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Texas Connect! Summary
Tonya
Dean, Brown Elementary The purpose of this activity is to help students improve their ability to process graphs and write summaries of data. Upon completion of gathering live data from a project such as Texas Connect, students will print their graphs they have created. Students will look at the graphs and draw conclusions from the data. They will use their AlphaSmart to type these sentences into a paragraph that summarizes the data found in the graph. Students will compare/contrast information between classes, draw conclusions based on information in the graph, and make generalizations about other classrooms in the state of Texas. When finished, students will upload their summaries via the AlphaSmart hub to a MS Word document for formatting and printing. If the teacher wishes, they may take a screenshot of the graph and paste it as a picture onto the word document for reference. |
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Natural Regions of Texas
Lesley Carney, Britain
Elementary Students will study the natural regions of Texas. (TAKS obj. 2,3) As a culmination activity after the four lessons, they will choose the region they are most interested in and do in-depth research on that region. Individually or in pairs and using the research, the students will create a PowerPoint show using the following format: File 1: Title slide; File 2: Population and region location; File 3: Compare their region with another region in the United States; File 4: Describe the major cities oin that region; File 5: Include economic activities in that region; File 6: Explain (summarize) how the region in which they live influences their lives; File 7: Bibliography; Once students have completed their files, they will download their information into PowerPoint-->File 1 into Slide 1; File 2 into Slide 2, etc. Students then can reformat, add clip art, sound, etc. |
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The Bill of Rights in Contemporary Language Jason Barnett, Keyes TEKS addressed: SS5.16 a, b; 5.21 a, b, c, & d Students are divided into groups of 2-3 students and each assigned one of the amendments comprising The Bill of Rights. The students will use an Alphasmart to type their amendment using more contemporary language so that they understand the meaning of each amendment. The student groups will then switch and read another group?s work. They will add or edit that group?s rewriting of the amendment to make it even more clear. Can continue to switch until all groups have read each amendment. These can later be uploaded to a computer and cut and pasted together to form one document to be printed for the students. |