Instructional Technology
Grade 2 - 4th Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 4th six weeks grading period in Grade 2. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
ELA | Math | Science | Social Studies |
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| ELA | ||
| Unit 4 | Follow the Pattern | |
| Lesson 1 | Patterns In Our Lives | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students understand that variations in story elements may change the story plot. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Retell the Gingerbread Man | |
| Using edClass activBook e155, students sequence illustrations from the traditional story 'The Gingerbread Man.' For each illustration, students will write a sentence to retell the tale. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | The Sandcastle | |
| Using edClass activBook e113 and Microsoft Word, students will put sentences in order to retell a story. | ||
| Math | ||
| Unit 7 | Multiplication/Division | |
| Lesson 1 | Exploring Division | |
| Curriculum activity: | Introduce students to the concept of multiplication and division by using concrete objects to create equal groups. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Division by Partition | |
| Using edClass activBook e354 and Microsoft Excel, students will show that they can divide numbers by sharing equally. | ||
| Unit 7 | Multiplication/Division | |
| Lesson 2 | Fractions | |
| Curriculum activity: | Name and represent fractional parts of a whole object or a set with denominators of 12 or less, using pattern blocks, fraction circles, and counters. | |
| Technology idea: | Students can use the following web site: |
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| Unit 7 | Multiplication/Division | |
| Lesson 2 | Fractions | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will also use fraction circles to determine if a fraction is closer to zero, one-half, or one. | |
| Technology idea: | Fraction Activities | |
| Direct students to open Kidspiration. Go to the More folder and instruct students to open the Fraction Activities lesson template. | ||
| Unit 8 | Fractions | |
| Lesson 2 | Fractions | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students record fractional parts of a whole group. | |
| Technology idea: | Shade in the Fractions | |
Students use this template to color in fraction parts using the paint bucket in Excel. iThey will also type in the correct fraction part. |
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| Science | ||
| Unit 7 | Natural Resources | |
| Lesson 1 | Properties and Uses of Natural Resources: Soil | |
| Curriculum activity | Students will explore the properties and uses of soil. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students can use these web sites to create graphic organizers about the properties of soil or uses of soil. |
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| Unit 7 | Natural Resources | |
| Lesson 2 | Properties and Uses of Natural Resources: Rocks | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will explore the properties and uses of rocks | |
| Technology idea 1 | Thinkfinity Rock Slide Show | |
| Students will use the slide show to explore physical properties of rocks and how we use rocks. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Rock Facts | |
| Students will use the above link to gather information about how rocks are formed. Students will then use Kidspiration to generate graphic organizers about the different ways rocks are made. | ||
| Unit 7 | Natural Resources | |
| Lesson 2 | Properties and Uses of Natural Resources: Rocks | |
| Curriculum activity: | Using a teacher generated graphic organizer, or a blank piece of paper, students will write or draw uses of rocks. | |
| Technology activity: | Students can use Kidspiration to create a document that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Unit 8 | Living and Non-Living | |
| Lesson 1 | Classifying Living Organisims and Non-Living Objects | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students take a short walk around the school, making observations and recording data about things they see that are living, and things that are non-living. | |
| Technology activity: | Students could use the digital camera to take photos of their observations. | |
| Unit 8 | Living and Non-Living | |
| Lesson 1 | Classifying Living Organisims and Non-Living Objects | |
| Curriculum activity: | In small groups, have students create a chart or poster explaining: • Why is an organism classified as a plant or an animal? • What are the characteristics both plants and animals share? • What makes them different? (A Venn diagram would work well here.) |
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| Technology activity 1: | Students could use MS Publisher to create a document that would fullfills this requirement. | |
| Technology activity 2: | Students could use Inspiration to create a Venn Diagram. (Inspiration has a Venn Diagram Template.) | |
| Unit 8 | Living and Non-Living | |
| Lesson 1 | Classifying Living Organisims and Non-Living Objects | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will create a poster that includes : • A list of the characteristics of the animals in their group. • They will need to illustrate these characteristics. • A generalized statement about their animal group. |
