Staff Development

  • Excel in Classroom || Poetry and PhotoStory ||  Making Lit Trips

     

    Excel in Classroom

    Click here for my class notes
    Candy Graph Math lesson using colored candy Click here for directions
    Pictograph Take a basic column graph and add pictures Click here for directions
    Temperature Chart Name a line graph using the outside temperature Click here for directions Click here for a sample
    Height of students Click here for directions
    Fast Food Fat Content Find out how much fat, sodium and calories are in your favorite fast food Click here for directions
    Battleship Game You can now play Battleship on your computer-a partner game! Click here for directions Click here for Excel grid
    Picture with comment boxes You can add comment boxes to pictures to help explain ideas. Click here for directions Click here for a sample-go to View/Comment to see the comment boxes

    Poetry and PhotoStory

    uick Directions Guide A quick guide to begin your PhotoStory Click here for directions
    A short list of poetry links A short list of poems or links to poems on the Internet Click here for list
    Free websites for photos A list of websites not blocked in our district Click here for list
    Longer version of instructions A more complete guide to help you make a PhotoStory Click here for directions

     Making Lit Trips

    Official Lit Trips Website This is the website that started it all! Click here for the website
    Terror at the Zoo by Peg Kehret This is my lit trip for this book. Click here to see the trip!
    Building a Lit Trip This is from the lit trip website Click here to get the directions.
    Building a Lit Trip-condensed version Taking their directions and condensing them Click here to get the directions.
    Adding pictures to Place Marks How to add pictures to your place marks. Click here to get the directions.
    Different Save Options Which of the 4 saving options is best for you? Click here to get the directions.
    List of books to use as a Lit Trip I have listed both E readers and chapter books Click here to get the list.