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
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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
- What is an icon?
- What does save mean?
- What is a menu?
- What is a toolbar?
- What does close mean?
- True or False: You should save work you want to keep.
- True or False: An icon is a kind of keyboard.
- What might you use a drawing app for?
- What might you use a typing app for?
- What tool often removes mistakes in drawing apps?
- What tool often changes the color in a drawing app?
- If you cannot find your work later, what step might you forget?
- What should you do before pressing a button you do not know?
- What button might take you back to the last screen?
- What button might take you to the main screen?
- What can a camera app do?
- What can a microphone tool do?
- Why is a toolbar helpful?
- What is one safe way to end an app?
- 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?