Welcome Back to School
"Prepare your minds for action."
          (I Peter 1:13)

We're Tracking Down Computer Parts
Can you locate each of these:

	Tower (Case or CPU)			Monitor
	Mouse			Keyboard
	Speakers or Headset			CD ROM Drive
	Microphone			Printer
	Floppy Disk Drive			Scanner

Which have power buttons?
Do you know where the volume control is?

Click here for a digital picture of a computer.*
Save it with a right-click and label the parts in Paint or Word.

Computer Parts Worksheets
Drag and drop computer names, or
select names from drop-down menus. Print.
(Excel file that can be opened in Excel or Internet Explorer.)

Growing With Technology, K-5
Choose a level to see Katie's Computer, Burton's Computer...
Key Terms, Keyboarding & other activities

Printable Kids' Domain Computer Lessons*
(Teacher - worksheet section*)

Don't Be A Clicking Maniac!

Over-clicking can slow down your computer and possibly cause it to freeze. UGH!

Learn about mouse skills with these...

Use Excel to create a Score Sheet
as you try Crayola Match'n Madness.
Use the "Min" formula to calculate your best score. Can you explain why the Min formula is used?

Don't Hunt for Keys!
Know where they are.

Can you find these?

	the Alpha-numeric Keys		the Numeric Keypad
	the Enter Key		Num Lock
	the Space Bar		the Escape Key
	the Backspace Key		the Tab Key
	Caps Lock		Arrow Keys
	the Shift Key		Slash & Backslash Keys

Begin with CLEAN HANDS on the HOME ROW.

Click the "Keyboarding" link
on the left side of this page
to begin learning & practicing proper keyboarding skills.

Give Typer Shark a try for keyboarding fun.
(Noah's Ark is a fun challenge too.)

PRACTICE!
We'll have some fun with keyboarding once in a while,
so be ready.

I'll be watching for those using good keyboarding skills.
Cheating cheats you!

Give the Touch Typing drills a try.

Growing With Technology, K-5
Keyboarding & other activities

The Amazing Incredible Handwriting Worksheet Making Tool*
(Standard or Denelian)

Handwriting for Kids*
Click "Manuscript" or "Cursive" buttons to see several printable options.
See the helpful animations by resting your mouse over each letter.
Use the Make Your Own 8 Line Text Worksheet  for sentences - example: Today is Monday. Tomorrow is Tuesday.

Not available when checked Word Central's Coding Chamber*
Use the drop down menu to select Coding Chamber.

We won't always need the headset.
Please wait until you see whether you'll need it.

We rarely need the microphone.
Playing with it can cause it to break.
See Commandment #2 of the
Computer Lab 10 Commandments.

Starfall
Learn to read activities, Calendar, and more.
The calendar is great presented with the Sympodium or Smart Board.
Be sure to listen, and click any word you want to hear again.

Put your headset on and listen as you try these Brain Teasers:
A B C Gulp, Bear Wear, and more.

Put your headset on and listen as you read along with these and more.
These are terrific displayed on the large TV monitor or projection screen.

The Grumpy Bug* - Click the All Stories button to choose a story.

The 3 Bears & the New Baby - find it under the A-Z tab.
Practice computer skills with The 3 Bears & the New Baby.
Many other stories offered.

Plus
Diary of a Worm from Tumble Books
(Click the Story Books button.)
View the story and then take the Tumble Quiz.
Follow-up: Create your own e-diary using the writing processor or PowerPoint.
Add bits throughout the year during lab sessions or center time.
Include digital pictures of you, your friends, and your school.
Use the scanner to include some of your classwork.
Burn your e-diary to a CD at the end of the year.
(Include the PowerPoint Viewer)
Mom and Dad will be surprised!

If you're hungry,
let someone know.
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
works with schools.

Constitution Day - September 17

Listen to the Preamble from Schoolhouse Rock

Constitution Timeline Quiz
from Enchanted Learning
Click the Timeline link in the menu to read information.

Save the Bill of Rights

10 Fast Facts on the Constitution

Celebrate Constitution Day
Including:  Madison's Notes are Missing, Constitution Crossword, and What Did the Founders Say

Constitutional Convention Quiz from Quiz Tree

Constitution Q & A

Interactive Constitution
Additional activities, including wordsearch puzzles, offered by the Constitution Center

Centuries of Citizenship - An Interactive Timeline

Clickable Map of Historic Philadelphia
See Independence Hall

Locate Independence Hall on Mapquest or Google Earth
Hint:  Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th.

Congress for Kids
Read about the Constitution and try quizzes over each section.

Read about the Constitution
View Page 1 of the actual Constitution.
Use the writing processor to create your own preamble.
Use fonts similar to the original.
Print and sign.

Sign your name with a digital quill pen.
Print your most decorative signature.

Dragon's Daily Drill
Grades 1 - 6
from TLS Books

Do you know the buzz words of the week?

Presidential BINGO
Prepared Card
Template you can edit

Compare cards after the debate. Analyze the data with Excel.

Recommendable Reading - offline treasures for August and September.

Quiddler School Challenge
Daily Puzzles, August-July

September Computer Lab Challenge Print and hang or display. One side has a challenge question; the flip-side offers a hint.

