Category Archives: Downloads
Civil War Diaries
5th Grade students at Shady Grove have transformed themselves into Civil War Soldiers. We used Pixie to decorate our uniforms (some chose the North, others chose the South) See sample below:
Next, we exported the artwork out as a .jpg, and put into word processing, to keep a diary. Here is one student’s sample.
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Make a Book In Pixie
Did you know that you can make a story book (title, beginning, middle, end) in Pixie? Attached are all 4 Pixie Documents. When finished, have all 4 open. File > Print All. Selet Book format. It will come out of the printer ready to fold in half hot dog style, then hamburger style, and poof […] Continue reading
Winter – 1st Grade Keynote
Anytime a teacher can grasp a new technology concept (or software) I feel such pride! Mrs. Lamp at Twin Hickory fell in love with Keynote this year (as well as Pixie). She created this winter Keynote for her students; and I only tweaked it a little. Please click here to download […] Continue reading
Solids, Liquids, and Gases
This lesson is made to review solids, liquids, and gases while showcasing the tools in Keynote. The students learned how to use the Alpha tool, move objects to a new layer, and how to add builds to objects to obtain a special effect. This lesson was done in one hour. I have included a generic […] Continue reading
Grade 1 Economics (in Keynote)
We have done 3 Keynote activities at Twin Hickory so far this year. In this Keynote, students had to sort goods and services, needs and wants, watch a clip from United Streaming, and write some sentences about what they have learned. Here is one student sample in movie format. Here is the Keynote file.
Economics-gr1
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Keynote on Beginning Sounds for Kg
David Clough (another member of my team) made this fabulous activity for Kg students. It is a self-correcting Keynote activity. Each slide has a picture, and an empty box. Students triple click in the empty box, and type the letter of the beginning sound. Here is what it looks like when they click on the […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Science Review
Stephanie Wright made this wonderful Keynote for 2nd graders to use for semester review. On most slides, students drag the correct picture up to the box. When in play mode, all the wrong answers will build out (disappear). This is a great review for your students, and a nice multi-media presentation. Click on picture to […] Continue reading
Grade 1 Earth and Sun Keynote
Teacher made Keynotes that students fill in information are a lot of fun to do. Once students are finished, they play the keynote and watch the animations the teacher has built in. Here is a great example.
First Grade Earth/Sun Keynote
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Kg and Word Processing in Pages (yes Kg)
Kindergarten students used this website to learn where the letter keys are on the keyboard.
Here is the website link: Letterella
Then students used templates for typing word family words, and Kg sight words.
Click here to download these templates.
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typing sight words-Kg
Take a look at this pages document, which shows the students what to type. I used the sight words from Kg.
Here is what it looks like:
Click here to download the template. (Note: I have these for word families as well)
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