14-15+Lessons

This page's purpose is to share lesson plans and lesson ideas used in my schools this year. Please feel free to download the lesson plan/outline. I understand it may not be in the form or format that your administrator prefers, but will list the tools, sites, and directions for using in your classroom. If you have additional ideas or if you use one of the lessons and have ideas to improve it, please contact me at chris.pugh@cmcss.net. toc

=Recent Lessons=

PreK

K
 * iPad:**Number Pieces/Reading Magic 1/Reading Magic 4** - Math:Decomposing 11-19/Reading-CVC and CVCe Words
 * iPad:**Number Pieces/Number Line/Plickers** - Math:Counting by 10s to 100
 * iPads:**Reading Magic 1** - Reading:Building CVC Words

1st
 * iPad:**SchoolKit Math**(Hundreds Chart and Number Houses)/**Number Frames**/**Kahoot**- Math:10 more and 10 less
 * iPad:**SchoolKit Math**(Hundreds Chart and Number Houses)/**Number Pieces**/**Kahoot**- Math:10 more and 10 less

2nd >
 * iPad:**Notes**/**WorldBook Online**:Reading:Research Penguins
 * iPad:**Number Frames**/**Plickers** - Math:Arrays and Partitioning
 * iPad:**Number Frames** - Math:Arrays and Partitioning

3rd >
 * **ViewPure.com/iPad:Garageband/ProTuner** - Sci:Pitch and Volume
 * iPad:**NearPod** - Reading:Reference Sources
 * iPad:**NearPod**/**ViewPure.com** - Reading:Main Idea

4th

5th >
 * iPad:**NearPod** - Science:Inner Planets
 * iPad:**Kahoot!** - Science:Inner Planets

= Faculty Meetings = __** Faculty Meeting at Barksdale on iPad Apps and More on 4-10-15 **__ Today, our faculty meeting will focus primarily on iPad use, but also contain information about apps/websites that work on any device.

__** Teacher Tools **__
 * **ViewPure** [[image:Screen Shot 2015-03-31 at 3.01.49 PM.png width="35" height="31"]]- Use **YouTube** in the class without the ads or other videos that distract from learning. - More info at my blog, TIC-Tech-Know Blog - @http://tictechknow.blogspot.com/2015/03/youtube-in-classroom.html
 * **iCloud** [[image:tictechknow/Screen Shot 2015-03-31 at 3.00.23 PM.png width="38" height="26"]]- @https://www.icloud.com/ - Find the location of any iPad from the mobile lab cart. - Use the Apple ID and Password to sign in. Use the "Find My iPhone" to //Play Sound// and locate a missing iPad via the WiFi.
 * **Plickers** [[image:tictechknow/Screen Shot 2015-03-31 at 2.59.09 PM.png width="32" height="32"]]- @https://plickers.com/ - Need to find out what you students know quickly? Try Plickers. - Download the app to your smartphone, iOS or Android, setup a** list of questions **, and use the cards to collect your students answers. ** How to use Plickers in 2 min. **

__** iPad Apps **__
 * **SchoolKit Math** - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 10.00.04 PM.png width="47" height="54"]] - 20 different math virtual manipulatives such as arrays,10 frames, and hundreds chart. All have a digital dry erase board embedded within the tool. Free App. This is __not__ a Lite or Demo version. - Find it at @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/schoolkit-math/id775643572?mt=8
 * **Candy Count** - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 11.07.43 PM.png width="54" height="52"]] - Sort, count, and order bunches of candy into sacks. The free app only goes to 5, but works for PreK and beginning of the year Kindergarten - Find it at @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/candy-count-learn-colors-numbers/id454950461?mt=8
 * **Shadow Puppet Edu** - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 11.18.54 PM.png width="58" height="54"]] - Build a presentation/movie by searching for images from the web, NOAA, NASA, and other sources while in the app. Record a voiceover while pinch-zooming or drawing on the picture as it records, then save and share out to others. This is a great class tool that works well in any subject. It is free. - Find it at @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shadow-puppet-edu/id888504640?mt=8
 * **Educreations** - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 11.30.10 PM.png width="48" height="46"]] - Digital whiteboard with the ability to type text and have pictures, diagrams, maps, and charts brought into the whiteboard. - Find it at @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/educreations-interactive-whiteboard/id478617061?mt=8
 * **WunderStation** - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 11.35.43 PM.png width="45" height="47"]] - Get real-time personal weather station data from every biome around the world. - Find it at @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wunderstation-weather-from/id906099986?mt=8
 * **Vernier Wireless Temperature Sensors** - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 11.40.47 PM.png width="47" height="37"]] - Connect to your school's wireless temperature sensors and gather data from across the room. Record it into a graph, and even email it to your teacher. Find it at @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vernier-go-wireless/id815941976?mt=8
 * **ProTuner Lite - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 11.43.52 PM.png width="59" height="50"]] -** Use this app find the frequency of any sound's pitch - Find it at @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/protuner-lite-chromatic-tuner/id448032617?mt=8
 * **GarageBand** - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 11.47.06 PM.png width="66" height="57"]] - Find musical patterns, record songs, use the voices' Volume meter to measure the loudness of a sound. - Find it at @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785?mt=8

