The Campus Improvement Plan Online Application provides you with an online
solution for creating, editing, and submitting your plan to the district leadership.
For training and support, please email the following Instructional Technology
Specialists. 
Technology Resources for Elementary Schools
Mapped to Strategies
Reading
Resource - PowerPoint Presentation from Inservice
Resource - Inspiration
Map of Reading Strategies
Resource - Instructional
Strategies Resources
Alphabetics
Article -Teaching
Reading to Kids that Struggle
Article - Alphabetics:
Phonemic Awareness & Phonics
Article - Alphabetics
Phonological Awareness
Interactive Website - Learn
to Read at Starfall
Lesson Plans - Kansas Education Resource Center
Phonemic Awareness
Interactive Website - Primary Resources
Online Game - WordMaker
Resource - Phonemic
Awareness Activities
Phonics
Online Games - Constant-Vowel-Constant
Online Games - Constant
Clusters
Online Games - Long
Vowel Sounds
Online Games - Picture Match
Printable - Jan
Bret Alphabet Cards
SMART Board Resources - Vowel
Sounds
Word Recognition
Online Game - High
Frequency Words
Printable - Jan
Bret Dolch Word Flash Cards
Fluency
Article - Building Fluency: Do It Well and Do It Right!
Article - Teaching Fluency with Maryanne Wolf
Word Recognition
Interactive Website - Word Wizard
Prosody
Interactive Website - Seussville
Interactive Website - The Ubbi Dubbi Translator
Conventions
Interactive Website - Create a Story
Interactive Website - Create Your Own Adventure
Interactive Website - Clifford's Puppy Days Story Builder
Online Game - Webisode2
Site Word Vocabulary
Interactive Website - What's in the Bag?
Interactive Website - Word
Family Sort
Online Game - Awesome
Analogies 1
Online Game - Awesome Anologies 2
Online Game - Awesome
Antonyms Match-Up
Online Game - Super
Synonyms Match-Up 1
Online Game - Super
Synonyms Match-Up 2
Online Game - Super
Synonyms Match-Up 3
Online Game - Super Synoyms Rhyme Time
Online Game - Happenin'
Homonyms
Online Game - Homographs
SMART Board Resources - Generative
Words
Vocabulary
Oral Vocabulary
Online Game - About
Face
Microsoft Word - Voice Comments
Site Word Vocabulary
Interactive Website - Idioms
Online Game - The
Un-Matching Game
Online Game - Counter
Example
Online Game - Maya & Miguel
Meaning Vocabulary
Online Game - Go Go Diego!
Online Tool - Flip a Chip
Resource - Vocabulary
Web
Resource - Word
of the Day
Comprehension
Microsoft Word - Reading for Meaning
Microsoft Publisher - Mini
Book Template
Microsoft PowerPoint - Retelling
Template and Sample
Microsoft PowerPoint - "Poof" Book
Template and Sample
Narrative
Interactive Website - The BookHive
Interactive Website - Story
Strips
Interactive Website - Children's Book Trivia
Interactive Website - It's
My Life: Mortifying Monday
Interactive Website - It's My Life: Make it or Break It
Interactive Website - It's My Life: To Cheat or not to Cheat
Online Game - Word
Scrambles
Online Game - Binky's
Story Scramble
Online Stories - Swahili Folk Tale
Online Stories - Story
Dog
Online Stories - Whootie
Owl
Online Stories - Banph
Online Stories - Aesop's Fables
Online Stories - Anderson's Fairy Tales
Online Tool - Graphic
Map
Online Tool - Literary
Elements Map
Online Tool - Plot
Diagram
Expository
Interactive Website - Riddles
Interactive Website - Plast-O-Matic
Online Game - You've
Got to be Kidding
Online Game - Matching
Game
Online Tool - Fact Fragment Frenzy
Online Tool - Hints About Print
Online Tool - Doodle
Splash
Online Tool - Timeline
Printables - Activities and Recipes
Printables - The Reality Kitchen
Persuasive
Online Game - The Effective Detective
Online Tool - Persuasive Map
Technical
Printables - Library of Graphic Organizers
Resource - Graphic Organizers
Resource - The Big Six
Writing
General Resources
Marcia's Presentation Materials
Software - Inspiration and Kidspiration
Resource - SMART Board lessons by topic
Writing Process
Tutorial - Microsoft Word 2002 and the Writing Process Tutorial
Resource - OWL Online Writing Lab
Resource - The Writing Process Website
Resource - R.A.F.T Pre-writing Activity
Resource - The Wonderful Writing Skills Handbook
Resource - Brainstorming Techniques
6 Trait Writing
Resource - NW Regional Educational Laboratory 6 Trait Lessons
Resource - Six Trait Writing Lessons
Resource - Six Trait Writing Assessment
Resource - Six Trait Lesson Plans
Resource - Six Trait Web Resources from Wiredinstructor
Writer’s Workshop
Resource - Writer’s Workshop
Resource - Writing Workshop
Resource - Young Writer’s Workshop
Writing Prompts
Resource - Descriptive Prompts
Resource - Narrative Prompts
Resource - Expository Prompts
Resource - Persuasive Prompts
Text Structures
SMART Board Resources - Text Structures
Advanced Organizers
Inspiration - Rapid Fire Tool for Brainstorming
Inspiration and Kidspiration - Use the Outlining or Writing View
Inspiration Templates - Examples
Kidspiration - Examples
SMART Board Graphic Organizers - Examples
Resource - Inspiration Web Site
Resource - Kidspiration and Inspiration Lesson Plan Ideas
