We will use PicCollage to create a collage of pictures and facts from your animal research. Caption each picture with important facts that you learned during your research.
Category Archives: Grade 1
Butterfly Symmetry
Today in Art, we will use the iPads to create symmetrical butterfly wings in SketchbookX. Next we will pose in front of the green screen. We will combine the wings and your body to create a very unique butterfly!
About the Author
Today we will create an About the Author page for your stories. Take a picture of yourself using Photobooth. Next open the Word template in the Lessons folder and type in your paragraph.
Favorite Fruits Graph
You have collected data on the class’ favorite fruits, and today you will use The Graph Club to graph the results of the survey. Add two interpretations of the graph in the notes section of the graph.
My Neighborhood
We will use Google Earth on the iPads to find your house and neighborhood. We’ll take a screen shot of your neighborhood and print it to include in your Me on the Map book.
Vacation Stories
Today we will use the iPads to create our vacation story. We will find our vacation place on the Google Earth app and save a screenshot to include in our book. We will use Drawing Pad app to illustrate pages and also take a picture with the camera of any photos we have brought in. The book will be assembled in Book Creator. We will add our voices and save as an ebook. Below is a sample without voiceovers.
Hour of Code
This week you will participate in the Hour of Code. You will work with Mrs. Drew, the librarian, and me to work through challenges to program the fuzzy creature or bee robot through mazes.
Fun Brain
Today we will finish our verb poems. If you are done click the picture below to get to Fun Brain and choose one of the games your teacher showed you.
Books Are For Reading
Today we will begin to create the class book Books Are For Reading in KidPix. You will illustrate your page, then type and record your sentence.
Picture a Verb
Let’s make a word come alive! Choose a verb and animate its meaning in Animation-ish. Click the word below to see its meaning.
Consonant Digraphs
Today we will use a template in Kidspiration to help us practice the digraphs th, sh, wh, ch, and ck. Listen to your teacher speak the digraph, then drag the pictures to the correct boxes. Finally, record the word of the object and listen to your recording.
If you are done early use the following links:
sh
th
ch
wh
iPad Self-Portraits
We will use the iPads and the app SketchbookX to create a self-portrait. You may also use the app drawing pad to create a border for your picture.
Raz Kids
Today we will use the iPads and the Raz Kids app to learn how to log in and read a story. You can use Raz Kids at home as well as at school.
Ten Frames
Today we will work in the classroom with the iPads learning how to use ten frames for addition and subtraction. We will use the app Find Sums.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Movies
We added a twist to our butterfly life cycle animations. We created a movie with iMovie, complete with music and a title page made with Drawing Pad. See our movies here.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Your butterfly eggs have arrived! Today we will use the iPads and DoInk to animate the life cycle of a butterfly.
Phases of the Moon Movie
Now that we’ve completed the phases of the moon animation, let’s bring it into iMovie on the iPad and add music. Create a title for the movie in Drawing Pad and save to the camera roll.
Phases of the Moon Slideshow
Today we will use Kidpix to create a Phases of the Moon slideshow. We will first draw each of the eight phases separately in the picture view and add music. Then we will load them all into the slideshow view and save in iPod format so you an take it home.
Phases of the Moon
Today we will create an animation of the phases of the moon. We will use the iPads and the app DoInk.
The Moon
Today you will watch a Brainpop, Jr. movie on the moon. We will use the activotes to take the easy and hard quizzes.
Math Fact Practice
Today we will work on speeding up your knowledge of math facts. Click on the picture below to practice your facts with the games.
Map Skills
Today we will continue to work on map skills. Visit the website below to learn about map symbols. Then use KidPix to create your own island with symbols following the directions on the handout.
Introduction to Google Earth
Today we will use the iPads and the app Google Earth to learn how to navigate the world in a 3D environment. We will look for your house and your vacation spot.
Jelly Bean Hunt
Today you will reinforce your map skills by going on a jelly bean hunt using the application Trudy’s Time and Place.
Boost Your Fluency
Today you will use the iPads to work on your reading fluency. Use Quick Voice to record your reading. Listen to your recording and rate it on the fluency rubric. Repeat the sequence four times, trying to improve your reading.
