"Facts to Fiction" Basic Multiplication - by Pam Lemoine, pam.lemoine@cpsb.org Working in pairs, using two handhelds per pair, the students will work together to develop an understanding of basic multiplication facts by constructing animated arrays using Sketchy on one handheld. As they contruct the arrays, they will use Memo on the other handheld to write an equation for each fact. They will then use the equations to write and solve story problems in Note Pad. Grade Level(s) 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Math 8/26/2006 6:10:53 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:27:14 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:26:54 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Judy Ball Johnson, jbjart@sport.rr.com This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm Hand Held computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:24:42 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:24:08 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:27:54 PM “Looking At The State Were In”through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 7:53:19 PM Alien Match - by Trista Badeaux, tbadeaux@leoseton.org The students will draw an alien in Sketchy using geometric shapes, write a descriptive paragraph in Words to Go descibing their alien, switch paragraphs with a partner, and try to draw their partner's alien according to their descriptive paragraph. **This lesson can be done in 2 days or a week depending on the skills you want to focus on and the amount of additional activities that can stem from the activity. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Math Science 5/10/2006 7:10:42 PM Art Start Drawing - by Shirlene Clark, shirlene.clark@cpsb.org Using notepad on the handhelds, students draw a hanging flag. The video instructs using paper and pencil, but this lesson is adapted to use the handheld. Students are encouraged to draw what is seen. Angles are drawn in relationship to vertical fold lines. Students are asked to forget that they are drawing a flag and to concentrate on drawing lines and angles just as they see them. Grade Level(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art 1/11/2006 5:16:43 PM Author's Purpose - by Jackie Shortridge, jackie.shortridge@cpsb.org Students will practice writing with a purpose in mind. Other students will have to determine the purpose of the writers by listening to the stories. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 5/10/2006 12:48:02 PM Burn Baby Burn - by Felicia Sonnier, felicia.sonnier@cpsb.org The students will complete a real life lesson dealing with expenses. The prerequisite skills they should have is a knowledge of excel and the program Burn Rate. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, Special Ed Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 11/29/2004 7:57:17 PM Congratulations, It's a Rock - by Chad Schulz, stvnschulz@aol.com Students will learn about the three classifications of rocks and the rock cycle by becoming "parents" of a rock. They will use internet reference sources, rock samples, and creative writing to discover more about their newly adopted "child". Students will transfer creative writing assignments to PowerPoint presentations. Handheld’s will be used in the writing phase of this lesson, as well as, in drafting an Inspiration flowchart. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Science 8/5/2004 12:25:36 AM Coushatta Travel Brochure - by Virginia LaFleur, vlafleur@allen.k12.la.us Each year I take my students on a field trip to the Coushatta Day Camp. It is a half-day camp with fun-filled activities and games students engage in to experience the culture of the tribe. It is lots of fun and a great learning experience. The camp includes activites such as looking for arrowheads, making Indian necklaces, and eating authentic fried bread. Upon returning to school, I have my students recap the day by designing a travel brochure complete with mini reports and illustrations about what they learned at camp. This year I plan to incorporate the use of handhelds for taking notes and pictures during the excursion. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6, 7, Special Ed Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Social Studies 8/2/2004 3:50:01 PM Crazy With Catapults! - by Alison Dunaway, alison.dunaway@zacharyschools.org Students will use catapults to conduct an experiment in order to test the question “As the distance a rubber band is stretched and released from increases, does the distance the rubber band increase, decrease or stay the same? ” After conducting the experiment, documenting procedures by taking pictures with the handheld and collecting data on the handheld, the students will use the Excel on the handheld to graph the data. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5, Special Ed Content Area(s) Science 1/11/2006 9:17:11 PM Creative Sentences - by Tara Owens, tara.owens@cpsb.org Students will use a piece of literature read by the teacher to create interesting sentences and illustrations. