K+-+2nd+Activities

=K - 2nd Computer Lab Activities=

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[|Favorites] || internet || language arts, social studies, math, science ||  || The activities on this site are 15-30 minutes and easy to manage in the lab setting. There are 2 sections K-2 and 3-5. Great fillers for when students are done with other projects, easy for subs to use. ||  || cateste || K-5 || 1a, 1b, 6a ||  || Easy introdution to using Word once students have learned some short vowel sound words ||   || [|Ann Oro] || K || 1a, 1b, 6a ||  || These are a series of projects I complete with the Kindergarten class over the course of the year. I'm sure these can be adapted to other drawing software. ||  || [|Ann Oro] || K || 1a, 1b, 6a ||  || These are a series of projects I complete with the Kindergarten class over the course of the year. I'm sure these can be adapted to other drawing software. ||  || [|Ann Oro] || 1 || 1a, 1b, 6a ||  || These are a series of projects I complete with the Kindergarten class over the course of the year. I'm sure these can be adapted to other drawing software. ||  || [|Ann Oro] || 2 || http://wsd2.pbwiki.com/ || Internet, Pixie 2 or other software like Kid Pix, Tuxedo... || Please see file for many standards covered by this lesson || web 2.0 language arts learning || Students will learn how to use a wiki, comment on the teachertube video that their classmates have done and generally learn some web 2.0 skills. Please see this uploaded .doc for the entire lesson || || [|Heidi Pence] || 2 || [|Simple Shapes] [|Sort Triangles] [|Shape Matching] || SMARTbook Notebook || Use digital camera to take a photograph of an object shaped like a circle, square or triangle. Use Smartboard pen to select a color then trace shape and write sentence "I see a ..." Use pen to click and drag shape word to finish sentence. ||  || I completed this as a project for Jen Wagner's [|Shape of Things project]. I introduced the camera to small groups and let them try it out. Rest of the class worked at their own computers on shape sites. I tried taking one class on a walk around the school to take pictures but with only 3 cameras and needing some assistance it was a little too noisy and chaotic so rest of the classes stayed in the room. They spent more time on the shape sites waiting their turn to take a picture of an object with a shape. I selected the best photos and uploaded them to the Smartboard Notebook. Then each class did sentences for 3-4 pictures. At first I was having one child trace a shape and write a sentence. But that was too much waiting for rest of the kids. So then one person traced the shape, another wrote I see a and a third dragged the word into place and added the period. That went much better. BubbleShare: [|Share photos] - Play some [|Online Games]. ||  || Nedra Isenberg || K || Day 2-Children opened Kidspiration2. I modeled how to insert a text box and change font, color and size. Children copied their sentence which was written on a strip of paper for them: I see 1 Santa. (Next year I will type the sentence using all caps. I forgot some children can not identify letters yet. ) Day 3-Modeled how to find Christmas library and insert correct number of pictures. Some children needed to finish writing. I fixed capitalization/punctuation errors and told individual students how to print. With one group I put their story on Photostory3. I added some music and had the children read their sentence. I put the finished story on my school [|webpage]. The finished books were bound into a book and given to the classroom teacher to add to the class library. (Next year I will begin earlier and make sure the cover pages are laminated for extra durability. ) ||  || [|Nedra Isenberg] || K || I think if the kids did it again I might have them find 1 bird, reptile, mammal etc. They can add 6 pictures to the movie. The movie can also be emailed to you or home. ||  || Nedra Isenberg || 1 || [|Cash Out Game], [|Counting Money], [|U.S. Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change] ||  || mrscoggin || 2 || webquest January || I use this as an introduction to webquest, so there is no project attached to it. This is more of an information gathering tool. The students complete the worksheet while completing the webquest. || || Amanda Asbell || K-1 ||   || Inspiration Counting || The students place the correct number of holiday pictures next the the number bubble. Each number gets a new picture. || || Amanda Asbell || PK-K || Inspiration || Students complete the All About Me worksheet in class or at home. Each fact is typed in a new bubble connecting to the main web. The students then insert a picture of themselves in the middle of the web. || || Amanda Asbell || 2nd ||
 * **Activity** || **Software** || **Skill/NETS/COS** || **Tags** || **Comments** || **File** || **Contributor** || **Grade Level** ||
 * Writing stories, || internet || creative writing || writing, creativity, cards, stories || wonderfully designed site for younger kids to write imaginative stories || [|Kerpoof Studio] || cateste || K-5 ||
 * [|Computer Lab]
 * Word Activities for Second || word processing || Nets for Students 1a, 1b, 6a ||  || These are a series of projects I complete with the second grade class over the course of the year. I'm sure these can be adapted to other word processors. ||   || [|Ann Oro] ||   ||
 * Word Activities for First || word processing || Nets for Students 1a, 1b, 6a ||  || These are a series of projects I complete with the first grade class over the course of the year. I'm sure these can be adapted to other word processors. ||   || [|Ann Oro] ||   ||
