Teachers who integrate technology into everyday teaching and learning provide a powerful model for children, helping them view technology as an important tool for learning. Technology can help teachers address standards that are difficult to conceptualize and teach. It can provide opportunities for authentic writing, publishing, and presenting for real audiences. It's an invaluable tool for taking advantage of that "teachable moment" through use of virtually unlimited web resources.
Looking for ways to begin integrating technology into your everyday classroom routines? The web resources below can enhance and improve some of your daily classroom morning routines.
Below the Morning Routines links, you'll find some core curriculum links which correlate with elementary & intermediate grade level indicators. For more of these for all grade levels, visit the Ohio Treasure Chest of Technology Resources at http://www.ohiotreasurechest.org/
MORNING ROUTINES
Calendar
Standards: math patterns, Social studies history measurement of time
Weather
Standards: Science vocabulary & concepts, cycles & systems in nature, social studies geography
News/Current Events
Standards: Lang Arts fluency, vocabulary, comprehension of informational text, reading in content area
Joke of the Day
Standards: Thinking skills
Word/ Fact/Question of the Day
Standards: Vocabulary development, thinking skills
Birthdays Today
Standards: Social studies people in societies, famous people in any curriculum area, reading in content area
Brain Boosters
Standards: Math problem solving, reasoning, computation skills, reading in content area
Spanish Word of the Day
Standards: Social studies people in societies
READING
Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency
9. Read text using fluid and automatic decoding skills (gr 2)
Acquisition of Vocabulary
7. Identify the meanings of prefixes, suffixes and roots and their various forms to determine the meanings of words. (gr 4)
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
11. Independently read books for various purposes (e.g., for enjoyment, for literary experience, to gain information or to perform a task). (gr1)
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
3. Locate important details about a topic using different sources of information including books, magazines, newspapers and online resources. (gr 4)
Reading Applications: Literary Text
8. Identify and explain the use of figurative language in literary works, including idioms, similes, hyperboles, metaphors and personification. (gr. 5)
WRITING
Writing Processes
13. Proofread writing to improve conventions (e.g., grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization). (gr 2)
Writing Applications – software in Elementary software bundle
Prewriting: Kidspiration, Timeliner
Drafting: Word, Kid Works, Write OutLoud
Publishing: KidWorks, Kid Pix, Word, Publisher, PowerPoint
Writing Conventions
2. Spell words correctly with regular short vowel patterns and most common long vowel words (e.g., time, name). (gr 1)
3. Spell high-frequency words correctly. (gr 1)
Research
MATH
Number, Number Sense and Operations
2. Recognize and classify numbers as even or odd (gr 2)
Measurement
4. Tell time to the nearest minute interval on digital and to the nearest 5 minute interval on analog (dial) timepieces. (gr 2)
Geometry and Spatial Sense
1. Identify and sort two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects. (gr K)
Patterns, Functions and Algebra
4. Use rules and variables to describe patterns and other relationships. (gr 4)
Data Analysis and Probability
6. Arrange five objects by an attribute, such as size or weight, and identify the ordinal position of each object. (gr 1)
SCIENCE
Earth and Space Sciences
5. Observe and describe seasonal changes in weather. (gr K)
Life Sciences
1. Compare the life cycles of different animals including birth to adulthood, reproduction and death (e.g., egg-tadpole-frog, egg-caterpillar-chrysalis-butterfly). (gr 3)
Animal studies page from North Canton City Schools. Includes games & activities.
Physical Sciences
3. Describe that electrical current in a circuit can produce thermal energy, light, sound and/or magnetic forces
Science and Technology
2. Investigate why people make new products or invent new ways to meet their individual wants and needs. (gr 2)
Scientific Inquiry
2. Explore and pursue “what happens when” questions. (gr 1)
Scientific Ways of Knowing
3. Interact with living things and the environment in ways that promote respect. (gr K)
SOCIAL STUDIES
History
6. Explain the importance of inventors such as the Wright Brothers, Charles Kettering, Garrett Morgan, Granville Woods and Thomas Edison. (gr 4)
People in Societies
2. Describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence the behavior of people living in a particular culture. (gr 2)
Geography
5. Identify and describe the physical features (lake, river, hill, mountain, forest) and human features (town, city, farm, park, playground, house, traffic signs/signals) of places in the community. (gr 1)
Economics
Government
2. Recognize symbols of the United States that represent its democracy and values including the national flag, Pledge of Allegiance (gr k)
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
3. Describe responsibilities of citizenship w. emphasis on voting, obeying laws, respecting rights of others, being informed about current issues, & paying taxes (gr 3)
Social Studies Skills and Methods
3. Use primary and secondary sources to answer questions about Ohio history. (gr 4)
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