Tech and Take - Grade Level Ideas

Kindergarten - Uses Kidpix to make stamp books, introduces letters with pictures that the letter does/doesn't start with, vowel sounds - short and long

First - ABC order moving words, Venn diagrams, science, making compound words, story mapping, word art, and guided writing

Second - Venn diagrams, prefix/suffix, root words

Third - Scans in art transparencies, editing, geometry, guided classwork, reviews homework

Fourth - Venn diagrams, webs, gallery for maps and regions, interactive math, research, examples of art, kids make own PowerPoint's

Fifth - Math - fractions, graphing, geometry, speeches

Tech and Take - Guest Allen Swanson

Allen shared some websites with us to help with reading and writing strategies. The sites are http://www.readwritethink.org and http://thinkfinity.org
Thinkfinity.org gets you the same result as readwritethink.org plus more ideas.

Allen Swanson
Technology Integration SpecialistRegional Support CenterPima County School Superintendent's Office6420 E. Broadway Blvd. Suite A100
Tucson Arizona 85710
520-745-4588