Back to School Scavenger Hunt from Enchanted Learning Worksheet Works Categories include Math, English, Geography, Puzzles, and more. Software Blowouts - Education Section Great Prices! Be sure to check the "System Requirements" for your version of Windows or other operating system. Check out the Kid Games Section also.     Printable Math worksheets from Billy Bear* TLS Books Kids' Page printable Math worksheets* Reading Rover Reading assessment. Evaluate phonemic awareness and language & reading skills. First time users click here. Teacher and parent questionnaires. Excellent results page. Headsets on and listen! Math Realm - Subscribe to e-mail newsletter providing links to online math demonstrations. Personal Educational Press - Generate worksheets plus instant, interactive Flash activities! E Printable Calendars - Basic calendars with or without holidays. Super simple!

Teachers & Computer Lab Coordinators, set an educational wallpaper such as
the ones offered on our Computer Decorating - Wallpaper page to
teach terms such as "desktop", "icon", and "wallpaper".

(Posted during election years.)

Election Co-nection
online voting  through Tuesday, October 28, 2008
(register in advance)

Scholastic's Election 2008

Time for Kids - 2008 Election
Meet the Candidates

Meaning of election terms from Time for Kids

Not available when checked
Elections 2004 from AOL@School
Interactive timeline of key events from CNN,

Weekly Reader - Election Center
Try Fishing for Votes

Keep up with election news by reading online newspapers.
Find some listed on our Reading page (#61-65)

Presidential Elections Lap Book
Excellent project!

U.S. Presidential Elections
from History Central - Multied

Election Scavenger Hunt
from Election World

Elections
from Congress For Kids

270 to Win

National Student/Parent Mock Election
Mock Election Day is October 30, 2008
Educator Information here

Google Interactive Electoral College Map
and Primary Information Map showing state and county information

National Student/Parent Mock Election
Mock Election Day is October 30, 2008

VOTE Glyph

Presidential BINGO
Prepared Card
Template you can edit

Compare cards after the debate. Analyze the data with Excel.

Know that Technology Term

What is this squiggly mark~really called?

The answer is on the keyboarding page. Click the Keyboarding link above, left.

• Rockin the Standards
  VERY CREATIVE!
  Dig that Angles song!

• Journal Jar with printable prompts

• Apple theme lapbook from Live and Learn Press

• Monster Exchange
  Sign up 9/15/08 - 1/15/09

• Fact Monster Hunts from Education World

• Tools for Educators
  Domino Maker and more.

• Save As PDF Add-In from Microsoft for Office 2007
  Other free PDF creators can be found on our Teacher Tools page.

• You've Been BOOed! printable signs

• Super Teacher Worksheets

• Time for Time - Master Worksheet Creator 2*
  Use the Master Worksheet Creator 2 to create custom printables showing times you specify - such as times related to your class or students' daily schedule. Rather than have them write in the time, instruct them to write the event that happens at that particular time of day.

• Time Worksheets by Dositey

• Johnny Appleseed Printables

Clip Art
As always read terms & conditions for each,
and preview prior to student use.

Download a Searchable
Reader Quiz List

April showers bring May flowers.
What do May
flowers bring?

Pilgrims.

I LOVE these cake pans!
from Simply-Sublime
The perfect gift for that class mom who never lets you down.
Another must see can be found on their Baby page
The Vintage Signs - a spectacular teacher and media specialist gift.
So creative!

Our family's Etsy page
Etsy - your place to buy & sell all things handmade.

Magic Jack
We LOVE this!  $20 per year phone bill - AMAZING!
Had it for several months, and it works well.
Handy phone number list feature.

Eclipse Crossword - a free gift for you! Create interactive or printed crossword puzzles.
Tips: use the export as Word document feature to save and print clues for prep work.
Click the Options button in the Eclipse Crossword window to prevent cheating on web puzzles, enlarge puzzle slots, etc.
Insert the puzzle into a Word document and add clipart before printing.

Click to try our puzzle.
Use our Buzz Words section to look up words.

Record your own MP3s. Great gift idea for parents & students. Record stories read aloud, class songs, jingles, and chants. Create downloadable MP3s, CDs, and ringtones. Free Tools:
	Audacity
	Lame

Soft Schools offers online activities plus printable worksheets.
Math, Phonics, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, French. Levels Pre-K - Middle School.

Surprise your students when they return from winter break with an educational screensaver on your classroom computer.
See our Computer Decorating page for some suggestions.

December Computer Lab Challenge Print and hang or display. One side has a challenge question; the flip-side offers a hint.

NEW YEAR COMPUTER LAB ACTIVITY
Make your own calendar.
Use the writing processor, Word.  Insert a table.
Add holiday and school activity information to your calendar.
Insert fun graphics.
Save and print.
Here's an example.

Symmetry Examples from Shape and Space
Revise and Test

Symmetry defined and illustrated by the Multimedia Math Glossary

Sorting Symmetrical Shapes by Saxon Math

Painting Symmetrical Faces
Step-by-step
Follow along as Mrs. Cannon demonstrates creating symmetrical faces with the Paint program.
Use the Pause button in the toolbar at the bottom of the demonstration
as needed.