More can be found at **http://empowerstudents.wikispaces.com/iPad+Apps+in+CMCSS**

__** Any Device Apps **__
 * **NearPod** -[[image:tictechknow/Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 3.01.42 PM.png width="35" height="35"]] @http://www.nearpod.com/ - Take PowerPoint from "sit and get" teacher tools to interactive classroom where students can draw, highlight, and type on slides before sending it to the teacher. There is a quiz feature as well. Teachers can review their student's work from their computer at anytime. Teachers can have a free account with 50MBs of storage. Students **__do not__** need a username or password. They only need a 5 letter PIN number.
 * **Kahoot** - @https://getkahoot.com/ - Engage your students in their content to find out what they know before you teach or as a review. It feels like a game show where they are the contestants and you are the host. You can create your own Kahoot games, borrow other publicly shared Kahoot games, or duplicate a publicly shared Kahoot and change the questions to suit your class's needs. Teachers can have a free account. Students only need to use a 6-digit PIN number to log into your game at https://kahoot.it/#/ . When it is all done, download a free spreadsheet with every students' answers to each question. The answers are filled with red for incorrect answers and green for correct responses.
 * **Socrative** - [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 3.04.46 PM.png width="41" height="38"]] [[image:Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 3.05.01 PM.png width="42" height="42"]] @http://www.socrative.com/ - Digital exit tickets, online quizzes, review - The quizzes can be teacher-paced or student-paced. The teachers will need an account to create their class. Students only need the name of their teacher's class and for the teacher to launch a set of questions to be able to participate. Question types can be True/False, Short Answer, or Multiple Choice. Questions can be typed into sets, shared with others, or done in the moment with Socrative's "Quick Question". The short answer type in Quick Question mode has an additional trick. Student responses can be shared anonymously with the students for them to vote on the best student-generated response.
 * **ReWordify** - [[image:RWLogoFor40.gif width="30" height="32"]] @http://rewordify.com/ - Take difficult to read text and get it reworded into easier to understand text. No account is necessary, but teacher's wish to save their reworded text they will need a free account. More information can be found on my blog post about ReWordify at @http://tictechknow.blogspot.com/2015/03/change-text-rewordify-its-words.html.
 * **WorldBook Online** - [[image:wb_logo.png width="200" height="38"]] @http://www.worldbookonline.com/ - There are digital encyclopedia set for K-1 (Early World of Learning), Grades 1-3 (Kids), Grades 4-8 (Student), High School+ (Advanced), Spanish version (Enciclopedia Studiantil Hallazgos), a TimeLine reference tool, eBooks, and a Digital Reference group. A paid subscription is required, but the state of TN has provided it for all students and teachers in the state. Just go to the site from anywehre in the state and you will be logged in.
 * **PebbleGo** - [[image:pebblego-logo-header.png width="112" height="50"]]http://www.pebblego.com/login - Informational text for grades K-1; small bitesize amounts of facts, but with a built-in screen reading tool to assist your students with words while they work independently. A username and password are required. CMCSS elementary schools have paid subscriptions. Each school has its own username and password. If you do not know it, contact either your school librarian or technology integration coach.
 * **Math Manipulatives**
 * **Number Frames** - (iTunes App Store ; Online - @http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-frames/)
 * **Number Rack** - (iTunes App Store ; Online - @http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-rack/)
 * **Geoboard** - (iTunes App Store ; Online - @http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/geoboard/)
 * **Number Pieces** and **Number Pieces Basic** - (iTunes App Store - Number Pieces and Number Pieces Basic ; Online - @http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-pieces/ )
 * **Number Line** - (iTunes App Store ; Online - @http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-line/)
 * **Pattern Shapes** - (iTunes App Store ; Online - @http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/pattern-shapes/)

For more info about the math manipulatives above, go to my blog at **@http://tictechknow.blogspot.com/2015/04/apps-for-math-that-go-beyond-ipad.html**

__** Faculty Meeting at RInggold on iPad Apps and Practices on 1-16-15 **__ Today, our time will focus on using iPads for Math skills, Math word problem connections, and Reading comprehension.


