A is for (Beginning Sounds)
Students use each letter of the alphabet to create a sentence and a corresponding picture in Kid Pix. Meets Arizona State Standards 1, 3, and 4.

All About Dolphins
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this project students will be writing a research report on dolphins.  They will begin by looking at pictures, then using a KWL chart to get started.  Students will use the All about Dolphins website to develop questions and research answers.  Using this information, students will then write their report on ocean stationary.  When finished they may use the rubric provided to rate their own writing.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5.

Animal Muddle Launch Page
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this project students will go to Little Foxy’s Activity Center and listen to a poem about mixed up animals. Then by follow the detailed instructions students will use a graphic organizer to begin the process of writing a friendly story about a muddled up animal of their choice.  Upon completion of the activity students will evaluate their story using the rubric provided. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

Become a Mighty Reader
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
This website helps emergent readers to engage in the practice of reading.  Barnyard Babies  is a selection that the child can read, as the lyrics to the story are highlighted and sung.  After reading and listening, the child may solve the word search puzzle the accompanies this story.  Upon completion, each child may print the word search.  This meets the Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5. 

Character education--School Pride
Students create a Kid Pix picture and sentence that celebrates a special person in the school. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, and 4.

Computer Basics-Just the Beginning Creating a Title Page using Student Writing Center
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
Students will learn some computer basics use by creating a title page for a story or report.  While creating the title page
using Student Writing Center, the students will learn proper posture, various parts of a computer, and how to use educational software to create a finished product. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

Cyber-Share
Students create a class album of sharing with the help of a digital camera and word processing software. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Danger on the Internet
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
With technology being such a big part of our lives, students need to realize that "Stranger Danger" lurks.  This lesson is designed to help children learn how to be safe as they use the Internet.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2.

Dinosaur
Students use the Internet to explore differebt web sites to discover the defining characteristics of dinosaurs and their habitats. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

First Grade Memories
Students write a paragraph about themselves and create a page in PowerPoint presentation about the entire class. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, and 4.

Fun with Emily and Clifford
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Fun with Emily and Clifford  introduces Scholastic's Road to Reading with Clifford. web site.  Students will have the opportunity to read four interactive Clifford stories and play four word study games that support phonics in reading.  The children get to practice reading skills along with computer skills.  Each child will be able to print a Reading Map and collect souvenir stickers as each story and game is completed.  When the eight souvenirs have been collected the student will be eligible for a Road to Reading Certificate.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

In the Beginning with Word
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Microsoft Word is a basic computer program that many schools use.  It is the program that most of my students use as well.  It is important for the students to understand how the program works if they are to use the program to their advantage – even in the beginning stages.  Students will create a web for their story using the Draw tools in Microsoft Word.  After writing a story, students will create a title page using Microsoft Word.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

Insert It!
Students learn how to use the insert feature in a word processing program by inserting their middle name between their first and last names. Arizona State Standard 1.

Jan Brett Author Study
Students will explore Jan Brett's web site and create a class multimedia presntation. Meets Arizona State Standards 1, 3, 4, and 5. 

Life in the White House
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Students will use the White House website to use primary source photographs to compare and contrast past and present photos of life in the White House. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5.

Mapping the Classroom
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Creating maps and labeling them is one of the state standards for Geography in the Primary grades.  During the study of our community, a problem arose in the classroom.  We needed to arrange the classroom so that we had the most available room for not only center activities, but for sitting together for community and reading time.  The students were asked to use the some of the draw tools on Microsoft Office and recreate our classroom.  They were asked to title their “map,” and create a compass rose using cardinal directions.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 6.

Musical Stories
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Did you know that music tells a story?  Students will be listening to different pieces of music and learning the stories that go with them. They will then listen to a new piece of music and use Kid Pix to draw a picture of their interpretation of the new piece of music.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2.

My Place in Space
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
Students will practice their map reading and understanding skills by constructing a map of Arizona and completed various tasks with it. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5.

Our School is Special
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
The students will be presented with the problem of collecting data and creating a brochure to advertise our school to new
enrolling students and their parents. They will use a digital camera to collect pictures to transfer to their pamphlet. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 3, 4, and 6.

PowerPoint in the Lower Grades
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
Students will create a 5 slide PowerPoint Presentation as the culmination of our study and research of different countries. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 4 and 5.

Rebus Story
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
The students will create a written rebus story to be published on the Storybook website-http://www.kids-space.org/story/story.html. 
This meets the Arizona Language Arts and Writing Standards and also Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, and 4. 

Safety In Chat Rooms
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Students are beginning to use the Internet for both work and play.  Chat rooms are becoming very common with even younger children.  I have several students that are already involved in friendly chats online.  They need to realize that “Stranger Danger” lurks.  This lesson is designed to help children learn how to be safe as they use the Internet for both work and play.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2.

Shared Story PowerPoint
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
Students will write an original shared story and will present this story to the class as a PowerPoint presentation.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 4.

Simon Says Let's learn the Computer Parts
Students identify the parts of a computer while playing Simon Says. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

Square of Life
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
During our unit of study on “Saving the Earth,” our kids will plot square meters of land in our schoolyard and in the desert area just outside our fence.  We will record both the living and non-living things that we find. This information will be submitted via  e-mail to a project database.  This database is accessible to all members that have joined the project.  We will compare and contrast our information with other classes. Each group will compose a report or presentation that we will e-mail to the project and it will be posted to the project web site. We will find a “buddy class” online to compare and share our information with as well.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 4.

Square of Life
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this project students will plot square meters in their schoolyards and record the living and non-living things that are found. They will submit this information to the project database, this will allow viewing via the Internet. Students will then compare and contrast their information with that submitted by other classes from around the world and prepare a brief report or presentation that will be posted to the project web site. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5.

Study of Civil Rights for the Primary Classroom
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Show your students, first or second graders, the issues of equality and rights of people through an online version of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the highlights of his life, family and pursuit of civil rights. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 5 and 6.

The Little Yellow Chicken
Students will use the PowerPoint for math review, Excel to create a graph of favorite party foods, and Inspiratiom to guide and create graphic organizers for writing, and the Student Writing Center to create thier own version of the story. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, and 4.

Weathering the Weather
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Our present unit of study is the weather.  Through class discussions, I found that many of my students are not aware of the differences in weather around the world or even in the United States.  Through this activity students will investigate weather phenomenon both locally as well as in countries around the world.  This will also heighten student awareness of the use of maps and the effect of the weather on different environments.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5.

What Can Bugs Do?
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
What better way to learn about verbs then to watch bugs at play? In this lesson, students will read an on-line story about different bugs just doing what they do best. The student plots on an organizer the activities within the story. This lesson even offers an extension. Great for second language learners. Meet Arizona state standards 5 and 6. 

Wonderful World of Weather
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Students will use a website to track and observe the weather of other states or countries where they have friends or relatives living. This meets Arizona Science, Social Studies and Technology Standards. The students will then use the information that they have gathered to compare and contrast the weather in the state they live in to the weather of another state.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5.

You're Invited!!!
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
The frozen turkeys have been purchased.  The decorations are underway.  We are learning that living in a community is more than having an address within the city limits.  The plan is to have a Thanksgiving Pot Luck.  Parents will be invited to celebrate Thanksgiving.  They must bring a dish to share.  The excitement is stirring – the invitations need to be created!!! Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 3.