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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Name that Main Idea |
3 to 5 |
 (0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an engaging lesson designed to introduce main idea to students, and then scaffold student understanding to be able to write topic sentences about the main idea utilizing a document camera. Students then critique and conduct peer evaluations on each other's products. |
| 26 Days/Weeks in Our World Writing Project |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will each take one photo during their assigned week on a class digital camera. Students will share there photo and the class will write a descriptive journal entry about what they see in the photo. |
| A Year in Arizona |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will choose a theme related to our state of Arizona and create calendars around that theme. Some examples of potential themes are: animals of Arizona, Arizona cactus and plant life, Arizona history, Arizona's geology, and Native American culture. |
| Animal Research Paragraph |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Animal Research Paragraph-Students will need to research animals and gather facts from various sources. |
| Animals on Parade |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Fourth grade students will research rainforest animals of the world and hold what is known as a shoebox parade. Each student will decorate a shoebox to resemble a parade float and create a podcast. |
| Autism Through the Eyes of Technology |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Statistics show that All children benefit from the use of technology in the classroom, however, children with Autism participate, communicate, and engage MOST effectively by using technology. In addition, most of my students have difficulties with fine motor skills, and using technology in the classroom for various lessons would help them grow tremendously. My project will enhance learning and motivate my students to initiate communication participate and collaborate with their peers in order to reach their greatest potential. |
| Autobiographies |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) My kids will be creating Autobiographies or Biographies on a family member. They will be taking pictures that relate to different aspects of their life and writing about the photographs with paragraphs and captions. |
| Because I Said So! - Writing a Persuasive Speech |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a short writing unit. Students will brainstorm, write, and edit a persuasive speech on a topic of their choosing. The studetns will then record a podcast of their speech which will be uploaded to the school website. |
| Birthdays, Everyone Has One! |
P-K to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Specific purpose/ objective
The student will practice retelling and explaining to build social studies and vocabulary skills. The student will connect the information with prior experiences and insights to his or her own birthday. |
| Blogging in the Classroom |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use laptops/chromebooks to create their own student blogs, where they will respond to literature, evaluate media, and collaborate with their classmates. |
| Character power points |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) While using a power point I created by using images from google and the idea of friendship. I help the students learn with each slide what frienship really entails. There are thought provoking images and conversation starters. |
| Class Memory Book |
9 to 12 |
| The entire class will create a memory book for each student in the class. Pictures and paragraphs will tell a short story about each student. |
| Cochlear Implants-Flip camera |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a movie explaining if they support or oppose on Cochlear Implants. |
| Collaborative Writing using Blogs Lesson Plan |
1 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will create a paragraph that shares details of our weekly classroom learning. They will illustrate their paragraph with one or two appropriate pictures or photos. Then it will be put into our classroom blog. |
| Cool Commercials CRITIQUE |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will watch TV commercials and complete provided critique sheet.
A nice mini-lesson that provides the opportunity to connect with commercial media in a critical way. |
| Dakota Pipeline Lesson |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an a unit that is geared towards students understanding the components of the Regents exam. The argumentative essay will focus on students reading and analyzing 4 different texts that examine multiple sides about the Dakota Access Pipeline debate. The essay will extend in students participating in a socratic seminar with their peers using respectful and accountable talk and fostering productive peer to peer discussion. |
| Digital Citizenship |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Objective: In this lesson(s), students will be able to continue developing an understanding of what it means to be a digital citizen. Through guided notes, discussion, and activity student will be led through various concepts relating to being responsible in the digital world.
Unit Summary: This unit would be considered year long, ongoing curriculum that will constantly be reinforced as we utilize technology within the English Language Arts classroom. The main areas to be focused on will include: self image and identity, relationships and communication, digital footprint and reputation, cyberbullying and digital drama, and internet safety. In order to have a technologically centered classroom and methodology these items must be addressed. Students need to not only know how to use the technology effectively but also how to use it responsibly and safely.