Sketching Symmetry

Sequence Example using KidPix Deluxe

Team WhiteBoarding
from Twiddla
Great for class presentation/participation
and team activities.

Put your headset on and listen as you read along with these and more.
These are terrific displayed on the large TV monitor or projection screen.

Robert Munsch tips:
Listen online as the author reads.
Follow along in the actual book from your class or library.
Several books offered.

Speak-a-boos
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and more.
Teachers, log in for access to worksheets and story guides.

June the Prune tips:
Click to advance each page. Click the speaker button to listen.
To begin: Drag the magnifying glass handle to position it to see the Story section
and then click the story title.

Dave the Brave*
Build your own monster,
Then write sentences filled with adjectives to describe it.
Can anyone build your monster from your description?
Other stories also offered.
Click the Stories button to choose a story.
Click to advance.

Free MP3 Children's Books from Kiddie Records
Aesop's Fables, Grimm's Fairy Tales, and many other classics

Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.computerlabkids.com

*Star designates items mentioned
in Computer Lab Planner & Teacher's Guide lessons.

I LOVE this media center display!
Great classroom idea for parent night.
Poster - Larger Than Live, Promoting Reading
Illustrated Instructions from Instructables
along with Blockposters.com

NEW!
Hardback, Audio Books, etc.

100 Math Facts printable worksheets from Activities for Kids
Multiplication and Addition forms found under Timed Worksheets

Martin Luther King printable quizzes and other activities
from Eduplace
Grades K-8  Monthly Index Page

Animals A to Z from Education World

Self Grading Quiz Creator from Web Winder

XL Calendar
Free download. Easily create and customize calendars in Excel.

Worksheet Library

Math Wire
Check out  Winter Activities for the Snowman Glyph, Gingerbread Man Glyph, and many other plans and printables.

Google Calendar Education Edition
Create and share your own class or school calendar.
This video shows how it works.

January Computer Lab Challenge Print and hang or display. One side has a challenge question; the flip-side offers a hint.

 

Live Webcast from the Pennsylvania Tourism Office Watch Phil's Prognostication Live 6:00 a.m. Central time - You'll have to get up early! Groundhog Web Cams also available.
	The webcast is scheduled to begin at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time. What time is that where you live? What is the time difference? Has the sun risen yet? What time is sunrise in both areas? What temperature is it in both areas? Is that an average temperature? Locate Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on an online map. Save an outline map of Pennsylvania and use Paint to mark the location. Also locate the capital. How far would you need to travel to see Phil live? Use an online map for directions and time estimation. What states are between? Save an online map of the U.S., and use Paint to trace your course. (additional maps here) How long would the journey take if you drove? Use Excel to calculate travel expenses, including fuel. Can you find current gasoline prices on the Triple A web site? Track fluctuating fuel prices and use Excel to create charts.

Groundhog Day from Starfall
Click each picture to watch and listen.
On which day of the week does Groundhog Day fall this year?

Groundhog Day, February 2nd - Meet Phil's Family to read about Foggy, Windy, ...
What is a groundhog anyway?

Enchanted Learning Groundhog Day Activities - Try the Quiz

Can we count on the groundhog's prediction?
Check out how accurate he's been.
Can you make a pie chart or graph to display the data?
Create a database using Microsoft Access to store data. Pass it on to the next class.

No Bake Groundhog Cake
from Free Kids Crafts
Too cute!
Search "groundhog" to find.
Use their calendar to see previous projects

Super Bowl XLIII
Can you read it? What will it be next year?
Search our Math page for help with Roman Numerals. How do you write your birth year?
Search tip: click Edit, Find on this Page.

Black History Month Research Project
Use our Research page to write a report on any of these famous Americans.
Bonus points for completing the quiz.
Scan your printed coloring page to include with your presentation.

PBS Africans in America

The Underground Railroad

Pathways to Freedom - Maryland & The Underground Railroad
Listen and read along. Design your own quilt message.

Culture & Change

	George Washington Portrait for Kids* plus Teacher's Guide of additional activities The Life of George Washington* online movies Test Your Knowledge About Abraham Lincoln* (Mrs. Blackburn's "Father Of Our Country"* quiz is not available. Replace with one of the other choices above.) What did Abraham Lincoln really look like? The first known actual photograph of Lincoln and a timeline with other photos. Abe Across Kentucky and more from KET George Washington - An Internet Treasure Hunt President for a Day from PBS - The Democracy Project America's Presidents  crossword research activity Read about Electing a President Click the Next button after reading each page. Additional presidential activities can be found on the U.S. page of our "What Can I Do In Lab" section. Presidential Fact Finder worksheet Use our United States page to research the answers. POTUS works well for this one. Presidential Firsts plus other worksheets also offered. History Central works well for Presidential Firsts.

Use the skills you've learned to research and save as you create a timeline, one page per president.
Include a picture, dates, and interesting facts.

Save a U.S. map, open in Paint or Word. Label each president's home state. Have any presidents come from your state? Which state has the most?
	POTUS* White House for Kids* offering a slide show or Presidents' page American President - A Life Portrait* History Place*

Presidential Flap Charts
pictures on the front, names hidden behind
Click here for a flip chart template

American Presidents Coloring Pages

White House Video Tours

U.S. Election Atlas
Excellent interactive maps and charts.
Check out the latest primary results.
Red or Blue? What does that mean?

