Post on 27-Mar-2015
K-2 Terminology
Computer terms you should know at the end of
Kindergarten, First and Second Grade
Kindergarten Terminology
to select by pressing
a button on a mouse
Click
Kindergarten Terminology
To click on an item and move it across the screen, while holding down on the left mouse button
Drag
Kindergarten Terminology Cont.
Disk
Storage device allows us to store documents to work on another computer
Kindergarten Terminology Cont.
Drag
To move the mouse while its button is being depressed
Kindergarten Terminology Cont.
Icon
A small picture on the desktop or taskbar, which represents a program or task that it will complete
Kindergarten Terminology Cont.
Double Click
To click the mouse two times quickly to open a program
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Desktop
The first screen you see containing the program icons
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Menu
A box which opens when you clicked on and gives you options
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Menu Bar
A bar at the top of the program currently being used, displaying the title of each menu
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Space
The act of pressing the spacebar in order to separate individual words or numbers
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Shut Down
To end a program or turn off a computer
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Delete
To eliminate text
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Save
To permanently keep a document or other work either on the CPU or a CD/Floppy disk
SAVE YOUR WORK!
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Documents
Work created in a software program, often a letter or a paragraph.
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Text
Any combination of words or letters
entered by a keyboard
ABCABC
ABC
ABCABC
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Folder
way of organizing documents or program icons
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Double Space To add two spaces
between text.2
1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Task Bar Bar at the bottom of the screen that is currently being used, displaying the title of each menu.
2nd Grade Terminology Cont.
Highlight To drag your mouse over an area in order to delete, copy or bring attention to text
I can use the COMPUTER.
2nd Grade Terminology Cont.
To indent a paragraph.
I am using the TAB key to begin a new paragraph.
The TAB key is located above the Caps Lock key.
You will press the TAB button by using your pinky finger.