Vacation Spot
Today we will learn how to use Google Earth on the iPads to locate your house and your vacation spot.
Todo Math
Today we will be working with the iPads to practice adding and subtracting with visual representations.
We will use the app Todo Math.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
As in introduction to Martin Luther King, Jr., watch the Brainpop, Jr. movie about his life. Take the easy and hard quiz and play the game.
Winter Activity Graph
Today we will use The Graph Club to graph the results of your class survey of favorite winter activities. We will create a table, bar graph and circle graph. Include an interpretation of the graph as well.
Hour of Code
This week, December 9th through December 13, is Computer Science Education week. To celebrate we will spend our tech period learning the basics of computer coding. We will use the iPads and the app Daisy the Dino to write code to move, spin, turn, shrink and grow the cute reptile.
Giraffes Can’t Dance
After reading the book Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andred, in Art, you drew a giraffe concentrating on big shapes. You colored the giraffes using yellow or orange then added spots and marks using a brown or black marker, then cut out your creation. Next you created the background, using a double loaded brush technique and an etching technique for the grass. To add a technology component to the project, you will use the animation app Doink to make your giraffe dance. Next we will video you describing what you like about the project. We will create an Augmented Reality trigger from your original artwork. Patrons of the annual Art Show will be able to scan your giraffe to view the animation and video. Click to giraffe below to see the animation.
Self Portrait
Verb Poem
Today we will use Stationery Studio to publish your verb poems. Choose a piece of stationery that fits your poem then type in the poem.
Guess the Covered Word
Today will will be working in your classroom with the iPads and the FlashCard+ app. You will work with a partner taking turns reading the sentence and guessing the word. Flip the flashcard to see if you got it right.
Halloween Math and More
Today is Halloween! Use the following websites to practice your math and finally carve a pumpkin for Halloween.
Halloween Math
Spooky Sequence
Carve a Pumpkin
Math Mountains
Today we will work in the classroom using iPads and the app Drawing Pad to create a math story using number models and math mountains.
Login Card
Create a card in Kid Pix that has your name and login details. Decorate with stickers and fill colors. Once finished, you will print and cut & glue to an index card in class. The next time you login you can use your newly created login card.
Number Lines
In math you have been learning how a number line can help you add and subtract. Today we will work in your classroom with the iPads and the app Teaching Number Lines to practice sequencing, jumping forward and jumping backwards on a number line.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Animal Word Cloud
Today you will use the results of your research to create a word cloud for your animal. We will use
to create the Word cloud. Next we will insert the word cloud and a picture of your animal into Word.
Geometry Scavenger Hunt
Today we will use the iPads to take pictures of geometry shapes in the real world- our classroom. We will use the app Pic Collage to create a collage of our shapes. Use the pencil tool to outline the shape and then label it with the text tool. We’ll save it and put everyone’s together into a Shape Book.
Introduction to Google Earth
Today we will learn how to use Google Earth. We will find the location of your vacation spot and save a picture to add to your story.
Reading Maps
Today we will watch the Brainpop, Jr. movie on Reading Maps. We will take the easy and hard quizzes with the Activotes. If time allows, we will use the following website to reinforce your map skills.
Landscapes
Everyday Math Games
Today you will use the following Everyday Math games to enhance your math curriculum.
Tens and Ones Trading Game
Number Grid Game
Top It
Penny Cup
About the Author
Today you will key in your About the Author paragraphs in Microsoft Word for the Author’s Breakfast. You will learn how to take a picture of yourself in Photobooth and insert it into your author blurb.
World Math Day
Skype with Malaysia
Today we will connect with our classmate who is currently in Malaysia. We will celebrate the 100th day of school with him and learn about daily life in southeast Asia.
Everyday Math Games
Today we will play the Tens and Ones Trading Games and Penny Cup to help reinforce concepts learned in the classroom.
Snowglobe Writing
Today you will use Stationery Studio to type your Snowglobe writing piece. Use the snowflake template to create your publication.