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 8/26/2006 2:15:12 PM Creative Stories - by Jeanne Comeaux, jfc6197@slp.k12.la.us The class will be divided into pairs. Each person will illustrate a picture in Sketchy and then beam the picture to their partner. The partners will then interpret the picture and create a story to go with the picture. Grade Level(s) 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts 5/11/2005 9:00:41 PM Ecosystem Investigations - by Laura Lombas, lmlombas@charter.net Students will research, document, and report on five important ecosystems in Louisiana. They will work in cooperative groups to highlight the organisms in an assigned ecosystem then create a presentation for the other groups. The presentation will consist of a slide show and reports on specific organisms from the ecosystem. Grade Level(s) 3, 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Science 5/10/2005 11:30:29 PM Exploring Plant Growth - by Lori Bertrand, lori.bertrand@cpsb.org The students will participate in a science experiment where they observe, photograph, and document the growth of plants. The final products will be 2 videos showing the growth of a plant using elapsed time and also a generated chart showing plant growth. Grade Level(s) 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art Math Science 8/26/2006 11:20:20 AM Finding Your Voice - by Charla Arabie, charla.arabie@cpsb.org Students discover how to record, playback, and beam their recorded voice messages using the Zire 72. They then record information about a book in the library. Their partners must use the information to locate the same book in the library. Grade Level(s) 2, 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 8/27/2006 6:30:24 PM Food Chains - by Stacie Reed, stacie.reed@cpsb.org students will create multimedia slide show about a food chain or food web. They will be able to use PowerPoint, Inspiration, or Sketchy. Grade Level(s) 3, 4,  Content Area(s) Science 7/20/2005 9:49:31 AM Food Chains - by Stacie Reed, stacie.reed Using Kidpix or Inspiration students will label and diagram a food chain or Food web Grade Level(s) 3, 4,  Content Area(s) Science 7/8/2005 10:03:04 PM Fractured Fairy Tales - by Karen  Williams, karen.williams@cpsb.org The students will use creative thinking skills to "fracture" a well known fairy tale. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts 1/11/2006 11:50:31 AM Haiku Writing using Personal Photograph - by Patty Sibley, psibley@beau.k12.la.us Students will create Haiku poems to express what they see in a photograph that they have taken. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 8/3/2004 4:31:54 PM Handing off Light Energy - by Lee Long, lee.long@cpsb.org The students will use their handhelds in order to learn about Light Energy Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Science 7/17/2005 10:03:03 AM How A Bill Becomes A Law - by Erica Barnett, ebarnett@allen.k12.la Students will learn the steps it takes for a bill to become a law. Grade Level(s) 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Social Studies 8/2/2004 2:28:00 PM How Does A Plant Drink Water? - by Saleria Blue, sblue@ebrschools.org Use colored dyes to follow water up a plant's stem and into the petals (transpiration). Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) Science 1/10/2006 4:00:52 PM Invention Persuasive Essay - by Julee Spann, julee.spann@cpsb.org After reading What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?, a biography about Benjamin Franklin and all of his incredible inventions, students will think of an invention of their own. They are to go through the writing process with the ultimate product being a persuasive essay persuading others that their invention is needed. They will also create an illustration/advertisement to accompany the essay. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Science Social Studies 12/9/2004 9:57:15 PM Let Me Introduce Myself - by Pamela Newton, pn2228@slp.k12.la.us In this lesson students will create slide shows about themselves. This lesson can be modified to any grade level. It will be used after an introduction to the handhelds. This lesson will be used at the beginning and the end of the year. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Math Science Social Studies 7/8/2005 1:06:26 PM McNeese Math - by Mary Stevens, maxine.stevens@cpsb.org In this lesson students will use real world data to construct a bar graph, line graph, and a pie chart. They will also use this data to problem solve using basic mathematical operations. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) Math 8/25/2006 8:53:03 PM Name that State - by Eva Smill, esmill@ebrschools.org Student will work with a partner and research basic features about the states using the World Almanac for Kids and various websites. Each team will create an Inspiration Web containing these basic facts. Each team will present their web to the class by playing the Name the State Game. Grade Level(s) 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Science 11/24/2004 9:46:20 AM New Year Goal Setting - by Lisa Dietz, lisa.dietz@cpsb.org Students will rethink and revise their goals and action plan in preparation for iLEAP. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 1/11/2006 7:49:23 PM New Year Goal Setting - by Lisa Dietz, lisa.dietz@cpsb.org Students will rethink and revise their goals and action plan in preparation for iLEAP. