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Techno PC: Computer Lessons for Elementary Students
Students explore computer science by participating in mini activities. In this graphic design lesson, identify the different components on a personal computer and define their purpose. Students utilize Microsoft Paint to create a digital...
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Digital Storytelling
Scholars of all ages can use the various tools of technology to construct and illustrate a story. Utilizing this resource, learners work with a partner to brainstorm and draft a story based on personal experience. They use computer...
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Romeo and Juliet
An engaging video featuring William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is accompanied by six activities designed to reinforce vocabulary, story elements, and comprehension. Scholars match words to pictures, place events in sequential order,...
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Marking Time
Two narrative excerpts tell the same story from different points of view. In the first excerpt (first person), sequencing words and phrases are bolded and learners write down what the bold type does. The second excerpt is in third...
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Pretty Plants Point of View
Young poets use Kidspiration to draw a flower, personify the flower, and write a poem from the flower's point of view. Sharing these poems in small groups will reinforce learners' knowledge of personification.
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Haring Animations
Students inquire about visual arts by examining an animation clip. In this art technology lesson, students discuss the history of art after researching information on the Internet. Students view animated video clips which feature...
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Podcasting Gone Digital
Students prepare a podcast activity for their lesson on tall tales. In this tall tales and technology lesson, students work in groups to prepare sentences about tall tale characters. Students make drawings for the information, take...
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Olympic Lingo
Instead of bingo, why not play some Lingo? This vocabulary game is just like bingo, but it's all about words and focuses on building vocabulary. The resource provides a blank Lingo card, a filled-in sample, and a vocabulary list. All of...
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My Alphabetical Autobiography
Design a pictorial autobiography using the letters of the alphabet. For each letter, writers select visual images that represent life events and interests. Younger writers add words or sentences of explanation while older writers narrate...
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Parts of Speech Slide Show
Review the parts of speech. English Langugae Learners use KidPix to create a paint picture for nouns, verbs, and adjectives. They use the KidPix slideshow tool to construct a slideshow of their work.
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Dear Peter Rabbit
Write dear old Peter Rabbit a letter with this lesson. First, youngsters listen to the story Peter Rabbit and analyze the story elements. Then they complete a story map graphic organizer in order to write a letter to Peter Rabbit using...
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Animation Pre-Production
Does your class love reading cartoons? Use their talents and interests to examine the process of writing a story they wish to tell through a cartoon. They develop the beginning, middle, and end of a story based on their original...
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Transforming Negatives to Positives
Students write diamonte poems that correspond to the double-exposed photograph they created. For this poetry and multimedia artwork lesson, students use the photographic process to create a double-exposed photo then create a diamonte...
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ASTHMA POSTER CAMPAIGN
Young scholars examine the condition, triggers, and ways to cope with asthma, compare their previous knowledge of asthma with new information presented in an educational video, and use information about asthma to the creation of an...
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Create a Storybook in KidPix
Learners create a storybook by using KidPix software. In this technology lesson, students write creative short stories and publish them on KidPix. Learners illustrate the stories using Kid Pix tools.
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How to Teach Dolch Words with Kid Pix
Students use KidPix computer program to learn Dolch sight words. In this technology and language lesson, students type their Dolch sight words into KidPix to create a quasi-sentence.
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My Trip to America
Students create their own stories about a trip to America, based on an oral reading. Student stories be compiled for a class Thanksgiving book.
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Vocabulary Puzzle
Students create vocabulary puzzles using the computer. In this vocabulary puzzle lesson, students create vocabulary puzzles using computer software. Students include synonyms of the words and illustrations. Students trade the finished...
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Animal Research Paragraph
Students investigate animals. In this animal research lesson, students choose an animal to research online and record facts from at least 3 types of resources. Students complete a webbing tool, write a paragraph, and use MS word or...
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Animal Research Project
Third graders prepare an oral report using Appleworks to present information on their animal. They write a short narrative comparing and contrasting their animal to another students and, after watching other presentations, discuss what...