Money Math
You have been learning about money in math. Today you will use the computers to play the Everyday Math money games.
Light and Shadows
Today we will view the Brainpop,jr. movie on Light. We will learn how to use the Activotes to take the Easy and Hard Quizzes. You will also explore the BBC science clip on Light and Dark at your computer.
Thanksgiving Activity
Today you will learn how to log into Brainpop,Jr. watch the BrainPop, Jr. movie clip on Thanksgiving. When you finish the movie, play the Game, then do the Draw About It activity.
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Today we will listen to the story Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington. Click on the link below to hear the story.
Next try to carve your own Jack o’ Lantern!
Self Portraits
Math Games
Today we will learn how to use the Everyday Math Games on the computer. We will play Top-It. You may also play Marble Math by clicking on the picture below.
Forces in Motion
Today we will watch a Brainpop, Jr. movie on Pushes and Pulls. We’ll take the quiz with the activotes, too. If there is time we will return to the computers to play the games below.
Fractions!
Today we will clean up any projects that need to be completed and also spend some time with the fraction games below.
Symbaloo Math Site
Me On The Map
Create a slideshow that shows where you are in your neighborhood, town, state, country, continent, and planet. Each week you’ll work on one or more pages in Kid Pix. When finished, put the pages together to make a slideshow. Click the picture below for a sample of what a finished project will look like.
Shape Art
Explore the Shapes software and see what kind of picture or design you can make using the polygons. You’ll learn how to flip, rotate, and change the color of the shapes. Try the Pattern Block puzzles if you have extra time.
Here are a few websites to try at home:
2D Shapes
I Spy Shapes
Pattern Blocks
Introduction to Google Earth
Today we will learn how to use Google Earth. We will find the location of your vacation spot and save a picture to add to your story.
World Math Day
Phases of the Moon
Create a slideshow in KidPix that illustrates the first five phases of the moon from new to full. We’ll start by reviewing the phases of the moon by going to an interactive website. Then, open each of the seven slides in the Phases of the Moon folder and follow the directions given. Once finished, create a slideshow in Kid Pix. Click here for a sample.
Learn About the Moon
Today we will spend time at the interactive whiteboard learning about the moon. You’ll listen to important facts, play an on-line game, and take a quiz using the Activotes.
Introduction To Google Earth
Explore the world with Google Earth. You can see places near and far with this virtual globe program. First, I’ll show you how to locate Heights Elementary. Then, you’ll see how you can zoom in and move around. At your computer, you’ll locate your vacation spot and print a picture of it for your journal.
Contractions
Help Grizzle the monster match the words to make contractions. We’ll start by playing this interactive activity at the board (click picture below). Then, at your computer, you’ll practice making contractions by going to the Connie’s Contractions activity in Kidspiration. If you have time, you can practice more online with Contraction Match or Contraction Basketball.
Compound Words
Grizzle is trying to help the wizard understand what he wants. Let’s see if the wizard can figure out his request. We’ll start by playing this interactive activity at the board (click picture below). Then, at your computer, you’ll practice compound words by going to the Polly’s Playground activity in Kidspiration. If you have time, you can then practice rhyming words with Cat at Bat or Rhyming Rhinos.
Vacation Voicethread
Today you will use Kidpix to illustrate your story about your vacation week. We will record the stories in a Voicethread and publish them on the Internet.
PBS Kids Math Games
Spend some time exploring the math games on PBS Kids. Maybe you’ll find a favorite that you can recommend to your classmates?
Spelling City
Head to Spelling City to type your trick words for this week. Then try out a few games (there are 5 to choose from). When you think you’re ready, you can take the spelling test.
Winter Paragraph
Today you will publish your winter paragraph in Microsoft Word. We will create a snowflake at Snowdays and add it to your paragraph. Click on the snowflake below to create your snowflake.
Toy Sale
Review counting money at the interactive whiteboard using the Spending Spree website. Then open the Toy Sale template from your class folder. Choose three items you would like to buy and use pennies, nickels, or dimes to pay for them.
If you finish early, you can play Coin Combo.
