GRADE 3

Professor Vassen NAËCK - Head Curriculum Implementation,

Textbook Development and Evaluation

THE ICT SKILLS PANEL

MAURITIUS INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

Mr. Christian LI LUEN CHING - Panel Coordinator, Senior Lecturer
Mr Paramaseeven SOOBEN - Lecturer

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES, TERTIARY EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Mrs Amrita CHADEE - ICT Support Officer
Mrs Mitranee BULLYRAZ - ICT Support Officer
Mr Teddy Steeve CESAR - ICT Support Officer
Mr Rishi PERSAND - ICT Support Officer
Mr Furzeen GOODUR - ICT Support Officer
Mrs Meenaxshi MUTTY-GUNESS - ICT Support Officer

Acknowledgements

Collaborators
Mr Kaviraj GOODOORY - Associate Professor
Dr Vikashkumar JHURREE - Senior Lecturer
Mr Marday PYNEANDEE - Senior Lecturer

Layout

GRAPHICS SECTION
Mrs Kamla ERNEST - Officer in Charge
Mr Isstiac GOOLJAR - Graphic Designer

ISBN: 978-99949-44-49-1
© Mauritius Institute of Education (2018)

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 Foreword

MIE has produced a brand new collection of textbooks based on the National Curriculum
Framework for the Nine Year Continuous Basic Education as from 2016. These textbooks
have been written by a team of academic staff from MIE, supported by experienced
Educators, advised by Inspectors, mentors and Deputy Head Masters.

We have done our best to ensure that the textbooks enable children to undergo a pleasant
learning experience. We have taken care to align the textbooks with very clearly defined
learning outcomes and objectives set for the respective subjects as outlined in the National
Curriculum Framework, Grades 1 to 6. The textbooks provide clear indications of the
diverse skills that children should master at each stage.

We are also providing a set of teachers’ manuals where we have outlined the appropriate
techniques and pedagogical approaches so that children are helped to make optimal use
of the textbook and materials provided. Some of the textbooks have been updated and
changes effected after receiving feedback from educators.

We are thankful to all those who have provided us with constructive feedback, thereby
enabling us to make this curriculum development endeavour come to fruition. We are also
thankful to the artists who carried out the illustrations, and to our graphic artists who have
tried their best to create the right layout for the books. The authors and the curriculum
team, under the guidance of Professor Vassen Naëck, also deserve our thanks.

We hope that you enjoy this material and wish you lots of success.

Dr O. Nath Varma
Director
Mauritius Institute of Education.

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 Table of contents

Unit One

Computer Fundamentals Pg 1-10

Unit Two

Computer Operations Pg 11-24

Unit Three

Word Processing Pg 25-38

Unit Four

Spreadsheet Pg 39-78

Unit Five

Presentation Pg 79-94

Unit Six

Internet Pg 95-110

Unit Seven

Multimedia Pg 111-118

Unit Eight

Health, Safety and Ethics Pg 119-124

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KEYS

Activity on Computer

Activity in Textbook

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I T 1
n d a men
U N r F u
p u t e
Co m

Aim:
To learn about computers

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• Describe what is a computer

• Name the type of computers
• Explain how a computer works
• State the uses of computers
• State the advantages of using computers
 Computer Fundamentals

What is a computer?

A computer is an electronic machine.

Some types of computers

Desktop Computer Laptop

Computers

Smart Watch Smart Phone

Tablet

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Parts of a Desktop Computer

System Unit Monitor

Mouse Keyboard

Printer Speakers

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Activity 1: I fill the crossword with the help of the pictures
and letters given.

s e

k y o r

m u e

p i t r

m n t r

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Activity 2: I name the types of computers below:

How do electronic machines work?

A washing machine takes a dirty t-shirt, washes it and gives us a clean t-shirt.

input wash output

A calculator takes two numbers, adds it and gives us the result.

2+3 5
input calculate output

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How do computers work?

