Instructional Technology
Grade 2 - 5th Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 5th six weeks grading period in Grade 2. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
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| Math | ||
| Unit 9 | Geometry | |
| Lesson 1 | Two-Dimensional Shapes | |
| Curriculum activity: | Reinforces the use of formal language when describing the attributes of vertices and sides of two-dimensional figures. Students will be introduced to two new attributes, square corners and the length of opposite sides. The lesson will also focus on the non-examples of a polygon including a circle and an oval. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Identify and Draw Shapes In this EdClass activBook E696, Students will design a pattern or a picture using geometric shapes. |
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| Technology idea 2 | Patch Tool by Illuminations | |
Students can design a pattern using geometric shapes. |
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| Unit 9 | Geometry | |
| Lesson 2 | Three-Dimensional Geometric Figures | |
| Curriculum activity: | Reinforces the use of formal language when describing the attributes of vertices, edges, and faces of three-dimensional shapes. Students will explore the shapes of faces to discover the relationship between two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional shapes. The lesson will also focus on the use of the newly acquired knowledge of attributes to compare and contrast geometric figures. | |
| Technology idea 1 | ||
| This tool allows students to learn about various geometric solids and their properties. They can manipulate and color each shape to explore the number of faces, edges, and vertices | ||
| Technology idea 2: | Properties of Three-Dimensional Figures | |
| Students use this Kidspiration template to identity 3D shapes and properties such as the number of faces, edges and vertices of each figure. | ||
| Technology idea 3: | Properties of Three-Dimensional Figures | |
| -Students use these set of directions in Word to create their own graphic organizer in Kidspiration from scratch. | ||
| Unit 10 | Measurement | |
| Lesson 1 | Linear Measurement | |
| Curriculum activity | This lesson will have students estimating, identifying, and using concrete models that represent standard units of length to measure. Students will directly compare the attributes of the various standard units of length to solve problems. The lesson will extend to selecting appropriate nonstandard units of measurement to determine the area of various surfaces | |
| Technology idea 1 | EdClass activBook E697 | |
Students measure the length of their hand. Using the length of their hand as a frame of reference, students find objects that have the same length. |
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| Teachnology idea 2: | Measure shapes and objects | |
| Students use this Powerpoint template to measure objects by dragging or nudging them to a customary ruler. | ||
| Science | ||
| Unit 9 | Plants | |
| Lesson 1 | Plants Have Basic Needs | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will identify the seven basic needs of plants. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Growing Plants | |
| Students can use the above link to grow a plant. | ||
| Unit 9 | Plants | |
| Lesson 1 | Plants Have Basic Needs | |
| Curriculum activity: | Tell the students that they will be setting up a long-term experiment to discover the basic needs that plants must have constantly and ones they can do without for awhile. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students could use the digital camera to take photos of the observations they make about the plants during the ongoing investigation. | |
| Unit 9 | Plants | |
| Lesson 2 | The Function of Plant Parts | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will have experiences observing plants and their parts using both living organisms and pictures. | |
| Technology idea 1 | EdClass activBook E716 | |
| Plants may look different from each other, but they have parts that are alike. Students will learn the main parts of a plant. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Plant Case Mystery Parts of a Plant Students can match clues to the right plant part. |
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| Technology idea 3 |
Students can match the clues to the right seed parts. |
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Students can find the correct clues to solve the flower mystery. |
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| Unit 9 | Plants | |
| Lesson 2 | The Function of Plant Parts | |
| Curriculum activity: | Have the students create a foldable to explain and demonstrate what they have learned about roots and their function. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students can use the following template to create the foldable book. Foldable Book Template (MS Publisher) |
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| Unit 9 | Plants | |
| Lesson 3 | Plants: External Characteristics of Plants | |
| Curriculum activity: | Explain: Create a graphic organizer about the adaptations of rainforest plants. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students could use Kidspiration to create a graphic organizer that would fulfill this required lesson. | |
| Unit 9 | Plants | |
| Lesson 3 | Plants: External Characteristics of Plants | |
| Curriculum activity: | Given the name of a major biome and the weather conditions in the biome, students will identify the external characteristics of different kinds of plants that allow their needs to be met. They can demonstrate mastery using pictures and/or words. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students could use Kidspiration to create a document that fulfills this required lesson. | |
| Technology idea 2 | Compare and Contrast Plants in Different Habitats | |
| Students use this graphic organizer Bubble Map in Kidspiration to compare and contrast plants in desert vs. rainforest habitats. There is a link to the Missouri Botanical Gardens students can click on to reserach plants and animals in each habitat. | ||
| Social Studies | ||
| Unit 9 | Our Community: Government Services | |
| Lesson 1 | Government Leaders & How They Are Elected | |
| Curriculum activity: | Explain: Using information gained in the Explore sections, students create a
foldable that identifies and describes the role of the mayor, the governor and the president. Students |
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| Technology idea 1 | Students could use the brochure template in MS Publisher to create a document that fulfills this required lesson. | |
| Unit 9 | Our Community: Government Services | |
| Lesson 1 | Government Leaders & How They Are Elected | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the roles of the mayor and governor or the governor and president. Summarize, orally or in writing, the information on the diagram. |
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| Technology idea 1 | Students could use the following web site to create the Venn Diagram. |
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| Technology idea 2 | Students could use MS Publisher to create the Venn Diagram. | |
| Unit 10 | Our Community Works | |
| Lesson 1 | Work Provides Income | |
| Curriculum activity: | Explain: Cut apart the attached job slips and place them in a basket or envelope. Ask each student to draw a job slip and decide if the job written down is a job that provides a good or a service to others in the community. Students talk to their table partners to help them decide what each job at their table it. | |
| Technology idea 1 | EdClass e587:Goods and Services | |
| Technology idea 2 | Thinkfinity: EconEdLink - Goods and Services. There are several links in this lesson. | |
| Unit 10 | Our Community Works | |
| Lesson 1 | Work Provides Income | |
| Curriculum activity: | Evaluate: Create a flowchart to explain how work provides income to purchase goods and services. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students could use Kidspiration to create a document that fulfills this required lesson. | |
| Unit 10 | Our Community Works | |
| Lesson 2 | Producers and Consumers | |
| Curriculum activity: | Explore: Choose a product to follow from raw material to finished product. | |
| Technology idea 1 | EdClass: e586 How Are Things Made? | |
| Unit 10 | Our Community Works | |
| Lesson 3 | Economic Choices | |
| Curriculum activity: | Write a story about a choice made about earning, spending and saving money. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Students could use MS Word or Publisher to create a document that fulfills this required lesson. | |
| Technology idea 2 | EdClass e589: Needs and Wants | |