Earth Day Acitivies

Earth Day is a great day to teach our students on how to help our planet. I have found several different resources for you to use with your SMARTBoard! Read the online book, Recycling. 

Click here for book.

Follow up Activity:  Students can use the SMARTBoard to complete the following activity!

Click here SMARTBoard for activity!

Another Earth Day Activity for the SMARTBoard is called Energy Hogs.  With this activity, students learn how to make their own homes more environmentally friendly.

Click here for Energy Saving activity!

This activity, provided by National Geographic, gives students the ability to pick up trash at a park right in front of their SMARTBoard. 



Click here for park clean up activity.

I taught 5th grade for 13 years and every year, I used the book, The Wump World by Bill Peet, to teach the importance of recycling.  I am including a link to the lesson for you to use on Earth Day!  You will find The Wump World and The Lorax lessons under the heading, Computers.




Click to Wump World SMART Activity

Here is a lesson for The Lorax, another favorite!  I loved the movie and I hope you love the lesson!



 Click to The Lorax Activity





Be SMART and save a tree!!  Rhonda

Music iPad Apps

Puzzle iPad Apps

Social Studies iPad Apps

Books 2 iPad Apps

Books 1 on iPad

Math iPad Apps

Science iPad Apps

Word Work1 iPad Apps

Early Childhood iPad Apps

Drawing iPad Apps

"Sqworl" Away Great Sites

Here are websites collections you can use with your SMARTboard or not!  You might also like the web bookmark site used to collect all these educational sites!  Try it out:  http://www.sqworl.com/.

• Writing Sites
• SMARTBoard Buzzers
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• Drawing
• Avatars
• Teacher Sites
• Celebrations
• Grammar
• Search Sites
• Blogs
• Easter

                                                            Have a SMART Day!  Rhonda

Creating a SMART Magic Tunnel

Using a Magic Tunnel in a SMART lesson is a great way for students to discuss information and then reveal the correct answer!  I have used a set of teeth as a magic tunnel in a dental lesson, a barn in farm lesson using beginning sounds, and this lesson a recycle symbol to show rates of disintegration.  Watch the video for a tutorial on how to create a lesson using a Magic Tunnel.

Remember, Be SMART and share it!  Have a great day!  Rhonda

USA: State Location Game

In this activity, students are asked to read a name of a state as it flies across the screen.  They are then asked where that state is located.  If this activity is done in stations, it does have  "correct" or "incorrect" responses for self check.

Enjoy and Remember:  Make the day SMART!  The choice is yours!

Compass Rose

I was excited to view my First Post!  Now I am excited to add more to my blog! 

 Here goes!!!!

Over the Edge
This activity deals with directions and the compass rose. Students are given very thorough directions before beginning activity.

Foundation-Communication
This site has several different whiteboard activities to help with ESL students.

Body Parts

This is a simple interactive activity that help students develop reading and speaking skills.  When you begin the lesson, you have several language options.

Bonny, Banana, and Mo

This site is from the BBC Tikkabilla site.  This activity introduces items and the sound they make.  It also provides mouse practice.  At the end of the activity, you can print the story sentences from the activity.

Characters

This site lets you choose an occupation for a character and write about that character.

Coconut Words

In this activity, students must first type their name to enter the game. (No sign up is required)  They can choose from three levels.  In this activity, students are given a sentence and several words to choose to fit in that sentence.  They choose the word that best fits in the sentence.

Enjoy these activities on your SMART Board!