Computers take in data (input), work it out (process) and

produce information (output).

e 7 Jim is a boy.
2 a r He is 6
s years old.

input process output

Some uses of computers

To type documents To draw To play

To learn To watch movies To listen to music

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To send e-mails To chat To view web pages

Computers in daily life

Education Medical Services Scientific Research

Industries Office Communication

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Some advantages of using computers

Faster

Audio and visual

Less paper work

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Online news

Helpful

Interactive

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Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 Describe what is a computer

2 Name the type of computers

3 Explain how a computer works

4 State the uses of computers

5 State the advantages of using computers

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2 t i o n s
I T p e r a
UN t e r O
p u
Com

Aim:
To work with files, folders and drives

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• Describe what are files, folders and drives

• Create a folder on the desktop
• Rename files and folders on the desktop
• Delete files and folders on the desktop
• Restore deleted files and folders
• Search for files and folders

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Files

A file stores data and information. On the computer, some

A file can be any document, a icons represent files.
picture, audio or video.

Files icon

Documents Pictures Audio Videos

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Folders

Files Folder Folder

contains files

I store my files in I can also store a folder

a folder. in another folder.

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Drives

I store my files and

folders on a drive.

Types of Drive Drive Icon

Local Drive

DVD RW Drive

Removable Drive

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Creating a folder on the desktop

1. I right-click on a blank space on the desktop.

2. I click on New in the menu which appears.

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3. I click on Folder.

The icon of a new folder will appear on the desktop.

New folder

4. I click on the desktop OR I press Enter on the keyboard.

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Renaming a folder on the desktop

1. I right-click on the icon of the folder.

2. I click on Rename.

3. I type Grade 3.

4. I click on the desktop OR

I press Enter on the keyboard.

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Deleting a file on the desktop

1. I right-click on the file icon. 1

2. I click on Delete.

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A dialog box appears.

3. I click on the Yes button.

When I delete a file or a folder

it goes to the Recycle Bin.

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Restoring a file on the desktop

1. I double click on the Recycle Bin.

A window opens as shown below.

2. I right-click on the file I want to restore.

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3. I click Restore.
3

The file goes back where it was before.

Activity 1: I tick ( ) the correct column.

True False

A file stores information

Files can be stored in a folder

A folder cannot contain other folders

Files are represented by icons on the desktop

When I delete a file it goes to the recycle bin

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Searching for files and folders

1. I click on the Start button.

2. I type the name of the file OR folder which I am searching in the

search box.

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Here, I am searching for the

file named ‘Cliparts’.

3. I type ‘Cliparts’ in the search box as shown below:

4. I click on the file named ‘Cliparts’ to open it.

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Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 Describe what are files, folders and drives

2 Create a folder on the desktop

3 Rename files and folders on the desktop

4 Delete files and folders on the desktop

5 Restore deleted files and folders

6 Search for files and folders

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I T 3 s i n g
U N o c e s
r d P r
Wo

Aim:
To work on a word processed document.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• Save a word processed document

• Insert pictures in a word processed document using Clip Arts
• Use the Home and End keys

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Activity 1: Use MS Word to type the following text:

Pupils of Grade 3

The pupils are in the classroom. They are sitting at their desks. Miss
Molly is the teacher. She welcomes all the pupils to Grade 3. She is
happy to see them.

Saving a file

I save the text that I am typing

so that I can use it later.

If I do not save my text, I

will lose it when I switch off
the computer.

When I save my work, I give

it a name. I use a name which
is easy to remember.

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Activity 2: Save the text you type in Activity 1 in the

folder Grade 3 on the desktop using the name ‘Pupils’.

1. I click on the Save button.

The “Save As” dialog box appears.

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2. I click on “Desktop”.

The “Save As” dialog box appears.

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3. I double click on the folder “Grade 3”.

The following window appears:

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4. I click on the File Name box.

5. I type “Pupils”.

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6. I click on the “Save” button.

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Activity 3: Use MS Word to type the following text:

In the school yard

The children are in the school yard. They are playing with a ball.

Save the text you type in the folder Grade 3 on the desktop using the
file name ‘Yard’.