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| Digital Storytelling |
5 to 12 |
| Students write more when they are inspired either by the topic or by the process. Using Movie Maker, students bring their creative stories to life and have a Windows Media Player as their final version of their work. |
| Elaborative Detail- Write it right! |
4 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson teaches the importance of using elaborative and sensory details in writing. Children may think they are using good details until they see how many details are necessary to make the right picture pop into a reader's mind. |
| Exploration Journal |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) We use Pixlr.com, a free photo editing site, to explore various regions of the world according to the new Social Studies standards in 7th grade. Students will edit a picture to portray themselves exploring the region and then create exploration journals documenting their trip. |
| Exploring Our World |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students read texts and complete activities that relate to different regions around the world. Students can use the Amazon Echo to answer questions and research different regions/continents and listen to audiobooks that connect to our world. |
| Flip Camera Activity: Being a Good Citizen |
3 to 4 |
| Flip Camera Activity: Being a Good Citizen involves the students dicovering and citing what makes a good citizen and then filming each other's findings. |
| Getting Down to Business (Letters and Technology) |
7 to 11 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use technology to learn parts of a business letter, how to write a business letter, research businesses, and write a letter of request to a business of their choice. |
| Graphing Weather |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Graphing Weather and writing about the results |
| If Hornets Could Talk... |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) As a teacher, I find myself constantly challenged to integrate the state and parish standards, grade level expectations, ILEAP test preparation, and multi-disciplinary lessons, at the same time keeping my students engaged, excited, and learning. At times I find the students either bored or discouraged with basic assignments, in particular reading, writing, and researching. I find that no matter how important the components being taught, without a “catch” or “hook,” the students view the assignments as redundant and see no connection with real life. I’ve found a “hook!” |
| Inspirational Essay: Video |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create an inspirational movie using both video and text. Partners will choose a famous person who has inspired them. Using quotes and filmed clips, students will create a video detailing how and why this person inspired them. |
| Keep it Beautiful |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn different ways to keep the environment clean and conserve resources. They will use digital photography paired with writing to complete an Earth Day bulletin board. |
| Learning More About Inventors! |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) 4th Grade students in Lori Porter’s class at Dozier Elementary had a taste of the movie industry as they worked on an inventor/invention project for Social Studies. The goal of the lesson was for the class to learn about twenty famous inventors/inventions and how those have impacted life in America. |
| Let's Roll Robots! |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) Goal: For students to read the story “My Robot” (or another Robot story) and be able to write a story about one then read paragraphs orally (or interview robots with flip
camera.)
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| Let’s Get Excited about Roller Coasters! |
5 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) An amusement park has decided to open a theme park to be located in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. It is an exciting time for the citizens of Waikoloa Village. Finally, this small town will be put on the map for something big. The residents are anxiously anticipating the grand opening of the amusement park. However, the operators of the amusement park need your help. They want to design a new roller coaster with a car that runs as smoothly as a marble would down the track. Your team has been hired to design this new roller coaster track for this theme park. Your task is to design a model of the track you would like to build for this amusement park. Your model must demonstrate the law of conservation of energy, gravity, force, momentum, and especially kinetic and potential energy. |
| Let’s Get Excited about Roller Coasters! |
5 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) An amusement park has decided to open a theme park to be located in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. It is an exciting time for the citizens of Waikoloa Village. Finally, this small town will be put on the map for something big. The residents are anxiously anticipating the grand opening of the amusement park. However, the operators of the amusement park need your help. They want to design a new roller coaster with a car that runs as smoothly as a marble would down the track. Your team has been hired to design this new roller coaster track for this theme park. Your task is to design a model of the track you would like to build for this amusement park. Your model must demonstrate the law of conservation of energy, gravity, force, momentum, and especially kinetic and potential energy. |
| Living Wax Museum |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will complete a biography about a person of their choice. This project includes a written paper, a slideshow, and creating a poster board that will be displayed throughout the school. |
| Local History Guided Tour Podcasts |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research local history, choose significant landmarks and create a short audio tour of the area. Students will learn about local history in their area while also learning how to use podcast technology. |
| Memoirs of a Fifth Grader |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Fifth grade students will write an auto-biography and create a correlating video diary. |
| My Three Words |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Our schools 7th and 8th grade Performing Arts class was asked to reflect on an significant event that happened in their life. The student had to express this event using only 3 words in a non traditional and non verbal way, such as written in flower petals, in the sand etc. We used our flip camera to record each child's interpretation, and set the movie to music. |
