Galena Park ISD - Technology Department

Primary TIPs

2019-2020 - 4th 9 weeks

Grades Kinder - 2nd

Teacher Spotlights

Laura Holder is in her second year as a teacher at Cloverleaf Elementary who is very skilled at integrating technology into her lessons and teaching her students how to use it. She uses the panel everyday with her students in whole group teaching as well as in small groups as a center. Her students use EasiNote to create anchor charts for the class. She has even created activities and lessons using the Snowflake software for her students to use. Her students are excited to be able to use the ipads for their learning. She also has an ipad station during center time where students work on reading or math skills.

Technology News, Apps, & Tools

• Open Puppies is the ultimate attention grabber for any age group.  
• Check out Ditch that Textbook's ideas on making Google Slideshows more interactive for students!
• Does it always seem as if you have a million tabs open? Tame the madness with the OneTab or TabCloud Chrome extensions.
• Pixaby - Find your perfect free image or video to download and use for any and all projects. It’s free for commercial use and provides high-quality images.
• Check out these digital manipulatives that you can use in math.

Kindergarten TIPs

2019-2020 - 2nd 9 weeks

Language Arts

• Published by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Storyline Online is an excellent resource for children with learning disabilities like dyslexia. This website records free videos of narrators, and sometimes well-known actors like Eva Longoria, reading children’s books aloud.  
• StoryPlace is an interactive site from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg. It offers children online experiences with stories that would usually be available at the physical library.
• The Night Before First Grade. Children's Books Read Aloud. Stories For Kids.

Math

• Wk 28-29 Math Games website has a great online activity on Measurement your students can use.
• Wk 28-29 Students can use pic collage and draw two pictures to demonstrate measurement (long and short images).
•  Wk 30-31 Math Learning Center has a great digital page where students can use pattern blocks to compare the area of shapes which goes with the “Who Caught the Bigger Fish” activity in curriculum corner.

Science

• Wk 26 Creately  is a website you can use to create digital Venn Diagrams which would go great with the Night and Day Sky Sort activity that is in Curriculum Corner.
• Wk 26-27 Students can use pic collage and draw a picture that represents Spring.  
• Wk 32-33 Sciencekids has a great activity on magnets that you can use as a whole class or in a station.

Social Studies

• Thomas Edison was the inventor of the incandescent light bulb, the motion picture camera, the phonograph, a mechanical vote recorder, and other things. He was also a business entrepreneur.
• The story of Alexander Graham Bell and Canada’s greatest invention is told in one teen pop song.
• Learn about one of the most well known Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, who was also a writer, inventor and philanthropist.  

Other

•  123 Teach Me is a Spanish website that provides many different online activities for teachers and students.
• Story Place is a Bilingual Library where students can enjoy spanish books.

1st Grade TIPs

2019-2020 - 4th 9 weeks

Language Arts

• Use these videos when reviewing Chronological order: video1 and video2.
• Students will enjoy this Cause and Effect game. It also has an accompanying video lesson.
• As a choice board project (Type Vocabulary & Insert Image) students can type sequence words and insert pictures to create a daily schedule.

Math

• Practice teaching Halves & Thirds using this Khan Academy lesson
• Toy Theatre is a great resource for helping students learn about reading an analog clock.
• Try your hand at some graphing and also complete a Choice Board Project. Feel free to use this simple Graph Creator from Eduplace.

Science

•  Label parts of insects https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/label/insect.shtml
•  Use this site when learning about life stages
•  Students can create one of the Student Choice Board projects using Doodle Buddy or PicCollage and label the parts of an insect.

Social Studies

•  Get your students thinking about Cinco de Mayo by solving jigsaw puzzles on this The KidsPage.com.
• Match the US Symbols on this Brain Pop Activity
• Students can create Chatterpix recording based on a scientist or inventor.

Other

• Search the vast database of The Noun Project for icons for your classroom centers and activities. Great visual aids for LEP students.
• Mensa provides free resources for teachers and parents of gifted students.
• Practice mouse skills, colors while engaging in these online coloring pages
• App smashing can be so much fun. Students can use the Make a Scene Farmyard free app to create a scene. Open the Seesaw app and upload the image from the camera roll. Use the record feature to tell a story using your background.

2nd Grade TIPs

2019-2020 - 2nd 9 weeks

Language Arts

• Students can watch this video that introduces inferencing.
•  This interactive riddles game will give students practice with inferencing skills.
• Students can use Google Draw to create a chart to describe the plot elements of a story.

Math

•  This interactive activity allows the students to practice identifying fractions of shapes.
•  Students can create a slideshow to identify and label parts of whole fractions.
•  Students can play this Kahoot when reviewing fractions.

Science

•  When learning about Life Cycles students can play the Food Chain Game. 
•  Students can use Google Draw and create a Food Chain or Life Cycle of their choice. See Example
•  Students will enjoy watching The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten when exploring food chains.

Social Studies

• Students will be covering community helpers in Social Studies.  This BrainPop video helps students understand the importance of community helpers. 
• This site from Scholastic has interactive books that students can read along with and learn more about community helpers.
• Teachers can create a Google Slides slideshow to have students create a classroom presentation on community helpers.

Other

•   TELPAS is right around the corner and these activities can help students practice listening and writing skills.
• Duolingo is a fun and effective new way for kids to learn languages.