mean?
3. What is a menu?
4. What is a toolbar?
5. What does close mean?
6. True or False: You should save work you want to keep.
7. True or False: An icon is a kind of keyboard.
8. What might you use a drawing app for?
9. What might you use a typing app for?
10. What tool often removes mistakes in drawing apps?
11. What tool often changes the color in a drawing app?
12. If you cannot find your work later, what step might you forget?
13. What should you do before pressing a button you do not know?
14. What button might take you back to the last screen?
15. What button might take you to the main screen?
16. What can a camera app do?
17. What can a microphone tool do?
18. Why is a toolbar helpful?
19. What is one safe way to end an app?
20. What is one app you use at school?
Computer Prtactices
- Icon match: Match an icon (home, back, save) to its meaning.
- Open a drawing app and use 3 tools: pencil, color, eraser.
- Type a 2-sentence note in a writing app, then save it with a teacher’s help.
- Practice closing an app the right way and returning to the home screen.
Reflection
- What app did you use today, and what did it help you do?
- Why is saving important?