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Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
"Just Playing" Playground Design |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will design a playground for our new school. They will measure the area of the proposed space, research pricing and sizes for playground equipment, and create a proposal for donors which will include digital pictures of the proposed area and drawings or digital blueprints of the much-hoped-for playground area. |
POETS ON THE PLAYGROUND |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Jumpstarting creativity is one of the goals of Poets on the Playground. The idea is to help 6th graders use digital cameras and take pictures on the playground. Then students can use their own ideas and enthusiasm in a natural flow of self-expression and write poetry about their photographs. |
"A" is Awesome |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students respond to the book, The Absolutely Awful Alphabets by Mordicai Gerstein by taking digital pictures of alphabets occurring naturally throughout the school. |
A Year to Remember |
K to 3 |
(0 stars, 12 ratings) As the New Year approached my class began to prepare calendars to present to our parents. Using the digital camera we created a personalized collage on the front of each calendar sharing activities the child had participated in. This calendar certainly was a "year to remember"! |
ABC Grammar Book |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) Students will find objects that can identify parts of speech and capture the object in a photo. (Example: If you are studying verbs and nouns they could take a picture of a students swinging on a rope. Swinging = verb. Rope = noun) |
At the Movies |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students respond to books, poems and literary genres by using flip cameras to make movie trailers, "behind-the-scene-clips", never before seen footage, movie reviews and commercials as the use imagination, innovations and 21st century digital tools to show their understanding. |
At the Movies |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan attempts at creating a framework for creativity, innovation and global collaboration while allowing students to create different movies as they respond to books and poems from different literary genres. The lesson plan allows for student-driven learning, with choices and project-based learning. |
Back To School Scavenger Hunt |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Help your K-2 students get accustomed to a new school with a fabulous Gingerbreadman Scavenger Hunt! Children will learn to locate bathrooms, gym, water fountains, school nurse etc! What a fun way to introduce a new campus! |
Be A Star! |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to showcase other students meeting the behavior expectations set by our school within the hallways, lunchroom, classroom, playground, riding the bus, and going in and out of the building. |
Be Aware of Bullies! |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This webquest is designed for 5th grade recess monitors. This teaching-to-learn webquest is intended to involve students in the examination of bullying behavior and how they can help younger students prevent it from happening. |
Bill of Rights Documentary |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 5 ratings) Our fifth grade Social Studies students learned about the Bill of Rights by creating their very own documentary using the Flip camer and software. We held a viewing party at the end of the unit complete with a popcorn donation from AMC Theatres to celebrate our young filmmakers! |
Code the Bots! Block Coding in Javascript |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn and code with Javascript, initially using a block-based curriculum free at code.org on existing technology already in the school. Students will progress to programming a variety of robots like Dash and Dot for the Wonder League Competitions; Ozobots; Sphero’s BB-8 and SPRK+ Lightening Lab; Osmo Code, and Parrot’s Rolling Spider Mini-Drones. Students will also create and code Javascript programs, digital stories, and computer programs. |
Don't Laugh At Me |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Third graders create a music video for the song 'Don't Laugh At Me'. They use their connections and synthesis to illustrate the points made in the book and song. |
Flip and Soar |
P-K to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My special education (Cognitively/Emotionally Impaired) classroom has incorporated the school-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) system. Our goal is to teach safe, respectful & responsible behavior in a variety of locations ( bathroom, lunchroom, classroom, playground,etc.). Most of our students have very poor body awareness and lack the ability to “see” themselves as others do. Video could be the perfect tool to ‘open their eyes’. |
Forces and Motion Scavenger Hunt |
P-K to 5 |
Students will work in small groups to identify and photograph things that we push or pull in our real world. |
From photo to printed word: Getting second-graders to write! |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) By taking pictures and focusing on the basics (capital letters and periods), second graders get the beginning concepts of writing a story by taking compelling images. |
GRAMMAR SHOTS |
K to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Have fun creating a progressive grammar portfolio. |
How Does Your Garden Grow? |
K to 4 |