| One L.E.S.S. (Partners in Education Campaign Initiative) |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Through this social marketing campaign - One L.E.S.S., the students will assume the role of a business professionals using different types of marketing media. The students’ initiative will increase collaborations between community leaders, the school, and youth. The concept is simple - One Leader Engaged in Student Success (L.E.S.S.) equals one less youth involved in juvenile delinquency and other destructive decision making. |
| Our Video Adventure: Traveling Through Blair County |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Third grade studetns are learning about the county in which they live. They are studying local geography and history. Students research an establishment in Blair County, write a report about the site, and build a model. This project is videoed in stages and then will be compiled into a complete project. |
| Postcards from the Civil War |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will research one of the battles of the Civil War and use their research to create a digital postcard which they will send electronically. |
| Pride in Diversity - Our Similarities and Differences Make Us Strong |
K to 8 |
| This project gives students experience with digital cameras and web design tools while showcasing the ways our similarities and differences make us stronger as a community of learning. |
| Reporting News About Rosa Parks |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) You are a news reporter and your boss needs for you to write a newspaper article on Rosa Parks. |
| Sea Scallop Data Mining Research Project |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students develop a research question and then gather the data to answer that question using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Sea Scallop Survey database. Students present the results in a formal classroom presentation and a scientific poster session which is open to the public. |
| Sonoran WebQuest |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Ultilizing some of the most advanced technology available today, you and your team of scientists will create a multi-media presentation to share with the world on the internet! |
| Switch Zoo/Real or Fake |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is an introductory lesson to familiarize students with the copy and paste feature on the keyboard. They will also review font and paragraph features of Word. Students will then use a web based program called Switch Zoo to create a fake animal and write “facts” about their animal such as where they live what they eat and how they survive. |
| Technology and your Future: Using SmartPhones and IPads in the classroom |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Using research from the internet, via Smart Phone or I Pads, studnets will "open their eyes" as to what they will need to do and have in order to attain the life they desire for their future. |
| The Pumpkin Patch |
P-K to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use digital images and drawing software, in this case Kid Pix 4, to create a pumpkin patch illustration. Students use their product to write a paragraph on a writing prompt provided by the teacher. |
| The Wonder of Seeing the Best in Ourselves- A+ Attitude |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will read the novel Wonder by RJ Palacio, learn about theme, character, perspective and the steps of writing a research paper. The students will then create a research paper, an oral presentation and a citizenship project that promotes compassion. |
| Their Side Of The Story |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use Flip cameras as a way to look at and understand school life from others' point of view. |
| Time Capsule Essay (A Letter to Future Students) |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Dozier Elementary's Time Capsule Project Link shows all information @http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/dozier/eye/09_10/TimeCapsule09_10/projects.htm |
| Using Technology to Create a Portfolio, One Letter At a Time |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a variety of written assignments, covering all subject areas, using Tool Factory Workshop. Throughout the year the students will write poems, essays, summaries, book reviews and they will create graphs, presentations, and spreadsheets to show their learning throughout the school year. |
| Welcome to Our School ! |
6 to 8 |
| Overview - using a camera for an ongoing class project will allow students to capture on film any and all projects done in classes for the year, Teacher expectations, and how to get around at our school. The selected activities will be documented and used to make additions and subtractions in an effort to make all projects more student friendly, and to familiarize parents and students with their new school. |
| What Do You Know About Your Town? |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Lessons that help students learn a little about their own community. Lesson is generated for Erath, Louisiana, however can be adapted to any area. |
| Write to Read |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) There is nothing more motivating than teaching to the interests of students, and what middle school students' interests revolve around themselves and their friends. Digital storytelling of the school year gives them a voice and leades to improved language arts skills. |
| Writing Classroom Agreements using Inspiration & Word to Go |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) At the beginning of the year, the class will create a "Classroom Constitution" using Inspiration software and, as an option for classrooms w/ Palm Pilots, Word to Go. Students will brainstorm as a class a list of behaviors that they think will help the classroom environment be conducive to learning & to show how they can become better citizens in their class. |
| Written in Bones |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will read literary and informational texts about the stories of our past to understand how different texts offer unique historical perspectives and how authors sometimes alter details of history to serve a purpose. Students will express their understanding by corroborating details of the past, deciphering an author’s purpose, and writing their own fictionalized version of a historical account.
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