 * Reminders - Adding free apps, adding paid apps, and RES password.
 * RES Symbaloo - @http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/resteachers
 * Informational Text Links
 * K-2 CCSS Math
 * 3-5 CCSS Math
 * ReWordify
 * Reading Apps
 * Educreations
 * Kahoot
 * PaperPort Notes
 * Math Apps
 * Thinking Blocks apps
 * Virtual Manipulative Apps
 * Schoolkit Math
 * Number Pieces
 * Number Rack
 * NumberLine
 * K12 Equivalence Tiles
 * Make10Plus
 * Candy Count
 * Other
 * Wunderstation
 * ShadowPuppet EDU

__** Faculty Meeting at Burt on CloseReading Tools on 11-13-14 **__ Please follow the link to Kiblog for today's notes. http://kidblog.org/BurtTigers/ All notes will be there for this lesson. Find your name and sign in with password "Tigers".

__** Faculty Meeting at KES on CloseReading Tools on 10-23-14 **__ Technology can be used with the Close Reading strategy. With access to primary sources and multiple media types, use of computer and tablet programs for close read enhances the strategy so students can learn more while including reading within all subject areas. Below are a few of the resources including informational text sources, iPad apps, Apple computer programs, and other websites that can be used to make the Close Reading strategy a paperless event.

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 * **Informational Text Sources Online**
 * **WorldBook Online** - @http://www.worldbookonline.com- available to all TN students and teachers from school and home; leveled versions of the encyclopedia; articles can be read by the computer, downloaded as PDFs, or printed; The text is selectable.
 * **TweenTribune and TweenTribuneJr. -** http://tweentribune.com/ and @http://tweentribune.com/junior- Online newspaper for 1st grade and up
 * **PebbleGo** - @http://www.pebblego.com- Informational text that reads to students; Suitable for K-2; See school media specialist for username and password
 * **Time For Kids** - @http://www.timeforkids.com/ - Online magazine for elementary-aged student
 * **Newsela** - https://www.newsela.com/ - Online newspaper for 3rd grade and up; articles are written on several different lexiles and can be switched in readily
 * **Library of Congress** - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html - Primary, secondary, and tertiary source article
 * **Kids' National Geographic** - @http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ - Online news magazine with science and social studies topics


 * **PaperPort Notes app for iPad**
 * **For PDFs** - In Safari on the iPad, PDFs can be downloaded directly into PaperPort Notes using "Open in..." button once a PDF link is clicked.
 * **For Anything Else** - Show the Sidebar. Tap INSERT. Tap FILE OR SNAPSHOT FROM WEB. When the Websnap browser appears, go to the address of the article and tap WEBSNAP. Select the portion of the screen to capture. Tap CAPTURE SELECTION. The selected portion will add itself into the PaperPort Notes page.
 * **Use the tools**
 * Articles can be moved and zoomed using 1 finger to move and 2 to pinch and zoom in/out __as long as no other tools are turned on.__
 * Text Box - Add a text box anywhere on the screen to summarize or annotate the text.
 * Pen - Choose a pen color and thickness to number paragraphs, underline, and circle text.
 * Highlighter - Choose a highlighter color and thickness to highlight key vocabulary. If mistakes are made, change the highlighter color to clear to remove highlighting.
 * Eraser - Erase either a small selected part or any markings on the whole page.
 * Share - Share and select the pages of the notebook, the choose EMAIL. It will pull up an email for students to email their work to their teacher. All CMCSS teacher emails are in the iPads' contacts lists.


 * **Preview Program for MacBook**
 * **Save Any Page as a PDF** - Use the PRINT Command under FILE, then click PDF, then SAVE AS PDF.
 * **Annotate** - Depending on the version of Preview that you are using, the tools will either be at the top of the screen, at the bottom of the screen or will open at the bottom of the screen when the Annotate button is click. Beyond location, they work the same**.**
 * **Tools**
 * [[image:edit-pdf-in-preview.png]]

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 * **ReWordify.com for Both**
 * Now more texts will be available for students to read. Readability is less of an issue with this web-based tool. Simply go to the website, @http://rewordify.com/, and paste text into the text box. Click the "ReWodify Text" button and the site will do its best to find troublesome/confusing words and replace with words or phrases of similar meaning.
 * The ReWordified text can be printed as is, as a vocabulary list, as a vocabulary quiz, or more.
 * The choice I believe is best for students using Close Read is "Text With Vocabulary". This allows me to print as a PDF with the original text and the words highlighted and the definitions to the side.

