LMC+Lesson+Library

In the words of SMART mentor Jim Hollis, **"Sharing is caring!"** We invite you to download and modify the following lesson files. Please consider contributing to the "L.M.C. Lesson Library" by using the below format:

Sample format to copy and paste: **Title:** **Author:** **Audience:** **Summary:** **Format:**​

**Please insert your lesson according to alphabetical order by title.** j**Title:** Action Jackson **Audience:** Elementary students **Summary:** A visual slideshow of Jackson Pollack's works, including an interactive Notebook file to simulate his painting style **Format:​** Microsoft PowerPoint 2007; SMART Notebook v. 10  
 * Author:** Amy Oberts ( obertsa@district87.org )

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Citation Practice: Magazines <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** 5th grade <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** After learning how to cite a book, students learn to cite magazines by manipulating parts of the citation into the proper order, then use the pen to add the punctuation. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Computer Parts: Terms & Activities <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** A visual lesson to show students the parts of the computer while learning computer vocabulary and functions. Activity games at the end of the lesson are geared for various grade levels. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Distinguishing Drives: Guided Lecture (with Rodents) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** 6th grade <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** Visual accompaniment to a verbal lecture. Includes two assignments asking students to find and/or copy documents from the Shared drive to their own Home drives. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Emberley Birds <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students - primary grades (K & 1), or upper grades for fun <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** A technology tie-in to Ed Emberley's book A Wing on a Flea: A Book About Shapes. After reading the book, students practice their skills using the Shape Tool in Tux Paint (or any drawing program) to re-create the shape-based illustrations. Older students will relish the opportunity to tackle more difficult illustrations, create their own Emberley-inspired creations, and may even write the rhyming text to accompany the project. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Genre Classification <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students - intermediate grades <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** Students can drag-and-drop images of various book covers to practice identifying and comparing genres. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:​** SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Genre "Magic Paper" <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students - intermediate (text only) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** This file is an example of how to create "magic paper" using contrasting backgrounds and matching-colored text. In this example, students brainstorm types of genres before sliding the text box to the right (over the blue background) to check for understanding. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:​** SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** "Give Me 5" Storytime Etiquette Prompts <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students - primary students <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** This slide features five pictures and matching cues to prepare for storytime. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Collages Up Close <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** Use the "magic pen" as a spotlight and/or magnification tool to identify the different types of materials used to create the illustrations in Janice Harrington's The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:​** SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Define the Spine <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** Move the different pieces to match what a spine looks like in the library. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Introducing Elephant and Piggie <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students; grades K - 3 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** An introduction to Mo Willems' latest characters, Elephant and Piggie, as well as the book There is a Bird on Your Head. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:** SMART Notebook v. 10 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> |

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** An Introduction to Laura Vacarro Seeger's "Cut Out" Books <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students - primary grades (K & 1) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** Learn about Laura Vacarro Seeger's creative style of storytelling and illustrating. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:​** SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Fiction on the Shelves: Alphabetical Order <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students - primary grades (1st-3rd) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** Students can manipulate books onto a shelf to show correct alphabetical order. Slides progressively increase in difficulty. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Library True/False Game <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** After learning about library procedures and check-out rules, students answer questions by popping true/false balloons. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:​** SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Parts of a Book Game <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Elementary students - primary grades (1st & 2nd) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** After learning the parts of a book, students will be challenged to demonstrate their knowledge by correctly matching books parts to vocabulary words. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** A Royal Adventure <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Intermediate students <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary**: Enjoy the book Princess Hyacinth by author Florence Heide and Illustrator Lane Smith while investigating a variety of geometry concepts (solids, nets, tessellations). <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:** SMART Notebook v. 10 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Step-by-Step Task Directions <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** All grades <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** Samples of simple lists using templates from the SMART gallery. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:​** SMART Notebook v. 10 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Spine Labels <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Michelle Harris (harrism@husd4.k12.il.us) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** All grades <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** A guided lecture about reading spine labels. Students can use sample books to write their own spine labels. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:**​ SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Wordle Book Advertisements <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Author:** Amy Oberts (obertsa@district87.org) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Audience:** Grade 5 students and older <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Summary:** Part 1 in the Series - Introductory File Provided <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Format:** SMART Notebook v. 10​ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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