Resource - Technology Literacy Challenge Fund: Inspiration Lessons
Resource - Kidspiration Activities
Resource - Inspiration & Kidspiration
Online Tool - Story Mapping
Tutorial - Atomic Learning Tutorials - Kidspiration
Tutorial - Atomic Learning Tutorials – Inspiration 7.5
Tutorial - Atomic Learning Tutorials – Inspiration 6.0
Peer Revision
Microsoft Word – Inserting Comments
Resource - NW Regional Library Sample Papers
Peer Editing
Microsoft Word – Inserting Comments
Resource - NW Regional Library Sample Papers
Resource - Common Proofreading Symbols
Vocabulary Development
Interactive Website - Wacky Web Tales – word choice/parts of speech
Microsoft Word - Word’s Thesaurus Feature
Online Tool - Merriam-Webster On-line Dictionary
Online Tool - Google’s Dictionary
Teacher/Student Conferencing
Microsoft Word – Inserting Comments
Authentic Writing
Microsoft Publisher - create brochures, flyers, post cards, and more
Smart Board Resource - Create riddles and share using screen shade (example)
Resource - Monster Exchange
Resource - ePals
Resource - Getting Started with KeyPals
Resource - Giggle Poetry (rate and submit poems)
Resource - The Young Writer’s Club (submit students' writing)
Resource - KidPub (submit students' writing)
Resource - Kids are Authors (competition)
Illustrating/Drawing Pictures
Kidspiration Drawing Tool – Symbol Maker (Sample)
Researching Topics
Online Tool - Ask Jeeves for Kids
Online Tool - Yahooligans
Online Tool - Kid’s Search Tools
Online Tool - Citation Machine
Online Tool - NoteStar
Shared/Interactive Writing
Online Tool - Think.com (Contact Robin Surland to set up account for your school.)
Math
General Resources
Cammy's Presentation Materials
Resource - Technology Integration Ideas for Grades K-6 (pdf document)
Resource - SMART Board Lessons Mapped to Standards (created by USD 259 teachers)
Resource - SMART Board lessons by topic
Resource - Interactive websites
Resource - Math lesson plans by Microsoft
Document - How to Search for PowerPoints
Resource - Math online field trips
Online Tool - Illuminations Tools
Resource - Illuminations Websites
Online Tool - Interactive Advanced Organizers
Resource - Internet Resources by Topic
Resource - Catch the Wave - Integrating Technology into Math
Problem-Solving Process
Resource - Using the SMART Board Screen Shade
Resource - Elementary Math Problem of the Week
Resource- Problem-Solving Webquest
Resource - Microsoft's Virtual Classroom Tour (Problem-Solving)
Resource - Aunty Math's Challenges
Math Prompts
Resource - Elementary Math Problem of the Week
See Other Resources above
Reflective Questioning
Online Tool - KWL Generator
Higher-Order Thinking Questions
Resource - Aunty Math's Challenges
Resource - Spreadsheet/Graphing Activities at To Excel is Elementary
Resource - Spreadsheet/Graphing Activites
at Classrooms that Excel
Tutorial - Making Graphs
Tutorial - Using Excel to Make Graphs
Resource - Creating Math Stories in PowerPoint
Manipulatives
Online Tool - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Cooperative Learning
Resource - Spreadsheet/Graphing Activities at To Excel is Elementary
Resource - Spreadsheet/Graphing Activities at Classrooms that Excel
Resource - Math Webquests
Decomposition of Numbers
Resource - Counting On
Fact Strategies
Resource - Doubles PowerPoint
Interactive Website- I Know That
Resource - Skip Counting
Multiple Representations
Resource - Math Vocabulary for Kids
Tutorial - Creating Graphs in Microsoft Excel
Resource - SMART Board Example - Vocabulary - Computation
Resource - SMART Board Example - Vocabulary - Numbers
Resource - SMART Board Example - Vocabulary - Properties
Lesson Example- Create a Class Glossary of Math Vocabulary Using PowerPoint
Similarities and Differences
Resource - Inspiration Software
Online Tool - Interactive Venn Diagram
Reading, Writing, and Discussing Mathematics
Resource - Using Reading and Writing Strategies in Math
Resource - Integrating Writing into the Mathematics Classroom
Lesson Example- Creating Math Stories in PowerPoint
See Reading and Writing Strategies above
Generating and Testing Hypothesis
Online Tool - Interactive Bar Grapher
Online Tool - Make a Graph
Advanced Organizers
Resource - Inspiration software (example)
Online Tool - Interactive Venn Diagram
Resource - Advanced Organizers from Enchanted Learning
Resource - Graphic.org
Content Integration
Resource - Project-Based Learning and Mathematics
Resource - Math Webquests
Resource - Spreadsheet/Graphing Activities at To Excel is Elementary
Resource - Spreadsheet/Graphing Activities at Classrooms that Excel
Resource - Intel Teach to the Future Sample Unit Plans
Lesson Example- Sample Unit Plan - Grandious Graphs
Lesson Example- Sample Student Product - Gridiron Graphing
Assess Learning
Resource - USD 259 Clicker Resource Page
Resource - Reports in CPS
Online Tool - QuizStar
Online Tool - Discovery's Quiz Center
Estimation/Mental Math
Resource - Guess the Number
Interactive Website- Estimate
Resource - Button Beach
