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- Composing a Letter of Application
- Students will learn the importance of letters of application, what letters of application should contain, and how to format the letters. They will also enhance their composition skills, language skills, and proofreading skills.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Joyce Shepard.
- Mystery message word processing
- Students learn basic word processing skills and eventually reveal a "Mystery Message".
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Computer/Technology Skills)
- By Mary Rizzo.
- Keys to computing the alphabet
- This lesson gives the students practice in locating the alphabet on the computer keyboard, using the space bar, printing their product, and finally, using these printed letters to make words.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Jessie Smith.
- Integrating computer use into a Trainable Mentally Disabled Level IV curriculum.
- Students involved in the Trainable Mentally Disabled program will use computers to supplement reading and personal information skills being taught as part of the implementation of student's Individual Education Plan. This activity will also allow students to reinforce fine-motor, visual-motor and behavioral skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills)
- By Suzanne Morris.
- Word processing valentines
- This lesson combines the need to practice keyboarding skills, completion of rhymes, a popular children's book, and the motivational aspects of the Valentine holiday.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Kay Harrison.
- Keys on a keyboard
- Kindergarten students learn five keys located on a computer keyboard: the space bar, the enter key, the shift keys, the number keys, and the letter keys. Each key is identified by the teacher and the children are asked to color the key or keys a particular color on their paper keyboard. Students are also asked to locate the letters that spell out their name on their keyboard.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K )
- By Jeanie Smith.
- The Little Yellow Chicken
- The students will be following an integrated unit on "Helping." They will use reading, math, social studies, science, technology, and other areas of study. Students will read, as a group, the book The Little Yellow Chicken by Joy Cowley. The students will be incorporating prediction, prior knowledge, comprehension skills, and language skills for the word family "-ook", the vowel sound "e", and the exclamation mark. The technology to be utilized by the students consists of use of the HyperStudio for math review, Math Software, Graph Club to create a graph of favorite party foods, Inspiration to guide and create graphic organizers for writing, and the Ultimate Writing Machine to create their own version of The Little Yellow Chicken. They will also incorporate color words to practice the Spanish Language.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By diane williams.
- Get real!
- When teaching computer proficiency to at-risk students, make classroom lessons relevant to their lives and take account of different learning styles.
- By Skip Thibault.
- Using symbol and function keys
- Students retype sentences in the data file that require the use of shift and Caps Lock (function keys) as well as some symbol keys ($, ?, !, &, ", /). Students must put capital letters at the beginning of some sentences and correct punctuation marks at the end of others.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills)
- By Carolyn Uprichard.
- Apple story writing with a buddy
- Students will write a story with a buddy through the use of a computer. Practicing computer skills and correct sentence formation will be emphasized.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Patsy Oswald.
- Integrated unit on South America
- This lesson includes information concerning database operations, word processing, desktop publishing, and spreadsheet formatting. Students will solve math problems.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Development, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
- By DPI Integration Strategies.
- Respect and responsibility character traits: Cut and paste activity
- Using 20 different quotations that are out of sequential order--each with a relationship to the respect and responsibility character traits--students are to cut and paste the text in ascending sequential order, save, and print.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Computer/Technology Skills)
- By Jane M. Harris.
- Category fun
- This is a unit on categorizing for Kindergartners. It spans approximately one week, using 30-45 minutes each day. It incorporates the use of multi-media.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics)
- By Cathy Palmer.
- Computer alphabet
- Students will use the computer to create, save, open and print a file called "ABCs." For each letter of the alphabet the student is expected to create a capital (using the shift key), a lowercase, insert a picture that begins with the corresponding letter, and press the spacebar before repeating this process for the remaining letters of the alphabet.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills)
- By Patricia SullivanHall.
- Clarification writing: What could I add to the NC Zoo?
- Students will apply their knowledge of clarification writing and address "What Animal or Plant Would You Add to the NC Zoo." Students must research their plant or animal to determine if the zoo ecosystem could support the species. In addition, the student must provide reasons and explanations to support their choice. This is a follow-up activity to a unit of study on ecosystems/biomes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)
- By Connie Johnson.
- Collecting family stories
- Students will interview relatives and compose a family story on the computer. This lesson was completed in conjunction with two other lesson plans (art and media) using the same theme but could be used alone. Student work from all three lessons was compiled in a student portfolio.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)
- By Amy Honeycutt, Chris Furry, and Diana Hicks.
- Benchmark assessments
- This reference article discusses the concept of benchmark assessments, including arguments for and against standardized benchmark testing and best practices in creating teacher-developed benchmark assessments.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Science Family Fun Night
- One night a month Vivian Smith opens her classroom to families where they work together to solve logic problems and conduct experiments. Learn how this science teacher increases family involvement in her students' education and find ideas for science experiments, webquests, projects, and construction contests.
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Computer literacy in the ESL classroom: An introduction to formatting
- Word processing software is used to create and print documents. English as a second language middle school students (with an intermediate level of English proficiency) will be introduced to the advantages of word processing with emphasis on text formatting features in Microsoft Works. Both independent and group work is included in the activities.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills)
- By Milena Dolezel.