 * We are Thankful || Kidspiration, VoiceThread ||  || Thanksgiving || In the computer lab during the month of November, the students will create a picture of things they are thankful for in Kidspiration using a [|template]. I will then upload the pictures, and the students will record their voices to create a VoiceThread that will shared on the We are Thankful wiki. || [|We are Thankful template] || Amber Coggin || 1 ||
 * Fire Safety Poster || Microsoft Publisher || keyboarding, copy and paste text and pics ||  || October is fire safety month. K-2 have visit from firetruck and have a puppet show on fire safety. Culminating activity for grade 2 is to create a 12x18 sized "fire safety tip" poster. Students use quick publications in Publisher. Format the poster, add heading, use clip art for picture and copy and paste a fire safety tip from this site http://pbskids.org/arthur/firesafety/index.html. Worked with partners. took one one hour class to complete with time to spare. ||   || [|Maureen Schoenberger] || 2 ||
 * Word Activities for Kindergarten || word processing || Nets for Students
 * KidPix Activities for Kindergarten || Kid Pix || Nets for Students
 * KidPix Activities for First || Kid Pix || Nets for Students
 * KidPix Activities for Second || Kid Pix || Nets for Students
 * Web 2.0 intro to wiki
 * [|KeySeeker] ||  || Integrates letter recognition and picture-letter connection for early learners ||   ||   ||   || [|tracymurdach] || K ||
 * Shape of Things Book
 * Christmas Counting Book || Kidspiration2 Photostory3 || Copying a simple sentence. Clicking and dragging the correct number and type of objects. || Christmas || Day 1-Children brainstormed Christmas items. I wrote them on the interactive whiteboard-they helped by supplying beginning and ending sounds. Next they chose an item and a number1-18 (depending on number of children in the class). I wrote their name/number next to the word.
 * [|Nat'l Geographic Filmmaker] || Internet || Match sounds and animals to make a movie. Work on skills of click, drag and scroll. ||  || Students have to click and drag animal clips, sound clips, a song and then if there's time they can write, save and add captions. In a 40 min. class I had two students who did everything. I just wish the site had sound clips to go with more of the animals but the kids did fine. At the end they save the movie. I had a paper ready for them with the web address on it and they wrote down their 9 digit retrieval code to take home.
 * [|Adjectives Video]& Sentence ||  || 2. Use developmentally appropriate keyboard techniques. ||   || Students watched a video on adjectives. Then I showed them how to change font color and size in Word. I gave them an example sentence "I lost my little red ball under the big green fence." ||   || mrscoggin || 1 ||
 * [|Sign the Declaration] ||  || 23. Use a variety of media and technology resources for directed and independent learning activities across the curriculum. ||   ||   ||   || mrscoggin || 2 ||
 * Rebus Rhymes || Word || 24. Use appropriate techniques for producing and publishing documents. ||  || Students typed either Little Boy Blue or Hey Diddle Diddle in Word. They replaced some of the words with clipart pictures of that word. Print. ||   || mrscoggin || 2 ||
 * Silly Names || Word || 24. Use appropriate techniques for producing and publishing documents. ||  || Students type their names in Word. They change the font, size, and style of the letters to make their names silly. Print them and use as bookmarks. ||   || mrscoggin || 2 ||
 * All About Me || Kidspiration || 34. Apply content-specific tools, software, and simulations to sup, port learning and research. ||  || Students completed an All About Me activity using a template. The students then printed their work. ||   || mrscoggin || 2 ||
 * [|Planet Sort] || Kidspiration || 34. Apply content-specific tools, software, and simulations to support learning and research. ||  || Students sorted planets by inner and outer. ||   || mrscoggin || 2 ||
 * [|Kidspiration Seasons Activity] || Kidspiration || 6. Demonstrate appropriate use of hardware (input/output devices) and media. ||  || I read "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow" to the students. Then, they completed a winter activity in Kidspiration. Students drag and dropped clothes to dress kids for all seasons. ||   || mrscoggin || 1 ||
 * Whales/Dolphins || Internet ||  || whales, dolphins, science || After watching the Dolphins video and taking the quiz on [|BrainPop], students explored the [|Cetacean Station] website. ||   || mrscoggin || 2 ||
 * Coins/Money || Internet || ALCOS #4, TCOS #35 || coins, money || As a class, play the [|Discovering Coin Values] from Toon University on the SMARTboard. Then, students can explore the following sites:
 * Martin Luther King Webquest || Internet and worksheet ||  || Martin Luther King
 * Holiday Numbers || Inspiration ||  || Christmas
 * All About Me || Inspiration ||  || Self
 * Find me in Google Earth || Google Earth || geography, lats and longs, space || google earth, space, || Five projects for K-2 that use Google Earth and teach lots of skills that coordinate with classroom lessons || [|Google Earth projects] || Jacqui Murray ||  ||
 * Keyboard Fun || online keyboard programs || computer basics, keyboarding, || keyboarding, computer skills || Eleven keyboarding projects that include websites, how to make keyboarding fun, and more || [|Keyboarding projects] || Jacqui ||  ||