Instructional Technology
Kindergarten - 2nd Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 2nd six weeks in Kindergarten. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
| ELA | ||
| Unit 02 | Beginning to Make Friends | |
| Lesson 03 | Making Friends | |
| Curriculum activity: | Beginning, Middle and End - CVC Words - Taken from 2nd Six Weeks ELA Enhancements | |
| Technology idea: | Students can use the interactive tool - Word Build Bank from Read Write Think to practice decoding CVC words. Students will choose an ending (an, ed, ig, at, et, in,op, ot, un) and practice building words. Word Build Bank Web Site | |
| Unit 02 | Beginning to Make Friends | |
| Lesson 04 | Understanding My Friend | |
| Curriculum activity: | Phonological Awareness - Inital Sound - Taken from 2nd Six Weeks ELA Enhancements | |
| Technology idea: | Students can use the interactive tool - Picture Match from Read Write Think. Picture Match is a matching game that reinforces the concept of beginning-letter and short- and long-vowel sounds by prompting students to identify a series of pictures and match them to the first letter or the vowel in the words they represent. Students are allowed to choose beginning letter sounds, short vowels sounds or long vowel sounds.. Picture Match Web Site | |
| Unit 02 | Beginning to Make Friends | |
| Lesson 04 | Understanding My Friend | |
| Curriculum activity: | Shared Rhymes/Poems - Taken from 2nd Six Weeks ELA Enhancements | |
| Technology idea 1: | Students can use a ready-made Microsoft Word Template - Rhyming Words to practice phonological awareness. Contact your technology facilitator for instructions on how to access this template for your students. Students will
look at the picture on the left. Then look at the group of pictures on the right. Match the rhyming pictures. Click and drag to move the pictures to the correct position. |
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| Technology idea 2: | Pixie 2 Activity Templates: Rhyming 1-4 |
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Open Pixie 2: Click on Open in the menu bar. Click on Activities on the left. Choose Langugage Arts category. Choose Words 2. |
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| Technology idea 3: | "Ryming Words" Kidspiration 3 Template listed under Language Arts Activities | |
| Math | ||
| Unit 5 | Counting Through 10 | |
| Technology idea 1: | Using edClass activBook e338, students count the number of children in each picture and arrange them from one to ten. | |
| Technology idea 2: | Using edClass activBook e705, studnets count the number of animals in each photo and arrange them from one to ten. | |
| Technology idea 3: | Compare Numbers 1-10 | |
| Students use this Excel template to drag the correct number of Thanksgiving images into the workspace provided. | ||
| Unit 06 | Repeating Patterns | |
| Lesson 01 | Identifying, Creating, Predicting and Extending Repeating Patterns | |
| Curriculum activity: | Unit 02 provided students the opportunity to identify and extend simple repeating patterns through sounds, physical movements, and concrete objects. | |
| Technology idea1: | Patterns Everywhere | |
| Using edClass activBook e329, students will identify patterns in everyday sights and objects, then create your own patterns. | ||
| Technology idea 2: | In edclass E726, "What’s Next?" students find missing pieces in pattern, can make own pattern with color shapes provided; | |
| Technology idea 3: | Pattern Templates in Pixie 2. Open Pixie 2: Click on Open in the menu bar. Click on Activities on the left. Choose Math. Choose Patterns. There are 6 pattern templates. |
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| Technology idea 4: | Use Pixie 2 "Stickers" to create patterns | |
| Technology idea 5: | Number Patterns- Interactive Hundreds Chart - Students use different colored crayons to create counting patterns on a 100's chart. | |
| Technology idea 6: | Count Along to 100. Students click on each number and hear the number read aloud. When they come to a blank space they are prompted to fill in the missing number. (good activity for counting. | |
| Technology idea 7: | Fill in the Missing Numbers Students are presented with a 100's chart where they click on a square with a missing numbers and it gives them 4 choices to fill in the number. | |
| Unit 07 | Geometry - Sorting | |
| Lesson 01 | Sorting By Attribute | |
| Curriculum activity | Students will explore characteristics of objects and attributes that distinguish one object from another. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Making Sets 1 | |
| In edClass activBook e343, the primary focus of this activity is grouping. Students look at a collection of blocks and sort the blocks into groups. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Making Sets 2 | |
| In edClass activBook e344, students sort objects into groups. Some objects may belong in more than one group. | ||
| Technology idea 3: | In edClass activBook e342, students group Things: sort objects into groups | |
| Technology idea 4: | In edClass activBook e725, "Shape Hunt: students sort by shapes. | |
| Technology idea 5: | Sorting Templates in Pixie 2: Open Pixie 2: Click on Open in the menu bar. Click on Activities on the left. Choose Math. Choose Sorting |
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| Science | ||
| Unit 04 | Exploring Plant Characteristics | |
| Lesson 03 | Parts of a Plant | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson focuses on identifying parts of a plant (roots, stems, leaves), as well as, the part to whole relationship of these parts in a living system (the plant). | |
| Technology idea 1: | Parts of a Plant | |
| Plants may look different from each other, but they have parts that are alike. In edClass activBook e716, students learn the main parts of a plant. | ||
| Technology idea 2: | Use Plant Activity Templates in Pixie 2 Open Pixie 2: Click on Open in the menu bar. Click on Activities on the left. Choose Science category. Choose Plants. |
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| Social Studies | ||
| Unit 03 | Family as Community | |
| Lesson 04 | Basic Needs at Home | |
| Curriculum activity: | Basic needs were introduced in Unit 1 and are addressed again in this lesson, this time from the view of the family and how a family satisfies the needs of the members of that community. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Different Families | |
| In edClass activBook 3593, students observe some families and tell how they are different and how they are the same. | ||
| Technology idea 2: | Jobs in a Family | |
| In edClass activBook e592, students focus on the different jobs that various members of a family perform to ensure that the daily functions of the family are carried out efficiently. | ||
| Unit 04 | Our Communities: Neighborhood | |
| Lesson 01 | Physical Characteristics | |
| Curriculum activity: | A community is a place where people live, work and play. In this lesson students learn about the physical characteristics of place and the particular physical characteristics of their community. In doing so, they begin to learn map skills. | |
| Technology idea: | About My Community | |
| In edClass activBook e717, students consider the places they have in their community and create a page for a book about their community. | ||