Inserting a clip art in a word processed document

1. I open MS Word 2007

2. I place the cursor where I want to insert the clip art.
3. I click on the Insert tab.

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4. I click on Clip Art.

The Clip Art task pane will appear on the right as shown below:

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5. In the “Search for” box, I type the name of the clip art I want to
insert. For example I type the word “computer’.

6. I click on the Go button.

A list of clip art will be displayed as shown below:

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7. I choose a clip art and click on it.

The clip art will appear on the page.

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The Home and End keys

While editing a text, when I press

the Home key , the cursor goes

at the beginning of the line.

For example, in the text below the cursor is in the middle of the line.

In the school yard

The children are in the school yard. They are playing with a ball.

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When I press the Home key , the cursor goes to the beginning of
the line.

In the school yard

The children are in the school yard. They are playing with a ball.

While editing a text, when I press

the End key , the cursor goes to

the end of the line.

For example, in the text below the cursor is in the middle of the line.

In the school yard

The children are in the school yard. They are playing with a ball.

When I press the End key , the cursor goes to the end of the line.

In the school yard

The children are in the school yard. They are playing with a ball.

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Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 Save a word processed document

Insert pictures in a word processed

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document using Clip Art.

3 Use the Home and End keys

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UNI dsheet
p r e a
S

Aim:
To work with a spreadsheet software.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• Open and close a spreadsheet software

• Create a simple spreadsheet
• Edit a simple spreadsheet
• Format a simple spreadsheet

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What is a Spreadsheet?

A Spreadsheet consists of rows and columns.

I use a spreadsheet to represent

information in the form of tables.

Some examples of Spreadsheet programs are:

Google Sheets Apple Numbers Microsoft Open Office

Office Excel Calc

I use Microsoft Office

Excel 2007 to draw
this table.

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Opening Microsoft Office Excel 2007

1. I click on the Start button.

2. I click on All Programs.
3. I click on Microsoft Office.
4. I click on Microsoft Office Excel 2007.

OR

I double click on the Microsoft Office Excel 2007 icon on

the desktop.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 opens as shown below:

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Closing Microsoft Office Excel 2007

I click on the Close button at the upper right corner of the screen.

1. I click on the Office button.

2. I click on the Exit Excel button.

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Row, Column and Cell

Row 3

Row 10

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Column B

Column F

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Cells Active Cell

Cell H7
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Cell C3

H7 and C3 are cell addresses

For cell C3, C is the column

letter and 3 is the row number.

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Activity 1: Shading columns

Shade column A, column D and column G in the spreadsheet below:

Activity 2: Shading rows

Shade row 2, row 6, row 4 and row 7 in the spreadsheet below:

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Activity 3: Identifying cells

Write the following cell’s addresses in the correct cell of the

spreadsheet below:
E2, B7, H5, G1

Activity 4: Identifying cells

Shade the following cells in the spreadsheet below:

A6, D3, H9, F4, C5

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Moving around a spreadsheet

I click on a cell to make it active.

To move from one cell to another,

I use the arrow keys
of the keyboard.

Activity 5: Fill in the blanks

1. When I open Microsoft Office Excel 2007, the active cell is

__________________.

2. I press the right arrow key 3 times, now the active cell is
__________________.

3. From there, I press the down arrow key 5 times, cell ___________
becomes active.

4. I must press the left arrow key ____________ times so that B6

becomes active.

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Activity 6: Entering text in the cells of a Spreadsheet

1. I open Microsoft Office Excel 2007.

2. I type the word Name.

As I type the letter N, the cursor appears.

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3. After typing Name in cell A1, I use the right arrow key to move to
cell B1.

4. I type the word Address and then move to cell C1 to type the
word Age.

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Activity 7: Deleting text in the cells of a spreadsheet

Delete the word Address in cell B1 in activity 6.

1. I click on cell B1

2. I press the Delete key on the keyboard.

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Activity 8: Changing text in the cells of a spreadsheet

Capitalize the word Name in cell A1 in activity 6.