Light and Shadows
Today we will view the Brainpop,jr. movie on Light. We will learn how to use the Activotes to take the Easy and Hard Quizzes. You will also explore the BBC science clip on Light and Dark at your computer.
Type To Learn, Jr.
Begin the first steps with learning to type using Type to Learn jr. After starting the program, the Sunbuddies will guide you through logging in. Once you’re at the home screen, click the learning center on the top floor to get started. Tiny will give you a hint about correct posture and then you’ll practice lowercase letters first. After 15 minutes in the learning center, you can try one of the games on the first floor. Have fun!
At home, you can try:
Keyboard Climber
Money Math
You have been learning about money in math. Today we will participate in some activities at the Promethean board, then use the computers to play the Everyday Math money games.
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Listen to the words of Pumpkin Pumpkin sung on-line. Then we’ll review the life cycle of a pumpkin using a flipchart. At your computer, try the Make a Pumpkin and Carve a Pumpkin activities from ABCya.
Brainpop,Jr. and Light
Today we will work in your classroom and view the Brainpop,jr. movie on Light. We will learn how to use the Activotes to take the Easy and Hard Quizzes. We’ll also explore the BBC science clip on Light and Dark.
Math Fun on Gudli
Head to Gudli to play these math games:
3. Math Story
4. 12 Months
When finished, feel free to explore other games on Gudli by clicking the picture above.
Login Card
Patterns with Shapes
Today we will explore patterns using shape blocks. First, we will work at the interactive whiteboard to match different patterns with shapes and to look at equality. Next, we will work at our computers using Kidspiration to extend more complicated patterns and to create our own.
Johnny Appleseed
Learn about Johnny Appleseed with Annie and Moby. After you watch the movie at the interactive white board, you will take the quiz using the Activotes. Then we’ll play the game and read the comic strip and joke together. At your computer, try the Apple Harvest Click-and-Play hidden picture.
Math Games
Today we will learn how to use the Everyday Math Games on the computer. We will play Top-It. You may also play Marble Math by clicking on the picture below.
Mousing Around
San is going to help you practice using the mouse. Click on San in the picture below to go to the Mousing Around activity from Headsprout:
Self Portrait
International Dot Day
Today is International Dot Day! We will listen to author and illustrator Peter Reynold’s read his book, The Dot, and then we will head to our computers to “Make Our Mark” with Kidpix.
Introduction to the Computer Lab
Introduction to the Computer Lab
Welcome to the computer lab. Today you will learn the rules of the lab, get your assigned seat, and log in. If time allows we will use Photobooth to take a picture of ourselves to use with our first project, creating Login Cards.
Butterfly Life Cycle
Your caterpillars have arrived! To enhance your study of the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly, we will use Kid Pix to draw the four stages of the butterfly’s life cycle.
Learn more about butterflies by visiting the websites below.
World Math Day!
World Math Day is March 1! We will be competing all day long on February 28 since the site originates in Australia and they are a day ahead of us. Tens of thousands of students around the globe will be competing in mental math heats to break the record for number of correct answers. Classes have signed up for 25 minute time slots in the lab to give it their best. Good luck!
Tutpup
Today you will create a unique identity on the site, Tutpup, using our classroom code. We will work on learning math facts by competing with other students around the world in timed heats. You may use your registration information at home to play afterschool. Click on the picture below to head to the site.
Mouse Practice, Math, and More
Welcome to the computer lab. You will learn how to log in and practice using the mouse. We will also learn how to use the Everyday Math Games application. Click on the bee to help you practice using the mouse.
Self-Portrait
Mouse Practice
Practice using the mouse by visiting the website Bees and Honey. Click on the bee.
Click on the pumpkin for more mouse practice.
Butterfly Life Cycle
Your caterpillars have arrived! To enhance your study of the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly, we will use Kid Pix to draw the four stages of the butterfly’s life cycle.
Learn more about butterflies by visiting the websites below.
World Maths Day!
March 3 is World Maths Day and tens of thousands of students around the globe will be competing in mental math heats to break the record for number of correct answers. Classes have signed up for half hour time slots in the lab to give it their best. Students may spend five minutes creating an avatar at the site prior to playing the games. Good luck!