Election Glossary
from Enchanted Learning

Voter Registration
What's that?
Oklahoma Voter Registration Form
FAQ
Search out registration forms for other states and compare.

Posted during Winter Olympics.

'06 TechnOlympics
Choose a few favorite computer lab activities as your TechnOlympic events.
Locate 2 or 3 e-pal classrooms who agree to participate.
Compare results as well as information about your community.

Winter Olympics
World Book Online - Olympic Ceremonies
Who enters the opening ceremony first? Who is last?
(subscription required)

Go For the Gold from Scholastic
including "It's Greek to Me"
Teacher's Guide available

Decimal Olympiad from Professor Garfield
Bugglegum Hurdles, Toothpick Toss (subtraction) and the 50 cm Dash (addition)

Trimathlon from Mr. Nussbaum

Winter Coin Olympics from the U.S. Mint

Go For the Gold Cyberhunt from Scholastic

U.S. Olympic Team
including "What About BobSled?" and other inspirational cartoons
Teacher section available with printable worksheets.
Click Winter Base Camp for winter sports.

Olympic Games from Enchanted Learning
Printable Crossword

U.S. Olympic Team - Official Site
see the Winter Athletes
Use Word or Publisher to create your own athlete trading cards.

Get to Know the Games
&Winter Events
&Summer Events
Divide into teams. Research and present information
(booklets/brochure, bulletin board display, or PowerPoint)
explaining your team's event.
Use the digital camera to take pictures of your team in action.

Olympic Schedule
 from NBC

Torino 2006
Including Follow the Olympic Flame diary, maps, and video.

Fact Monster Winter Olympics
Medal Standings will be posted here.

Time for Kids plus a Virtual Voyage through Italy including
Native Lingo - listen and learn Italian phrases.

Weather Underground
Search for Torino, Italy. Create five-day forecasts, and compare weather.
Use Create a Graph to generate charts and graphs.

Olympics Fun Facts from Fact Monster

World Flags to color
including U.S. with or without color key

See Ben's Guide to Government to learn about the colors of the flag
and the national anthem.
Use Voycabulary (also found at #10 on our Research Page) along with this national anthem site.
Type (or copy and paste) the URL into Voycabulary.
Then click any word in the national anthem to see a definition. Can you define rampart? Perilous? Gallantly?
EXCELLENT TOOL!

Label and color the flags of the world, from Enchanted Learning.

Country Profiles from National Geographic's Map Machine

Printable World Map from EduPlace

Printable Medals worksheet from Education World

Olympics printables from Teach-Nology

Olympics printables from EdHelper

Olympic printables from ABC Teach

Winter Olympics Coloring Pages from Free Kids Coloring

Ancient Greece - The Olympic Games

Social Studies for Kids - Ancient Greek Olympics

Olympic History from Kodak
offers a timeline,
plus a terrific photographic journey of Greece found in the Olympic Photoquilt.

Design a Civil War Period Home Interior

What are bullets?
Make a bulleted list with our Love Is activity.

Use the writing processor & drawing toolbar to
flip, rotate, and create
your own Valentine card.

Use the writing processor & drawing toolbar to
Make your own display of Valentine Conversation Hearts*
with sweet synonyms.

Making Chocolate from Hershey
Use fun fonts and shapes to design your own candy bar wrapper.

Fun Challenges - Think Ahead

Arithmetic Four
Click the Help tab to read the instructions.
Can you locate a "column"?

Red vs. Green M&Ms
unavailable due to age restrictions, awaiting response

Why are these called "floppies"?
Does your computer have a floppy drive?

Dissect A Disk*
How much data can be stored on a floppy disk?
What are the differences between a floppy, flash (jump) drive, CD-R, CD-RW, and a DVD?
Try our Jump & Swap activity as you learn to save.

Put your headset on and listen as you read along with these and more.
These are terrific displayed on the large TV monitor or projection screen.

Story Circle tips
The featured stories are easily found under the A-Z tab.
Text is shown. A print option is offered.

Zinger Tales
Follow-up: Use the document template to map the journey
as you listen to the Bear That Listened Too Much.
(Completed Example)

Clifford See & Hear Videos including Valentine Specials
Create a Valentine Card with Clifford

Audio Books from Librivox
Anne of Green Gables
Check out the book from your library and follow along as you listen.

Be aware of others. Have you seen a need?
Submit your suggestions for
March Forth
an opportunity to serve our school and community.
Use the writing processor to print your proposal. Pencil your name on the back. Finalists will be posted.
Vote for the project you think most deserving.
Need some inspiration? See Kids Care Clubs   and USA Freedom Corps.

Blank Board Book Kits from Blank Slate Books Black History Month coloring & worksheet pages (free registration required) from Family Education.com Learn About the Presidents by Education World Class Brain printables covering Presidents and Groundhog Day Free Flash Resources for Teachers from Sandfields School, UK several can be edited Map Tests & Outline Maps from World Atlas.com Valentine Cinquain Poem Lesson plan. Instructions for writing a cinquain poem. The Olympic Games Research Starters from Scholastic Go For the Gold Cyberhunt Key (Cyberhunt shown above) Gold Medal Olympics Activities from Education World REACH - An Educator's Guide to the Olympics Table of Contents Olympic Curriculum Guide with printable sports measuring tape

Thanks So Much - Kids MP3s

February Computer Lab Challenge Print and hang or display. One side has a challenge question; the flip-side offers a hint.

