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ELA
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Poetry
Slide Show
Students write and illustrate poems, then publish them using
KidPix. Poems are assembled in a slide show. Standards 3,
4.
Animal Research
See
Science section below
Grandparent
Stories
Write and publish stories using word processor. Standaards 3,
4.
Take Off On
Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
Create a class book in the same style, with digital photos and text.
Standard 3.
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Math
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Number a Day
Begin the day with a discussion about the day’s number.
Students connect that number to other ideas (birthdays, number of boys
or girls in the class, number of teeth lost so far that month, etc.)
They research these ideas using computer resources. Students express
these ideas using drawing or painting software, publishing in a classroom
newsletter, or inserting on a classroom Web page.
Standards
1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6.
(NETS)
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Science
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Videotape Class
Events
Take a movie of a caterpillar going into its pupa, use iMovie to manipulate
it for later viewing on the web. Standard 4.
Animal
Research
Can be narrowed to ocean, mammals, arctic, etc. Take notes from print
and web resources: from the library web page, students follow directions,
clicking on the appropriate links, to arrive at
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/coloring/ where they locate their animals and print out the page.
Standards 1, 5.
Classroom
Pet Decision
Students research pet care and cost. They use the information to
select the best pet for their classroom. Standard 5,
6.
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Social Studies
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Explore and
Create Maps
Use Neighborhood Map Machine to create maps of the community. Standard
3.
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Art
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Butterfly Symmetry
Use a black and white template of a butterfly. Import it into KidPix
or another drawing program. Students make colorful symmetrical designs
in the drawing program and publish them on paper, as a slide show or
on the web. Standards 3, 4.
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Music
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Physical Education
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