kindergarten

toc =**Kindergarten** =

Starfall

Brief Description: Objective: Instructional Activities:
 * Project #1 - Self Portraits (Runkle)**

**Project #2 - Reading response (Runkle)**

Brief Description:

Objective:

Instructional Activities:
 * students create a picture that represents a response to a story that was read in class.
 * Students draw their favorite part of the story using Kid Pix

** Project #3 - ABC Book (Runkle) **

Brief Description:

Objective:

Instructional Activities:
 * Each student is assigned a letter
 * Students have to draw pictures, find stamps or stickers to that start with the letter assigned
 * Create a book out of the class pictures using Kid Pix.

**Project #4 - Word Families** (Runkle) Brief Description: Objective: Instructional Activities:
 * students draw a house with the pencil tool using Kid Pix
 * in the roof of the house they type the word family ( -at, -am, etc.)
 * inside the house they type with the text tool as many word from the word family they know.


 * Project #5 - Letter exchange (Lincoln)**
 * Send out to 25 schools throughout the US
 * GSN Highlights

**Math**
Pattern Blocks **(**Illuminations)

Ten Frame (Illuminations)

Nutrition

 * Project #1 - Nutrition Pictures (Runkle)**
 * In classroom, Students are learning about healthy choices.
 * Explore the Fruits and Vegetable groups in the food pyramid.
 * Read books about fruits and vegetables.
 * Brainstormed a list of our favorite fruits and vegetables.


 * Kid Pix activities
 * Body Template: Use stamps to fill body with healthy foods
 * Plate template: Add pictures (stamps or hand-drawn) of Grains, Vegetables, Fruit, Milk, Meats and Beans to the plate.
 * Draw a picture of yourself exercising

Animals in Winter

 * Project #2 - Animals in Winter Presentation (Runkle)**
 * students research using books on animals in winter
 * students choose one animal to research
 * learn about hibernation and migration
 * draw a detailed picture about the animal they researched in Kid Pix
 * record voices in Kid Pix
 * export as a .mov to share
 * or create a class book
 * or Use Voicethread to share and comment


 * Project #3 - Ocean Animals (Runkle)**

** Insects **
Brief Description: Students research insects and then create a video Objective: To learn about insects Instructional Activities:
 * Project # Insect Research Project**
 * Students use PebbleGo to research specific insects
 * Students draw a picture of their insect in kidpix
 * Students record their voice describing their insect

**Technology**

 * 1) Growing with Technology - Kindergarten
 * 2) Bees & Honey - Mouse Practice
 * 3) ABCya Take a Trip - Mouse Practice
 * 4) KeySeeker for K - Learn the Keys on the keyboard
 * 5) ABCya Kindergarten Activities

**Teacher Resources**

 * 1) KidPix Lessons (for teachers)