Tuesday, February 19, 2013

4th Grade Dinosaur Project Overview

Research and create a graphic organizer to display your findings:

Inspiration Graphic Organizer

Draw an original picture showing your dinosaur. Take a picture of it and include it in your presentation.


Create a tagxedo cover page with facts. Tagxedo must be in the shape of your dinosaur.




Make a PowerPoint presentation or movie to share with the class for your presentation.








Friday, February 15, 2013

Second Grade Projects and Lessons

Second Grade Projects and Lessons
Kidspiration About Me Projects with voice recordings


Graphing with Kidspiration Favorite Thanksgiving Day Food



Excel Gingerbread Houses – learning to highlight cells and read cells 

 iSpy Halloween
·         Write an iSpy poem in Microsoft Word
EXAMPLE:
I spy a ghost, two treats, a bat
A crooked window, and a crooked hat;
Two white skeletons, an orange spoon,
A pumpkin, a cat, two trees, and a moon.
·         Create a PowerPoint slide and hide objects, copy/paste poem, and record yourself saying poem


Wax Museum PowerPoint presentation with green screen photos (Middle school edits them)




 








First Grade Projects & Lessons

1st Grade Projects and Lessons
Kerpoof
·         Make a picture and use speech bubbles to create a conversation asking one question
·         Spell a picture (rhyming words)
·         Halloween Poem with picture
·         Snowman Poem and picture
·         Fairytale Recipe with Kerpoof drawing
       
PowerPoint
·         Rebus Poems
·         Cookbook covers
·      Egypt  - Copy and Paste name in Hieroglyphics and create an outfit


·         Fairy Tale Wanted Poster



·         Valentine Disguise with green screen (copy/paste)
         
·         Thanksgiving Acrostic (typing, clip art, object manipulation, word art)
         
Kidspiration Activities
I’m Thankful for… (recording our voices and drawing some clip art)

Five Senses of Spring

A favorite December site:


Kindergarten Resources & Projects

Kindergarten Sites and Activities
Mouse Manipulation Skills:

Software Used:
Sammy’s Science House

Thinkin’ Things 1
Thinkin’ Things 2

KidPix

Milly’s Math House

Intro to Patterns

Trudy’s Time and Place

Bailey’s Book House

Thinkin’ Science

Letter Sounds
Kidspiration


Favorite Websites to use:
·         Spell a picture
·         Make a picture (object manipulation)

Keyboarding Fun:

December Activities

Ladybug Unit
Kidspiration Activity - Counting/Drag and Drop



Halloween
Halloween PowerPoint Drag and Drop Activity (screen shot)

Valentine’s Fun

Easter Activities
Easter PowerPoint Screen Shot (patterns, sounds, and click/drag skills)

Earth Day
Recycling with PowerPoint – learning to search for clip art & moving objects

 St. Patrick’s Day
Microsoft Excel Fun – learning to highlight

Thanksgiving Day
Microsoft PowerPoint – object manipulation & mouse skills

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Computer Valentine