The following activities have been used successfully by teachers at 130 and are posted for all to share
Email favorite links to online activities to Mr. Stegman or Ms. Silberman to add to this page. Scroll down to see project ideas, and workshop agendas.
Resource List
Places to Download Ready-Made and Customizable Activities
Charts
- Eduplace.com’s collection of charts — take a screenshot of these and use them on the smartboard; ALSO SEE all of their Classroom Resources for teachers under their Educators Tab.
Websites with Interactive Games and Resources
- Word Sort from Eduplace.com (game)
- Jigsaw Sudoku (game)
- State Capitals (game)
- Math Flash Cards (game)
- Geometric Matching Game (game)
- Mrs. Meecham’s Classroom Resources (collection)
- PBS Kids Interactive Whiteboard Games (collection)
- Teachers Love Smart Boards! (collection)
- Teachers love SB’s: Smartboard Game Resources (collection of games)
- Vectorkids.com (collection)
- Scholastic.com Teacher Smartboard Resource Center (collection)
- Scholastic.com Character Scrapbook (and more) (activity)
- Interactive Jeopardy files and links
- Starfall.com (collection of games/activity)
- More math games than you can imagine! (collection)
- Bob’s Educational Links site (collection)
- Reading Interactives (mainly primary or early ELL level) (collection)
- Engaging Learners Smart Board Way An amazing collection of ideas, games, tips and tutorials to meet your Smart Board needs! (collection)
Projects, Activities and Lesson Ideas
Level 1 Activities for Beginners
- Open Notebook File & Make a Venn Diagram using the Shape tool and your Markers
- Drag interactive games from the “Gallery” into a Notebook page and play
- Word Study T-Chart: Try it out, & Real Version: Students write the word on the left, real definition on the right
- Capture or Import a reading chart or story, use the screen shade to to reveal more and more of the document as you go
- Writing T-Chart: have students find sentences they really like, type them on the left column, through discussion write what it teaches in the right column
- Capture writing sample using the document camera from a pre-drafting writing organizer, next to a finished piece of writing from the writers notebook, and talk about how they match up. Use the markers to
- Use the markers to mark up a piece of writing that a) you type into a Notebook page, or b) you capture to the Notebook software from your document camera
- Reading/Writing Workshop Status of the Class: Put students names as objects in a Notebook file — students move their name to the stage they have completed (i.e. 1) Independent Reading, 2) Partner Reading, 3) Responses to Reading)
- Google Maps: Look up a location, have a student zoom in and out, and drag the map; Create a custom Google Map of locations your class is studying, visiting, etc. and add student descriptions and images to the location “pins” on the map. Suggestion: do this once a day at morning meeting, etc.
- Skype another class or an expert: install Skype from Skpye.com and set up a call with another classroom to exchange poetry or discuss and issue, OR talk with an adult expert (a poet, a scientist, someone in Japan…)
Level 2 Activities for Rouge Renegades & Advanced Users
- Project: Smart Notebook Presentations where kids create their own page on topic of expertise. Planned it on paper, and they dictated what they want to Ms. Silberman.
- Project: Presented work from Microsoft Word, added images to writing, and transferred it to the Smartboard to present.
- Project: Make a custom map on Google Maps of the countries where students relatives come from
- Project: Create a group iMovie. 2 kids are at the board at a time as editors. Other students come up to record narration. Whole class makes editing and content suggestions. Use an existing writing piece (reflections, how-tos, etc.) to adapt into a movie adding visuals and sounds.
