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.

Artistic Acrostics
Students use adjectives to write a poem about themselves.  Then, they type it into a word processing program and create an illustration.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 3.

At Home in the Tropical Rainforest
Students work cooperatively to research a rainforest animal and create a presentation.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, 4, and 5.

Building Background Knowledge-The Irish Immigrants
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this lesson the idea of primary and non-primary sources will be introduced to second graders. The first PowerPoint presentation focuses on Abraham Lincoln and includes both types of sources. The purpose of this section is for the students to practice differentiating between the two types of sources. In the second section of the lesson students will see a second PowerPoint in which they will view pictures, line drawings, and movie clips about the lives of Irish immigrants before they immigrate to America. The purpose of this lesson is to build background knowledge about the living conditions of the immigrants in Ireland and their underlying reasons for immigrating. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 2, 3, 5 and 6.

Communities
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Prior to this lesson, students will have been learning about different types of communities.  They will be taking the information they have learned and webbing their ideas on Kidspiration.  They will then be creating a PowerPoint presentation. It will be viewed by those in the class.  This lesson requires three-four 45-minute sessions.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 3.

Community Map
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Prior to this lesson, students will have been learning about maps and map reading skills.  In this lesson, students will be creating a map of their community for someone who is visiting from out of town.  This lesson will take 2 forty-five minute lessons.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 6.

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.

Creating a Classroom Newsletter
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
Students will create a classroom newsletter using original, creative stories as well factual, research based articles. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

Creatures of the Night
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
This lesson is a fun and exciting way for second and third graders who are beginning to learn the basics of research.  Utilizing students' prior and newly acquired knowledge about bats, students and teachers can use this launch page  lesson to learn and extend research and writing skills.  The website has a lot of kid-friendly information and pictures for students of all ages to use in research.  Students have to  read for information, write and illustrate non-fiction information about bats to make a lift-the-flap book.  This lesson meets Arizona State Technology Standards 3 and 5.

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 Cinquains
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this activity students will use the factual research they have done on a specific dinosaur to create a descriptive cinquain about that dinosaur. This research will have been completed over a period of three weeks as homework with the assistance of an adult. The completed cinquain will then be published on the website http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/ (Fern’s poetry center).  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 3 and 4.

Dr. Seuss Web Search
Students search various web sites to answer questions about Dr. Seuss.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5.

Email Using Cox Education Network
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Students will be learning how to properly address, attach a file, and send an email using Cox Education Network.  This will take two 45-minute class periods.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 4.

Endangered Animals Collaborative Reports
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this lesson 2nd graders will gather information about an endangered species, the Panda. After making a research web as a class, the class will work together to organize and write a research report about Pandas. This research report will then be posted on the website Project: TESAN – The Endangered Species and Nature, a collaborative project that posts and collects student work about endangered species from all over the world. The address is http://www.tesan.vuurwerk.nl/. This lesson is a modeling lesson intended to prepare students to write their own individual research reports.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 2, 4 and 5.

Fun Frog Facts
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this lesson from www.readwritethink.org students test their knowledge about frogs. First they print a chart with statements about frogs. Students read the statements and decide if they think they are true or false. Then students got to The Somewhat Amazing World of Frogs website to check their answers. Using the information learned from the site they will fill out and print their own chart with true and false frog facts.

Getting Along at Computers
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
In this lesson, students will discuss what appropriate behaviors are needed to be ”good” computer users. They will then generate a chart of computer expectations, which can then be hung in the classroom - using Word. The chart will then be shared & discussed with their parents at either a Net Buddy Nite or in a handout at home with their parent (if they are unable to attend a Net Buddy Nite).  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2.

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.

In the Spotlight with Jan Brett Books
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Have you ever wanted to have your students connect and communicate with a well-known author of children's books?  This launch page, through this Scholastic website, will provide your students with the opportunity to do just that.  Your students can meet Jan Brett on-line and review one of her many books.  Then, your students will have the opportunity to submit their own personal book review and possibly have it published on the Author's site with Scholastic. 
Technology Standards met: 1 and 5.

Learn Symbols and Special Function Keys! 
Students engage in activity that helps them find special keys and identify their purpose.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1.

Letter to the President
Students find out more about the president by exploring the White House web site.  Then, they use word processing software to write a letter to the president that they can either email or send in the mail.  Meets Arizona State Technology 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.

Max's Math Adventure
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this lesson students will combine their reading and math skills. They will read three poems from Max's Math Adventure website. The information from each poem will be used to answer a math problem. There is a poem dealing with money, addition and multiplication. After reading the poems students will have a chance to write and print their own math poem. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1. 

Money Money Money
Students practice their coin identification skills by searching the Internet to find out which president is on each coin. Students use Kid Pix to show a different way to make the same amount of money. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, and 5.

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.

Poetry Writing and Fern's Poetry Club
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
The students will utilize a PBS related website entitled Fern’s Poetry Club to publish a student-authored poem on an Internet to not only meet the Arizona Language Arts and Writing Standards (2, 3,4, and 5) and also the Arizona Technology Standards for Second Grade (1T-F1). Additionally, the students will learn that the Internet can be a valuable resource tool to learn from and make educational contributions toward. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

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.

Real Time Data Lesson "A Habitat, What's That?"
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
The Real Time Data site that I plan to use is called “More Real Time Data Projects.”  In the link called, The Rainforest Connection, students will be able to browse actual photographs of the rainforest, and plant and animal life.  What a terrific way to discover this incredible habitat.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2.

Real Time Weather with 4th Grade Buddies
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this lesson 2nd grade students will learn background information about weather and reading a thermometer. They will then use a real time weather website on the Internet to complete a weather scavenger hunt. Their 4th grade buddies will assist them in navigating the site.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 2, 3 and 6.

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.

Sequel to Peter Rabbit in the Primary Classroom
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this lesson, the class of students will write a class-generated sequel to a story featuring Peter Rabbit (or a bunny theme in a picture book).  This will be done with the teacher doing shared/interactive writing with the class.  The teacher will create a follow-up activity utilizing Kidspiration for the class to visit at the website called Kidspired Tales and do the concept map created for this lesson.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 2, 3 and 4.

Skip Counting with a Computer
Students use a Hundreds Chart and stamps on Kid Pix to practice skip counting.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 3.

So You Want To Be A Writer...
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
This lesson will enable students to be involved in creative story writing using monthly rebus pictures in their story to be published at  
Story Book 2004.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 2, and 3.

Space Art
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Students learn how volcanoes look on Earth and on other planets in the solar system by viewing the artistic renderings online.  They will draw a volcano and paint it with the backdrop of an imaginary world.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5.

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 Snow Maiden
Students read an on-line fairy tale and rewrite the ending. Their story endings can be posted on the site.  Students will create their own snow person using a drawing program, such as KidPix.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, and 4.

Using HyperStudio (PowerPoint) for Student-led Conferences
Students create a multimedia presentation with their accomplishments, needs and work samples to share at parent conferences.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, 4, and 5.

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. 

When I was Young…
Students will read story and then write a similar one that relates to their school year. They will use computer literacy skills to write, edit, and publish their own book.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 3.

Wonderful Web Site?
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Prior to this lesson, students will have been learning about animals.  They have also chosen an animal to write a research paper about and have been given the research criteria.  This lesson will focus on using the Internet as a resource for accessing information and evaluating whether or not the information found is useful and reliable.  This lesson will take approximately 3 forty-five minute sessions.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5.

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.