With the help of technology the children will be amazed witnessing the school garden change before their eyes! The work and dedication put into a garden will surely pay off when the digital presentation is viewed. |
I Can Help the Earth, Can You? |
1 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the flip video cameras to create short video clips, or commercials, stating what they can do around the school to promote Earth Day awareness. These will be used to spread awareness of the simple acts that can be done each day at school and home to help our Earth. |
Investigating Plants |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will investigate plants found in their surrounding environment to find similarities and differences among them. They will take digital photographs of several different plants to be used in a classroom lesson thereafter. |
Nature of Geometry |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use digital cameras to prove their knowledge of geometric terms. Requires (4) 45 minute class periods. |
Newspaper for Inner City School |
K to K |
The project is to promote fluency both oral and written 2 languages. |
P & P- " Portraits and Persepctive" Digital Photography for Kids |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Grade 2-3 students will be involved in a credential teacher led short term project that teaches the basic of digital photography using portraits and perspective practice lessons. Students will learn layout and design, captioning and title skills. |
Photographical Ecology |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will photograph and understand differences in organisms and the roles they play in our environment. |
Public Service Announcement Project |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using a digital media form, students will create a Public Service Announcement to inform peers on a topic of social interest or need. These PSA's will be shared through journalism or school mail to reach the target audience. |
Rainforest: Creating Globally Conscious Students |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to apply their knowledge of the rainforest ecosystem to create peer interviews with Flipcams. These interviews will be edited and posted on our district website as well as sites such as www.teachertube.com for students to convey their understanding of:
• The various strata of the rainforest, and the role that each plays in the overall health of the ecosystem.
• The interdependence humans have with the rainforest for health needs.
• The great diversity of the animal kingdom that resides in the rainforest as well as the effect deforestation has on these species.
• How our actions can directly impact the rainforests. Students should be able to persuade others to take simple steps to protect these regions of the world.
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Readers Who Struggle Can Learn From Wonderful Teacher/Student Created On-Level Reading Projects |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Imagine a reading lesson that is about you and your classmates. It is right at your reading level, and it contains the sight words and skills that are targeted for you and your classmates' specific learning needs! Best of all it is created by your classroom teacher and can be used with a SMARTBoard, burned to a cd, or printed off to be read at home for extra practice! And it can be used over and over again. |
rhythm is math |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Music and math go together! Learn songs with activities that help understand and reinforce counting, addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Also focus on National Standards for Music Education; Singing, counting, steady beat, etc. |
STEMing Mobile Devices |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Incorporating STEM and mobile devices into the physical science curriculum in an engaging and interactive way. |
Technology Across the Curriculum |
K to 5 |
Students will be using digital cameras in Math, Language Arts, and Science. They will be producing symmetry pictures, a scrapbook, and learn how a camera and an eye are similar. |
The American Revolution: It Takes Two to Tangle, but Three to Decide a War! |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit on the American Revolution is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of the complexities of war. The goal is for students to gain knowledge of history from several different points of view. |
Twenty-First Century Social Skills Instruction |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This project uses video taped self modeling technique to help students learn and practice appropriate social behaviors. |
Welcome to Our School! |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson plan is designed to teach students how to develop perspective, boost creativity, and promote communication and collaboration skills. Students will create a video about our school intended for new students to feel more comfortable and knowledgeable about our school before arriving on their first day. |
What in the World..?!? |
3 to 5 |
You don't need to be able to read to love science, computers, and photography. My special education students will use these materials to create their own photographic "I Spy" books during our What in the World..?!? photo project. Using picture symbol software and photographs, students can address all content areas including math, reading, writing, technology, and science. |
What's the Matter? |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students explore the 3 states of matter, as well as the combination of these states, through the use of a digital camera. Students then create Photo Stories about matter to share. |