October Activities for the Computer Lab

By October in the computer lab things are starting to settle down a bit. Most students can get logged in independently. They are finally ready to dig in to some projects that bring other academic content together with tech skills.
Kindergarten: Mouse Practice and Website Navigation
Fall Theme Digital Click and Drag Practice with Alphabet Activities
Most Kindergarten students still need serious time practicing the mouse or trackpad. This is a skill we have to keep reviewing and using in order for them to master it. Fall Themed Mouse Practice Work Mats are great for this time of year as a warm up or early finisher activity. Also perfect to leave with a sub.
You’ll see Timely Tech across many grade levels here because there is something for everyone. The Kindergarten activities for October include letters, numbers, patterns, and word families, all while practicing the mouse or trackpad.
First Grade: Keyboard, Website Navigation, Fire Safety
For some fun themed activities, Fire Safety week is a great opportunity to use coding robots. For first grade, I have students program the bot to go to one card at a time. If you want to add a challenge to that you can have them program the bot to go to the spot and back to the start place.
Second Grade: Pixel Art, Fire Safety
Third Grade: Pixel Art, Timely Tech
For the main activity for October in 3rd grade, students work through the slides in Timely Tech. They work on alphabetizing, they make new words out of the October themed words, respond to a typing prompt, and use the shape tools to design a scarecrow.
Fourth Grade: Online Research Skills
Fifth Grade: Technology Vocab and Troubleshooting, Copy and Paste

Check out these other monthly and holiday themed blog posts:
4th of July Themed Activities for the Elementary Computer Lab
Memorial Day Themed Activities for the Elementary Computer Lab
Easter Themed Activities for the Elementary Computer Lab
Saint Patrick’s Day Themed Activities for the Elementary Computer Lab
Valentine’s Day Themed Activities for the Elementary Computer Lab
New Years Themed Activities for the Elementary Computer Lab
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