 

Offline Reading:  Virtuous Lives
A first-hand account of colonial life.
Diary entries by four Quaker sisters. It's both heartbreaking and delightful.

March

2008 Olympics The torch relay begins March 24.
1.	Interactive Olympic Torch Relay Map
2.	U.S. Woman, Jenny Bowen, to Carry the Torch
3.	See the 2008 Torch
4.	How Olympic Torches Work
5.	Olympic Facts from the U.S. Olympic Team
6.	Official site of 2008 Beijing Olympics
7.	China from National Geographic
8.	Outline Maps from EduPlace
9.	Flag Coloring Pages
10.	Sports - Learn about olympic events
11.	Worksheet: put the events in alphabetical order, from ABC Teach
12.	Chinese Pronunciation: School Phrases and Greetings

Forces of Nature by National Geographic
Read about conditions that form tornadoes, and then create your own.
Hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes also offered.
Use the "Map" tab (in the Tornado section) to see more about the 1999 tornado outbreak in Oklahoma.
Can you find the metal beam?

March Supercell
fantastic photos & video from Mr. Twister (Jon Merage)
More offered on his Smug Mug page.
Never seen rotation? Thanks to Mr. Twister for this up close look!

In like a lion; out like a lamb.
What does that mean?
print & color
from ABC Teach

March Glyph
from ABC Teach

NASA The First Day of Spring not available when checked

Why are there seasons?
from NASA

The Rite of Spring - Vernal Equinox from Fact Monster

Movie of the Seasons

Spring Bee
Alphabetical Order plus several other activities.

Now Fee Based
Teachers register and create classes. Use prepared spelling lists or create your own.
Students practice, review, play games, and take spelling tests.
Results can be e-mailed to parents or teacher. Login as the teacher to view reports.  

FIRST
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
Robotics Regionals in Oklahoma - March 08!

Discover which states and nations observe
Daylight Saving Time from InfoPlease
How did it change in 2007?

Take a Crash Course on Wind & Wind Power
Teacher's Guide available.

Iowa Wind Power from National Geographic
Watch the video to see inside a turbine.
How much wind is too much?
Check out the other videos offered including Solar Power, Fuel Cells, and other alternative energy sources.

Oklahoma Wind Farm Starts Spinning - news article
How big are those turbines?

Wind Turbine Photos - see how a wind farm is built
from Accu Weather

Build Your Own Turbine
experiment from Re-Energy

Creative Climates Project

Playhouse Radio* No longer available when checked.
Try the Education category for "Roy G. Biv" and other fun songs.
The lyrics are displayed on the left.

Weather Underground*
Accu Weather*

Weather.com*
KFOR* - Oklahoma City Weather

Clipart Uno (PowerPoint - click this link and then click SAVE)
Match the main idea or color as you add your slide to the project.
View the slide show at the end and discuss main ideas. Calculate elapsed times to create and complete the project.

Friendly Letter Maker
from ABCya!
Move your cursor over each part of the letter
to read more about it.

Draw names of classmates. Compose a friendly letter. Recommend a book you've read.

Dear Mr. Henshaw: Parts of a Friendly Letter
Quia activity

Did you know there are rules for addressing letters and envelopes?
How should you address an envelope to your senator? To the queen?
Find out how from Dr. Dave and Dr. Dee

Kids in the House, Office of the Clerk
how to write to a member of Congress.

News Quiz
from KET
Watch, listen, and learn.

Chicken Scope
See what's really happening inside an egg.

What do Easter eggs have to do with computers?
Use our lab dictionary to look it up.
Can you find the Easter egg hidden in Google Earth?

Click here for an "Icky Experiment".
Turn your pennies green!

Try the Gummi Bunnies Egg Hunt for fun.

Crayola's Spring Decor-egger

What determines the date for Easter each year?
Consider Easter, math, & the moon.

St. Patrick's Day Theme Unit from EdHelper

Check out an octopus making his way through a tight maze. How does he do it?
Visit Enchanted Learning for more ocean life info.

March '09 Activity Calendar
from Enchanted Learning

	Johnny Appleseed Hidden Picture Apple shape book pattern Johnny Appleseed from America's Library Can you spot his orchard in the 1868 photo?

Apple Tree Through the Seasons
and other Plants printouts from Enchanted Learning
Tip: use the File menu to Print Preview or print only a selection.

Keep up the good work.    Save those lab bucks.   Online shopping begins in a few weeks!

Watch an episode of CreaTiVe Workshop
to see how to make
Wacky Spider Pencil Toppers
(under October)
Create your own spider or insect.
How many legs will you use?
Preview to see what supplies you'll need.

Test Your Muggins Skills
Can you spot a bluff?

Programming with Scratch from MIT
Teachers, see the About page for information and download.
Check out this Scratch project - matching parts of speech.

