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Basic Search Methods Using Online Resources
Second graders practice using technology to gather information. In this online research lesson, 2nd graders use technology to find information for a research project. Students write a research paper, and give a presentation to the class...
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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
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Worksheet 7 Computer Lab
In this math worksheet, young scholars program the computer to display a direction field plot for an equation. They plot several solutions on a graph.
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Using Context Clues
Teach your third graders how to find the meanings of words using context clues. Using this reading lesson, discuss how readers can find the meaning of a word by using the sentences around it. They then complete a worksheet in which they...
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Video Reporters - "Get Ready to Use Your Computer"
Students use technology to produce a student-produced video that shows other students how to adjust keyboard, monitor, chair, and posture for safe and healthy usage of computer. It also demonstrates how to ask for help appropriately in...
Code.org
Canvas and Arrays in Apps
Scholars learn how to make a digital canvas and fill it with artwork by creating a drawing app using the canvas element. The activity requires learners to previous knowledge of arrays and return commands to draw images.
Positively Autism
"The Napping House" Big and Little
The dog is big. The mouse is little. Using vocabulary words introduced in the previous lesson, kids read, or are read, sentences and examine images that contrast big and little.
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Geometric Shapes at the OK Corral
Students explore geometry by utilizing computer software. In this shape identification lesson, students define several geometric shapes by the characteristics that classify them. Students draw and cut out geometric shapes using their...
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Developing Coordination Skills and Pencil Control Using Mouse Hockey
Students explore motor skills by participating in a drawing activity. In this hand coordination lesson, students utilize activity sheets in which they drag their pencil in a specific direction quickly and efficiently. Students utilize...
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Computer Word Search
In this computer word search worksheet, students locate and identify 20 computer-related words in the word bank within the word search puzzle.
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Keeping a Physical Activity Log
This study asks students to keep a log at home of their daily physical activities for at least one or two weeks. They bring their logs back to class. They compare the activities and discuss different levels of intensity.
ESL Kid Stuff
Pets & Possessions
Language learners engage in a series of games and activities using pet vocabulary and the verb "have" to show possession or ownership.
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Yummy Math
Young mathematicians use bags of Skittles to help them gain practice in graphing and organizing data. They work in pairs, and after they have counted and organized their Skittles, they access a computer program which allows them to print...
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Get in Shape with Geometry
Using geoboards, computer programs, and hands-on manipulative materials, elementary schoolers engage in a study of two and three-dimensional geometric shapes. This lesson is chock full of good teaching ideas on the subject, and the...
Shodor Education Foundation
Plop It!
Build upon and stack up data to get the complete picture. Using the applet, pupils build bar graphs. As the bar graph builds, the interactive graphically displays the mean, median, and mode. Learners finish by exploring the changes in...
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Elementary Keyboarding Activities
Listen to the sound of children's fingers flying across their keyboards as they perform these fun typing lessons. From creating alphabet books and multimedia presentations to researching presidents and writing class...
ABCya
Sugar, Sugar - Christmas
The holidays wouldn't complete without lots of sugar and a little bit of strategy! A logic game challenges players to distribute falling sugar into a varying number of mugs using lines drawn from their mouse.
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Leo Lionni Author Study
Students identify Leo Lionni as an author in this activity. They identify the types of illustrations used in his books. They also create a picture of a mouse, using a drawing program on the computer. They change the colors of the mouse...
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B is for Bean: The Letter B
In this letter b worksheet, students can use a computer mouse to follow guided arrows showing how to form the letter, then practice printing the upper and lower case letter.
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The Letter N
In this letter N worksheet, students can use a computer mouse to follow guided arrows showing how to form the letter, then practice printing the upper and lower case letter.
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S is for Snake
For this letter S worksheet, students can use a computer mouse to follow guided arrows showing how to form the letter, then practice printing the upper and lower case letter.
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S is for Sofa: The Letter S
For this letter S worksheet, students can use a computer mouse to follow guided arrows showing how to form the letter, then practice printing the upper and lower case letter.
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R is for Ruler: The Letter R
In this letter R worksheet, students can use a computer mouse to follow guided arrows showing how to form the letter, then practice printing the upper and lower case letter.
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The Letter S
In this letter S worksheet, students can use a computer mouse to follow guided arrows showing how to form the letter, then practice printing the upper and lower case letter.