PowerPoint is a Joke! a Halloween tech project

Halloween Howls- Holiday jokes from 4T from Michele Nokleby

For a fun seasonal project with powerpoint-  introduce kids to 818 section (jokes & riddles), bookmark some additional Halloween jokes, and let them make some slides.  Have them save to a shared folder, then merge the slides.  Upload the  class show to Slideshare or some other service to disseminate or embed on your website, if desired.

The kids love doing this, they get to practice all kinds of skills, keyboard commands, image resizing, file management and more.  The whole activity can be done in one class period.  The resulting show is fun to share with the whole learning community.

Idiom Activities

The new Commom core standards indicate that students should know about figurative language, including idioms.  Luckily for me, I've always loved word play, and already had a few activities under my belt (more figurative language)!

I also like to have the kids use technology to create their own illustrated idiom show.  I use PowerPoint, it's an important program for kids to be comfortable with.  Students LOVE the clip art, and I like not having to worry about citing sources for images from the web.

Our library has some great books about idioms, and the web has a plethora of games for kids to challenge themselves with. 

http://www.literacysites.com/idiomactivities-online.htm