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Taking Care of a Tablet

Kindergartners learn to take gentle care of a tablet or computer — holding it with two hands, tapping softly, and keeping it safe — the first idea of being responsible with technology.

KindergartenDigital Citizenship25 minutes1 class periodUse → Modify → CreateExplicit teaching4 StandardsCSTA
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Be gentle with a tablet.
  • ✓Tell safe from not safe.
  • ✓Take care of it.
  • ✓Be responsible.
Essential Question

A tablet is special and we need to be gentle with it! What are the gentle, safe ways to take care of a tablet?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Gentle Care or Not Safe?

Project this and sort each thing into gentle care or not safe.

📱 Sort each — gentle care or not safe?Try it
💚 Gentle Care
🚫 Not Safe
Tap a thing, then tap a box.
The Lesson · Use → Modify → Create (a coding progression with Unplugged practice)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Hook — Be Gentle

3 min

A tablet is special — how do we take gentle care of it?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show holding gently.
  • Ask about being careful.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Think.
  • Get ready.
2

Unplugged — Unplug It

7 min

Children practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show gentle care.
  • Show not-safe things.
  • Feel the idea.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Be gentle.
  • Note not-safe.
  • Feel it.
3

Use — Gentle or Not

7 min

Children use.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Gentle Care or Not Safe?
  • Sort each one.
  • Talk about them.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort them.
  • Talk.
  • Explain.
4

Modify — Take Care

5 min

Children modify.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Hold a tablet gently (pretend).
  • Put it down softly.
  • Explain it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Hold it.
  • Set it.
  • Explain.
5

Create — Create

3 min

Children conclude.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a gentle-care way.
  • Say why we’re careful.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say why.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards and ISTE Standards for Students.

CSTA
1A-CS-02

Use devices responsibly.

CSTA
1A-CS-03

Care for computing devices.

CSTA
1A-IC-17

Work safely with technology.

ISTE
2

Digital Citizen.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Care picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “I take care by ___.”
  • Show gentle care.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with gentle vs. rough.
  • Sort one at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make a care rule.
  • Explain why we’re gentle.
  • Show two hands.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📱A tablet (for show)
  • 💻Gentle Care or Not Safe?
  • 🤝Two gentle hands
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

careto be gentle withgentlesoft and carefultableta computer you tapsafenot hurt or brokentwo handsto hold carefullysoftlynot hardcarefulpaying attentionresponsibletaking good care
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name a gentle way to take care of a tablet.
Hold it with two hands, tap gently, or put it down softly.
QUESTION 2
Is throwing a tablet safe?
No — that is not safe.
QUESTION 3
Why do we take care of a tablet?
Because it is special and we don’t want it to break.

Create: gentle care.

Have children show a grown-up how to hold a tablet gently with two hands. A printable care sheet is in the Computer Science library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Taking Care of a TabletPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: care, careful, gentle, responsible, safe, softly, tablet, two hands
  1. not hurt or broken
  2. not hard
  3. to hold carefully
  4. taking good care
  5. soft and careful
  6. a computer you tap
  7. to be gentle with
  8. paying attention

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a gentle way to take care of a tablet.
  2. Is throwing a tablet safe?
  3. Why do we take care of a tablet?
Answer key — Part A: 1) safe · 2) softly · 3) two hands · 4) responsible · 5) gentle · 6) tablet · 7) care · 8) careful
Part B: 1) Hold it with two hands, tap gently, or put it down softly. 2) No — that is not safe. 3) Because it is special and we don’t want it to break.