Lesson Ideas Using Technology

Use Google Slides for a Choose Your Own Adventure

Nonfiction - here is a link to my non-fiction demo

Fiction - here is a link to one a student did for me a few years ago

An Idea for Non-Fiction Reading:

http://wonderopolis.org/

Grade 3 just did a project with this and 4th graders did this last year. Here is a link to a sample of what they did.

Google My Maps

1. Google My Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/
   1. You can link it to a Google Form if you want them to participate in a group experience or have targeted questions
      1. Try it here: https://goo.gl/forms/6Ubq8XupCpzXofRh1
   2. Students can add in images at each marker
   3. This can be used in any project where location is an element
      1. SS - map out the Trail of Tears or the battle locations in a war
      2. Science - sites where animal species have been found or where certain land features are
      3. Reading - map out your character’s travels
      4. Writing - Map a trip or moves you have made OR map out your vacation writing project
      5. Math - Map out a trip, then calculate distances or amount spent on gas given an average price per gallon
   4. Here is a link to a YouTube Tutorial