1. I click on cell A1.

Name

2. I type the word Name in capital letters.

NAME

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Activity 9: Create a simple spreadsheet to show

Grade 3 pupils’ information:

NAME AGE ADDRESS

Amira 7 Port Louis
Christian 7 Curepipe
Pravin 7 Rose Hill
Rita 7 Reduit

Save the spreadsheet in the folder Grade 3 using filename “Pupils Info”.

Activity 10: Adding a row in a spreadsheet

Insert a row between row 3 and row 4 in the spreadsheet “Pupils Info”
to add information for Deven who is 7 years old and lives at Coromandel.

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.

2. I right click on row number 4.

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A menu appears as shown below:

3. I click on “Insert”
A new row appears as shown below:

4. I fill the new row with the information given for Deven.
5. I save and close the file “Pupils Info”
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Activity 11: Adding a column in a spreadsheet

Insert a column titled “SURNAME” between column A and column B in

the spreadsheet “Pupils” and add the following surname of each pupil:

Amira: Mohamed
Christian: Ng
Deven: Ramsamy
Pravin: Ramlall
Rita: Burton

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.

2. I right click on column letter B.

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A menu appears as shown below:

3. I click on “Insert”
A new column appears as shown below:

4. I fill the new column with the information given.

5. I save and close the file “Pupils Info”

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Activity 12: Deleting a row in a spreadsheet

Pupil Amira Mohamed has been transferred to another school. Delete

her information from the spreadsheet “Pupils Info”.

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.

2. I right click on row number 2.

A menu appears as shown below:

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3. I click on “Delete”

The row containing Amira’s information disappears as shown below:

4. I save and close the file “Pupils Info”

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Activity 14: Deleting a column in a spreadsheet

Delete the column “Age” from the spreadsheet “Pupils Info”..

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.
2. I right click on column letter C.

A menu appears as shown below:

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3. I click on “Delete”

The column “Age” disappears as shown below:

4. I save and close the file “Pupils Info”

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Activity 15: Adjusting a column’s width in

a spreadsheet

Adjust the width of column C.

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.

I can see that the word Coromandel does not fit in the ADDRESS column.

2. I place the mouse pointer on the right border of the column letter C
and I double click.

Note that the mouse pointer changes from to

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The adjusted column will look like as shown below:

3. Now I adjust the width of the column SURNAME also.

4. I save and close the file “Pupils Info”.

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Activity 16: Fill in the blanks with the words

given below:

click, tables, spreadsheet, rows

a. A spreadsheet consists of ____________ and columns.

b. Spreadsheets are used to represent information in the form of

____________________.

c. Microsoft Office Excel is an example of a ______________ program.

d. To make a cell active in a Microsoft Office Excel I _________ on it.

Activity 17: Interpreting data in a spreadsheet

Study the table below and fill in the blanks.

a. What is the surname of Deven? _____________

b. Christian lives at _____________
c. Burton is the _____________ of Rita.

d. Who lives at Reduit? ___________

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Selecting a range of cells in a spreadsheet

To select a range of cells in a

spreadsheet, I click on one the
cells to make it active and then

use Shift key and

the Arrow keys.

Activity 18: Select cells A2, A3, B2 and B3 in

the spreadsheet “Pupils Info”

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.

2. I click on cell A2.

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3. I press and .

Cells A2 and B2 are selected.

4. I then press and .

Cells A2, B2, A3 and B3 are selected.

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Activity 19: Changing font in a spreadsheet

Change the font of the pupils’ name to Comic Sans MS in the

spreadsheet “Pupils Info”.

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.

2. I select cells A2, A3, A4 and A5.

3. I click on the arrow near the font field.

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4. I go down the menu until I see the Comic Sans MS font.

5. I click on Comic Sans MS.

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The font of pupils’ names changes.

6. I now adjust the width of the column NAME.

7. I save and close the file “Pupils Info”.

Activity 20: Changing the font size in a spreadsheet

Change the font size of the pupils’ surnames to 14 in the spreadsheet

“Pupils Info”.

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.

2. I select cells B2, B3, B4 and B5.

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3. I click on the arrow near the font size field.

