PalmQuest Lesson Plans

"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

"Prairie Buffet" - by Emma Broussard, emma.broussard@cpsb.org
In this lesson students will understand and demonstrate their knowledge of the food chain/web.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Science
8/26/2006 2:18:37 PM

"Watch Me Grow" - by Michele McGee, michele.mcgee@cpsb.org
Students will get to see how much they grow in one year.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
PE
5/11/2006 10:53:05 AM

“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 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)
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

And The Survey Says..... - by Cindy Pitre, cindy.pitre@cpsb.org
Students will collect data from a class survey and use the data to construct graphs.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Math
8/27/2006 1:38:30 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

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

Converting Mixed Numbers - by Lola Potier, lpotier@vrml.k12.la.us
This activity can be used by students to practice converting mixed numbers to fractions or vice versa. The activity could be used whole class (if every student has a handheld), in groups, or as a center activity as a culmination to a unit on mixed numbers. Students will need to have mastered multiplication, division, and simplifying fractions in order to be successful with this activity.
Grade Level(s)
5, 6,
Content Area(s)
Math
1/11/2006 3:27:15 PM

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 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

Divisibility Rules - by Lenore Carroll, lenore.carroll
Students will view a video on divisibility rules taking notes in Word on their Palms about the rules, then hear song of divisibility rules from Math Songs CD. Students will then use their Palms to practice divisibility rules using Divisible on their Palms
Grade Level(s)
5, 6, Special Ed
Content Area(s)
Math
1/10/2006 10:52:38 PM

Divisibilty Rules - by Lenore Carroll, lenore.carroll@cpsb.org
Students will view a video on divisibilty rules taking notes in Word on their Palms about the rules , then hear song of divisibility rules from Math SOngs CD. Students will then use their Palms to practice divisibility rules using Divisible on their Palms.
Grade Level(s)
5, 6, Special Ed
Content Area(s)
Math
1/10/2006 10:46:40 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

Folktales in Literature Journals - by Dana Leger, dleger@acadia.k12.la.us
This lesson was written to match the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum--ELA--5th Grade--Unit 4--Act. 1 and 2. Students will “quick write” using the handheld and the software called “LiteNotes”, a journal type software, what they remember about favorite folktales and share their journals with the class. Students will then read a variety of folktales and compose multi-paragraph responses in their journals.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
English/Language Arts
7/12/2005 6:26:28 PM

Force Of Friction - by Herman Gray, hgray@beau.k12.la.us
This is a science experiment applying friction, and Newton's First, Second, and Third laws of motion.
Grade Level(s)
5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
Content Area(s)
Science
8/1/2004 4:33:54 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

Getting to Know Insects - by Linda Richardson, linda@sabine.k12.la.us
The learner will incorporate skills using hand held computers (Palms) to become familiar with insects
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Science
7/21/2005 11:09:09 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

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

LEAP into Journaling - by Deborah Tatman, det6003@slp.k12.la.us
This lesson allows students to use journaling as a tool for LEAP review.
Grade Level(s)
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
Content Area(s)
Art
English/Language Arts
Foreign Language
Math
Science
Social Studies
5/10/2005 8:15:45 PM

Let's Go Fishing - by Sherri Laffitte, sherri@sabine.k12.la.us
Students will use the “Let’s Go Fishing” curriculum to discuss food chains. This is a required curriculum for our parish sponsored by Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries. Students will use Inspiration on their palms to show food chain diagrams. Students will use Word Pad to write descriptions the Sketchy to draw a sample food chain.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Science
7/21/2005 11:04:00 AM

Loving My Landforms - by Kristen Istre Orndoff, kristen.istre@cpsb.org
After students watch a clip on Landforms from United Streaming, they will create an Inspiration chart on their landform and draw a Sketchy of their landform. Students will expand their geographic term vocabulary
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
English/Language Arts
Social Studies
1/12/2006 1:41:20 AM

Mean Math - by Beth Verret, beth.verret@cpsb.org
In this activity students practice using previously learned math concepts and skills when collect data, calculate the mean, graph and analyze information.
Grade Level(s)
5, 6, 7,
Content Area(s)
English/Language Arts
Math
Science
8/26/2006 10:28:01 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

Party Food Under $30 - by Cindy Jones, cbjones@leoseton.org
The students will learn how to organize data using a spreadsheet. The students will apply their knowledge of product research, multiplication, division, and money. Students will calculate how many items they will need for a party and still stay under $30 budget.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Math
8/26/2006 11:21:23 AM

Planet Research - by Erica Guillory, erica.guillory@cpsb.org
Students will research a planet of their choice. Students will use the handhelds to help complete their assignment. (Project can take up to one week.)
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Math
Science
8/5/2004 7:46:04 AM

Review Parts of Speech - by Annette Marcantel, amarcantel@leoseton.org
Students will review parts of speech and will do cooperative writing.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
English/Language Arts
8/28/2006 6:26:45 PM

Rounding Whole Numbers - by Anjo Elsbury, Anmarmarel@aol.com
After instruction and practice on rounding whole numbers to the nearest hundred’s place on the overhead, students will be beamed a teacher created Sketchy program that reexplains the lesson and use it as needed to practice rounding. They will then use what they learned to determine how to round numbers to larger places and design their own Sketchy to explain how to round a whole number to a given place.
Grade Level(s)
5, Special Ed
Content Area(s)
Math
8/4/2004 12:28:37 PM

Santa Is Missing! - by Angela Ardoin, angela.ardoin@cpsb.org
Students will use the GPS and the Palm as tools to assist them in finding clues and creating a diary of their events, all in order to help save Santa.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Art
English/Language Arts
Math
12/9/2004 10:01:44 AM

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

Sketching the States of Matter - by Shawna Dufrene, shawna.dufrene@cpsb.org
Overview -Students will create a Sketchy animation depicting each of the three states of matter and how the molecules move in each state. Students will then create a “round robin” story explaining evaporation, condensation, freezing, boiling, and melting.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Science
8/28/2006 11:21:48 PM

Tall Tales - by Crystal Deshotel, crystal.deshotel@cpsb.org
After students are familiar with Tall Tales, they will compose their own tall tales. They will use the writing process and Sketchy to illustrate their stories.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
English/Language Arts
12/9/2004 4:09:25 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 Parts of a Flower - by Craig Richardson, CraigRobyn@aol.com
Using live plant material, the student will find and identify the parts of a perfect flower then produce a concept map to demonstrate their understanding of how the parts are related.
Grade Level(s)
5,
Content Area(s)
Science
8/4/2004 9:25:57 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 Dice to Develop Concepts of Probability - by Wayne Fetter, wfetter@mcneese.edu
Students will use a Dice program on a Palm handheld to develop a statement that summarizes the probability of obtaining a specified sum when rolling one, two, or three dice at one time. Approximate Duration: 2 -50 minutes lessons
Grade Level(s)
5, 6, 7, 8,
Content Area(s)
Math
12/9/2004 11:31:16 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

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

Word Machine - by Johnny Wharton, jwharton@allen.k12.la.us
This is a spelling activity that challenges students to create as many new words as they can by using the letters from a word provided by the teacher. These new words must contain at least 3 letters and cannot use a letter more than it appears in the original word. Students will then use as many of the new words to write a paragraph.
Grade Level(s)
5, 6, 7, 8,
Content Area(s)
English/Language Arts
8/4/2004 10:14:08 AM