For more information, go to our EmpowerStudents wiki at this link, http://empowerstudents.wikispaces.com/Close+Reading+with+Technology

=Other Lessons This Year=

PreK

 * iPad:ABC Ninja/Phonics Island Lite - Reading:Letter sound correspondence
 * iPad:Number Frames/CandyCount/SchoolKit Math - Math:1 to 1 correspondence

Kindergarten

 * Kidspiration - Lang. - Writing Sight Words in a graphic organizer to build a pattern sentence.
 * iPad:Number Frames/Number Rack - Math:Subtraction from 10 or less
 * iPad:NatGeo Young Explorer - Reading:Matching Words and Illustrations
 * iPad:Reading Magic 1 - Reading:Blending CVC word patterns
 * iPad:Number Frames - Math:Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal To (no symbols)

1st Grade

 * Kidblog - Real Vs. Pretend [[file:Real or Pretend - 1st Grade Kidblog.doc]]
 * iTools(Houghton Mifflin):Counters - Math - Base tenKnowing numbers - Commutative Property
 * Math Virtual Manipulatives (McGraw Hill and iTools):Number Line & Number Frames - Subtracting from 20
 * Kidblog/WorldBook Online - Rdg:Comparing 2 Texts/SS:TN Products
 * iPad:Kahoot/ChatterPix Kids - Reading:Character, Setting, Events
 * iPad:Pattern Shapes app - Math:Composing original shapes from simple shapes
 * iPad:Kahoot/Educreations - Language:Classifying and Categorizing by meaning
 * iPad:Number Pieces - Math:2 digit plus 1 digit number with visual regrouping
 * iPad:NatGeo Young Explorer/Kahoot - Reading:Using Context Clues with Unfamilar Words
 * Number Pieces Web app/SchoolKit Math(Hundreds Chart) - Math:2-digit plus 1-digit without regroupingiPad:NatGeo Young Explorer - Reading:Key Details in Nonfiction Text and Images

2nd Grade

 * Kidblog/SkyView Free app on iPad - Moon phases
 * Math - Feel Clock/SchoolKit Math:Clock - Time to the 5 minutes
 * iPad:Geoboard app/Equivalent Fractions app - Math:Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares
 * iPad:Kahoot/iClassShapes(shared, not modeled) - Math:3D Shapes and attributes
 * iPad:SchoolKit Math(Bar Graph and Number Tiles)- Math:Horizontal Bar Graphs
 * iPad:Number Pieces and Kahoot - Math:Graphing Horizontal Bar graphs

3rd Grade

 * iPad:PaperPort Notes - Rdg:Close Reading Strategy with SS:Landforms
 * BBC Science Clips/Noise-O-Meter from Scratch/Online Pitch Tuner - Science:Distinguish between pitch and volume
 * iPad:Equivalence Tiles app/Equivalent Fractions app - Math:Building Equivalent fractions for halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, and eighths
 * iPad:PhET Motion Basics (HTML5 sim) - Science: Friction, Motion, Unbalanced Forces
 * iPad:Garageband/ProTuner - Science: Pitch and Volume

4th Grade

 * iPad:Paperport Notes - Close read in Sci on Weather Vs. Climate site, http://cses.washington.edu/cig/pnwc/weathervsclimate.shtml, and WunderStation App for real time data
 * Preview/Weather Wiz Kids site - Identify and mark text features - Headings, Glossary, Special Type(Bold, Highlighted, Italics, Underlined), Diagrams, Photos, Table of Contents, and Index
 * iPad:K12 Equivalent Fractions - Math:Equivalent Fractions
 * iPad/Computer:NearPod/Kahoot/TweenTribune - Reading:Meaning from Images
 * iPad:PaperPort Notes/Kahoot/TweenTribune - Reading:Meaning from Images
 * PhET Simulations: Colorvision 1.0 and Bending Light - Science:Reflecting, Refracting, Absorbing Light

5th Grade

 * Preview on MacBook - SS Close Read on SS topic - Lincoln's Assassination with LOC materials and ReWordify
 * Hudson Alpha iCell site/Kahoot - Sci:Cell organelles and Review
 * Office 365 with Students
 * Kidblog - ELA:Main Idea/Supporting Details in informational text for Social Studies (Civil War)
 * Preview on MacBook - SS Close Read on SS topic - Immigration with LOC materials and ReWordify
 * LoggerPro:Video Analysis/Capture Analysis - Science:Gravity’s Effect on Objects
 * iPad:Thinking Blocks Fractions/OhNoFractions/Slide Math apps - Math:Fraction and Multiplication Fact Practice