4. I click on font size 14.

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The font size of pupils’ surnames changes.

5. I now adjust the width of the column SURNAME.

6. I save and close the file Pupils.

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Activity 21: Changing the font colour in a spreadsheet

Change the font colour of the pupils’ addresses to red in the

spreadsheet “Pupils Info”.

1. I open the file “Pupils Info”.

2. I select cells C2, C3, C4 and C5.

3. I click on the arrow near the font colour field.

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4. I click on font colour red.

The font colour of pupils’ addresses changes.

5. I save and close the file “Pupils Info”.

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Cell alignment in a spreadsheet

Top Align - align text to the top of the cell.

Bottom Align – align text to the bottom of

the cell.

Middle Align - align text between the top

and the bottom of the cell.

Align Text Left – align text to the left.

Centre – Centre text.

Align Text Right – align text to the right.

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Applying Bold, Italics and Underline in a spreadsheet

To align text in a spreadsheet, I

select the cells and click on the
alignment buttons.

To apply bold, italics and underline

to text in a spreadsheet, I select
the cells and click on their buttons.

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Activity 22: Create a simple spreadsheet to show

marks and grade of pupils of Grade 3
in a Maths test:

NAME MARK GRADE

Amira 87 A
Christian 71 B
Pravin 28 U
Rita 50 C

Save the spreadsheet in the folder Grade 3 using filename “Maths Test”.

Activity 23: Apply the following formatting to

the file “Maths Test”:

1. Change the font of the words NAME, MARK and GRADE to Times New Roman
and their font size to 16.

2. Change the colour of the names of pupils to blue.

3. Apply bold to the grade of Pravin and change its colour to red.

4. Italicize Amira’s name.

5. Adjust the columns’ widths where the text does not fit in.

6. Save and close the file.

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Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 Open and Close Microsoft Office Excel 2007.

2 Identify row, column, active cell and cells’ name.

3 Move around a spreadsheet.

4 Enter, delete and change text in a spreadsheet.

5 Add a row in a spreadsheet.

6 Add a column in a spreadsheet.

7 Delete a row in a spreadsheet.

8 Delete a column in a spreadsheet.

9 Adjust a column’s width in a spreadsheet.

10 Select a range of cells in a spreadsheet.

11 Format text in a spreadsheet.

12 Align text in a spreadsheet.

13 Change font of text in a spreadsheet

14 Change font size of text in a spreadsheet

15 Change font colour of text in a spreadsheet

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T 5
UNI tation
e s e n
Pr

Aim:
To create a presentation which includes graphics and
different slide designs.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• Create a simple presentation

• Add a new slide
• Change the layout of a slide
• Add text and pictures in a slide
• Format text in a slide

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Activity 1: Creating a presentation

1. I open MS PowerPoint 2007

2. I click on Design to choose a theme.

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3. I click on the small arrow to view more themes.

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4. I click on the theme Oriel.

The slide now looks like as shown below:

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5. I click in the title box and type ‘FRUITS’. 5

6. I click in the subtitle box and type ‘Grade 3’.

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7. I save the presentation in the folder Grade 3 using filename ‘Fruits’.

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Activity 2: Adding a new slide and changing its layout

1. I open the PowerPoint presentation ‘Fruits’.

2. I click on the Home tab. 2

3. I click on the New Slide button to add a slide. 3

The new slide is appears as shown below:

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4. I click on the Layout button to change the layout of the new slide.

5. I click on the Two Content layout.

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The second slide looks as shown below:

6. I click on the New Slide button to add another slide.

Note: The third slide has the same layout as the second slide.

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7. I save and close the file ‘Fruits’.
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Activity 3: Adding text and pictures

1. I open the PowerPoint presentation ‘Fruits’.

2. I click on the Insert.
2

3. I click on Picture.
3

4. I double click on the picture fruits from the Grade 3 folder.

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The first slide looks as shown below:

5. I click on the second slide in the Slide tab.

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6. I click in the title box and type FRUITS.