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 1/11/2006 7:40:48 PM Oh My, Gator Pie! - by Angela Weldon, aweldon@allen.k12.la.us Students use literature, hands-on activities, cooperative learning groups, and technology to create “Gator Pies” (fractions). Grade Level(s) 2, 3, 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Math 8/4/2004 1:29:01 PM Once Upon A Time . . . - by Audrette Metoyer, audrette.metoyer@cpsb.org In the land of make believe anything can happen! Fairy Tales do make us believe just that. It also makes children use their imagination. Fairy Tales take us to many places that we wouldn't be able to visit just for fun. In this lesson the students will investigate a familiar tale like "Cinderella" or "Little Red Riding Hood" to discover the characteristics of a fairy tale. This will help students develop their imagination and writing skills by creating another version of the stories they all know. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 7/6/2005 2:30:07 PM PodCasting, Mummies & the Inside Story - by Rhonda Young, rhonda.young@cpsb.org Students will utilize their Palms to listen to a PodCast before and during their visit to the Museum exhibit “Mummies – The Inside Story and then create a sketchy slideshow about the process of mummification and their favorite artifact. Grade Level(s) 3, 4,  Content Area(s) Art Science Social Studies 1/11/2006 8:16:45 PM Simplifying fractions - by Kim Willard, kim.willard@cpsb.org Students will have a better understanding of how to simplify fractions. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) Math 5/10/2005 8:59:11 PM Test Taking Strategies - by Darla LeJeune, dlejeune@acadia.k12.la.us This lesson is designed to teach studennts test-taking stratgies that can be applied to all types of tests with major emplahsis on standardized tests. The lesson centers on the book titled Testing Miss Malarkey by: Judy Finchler. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Math Science Social Studies 7/18/2005 2:33:44 PM The Greedy Triangle - by Tammy Marcantel, kesteacher@msn.com Students use literature, manipulatives, hands-on activities, coorperative learning groups, and technology to create polygons and investigate their characteristics. Grade Level(s) 2, 3, 4,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Math 8/2/2004 10:58:59 PM The Rhythm of Life - by Denise Beeman, dbeeman@ebrschools.org Everything in life has a rhythm. In this lesson, students will use a handheld device to collect data about the lives of themselves and three classmates. They will use this information to compose four rhythmic sentences, record them with voice and musical notation on the handheld and combine with other group members to create a sixteen-measure rhythm presentation. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Music 11/24/2004 10:22:12 AM The Sequence of Nature - by Meloni Buller, meloni.buller This lesson is designed for elementary students to use the Palm for a lesson in ELA sequencing and Science in the steps of a plant. Grade Level(s) 2, 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Science 1/12/2006 8:47:40 AM Using English to Color Our World - by Susan Bergeron, sab4554@slp.k12.la.us In this lesson students will take pictures of things around the school that correspond to grammar terms learned throughout the year. They will then write sentences using descriptive words to tell about their pictures. Grade Level(s) 2, 3, 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 5/7/2005 10:42:59 AM Using Literature to Create a Poetry - by Sandy Desadier, sandy.desadier@cpsb.org This lesson is designed to enhance our IIM cultural study on Italy. It can be used, however, as an activity on its own. This lesson introduces students to different types of genres, identifying parts of speech, using specified parts of speech to create a meaningful poem, and using a handheld Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 5/11/2005 11:57:01 AM Welcome to School - by Angela  DeBarge Whitman, angela.debarge@cpsb.org This lesson is designed to help students become comfortable using their handhelds while reinforcing proper writing skills. Students will use their finished products to welcome new students to our school. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 7/12/2005 6:11:09 PM What are my Attributes? - by Carolyn Dever, carolyn.dever@cpsb.org This lesson provides an introduction to Geometry and one to three-dimensional objects. The handheld is also used to teach the students how to take pictures, use Memo Pad and Print. Students are asked to locate an object in the classroom and describe its attributes, then compare and contrast this object with others from classmates Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Math 12/9/2004 2:50:20 PM What does a graph mean? - by Shena LaFleur, slafleur@allen.k12.la.us The student will formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collecting, organizing, and displaying relevant data to answer them. The student will also select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data. Grade Level(s) 4,  Content Area(s) Math 8/2/2004 2:33:57 PM