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| Technology activity: | Students can use MS Publisher to create a document that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Unit 8 | Living and Non-Living | |
| Lesson 1 | Classifying Living Organisims and Non-Living Objects | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will sort pictures into two groups: living and nonliving and identify 2-3 characteristics for each group. |
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| Technology activity: | Teacher could create a template for students in MS Publisher, Kidspiration, or Inspiration that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Unit 8 | Living and Non-Living | |
| Lesson 2 | Characteristics of Living Organisims | |
| Curriculum activity: | My Plant Observation Journal | |
| Technology activity: | A template of the Plant Observation Journal could be created in MS Power Point or MS Publisher. Students could use a digital camera to record the changes the see in the plants. The photos could be inserted into the journal. | |
| Unit 8 | Living and Non-Living | |
| Lesson 2 | Characteristics of Living Organisims | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will create a foldable book to identify the characteristics of a living organism. |
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| Technology activity 1: | Students can use ReadWriteThink Printing Press to create a document that fulfills this requirement. Choose the Booklet link. | |
| Technology activity 2: | Students could use MS Publisher to create a document that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Unit 8 | Living and Non-Living | |
| Lesson 3 | Characteristics of Non-Living Objects | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will create a foldable book to identify the characteristics of a nonliving object. | |
| Technology activity 1: | Students can use ReadWriteThink Printing Press to create a document that fulfills this requirement. Choose the Booklet link. | |
| Technology activity 2: | Students could use MS Publisher to create a document that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Unit 8 | Living and Non-Living | |
| Lesson 3 | Characteristics of Non-Living Objects | |
| Curriculum activity: | Using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast a living animal with a nonliving toy animal. | |
| Technology activity : | Inspiration contains a Venn diagram. | |
| Social Studies | ||
| Unit 7 | Influential People in Our Past | |
| Lesson 1 | Influential Historical People | |
| Curriculum activity: | Introduces students to qualities important to Americans (national identity) by studying historical figures who have made contributions to the communities in which we live and who have exhibited characteristics of good citizenship, inventiveness or individualism. | |
| Technology idea: 1 | Instant Poetry | |
| Student can use the above link to write a biography poem about an influential historical person. Use the menu bar on the left to locate the biography poem link. | ||
| Unit 7 | Influential People in Our Past | |
| Lesson 1 | Influential Historical People | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students create a Bio-poem for Henrietta King to share with class. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students can use MS Publisher to create and illustrate the poem that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Technology idea 2 | Students could use the template to create a Power Point presentation of the Bio-poem. |
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| Unit 7 | Influential People in Our Past | |
| Lesson 1 | Influential Historical People | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students choose one historical figure that they have learned about ...Students, then, draw a picture and write a paragraph about the contributions that person made to the communities in which we live and how the community would be different if that person had not been someone who exhibited inventiveness, individuality or good citizenship. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students could use MS Publisher or MS Word to create a document that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Unit 7 | Influential People in Our Past | |
| Lesson 1 | Influential Historical People | |
| Curriculum activity: | They (students) prepare a presentation that will teach the rest of the class about the person researched. This presentation may take the form of posters, bio-poems, mini-murals... | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students can use MS Publisher to create the poster, bio-poem or mural that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Technology idea 2 | Student can use MS Power Point to create a short presentation that fulfills this requirement. | |
| Unit 7 | Influential People in Our Past | |
| Lesson 2 | Timelines- Influential Historic People | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will create and interpret timelines. Students practice together and then use their knowledge of timelines to interpret one independently. | |
| Technology idea 1 | ||
| Students can use the above web sites to create a autobiographical timeline or a timeline about an influential historical person. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Students can use Kidspiration to create a timeline. | |
| Technology Idea 3 | Students can use MS Publisher to create a timeline. | |