7. I click in left text box and type ‘Apple’.

8. I click in right text box and type ‘Orange’.

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Activity 4: Adding text and pictures

1. I open the PowerPoint presentation ‘Fruits’.

2. I click on the second slide in the Slide tab.
3. I click on the Insert.
3

4. I click on Picture. 4

5. I double click on the picture apple from the Grade 3 folder.

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The slide looks as shown below:

6. I drag the picture and place it under the word apple.

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7. I insert the picture of an orange from the folder Grade 3 under

the word orange.

8. I save and close the presentation ‘Fruits’.

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Activity 5: Adding text and pictures

1. I open the PowerPoint presentation ‘Fruits’.

2. I click on the third slide in the Slide tab.

3. I click in the title box and type FRUITS.

4. I click in left text box and type ‘Banana’.

5. I click in right text box and type ‘Kiwi’.

6. I insert the picture of a banana from the folder Grade 3 under

the word Banana.

7. I insert the picture of a kiwi from the folder Grade 3 under the
word Kiwi.

8. I save and close the presentation ‘Fruits’

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Activity 6: Formatting text

1. I open the PowerPoint presentation ‘Fruits’.

2. I change the font size of the title ‘FRUITS’ to 40 points in all the
three slides.

3. I change the font colour of the word apple to red and that of the
word Orange to orange in the second slide.

4. I change the font colour of the word banana to yellow and that of the
word Kiwi to green in the third slide.

5. I italicize and underline the words ‘Grade 3’ in the first slide.

6. I save the presentation.

7. I click on Slide Show and then From Beginning to view the

presentation.

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Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 Create a simple presentation

2 Add a new slide

3 Change the layout of a slide

4 Add text and pictures in a slide

5 Format text in a slide

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T 6
UNI et
t e r n
In

Aim:
To use a web browser to access a website.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• List the Do’s and Don’ts when using the Internet

• Locate the address bar
• Access a website using a web address
• Save a web page
• Open a saved web page
• Print a web page

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Do’s and Don’ts when using the Internet

Do’s Don’ts

I follow the rules that I must not use the internet

my parents and teachers without my parents’ or
have set. teachers’ permission.

I inform my parents and I must not spend too much

teachers if I am having time on the internet.
trouble.

I inform my parents or I must not give personal

teachers if someone is information and pictures of
harassing me. myself to strangers.

I must treat people I must not forget that

respectfully. everything I read may not
be true.

I must think carefully I must not fill online forms

before writing anything. without my parents or
teachers permission.

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Web address

Every website has an address.

We call it a web address.

web address

The web address is found in the

address bar at the top of a website.

Some examples of web addresses are:

www.e-learningforkids.org
www.kidsites.com
www.lexpress.mu
www.defimedia.info

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Activity 1: Browsing a web site

1. I double click on the icon of a web browser such as Google Chrome on

the desktop.

2. I click on the address bar.

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3. I type the web address: www.e-learningforkids.org in the address bar

and I press the Enter Key. 3

The following screen appears:

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4. I click on Computer Skills.
4

The following screen appears:

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5. I use the scroll button of the mouse to go down the web page.

6. I click on the hyperlinks to navigate through the webpages.

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Activity 2: Saving a web page

1. I double click on the icon of a web browser on the desktop.

2. I click on the address bar.
3. I type the web address learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ in the
address bar and I press the Enter Key.

The following screen appears:

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4. I click on Reading Practice in the menu under Read and Write.

4

5. I click on Football World Cup. 5

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6. I right click on the page.

7. I click on ‘Save as…’ in the menu which appears.

7

8. I save the page in the folder Grade 3 using the name World Cup.

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Activity 3: Opening a saved web page

1. I double click on the folder Grade 3 on the desktop.

The following screen appears:

2. I double click on the file World Cup. 2

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Activity 4: Printing a web page

1. I double click on the icon of a web browser on the desktop.

2. I click on the address bar.
3. I type the web address learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ in the
address bar and I press the Enter Key

The following screen appears:

4. I click on Reading Practice in the menu under Read and Write.

4

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5. I click on Football World Cup.

