Primary Grades (and higher) - Student Activities

Inservice - Grand Rapids Elementary - Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Encore Inservice - Haskins Elementary - Wednesday, March 29, 2006

- Items added after the first inservice.

Use these files as a jumping off point to prepare computer activities for your class. Students could do these activities at centers or as a group in the computer lab. Save the files on your own computer/network (right click - Save Target As), make your changes, place a copy in the appropriate Student “materials” folder on your building’s server, protect the document before students use it (so they can’t change the “master”, they will have to save it in their own folder).

Microsoft Word

Drag and Drop - label a diagram, math problems, etc. Thanks to Lisa B.
	Spelling words - double spaced, large font
	Tree Shape - type words in a tree shape Example Blank Document with large green font centered, ready to type
	Four Block - Example Blank, ready to type information Four Square - thanks to Pam H for these: Blank - add your own text boxes Rock Cycle example
	March 2006 Writing Prompts - United Streaming has pictures with comments and questions.
Paint March 2006
Adapt instructions for other pictures from www.unclefred.com
Student Examples from Paint: Self-portrait (K), What I bought at the candy store (Gr 2), Animal (K)
Microsoft Excel (spreadsheet)
ABC List of Things to Graph More Info from Forsyth Schools Instructions for creating various graphs are available in this site
	Pie Graph - delete unnecessary rows or add more rows before student use, students will type in labels and numbers, or you could already have the labels typed General Pie Graph instructions - see page 2
	Pie Graph with Pictures - replace the clipart as needed, same as above - example of "pictures" you could pass out for students to organize into a graph
	Column Graph - same changes as above - you could add clipart
	Flag - Column and Bar graphs
	Column Graph Instructions

		Line graph - Temperature example Blank Instructions
		Time Line - My Life - fill in the blanks Example Instructions - from scratch March 31, 2006 More timelines (one in Excel, one in Word)
Pre-made Spreadsheets February 2006
		Count Money Shows number of coins and the total value using both pie charts and column charts.
		Make Change If a student chooses 5 or more pennies the comment says "use more nickels"; similar comments for each coin.


Microsoft PowerPoint
	Narrate a Self-running Slide Show (embedded sound) Example Instructions
	Karaoke Examples Teapot National Anthem Instructions How to animate the graphic
	Sing-a-Long Example Instructions - this one used "Record Sound" (embedded sound)

Internet Sites
Use Google to search for sites. Visit other areas of this web site for links, such as Fun Internet Sites, and Web Site Resource Lists (Grade Specific, Topics, General, etc). Here are some sites I've seen used in primary grades:
PK-3	Starfall
K-3	Primary Games - Curriculum Guide
K-3	Getting Students Connected - Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3
K-3	Internet 4 Classrooms - Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3
K-3	Little Explorers Dictionary

Other Ideas Examples - these are files created by our students

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Last updated March 30, 2006 ~ Mrs. K. Bradley
ot_kab@nwoca.org