More Than Math
from the Asheville Art Museum

Reading Fun

"Spot's Windy Day"
Click the flag and then bookshelves.
and
Stories from Between the Lions.

Practice reading with interactive stories from Starfall.com

Seussville

Put your headset on and listen as you read along with these and more.
These are terrific displayed on the large TV monitor or projection screen.

Yellowstone Windows into Wonderland
Electronic field trips including Geyser Quest (lengthy, but excellent). Listen and follow along.
Font size can be adjusted if needed by clicking the "AA" buttons.
The Park Ranger introduces activities along the way that can be skipped by advancing the story if needed.
A Teacher section offers pre and post activities.

"Adventures from the Book of Virtues" No longer available.

Learn about kites. Design and make your own kite to fly. 20 Kids, 20 Kites, 20 Minutes El Cheapo Diamond Kite Plan Use the computer to create a design to decorate your kite. Use the Paint program (Start, Programs, Accessories, Paint) to create a dot-to-dot kite picture. Click here for dot-to-dot instructions. Use the writing processor, Word, to create a kite display. How? Insert a basic shape - diamond shape. Right-click and format it to 8.8 height, 6.8 width. Then let the creativity begin! Insert Word Art, Clip Art, Fill with texture or pictures, etc. Print, trim, add a tail, and display Learn about flight & aerodynamics from NASA's Beginners Guide to Aeronautics or How Stuff Works Use the Beaufort Scale to estimate wind speed by observing conditions. Check out the fantastic kites too. Centipede Kite out of Picnic Plates

Use the writing processor to learn about page setup, table creation, and inserting graphics.
5 Day Forecast*
Learn how to type the degree symbol, as in 45°.

Bones Inside Us worksheet* from Microsoft (Bones Inside Us Worksheet - Word document) Time for Time worksheet creator The Four Seasons scavenger hunt from Education World - plus many others organized by month. Johnny Appleseed Printables Will It Fly project from Teach Engineering Plus many others Up, Up, & Away! Badge in a Bag off-line project kits Search Free Fonts Make Your Own Worksheets from The Teacher's Corner Matching, Word Scramble, Word Search. Time, Money, plus many categories found under Match Ups-- Animal Babies, Homophones, Presidents, Contractions, Spanish, and much more.  Educational Card and Board Games Muggins Math "Aerobics for the Mind", made by teachers for teachers Purchase terrific board games, "proudly made in America". Demo videos show how to play Jelly Beans, Fudge, Over & Under (fractions), and more. Notice available formats: wooden board, wipe-off board, transparency. Professional Development workshops available.

	WANTED Good Thinkers, Wise Decision Makers, People Who Learn From Mistakes.
	Lemonade Stand*   Not Your Grandma's Lemonade Stand by EconEd including a pop-up activity   Lemonade Stand by Moneyville* Discuss interesting words like profit and expense.  Consider the weather report and make wise decisions. See how much profit you can make with your virtual lemonade business. Printable worksheet available from Econ Ed. Printable profit expense worksheet from Sunkist. Calculate expenses, profit, and charitable donations. Lemonade Larry   Not available when checked. Sesame Street's Lemonade Stand Listen and follow directions to lend a hand.

Write a Letter
Use the writing processor to write a letter.
Notice the templates available. Does "Help" offer any help?

Write Your Favorite Author
Addresses available from Kids Read

Calling all Major League Mathletes!
Math Baseball*

Beat any of our top 3 scores and
post your name on our Major League Scoreboard in the lab.

Watch for the
Prize Day coming sign, and always do your best.

How are baseballs made?
Research and report your findings in a shape book:
Ball, Bat, Glove, or Diamond
(Research Tip: See Volumes 1 and 2.)

Ever had a hot dog at a baseball game? How did it get there?

Popcorn, Peanuts, & Hot Dogs
Real World Math from the Futures Channel
Watch the video and then try the activities. Printable data sheets available.
 

1. Go in search of green life in the
   Great Plant Escape
   Help Bud & Sprout solve the mysteries of plant life.

2. 

Weather Basics from the Weather Dude
See what he has to say about clouds and precipitation.
What is precipitation anyway?

3. Web Weather For Kids

4. Weather Basics from USA Today
   Click any topic.
   

5. Cat at Bat - Rhyming Baseball
    

6. Grand Slam Math
   plus more word problems with Katie
   
   
   Playhouse Radio No longer available when checked.
   Try the Education category for "Roy G. Biv" and other fun songs. The lyrics are displayed on the left.
   

7. Going Buggy*
   Play "Monster Bugs", go on an Insect Bug Hunt,
   or read answers to kids' questions about bugs.
   
   

   8. Alphabet Soup
      word search
      
      

   9. Migrating Monarch Cyberhunt*
      
      

   10. Bird Study Coloring Book from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
       
       

   11. Bird Brain Challenge from All About Birds
       Video and sounds
        

   12. Build Your Own Sod House from Our Story in History
       Notice the timeline along the top. Click Learn More at the end of the building activity to see Darkroom Detective showing actual pictures of a sod home.
       
