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VSC? reVitalize and Stimulate Creativityby Tracy Slezak and Martha Barwickhttp://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net/
Our Purpose
Discover practical tools that will promote creativity and innovation within your elementary classrooms as you implement the Voluntary State Curriculum. Examples and student work will be shared that will enable your students to “demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology” (NETS-S 1).
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Book Cover CreatorVSC Grade 5 ELA 3A3b: Identify and explain the events of the plotVSC Grade 3 ELA 4A2c: Compose to inform using summary and
selection of major points and examples to support a main idea
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Character Trading CardsVSC Grade 3 ELA 3A3d: Identify and analyze characters
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DoodleSplashVSC Grade 3 ELA 3A3 Use elements of narrative texts to facilitate
understanding
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Fact Fragment FrenzyVSC Grade 5 ELA 4A7c: Select appropriate information for note
taking and organizing information
PoetryDigital Photos and PowerPoint
VSC Grade 4 ELA 4A2b Describe in prose and poetry by using purposeful imagery and sensory details with active verbs and colorful adjectives
ReadWriteThinkShape PoemsDiamante PoemAcrostic Poem
PoetryRevolutionary War Acrostic
VSC Grade 5 ELA 4A7 Locate, retrieve, and use information from various sources to accomplish a purpose
VSC Grade 5 ELA 2A2 Develop and apply comprehension skills by reading a variety of self-selected and assigned print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media
VSC Grade 5 1A3 Social Studies Analyze how individuals' roles and perspectives shape the American political system
James Madison Betsy Ross
VP for the United States of
merica. Madison tried and tried, and he finally went
own in history as the 4th President. He was definitely
mportant to the history of our
tates. He had a leading role in the passage of the Bill
f Rights. James Madison was
ever inadequate.
orn on New years day 1752 . Her husband died from
xploded Gun powder. She made
he first flag and she also
ewed more than one flag.
ou can see the original flag in Fort McHenry her
eal name is Elizabeth Griscom
f all the children she was the 8th child of a devout Quaker couple
he changed the six sided stars to five sided, her
second husband was captured by the British
Black-Eyed Susan Collaboration
Riddles: Imagination Cubed VSC Grade 4 ELA 4A2b: Describe in prose and poetry by using purposeful
imagery and sensory details with active verbs and colorful adjectives
Intel Education: Visual Ranking ToolVSC Grade 5 ELA 3A3b: Listen to critically, read, and discuss a variety of literary forms and genres
To learn more about Black-eyed Susan Book Awards
Animal ReportsAnimal Reports With Text Features Letterpop.com
VSC Grade 4 ELA 2A2
a. Use print features such as large bold print, font size/type, italics, colored print, quotation marks, underlining, and other print features encountered in informational texts
b. Use graphic aids such as illustrations and pictures, photographs, drawings, sketches, cartoons, maps (key, scale, legend, graphs, charts/tables, and diagrams, other graphic aids encountered in informational texts
Animal Reports and Discovery Education StreamingVSC Grade 4 ELA 4A2: Compose oral, written, and visual presentations that express personal ideas, inform, and persuade
Informational Text
How To ParagraphVSC Grade 4 ELA 4A2c: Compose to inform using a structure with
a clear beginning, middle, and end and a selection of major points, examples, and facts to support a main idea
Informational TextPublisher Travel Brochure
VSC Grade 4 ELA 4A2c: Compose to inform using a structure with a clear beginning, middle, and end and a selection of major points, examples, and facts to support a main idea
VSC Grade 4 ELA 4A2d: Compose to persuade using significant reasons and relevant support Agree or disagree with an idea and generate convincing reasons with relevant support
Information Source: Time For Kids – Go Places
Persuasive Writing
Earth Day T ShirtsVSC Grade 4 ELA 4A2d: Compose to persuade using significant
reasons and relevant support Agree or disagree with an idea
and generate convincing reasons with relevant support
Kid Pix
Kid Pix Story PyramidsVSC Grade 3 ELA 3A3b: Identify and
explain the elements of a story Kid Pix Story Illustrations
VSC Grade 1 ELA 3A3c Use elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding - Sequence the important events
Mapping in ExcelA Community Map
VSC Grade 4 Math 1C1: Locate points on a number line and in a
coordinate grid
QuiltsPathways to Freedom on ThinkportVSC Grade 4 Math 4E. Transformations
Indicator 1: Analyze a transformation
Objective: Identify and describe the results of translations, reflections, and rotations, Assessment limit: Use a horizontal line translation, reflection over a vertical line, or rotation of 90° clockwise around a given point of a geometric figure or picture
Symmetry
Pattern Maker VSC Grade 3 1A2: Identify, describe, extend, and create non-
numeric growing or repeating patterns
Math WebQuestNatural Wonders of the World
Codes and Ciphers
VSC Grade 3 7C1: Present mathematical ideas using words, symbols, visual displays, or technology
VSC Grade 3 7D1c: Identify mathematical concepts in relationship to life
Using Video to Communicate
Creating Science MoviesVSC Grade 4 Science 1C1: Recognize that clear communication is
an essential part of doing science because it enables scientists to inform others about their work, expose their ideas to criticism by other scientists, and stay informed about scientific discoveries around the world.
VSC Grade 4 ELA 7A: Use organization and delivery strategies at an appropriate level
• Demonstrate appropriate volume, articulation, enunciation, intonation, pacing, timing, and stress
• Demonstrate appropriate timing • Use appropriate non-verbal techniques to enhance communications
PublishingAudioCastsReader's Theater, Poetry, Student Comments, Math
Models VSC Grade 4 ELA Standard 7.0 Speaking Student will communicate effectively in a variety of situations with different audiences, purposes, and formats.
A. 1. Use organization and delivery strategies at an appropriate level.
Objectives Demonstrate appropriate volume, articulation,
enunciation, intonation, pacing, timing, and stress Demonstrate appropriate timing, fluency, pacing, rate
Resources:• www.audcity.com • http://www.storylineonline.net/ • http://www.cueprompter.com/ • http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/ • http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/index.html
PhotoStory Field Trip
ISTE NETS*S Implementation
Find our presentation, discuss it with us, and add your own creative ideas at http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net/
Contact us at:Martha Barwick Tracy SlezakLibrary Media Specialist Fourth Grade TeacherBakerfield Elementary Fountain Green [email protected] [email protected]
