Implementation plan

Grades K–2 Implementation Plan

Pacing, prerequisites, and extensions for the early-elementary band.

The activities

  • Grade K — Safe & Kind Online. Stay safe and be kind on the tablet. Solve four locks. Use the picture clues to help you. (TEKS §126.5)
  • Grade 1 — Smart Choices Online. Make smart choices on the tablet. Solve four locks. Use the clues to help you decide. (TEKS §126.6)
  • Grade 2 — Fair, Safe & Kind. Be fair, safe, and kind online. Solve four locks. Use the clues to make good choices. (TEKS §126.7)

Pacing

  • One activity ≈ 25–40 minutes, including debrief. Younger classes may need two sittings.
  • Run one per grading period, or cluster them into a two-week digital-citizenship unit.
  • Order matches the grade sequence; each grade deepens footprint, etiquette, IP, and safety themes.

Prerequisites

  • A browser and the activity link. No accounts, installs, or logins.
  • Students should be able to listen to a short read-aloud and tap or click large tiles; reading is emerging, so plan to read clues aloud and model the first lock.
  • Teachers: skim the activity’s teacher launch page and the correlation guide first.

Extension & differentiation

  • Home-language pairs. Use the 🌐 picker so newcomers reason in their strongest language, then answer.
  • Author-a-clue. Students write a new clue (or a real-world example) for the skill they found hardest.
  • Reason aloud. Require a spoken/written justification before each lock check; grade the reasoning, not the click.
  • Connect to class routines: name the trusted grown-ups in your building, make a kindness chart, and practice keeping a “secret” password with a classroom example.