“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 A Five Paragraph Essay That Anyone Can Write - by Ramona Coco, ramona.coco@cpsb.org Students will see how a well-written introductory paragraph can guide their writing for the rest of the essay. Five sentence introductory paragraphs will be written and edited in class, prior to this lesson. Students will use each of these sentences to write the rest of their essay. One goal of this lesson is to guide students successfully through a five paragraph essay so that they can feel assured that they can successfully write one, on their own, in the future. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 1/11/2006 11:50:34 PM Action Verb Charade - by Elizabeth  Faulk, efaulk@allen.k12.la.us Students will gain a better understanding of an action verb by illustrating verbs. Grade Level(s) 6,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 8/3/2004 6:50:21 PM BookQuest - by Hope Myers, hope.myers@cpsb.org After reading a novel of their choice, students will complete a book log and story web based on their reading. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 11/28/2004 2:49:52 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 Converting Nutrients to Calories - by Brad  Brinkley, brad.brinkley@cpsb.org Students will use the Internet, PCs, and handhelds to research food items and learn how to convert nutrients to calories. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Math PE Science 7/18/2005 9:17:45 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 Creating a Newspaper - by Janet Ritchie, janet.ritchie@cpsb.org Students will benefit from the use of the Palm, as well as desktop computers and printers. They will also be exposed to different types of software. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Math Science Social Studies 8/8/2004 9:26:57 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 Explore What? - by Lisa Boyer, lisa.boyer@cpsb.org Using the IIM method of research, students will complete step 1,2, & 3 of the method by using a web site and word chart to record notefacts. Grade Level(s) 6,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 11/27/2004 6:32:22 PM Fiction in the Library - by Karen Baldwin, karen.baldwin@cpsb.org An orientation lesson to familiarize students with the fiction section of the library. Grade Level(s) 6,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 8/2/2004 11:35:58 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 Graphic Representations of Information - by Beatrice Hopkins, beatrice.hopkins@cpsb.org Students will become familiar with graphic organizers: Venn Diagrams, T Chart, Flow Chart, Story Map, Concept Map Web using a Cinderella story. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 1/9/2006 6:03:57 PM Idioms - by Sara White, sara.white@cpsb.org During the poetry unit, students will analyze various poetic elements. In this brief lesson, students will be introduced to idioms and their use in literature, especially poetry. Students will define idiom, discuss the meanings of several idioms, and then illustrate their own idiom to share with the other students in the class who will analyze the meaning of the illustrated idiom. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 1/11/2006 8:14:28 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 Investigating 'A Christmas Carol' and Ebenezer Scrooge - by Melissa Thibodeaux, thethibodeauxs@peoplepc.com In this unit, students will research what life was like in Victorian England, read 'A Christmas Carol,' and then investigate the development of the character of Ebenezer Scrooge. This should take approximately ten - twelve 50-minute class periods, and would work well if begun immediately after Thanksgiving. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 12/9/2004 7:07:49 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 Math Bell Work Activity - by Janet LaBruyere, janetl@nls.k12.la.us Students will use handheld math software to sharpen their basic math skills. The software is fun and students learn “painlessly.” To get the brain cells to work past the basic skills, students will work on a “problem of the week,” when they have time. The problem and a score sheet for the basic math skills will be beamed to them on Monday of each week. The first five students to get the correct answer will be given a prize. The bell work and problem of the week will reflect the area that the students show weakness. Grade Level(s) 6, 7,  Content Area(s) Math 5/12/2005 7:49:46 PM Math Bell Work Activity - by Janet LaBruyere, janetl@nls.k12.la.us Students will use handheld math software to sharpen their basic math skills. The software is fun and students learn “painlessly.” To get the brain cells to work past the basic skills, students will work on a “problem of the week,” when they have time. The problem and a score sheet for the basic math skills will be beamed to them on Monday of each week. The first five students to get the correct answer will be given a prize. The bell work and problem of the week will reflect the area that the students show weakness. Grade Level(s) 6, 7,  Content Area(s) Math 5/12/2005 7:56:20 PM 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 Personal Vocabulary Expansion - by Debbie Keith, dkeith@beau.k12.la.us This lesson requires students to record unfamiliar words they encounter in their personal reading. They define the word, give a synonym, and write their own sentence using the word. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 1/11/2006 5:55:31 PM Proud to be an American! - by Cindy Strother, cinstrother@bellsouth.net In this lesson, the students will be placed into numbered groups. (Group size will depend upon the number of students in the class. You will want, if possible, to have eight groups.) Each group will use the Inspiration program to create a web of the first eight Constitutional Amendments. Each group will then use Memo, on the handheld, to write a short paragraph explaining an assigned Amendment. Each group will then Hot Sync the paragraph, in numerical order, on a specified computer. The finished product will then be printed for revisions and editing. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts Social Studies 7/25/2005 4:11:57 PM Rolling On - by Heather  Mallett, heather.mallett   Grade Level(s) 6,  Content Area(s) Science 11/30/2004 8:15:57 AM Roman VS Arabic - by Susan Wilhelmi, swilhelm@allen.k12.la.us Students will have a better understanding of the history of Roman numerals and be able to convert between Roman and Arabic numerals using the Palm application, Numerus. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) Math 12/9/2004 2:31:55 PM Scatter Plots - by Roger Maxey, roger.maxey@cpsb.org Students use handheld computers to record data and make journal entries. Students do three math/science activities and record results in spreadsheets on handhelds then sync to use Excel to graph data as scatter plots. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) Math Science 11/28/2004 6:26:51 PM See the U.S.A. - by Janelle Young, janelle.young@zacharyschools.org 1. In this lesson, students work in pairs to find the latitude and longitude of various cities in the U.S.A. Students also use latitude and longitude to help them figure out the distance between two given coordinate points – their target city and Baton Rouge. Grade Level(s) 6, 7,  Content Area(s) Social Studies 1/9/2006 7:37:54 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 Real Me? - by Colleen Dart, cdart@allen.k12.la.us This lesson introduces reflection, symmetry, and they y-axis through a fun activity using a facial photo. Grade Level(s) 6,  Content Area(s) Math 12/8/2004 10:10:50 AM 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 Track Your Reading - by Debra Fontenot, dfonteno@allen.k12.la.us This activity is simply an electronic form of tracking the Accelerated Reader books that students are required to read. Grade Level(s) 6, 7, 8,  Content Area(s) English/Language Arts 12/9/2004 3:33:26 PM 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 What Table? The Periodic Table!! - by Rachelle Rachal, rrachal@leoseton.org Using prior knowledge of elements and atoms, students will create a model of an element and identify information about specific elements. Grade Level(s) 6,  Content Area(s) Science 5/17/2006 8:34:51 AM 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