Voicethread with Our Friends In Dallastown
Today we will create an self-portrait, in Kidpix, to represent you on our collaborative voicethread project with our Skype friends in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. Once they have posted their Voicethread of their 100th day of school activities, we will comment on it. The final product will appear on our page on the Collaborations wikispace.
Hello To Our Skype Friends In Minnesota
Today we will begin to create a Hello video for our new Skype friends in Virginia, Minnesota. First we will create self-portraits in Kidpix and then combine them with music and voice. We will place our final product on our collaborations wikispace page.
Story Podcasts
Today we will create a self-portrait in Kidpix that we will use to identify you as the author of your podcasted story. Once the story is completed, you will record it, and we will post it on the Internet for everyone to enjoy.
Patterns With Shapes
Today we will explore patterns using shape blocks. First, we will work at the interactive whiteboard to match different patterns with shapes and to look at equality. Next, we will work at our computers using Kidspiration to extend more complicated patterns and to create our own.
Butterfly Life Cycle
Your caterpillars will be arriving soon! To enhance your study of the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly, we will use Kid Pix to draw the four stages of the butterfly’s life cycle.
Learn more about butterflies by visiting the websites below.
Type to Learn, Jr.
While formal instruction in keyboarding with proper fingering techniques will begin in third grade, Type to Learn, Jr. is a great introduction to the keyboard for younger students. We will create a user account today and complete a series of lessons. Practice at home with Dance Mat Typing.
Self-Portraits
We will review the drawing tools in KidPix, so we can draw a self-portrait in preparation for our Voicethread project.
Contractions
We will work at the whiteboard today to learn about contractions. You will also finish your Winter Wonderland picture and print it out. If there is time we will use the activotes to take a quiz on contractions.
Here are some activities to try at home.
Winter Wonderland
As participants of the Winter Wonderland Wiki Project, we will create a winter picture in Kidpix. After we complete our pictures, we will record the class singing a winter themed song in GarageBand. We will mash the two together into a Web 2.0 application, and then place the final product on our project wikispace pages.
Try these sites at home!
Favorite Season Graph
We will use The Graph Club to create a table, bar graph, and circle graph of your survey results for the class’ favorite seasons. Include at least two interpretations of the graph in the notes area.
Visit these sites to learn about the four seasons.
Favorite Fruit Survey Graph
Today we will use The Graph Club to create a bar and circle graph of the class survey about favorite fruits. Add at least two interpretations of the graph in the notes section.
Self-Portrait
This week we will learn another verse to Our Computer song. We will also review the drawing tools in KidPix so that you can draw a picture of yourself for the class website. We will learn how to use the drawing tools, the paint bucket, the eraser, and the text tool.
Self-Portrait 2
Today we will learn another verse of Our Computer Song. We will work on a mini-lesson on compound words at the new whiteboard. Finally, we will finish our self-portraits using KidPix, learning how to print, export our pictures into a JPEG format, and place the exported file into the Group folder. Go to the dock and click on the documents folder. Find your self-portrait document and double click it open.
Self-Portrait
This week we will learn another verse to Our Computer song. We will also review the drawing tools in KidPix. Next we will draw a self-portrait in preparation for our Voicethread project.
Self Portrait 2
Today we will learn another verse of Our Computer Song. We will finish our self-portraits using KidPix, learning how to print, export our pictures into a JPEG format, and place the exported file into the Group folder. Go to the dock and click on the documents folder. Find your self-portrait document and double click it open.
Week 1
Today we will assign seats and learn how to log into the computers. We will also learn the first verse of Our Computer song.
Next we will practice using the mouse by visiting the website Bees and Honey. Click on the bee.
Click on the pumpkin for more mouse practice.
Week 1
Welcome to the computer lab. Today we will assign seats and learn how to log on to the computers. We will also learn Our Computer song.
Your first assignment is to read an animated storybook. When you finish reading the book, click on Story Songs and listen to the Metamorphosis song. Click on the book to begin.