       
       

   BONUS Wow! Find this NASA site that features a picture taken in Cordell! What is in the picture? For an extra bonus - what day of the week was the picture taken? How many years ago did the event occur? Begin here: What Can I Do in Lab page Science, #96 Space Place by NASA

   
   Scrambled Eggs*
   (Compound Words)
   Right-click, Save Target As. Save, then open in Paint.
   Use the Selection tool, transparent option, to match the eggs.

   Hatch & Match

   Not available when checked  An Egg for Each State - 2002
   from the White House Easter Egg Collection
   See Oklahoma's egg and all the others.
   2003 Eggs
   2004 Eggs
   2005 Eggs
   2006 Eggs
   2007 Eggs
   2008 Eggs
   Design your own. Use the computer to help plan your design and print templates or patterns if needed.

   What are cascarónes?
   Use Webster's Online Dictionary to look it up.
   Hint: click the radio button for Spanish/English.

   Easter Island
   What's behind the name? What unique feature is associated with the island?
   Use Google Earth to take a look.

   G-Map Pedometer
   Double-click to place markers along your path.
   Calculate the distance between the Bricktown Ballpark and the Myriad Botanical Gardens downtown Oklahoma City.
   Hint: Visit the Gardens' web site to locate the address. Enter that address (plus city) into the Gmap Pedometer Jump field.
   Use the satellite view to locate the ballpark east of the gardens.
   How many calories would you burn walking that distance?

   

   Etiquette
   What's that?
   Look it up.

   Table Manner Basics 10 Basic Manners for Kids 12 Basic Table Manners for Kids

   from Dr. Dave and Dr. Dee

Earth Day is April 22

Sharon Finds the Environment a cute story Recycle City Find out how recycling helps our environment and try the Dumptown Game. See Student / Teacher steps for web quest activity using this site, and Student / Teacher steps for scavenger hunt from the Lesson Plans Page. Earth Day Groceries Project What to do with Old Computer Equipment? You shouldn't just throw it away. Find out more. Nature's Recyclers coloring book. Read together and print only the pages you need. Recycle Works

Penny's New Flower Garden
Use Excel or the Create a Graph site to create charts and graphs of Penny's data.

	Poetry in Honor of Spring from Fact Monster
	Fern's Poetry Club
	Poetry Class
	Read, Write, Think Acrostic Poem, Diamante Poem, Shape Poem
	Poetry Idea Engine from Scholastic
	What Rhymes With Squirrel?

Butterfly Life Cycle

Butterfly Q & A

Can you use the Paint program to create a symmetrical butterfly?

Spring Comprehension Poem a printable activity Spring Coloring Pages to print Flowers, Insects, Weather, Poems, and more. Learn About Flowers craft & activity Spring Flowers Crafts for Kids

50 State Quarters
Coloring pages and Information on Current Quarters from the U.S. Mint

Oklahoma Proposed Designs

Create your own coin design representing our school.
How about a Computer Lab Quarter!

Vote. Create a spreadsheet to illustrate the results. Link the pie chart to a newsletter.

Put your headset on and listen as you read along with these and more.
These are terrific displayed on the large TV monitor or projection screen.

A Sunny Funny Bunny Day and other stories offered by RIF
RIF STORIES ROTATE, featuring a variety of stories

Additional online stories:

The Tortoise and the Hare and other stories by Fables from Aesop
Printables and craft ideas available from First-School.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit - two versions: text only plus
a read-aloud version in Real Player (listed as a multimedia slide show)
that automatically advances.

Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery
Locate clipart illustrating a seed or bean. Include it in a PowerPoint presentation.

Plant a thought, reap an act.
Plant an act, reap a habit.
Plant a habit, reap a character.
Plant a character, reap a destiny.
Unknown

NEW! Add-in for including web pages in Power Point presentations Pete's Power Point Station Excellent collection of presentations well organized. Chipardy from Mrs. Cannon's Computer Lab Try Oklahoma Chipardy. Purchase* the Chipardy template and edit to create your own Chipardy activities.     *You may try before you buy. Yes, the Honor System is in play. NEW! Kelly's Kindergarten - Power Point presentations to go with songs.   Cyber Exchange Power Points Math Jeopardy Games from Hardin, KY K-12 begin here for other PowerPoint Games for the Classroom   PowerPoint Database of Games from the WWild Team (Additional information found here.)   Celebrating the Land Run Race for a Dream and You're Doing Fine, Oklahoma worksheets by EdHelper   A Handy Measure from Ag in the Classroom   Awards:   Mrs. Cannon's Computer Lab - Top Entrepreneur goodie bag tags color or black & white   Major League Mathlete goodie bag tags - color Activity Suggestions for Stuart J. Murphy books A Tornado in My State? project from Teach Engineering Plus many others including 20/20 Vision FREE! Web development software free for K-12 schools from Coffee Cup Including an event calendar, news flash, and more. Free Clip Art from Phillip Martin Alphabet Chart and much more. Teacher Tube Videos. Search and, as always, preview! Terrific butterfly videos. Videos make great additions to PowerPoint presentations.

	pdf files April Computer Lab Challenges Print and hang or display. One side has a challenge question; the flip-side offers a hint.

Need help with something we've done in lab?

