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Fundamentals with
Microsoft Word
Basic skills unit for grades 2-5
Jenifer Phillips
2012
Fun with Fonts!
Directions: Open a blank Microsoft Word document. Type your First and Last name at
least 10 times. Then, choose 10 of the fonts listed below. Highlight one of your typed
names with your mouse and change the font to one of the ones that you chose below.
Repeat this process until all 10 of your chosen fonts are used. Once completed, your
name should be listed 10 times but will be written in 10 different fonts!
Once you’ve completed your 10, you need to type your name one more time and
choose any font you’d like (one that you have not used yet), just for fun!! You may also
keep going and do the rest of the fonts on this list if you have time.
Arial
Arial Black
Book Antiqua
Calibri
Candara
Cambria
Centaur
Century Gothic
Comic Sans MS
Consolas
Cooper Black
Courier New
Forte
Garamond
Gulim
Impact
Lucida
Calligraphy
Microsoft Sans
Serif
Papyrus
Segoe UI
Showcard
Gothic
Tahoma
Times New
Roman
Trebuchet MS
Verdana
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Colorful Creations
Directions: Choose one of the following assignments to do in Microsoft Word. They all
involve changing the colors of typed font. You must pick at least one of these
assignments to complete. Please do not forget to put your name and class on your
project. Please be sure to use colors that everyone can see well.
Choice #1: Make a pattern! You may type the words to a poem or song that you know
(school appropriate). Then, start changing the font’s color, but make a pattern out of it.
For example: You might make the first word red, the next one blue, the next one
green, and the next word orange. Then, you’d start to repeat the pattern. Be creative!!
Your pattern must be at least 20 words long and it must use at least 3 different colors.
Choice #2: Create a poem or an Acrostic poem about you! Make each line of the poem
a different color.
Choice #3: Make up a poem or short story about rainbows. Change the font color in
your writing to the colors of the rainbow. There are seven colors in a rainbow, so please
try to have at least 7 lines or sentences in your writing.
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icture
erfect!
Directions: Choose one of the following assignments to do in Microsoft Word. They all
involve inserting Clip Art. You must pick at least one of these assignments to complete.
Please do not forget to put your name and class on your project. Please be sure to use
NO MORE than 10 pieces of Clip Art in your assignment. Also, please try not to have
your Clip Art pictures be too big. Have fun!
Choice #1: Pick your favorite season: Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall (Autumn).
Create an Acrostic poem about your season, but be sure to include at least one picture
on each line. Please make sure that your pictures match the subject of your poem.
Choice #2: Use clip art to show 10 of your favorite things! Please also type a small
caption or title for each picture that tells a bit more about what it is or why it’s your
favorite. Please do not use more than 10 pictures in your assignment.
Choice #3: Find one piece of clip art for each letter of your name. For example: If
your name starts with the letter E, you might find a picture of an elephant, etc. Please
also make sure you type the letter that each picture represents.
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Scoring Guide: Microsoft Word Skills
This scoring guide can be used with any grade level or project in this unit and can be modified as
needed.
Project ______________ Student Name ____________________ Class ________
4 points
(Excellent)
2 points
(Needs
Improvement)
1 point
(Poor/Missing)
----
Only one of the
items was included
Both were missing
Student
Student
successfully
showed
Mastery of the showed mastery of
Microsoft Word the required skills
and required little
Skill
Student
successfully
showed mastery of
the required skills
and required some
assistance in
completing the
project
Student showed
some mastery of
the required skills
and required
frequent
assistance in
completing the
project
Student had
difficulty with the
required skills
and/or required
constant
assistance while
completing the
project
Student
followed all
directions for
the
assignment
Student
successfully
included all
required pieces of
their assignment
Student include
most of the
required pieces of
the assignment
Student was
missing many
required pieces of
the assignment
Student included
very few/none of
the assignment’s
required pieces
The project is
neat,
organized, and
readable
The project looks
professional, has
great organization,
and is able to be
easily read; The
project is a nice
piece of work that
would be suitable
to display
----
The project is
somewhat
organized and is
still readable
The project has
little/no
organization and
the viewer has
trouble reading
and/or
understanding the
project
The student was
always on task,
politely asked for
help, and did not
disturb others
The student was
usually on task
and did not disturb
others
The student was
often off task, did
not wait patiently
for help, and/or
often disturbed
others
The student was
usually off task
and disruptive or
refused to
participate in the
completion of the
assignment
Student
included
Name/Class on
project
3 points
(Satisfactory)
Both were included
to no assistance in
completing the
project
Student used
class time
wisely and
followed
classroom
rules
Total Points: ______/20
Percentage ______
Grade ______
Comments:
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How to Insert Clip Art
To insert Clip Art, click on the
Insert Tab at the top of the page,
and then click on the Clip Art
button.
A search bar should pop up to the
right. Type in what you are
searching for and click Go.
Once you find a picture that you’d
like to use, you may either Copy
and Paste it into your project or
Double Click on it.
How to Resize Your Picture
If you want to make your clip art
picture bigger or smaller, click in the
middle of it so that a square appears
around it.
You will also see tiny squares at the
corners and sides of the picture.
Click and drag on one of these
squares until your clip art is the size
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How to Change the Font’s Style and Color
First, you need to highlight the text
that you would like to change, by
selecting it with your mouse.
Font Styles
Font Colors
Once the text is highlighted, you
may now choose the new font style
or color that you would like.
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