5

6. I right click on the page.

7. I click on ‘Print…’ in the menu which appears.

7

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8. I click on the ‘Print’ button.

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Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 List the Do’s and Don’ts when using the Internet

2 Identify a web address

3 Access a website using a web address

4 Save a web page

5 Open a saved web page

6 Print a web page

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Aim:
To work with MS Paint.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• Copy and paste shapes in MS Paint

• Import pictures into MS Paint
• Drag and drop shapes in MS Paint

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 Multimedia

Activity 1: Copying and pasting shapes in MS Paint

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I draw a blue circle in the middle of the page.

3. I click on the Select button.

3

4. I click and drag the mouse around the blue circle.

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5. I click on the copy tool .

5

6. I click on the paste tool .

6

Another blue circle appears

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Activity 2: Importing pictures into MS Paint

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I click on the small rectangle under the paste tool to get

more options.

3. I click on the ‘Paste from’ option

4. I search for the folder Grade 3 and double click on it.

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5. I double click on the picture of the dog. 5

The dog’s picture appears on the MS paint page.

I use the fill tool to change the dog’s colour.

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Activity 3: Drag and drop shapes in MS Paint

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I draw a yellow circle in the middle of the page.

3. I draw a black circle smaller than the yellow one.

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4. I copy and paste the small black circle.

5. I drag and drop the two black circles into the yellow circle.

6. I now draw a red triangle and place it in the yellow circle.

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Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 Copy and paste shapes in MS Paint

2 Import pictures into MS Paint

3 Drag and drop shapes in MS Paint

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Aim:
To be aware of health problems which may be caused by
computer use

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• List health problems which may be caused by the use

of computers

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Use of computers and health problems

Working too long on the computer

can cause health problems.

Some health problems when working too long on computers:

Neck pain Back pain Wrist pain

Head ache Painful eyes

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Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

List health problems which may be caused

1
by the use of computers

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 Teacher’s Notes

General Notes

to be done in the book.

to be done on the computer.

• An evaluation section is found at the end of each topic to note

progress of pupils.

• All computer activities have been designed to be used with

Windows 7 and Office 2007.

Chapter 1: COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Page 6: Teacher may use other examples to explain the concept of

input-output.

Page 8-9: The pictures in the green boxes on the left shows the
advantages of using computers. Pictures in red boxes on the right are to
be used for comparison.

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Chapter 2: COMPUTER OPERATIONS

In this chapter, examples have been given for:

1. Renaming a folder
2. Deleting a file
3. Restoring a file

Teacher should inform pupils that:

• a file can be renamed using same instructions as Renaming a folder

• folders can be deleted and restored using same instructions as for
deleting and restoring a file
• when a folder is deleted, its content, if any are also deleted.

Page 17: the folder created has been named Grade 3 and all documents
(Word, Excel, Powerpoint, MS Paint etc…) will be saved in this folder.

Teacher may use other names such as Grade 3 Red or other names
depending on number of streams at school and also the number of
computers available. Same applies for file names.

Chapter 3: WORD PROCESSING

Page 27: Teacher should elaborate on using meaningful file names.

Page 32: Teacher should ensure that the clipart used in the activity is
available on the computer before starting the lesson.

Page 35: Teacher may carry out the example on the computer so that
pupils understand better.

Pupils may be given other small activities to consolidate the ‘Saving a

file’ and ‘Inserting clipart’ sections

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Chapter 4: SPREADSHEET

Page 66: The mouse may also be used to select (highlight) cells depending
on ability of pupils.

Page 74: Teacher may carry out a simple activity to demonstrate the
different alignments.

Chapter 5: PRESENTATION

Page 86: Pictures must be pre-loaded in the Grade 3 folder on the

desktop before starting the activity.

Chapter 6: INTERNET

Pages 97, 99 and 102: Teacher is free to use other web sites for
explanation purposes.

Chapter 7: MULTIMEDIA

Page 114: Picture must be pre-loaded in the Grade 3 folder on the

desktop before starting the activity.

Pupils may be given other small activities to consolidate use of MS Paint.

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