Leave a message anytime.
mrs_cannon_lab@yahoo.com

The end of the year is drawing near.
Before you go be sure you know
The terms and skills that are in our "Can You" cans.
(based on ISTE & Oklahoma PASS)

Take a slip from a can in our lab or from the virtual cans here.
Click the cans above to see a different Can You... slip.

Ether Pad
Watch this video to see how it works.
Great for team/partner work!

Digital Camera / Scanner Practice
Begin with a digital picture, scanned coloring page, or original work of art.
Use the free Photo Puzzle Fun program to create and solve a Scrambled Puzzle.
Calculate the time it takes to solve your puzzle. Compare with the time it takes you to solve someone else's puzzle.

Origami Club
Visit the Animals, Birds, Bugs, Sea Creatures sections and go wild!

Time to get that Spring Cleaning out of the way!
Not sure how to clean your computer? Let the Chip's Patrol give you some tips.

Behind the Blob
Level 3, 1-100

Grand Slam Math
word problems

Create your own handwritten font
at Your Fonts
Save and share with Mom or Dad.

Tablet PC Font Tool from Microsoft Power Toys
for Tablet PCs

---Mother's Day---
celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in May
Mother's Day Worksheet

Names of Baby Animals
Did you know that a baby goat is called a "kid"?
Look up other animals to see what their babies are called.
Click here to learn about baby farm animals. Listen to the sound they make too.

Tank Turmoil
Drag the square over babies to find the one that matches the mother shown in the big tank. Click the magnified baby to see if you're correct and read information.

Use a thesaurus to find other ways of calling, "Mother!"
What might you be called?

Mother's Day section from Enchanted Learning

Tissue Paper Flower - How to Video
Watch and follow directions. Use the pause button as needed.

Mother's Day cards and coloring pages to print. The Handprint Poem is my favorite! Mother's Day Printable Fun & Crafts cards, mazes, crosswords, crafts, ... Mother's Day Crafts Crayola Creativity Central Free registration required.

Which great American President said:
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."
Search Brainy Quotes for the answer using a key phrase from the quote.

"If" by Rudyard Kipling - text from Favorite Poem
Follow along as you listen on LibriVox.
Click any mp3 link.

Leap 4 Fun
a fun and interesting challenge

TVO Kids

Play Go Fish with Garfield

Mare's Build a Fish
Read the instructions!

Color a Fish and calculate Estimated Fish Weight

Screencast-O-Matic
Create a video recording of your computer work.
Prepare a video book report.
Use Screencast-O-Matic along with
Power Point and/or any other program we've used this year.
Remember to use the scanner or digital camera as needed.

 

Put your headset on and listen as you read along with these and more.
These are terrific displayed on the large TV monitor or projection screen.

Tips: Tumble Books Why Libraries Matter - A Story Long Overdue
Follow-up: Print a list of things you could find at the library over summer break.
Craft books, hobbies, favorite authors, movies...

Animated Tall Tales offers a Full Screen option.

More Online Story Time:  Reading Rockets video interviews with top children's authors.
Choose an author or illustrator such as
Beverly Cleary.

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

 

Remember

Patriotic Coloring Pages Print and color. (Birds, Insects, Dinosaurs, and other categories too.) The Memory Shall be Ours An Internet Treasure Hunt The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Search our home town. Mrs. Cannon's friend, Freddie Hildebrand, is honored on the memorial wall.

LINGO*

Interactive LINGO cards Simply click to mark
Card A     Card B

or

Open our LINGO (BINGO) card in Word. Use the highlighter tool to mark your card.
card #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8

 

Don't forget to practice keyboarding over summer break.
Give Typing Web - Keyboarding Online a try.
FREE Keyboarding Lessons.

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NEW! Hardback, Audio Books, etc.

Sign up and swap for summer reading.

NEW! Screencast-O-Matic
Create a video recording of your computer work.

NEW!  WriteBoard
another collaboration tool

NEW! Advanced Survey
Convenient way to gather feedback from parents, students, etc?

NEW! Free Printable Calendars
Create Summer Reading Lists, Logs, Activity Calendars, To-do Lists (Bucket List) etc.

NEW! GabCast
Create an audio farewell or greeting to new students & parents,
homework helpers, chants, spelling practice, etc.

More Report Card Comments
from the Worksheet Library

Sylvan Dell Publishing - EXCELLENT!
eBooks (preview eBook titles offered) and printed versions, tons of follow-up including
Creative Minds, AR quizzes at a discount, Story Time Crafts, online Comprehension & Math Quizzes, fact sheets, Teaching Activities, mp3 audio, Special Days Calendar, and much more.

Kid Ware Software
Freebies include: Kids' Typing Skills, Pizza Place, Multiplication Facts, Holiday Word Search (can edit word lists), Photo Puzzle Fun, and more.

Educational Award Certificates from DyeTub

My Award Maker

Ed Helper printables for Memorial Day
Membership required.

Teaching Tools from Discovery School and Worksheets To Go

The Big Bus

Mr. Nussbaum's spectacular site

Awards:  Mrs. Cannon's Computer Lab - Top Entrepreneur goodie bag tags
color or black & white

Major League Mathlete goodie bag tags - color

Set of Computer Lab Treasure Hunter badges*
to be used with Treasure Hunt*

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
allows Office 2003 users to open and edit files created with Office 2007