It’s hard to believe, but the end of the school year is drawing near! This is an exciting time, especially for 5th grade students who will be graduating to middle school. With that in mind, I’ve created a My School Memories booklet in SMART Notebook format as well as a printable PDF version. Below is a preview of the first few pages. Enjoy!

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I had a request from one of my readers to create a Twitter template in SMART Notebook similar to the Facebook Template I shared in February. I’ve finished it, so here it is! Your students can use this template to create a “fake” Twitter page for a famous person in history, an athlete, or a character in a book. I’ve included an example page on Hank Aaron, and there is also a worksheet in the Attachments tab for you to use. This template can also be used to show students the basics of a Twitter page without having to access the site directly. I hope you can find many ways to use this within your classroom! Don’t forget to check out my Twitter and Facebook Guides for Educators as well.

I was inspired by something I saw today using the old “drag and drop” trick at our District SMART Board Workshop. I put on my thinking cap and created a piggy bank drop file for your students to use to count out coins. Make sure you turn up the volume to hear the coins actually fall into the piggy bank! Click here to download it. Enjoy!

On this wonderful Friday I’d like to share something fun with you! It’s a Facebook Page Template for SMART Notebook! I’ve seen the idea before around Twitter and on this blog, but I’ve never seen a template using SMART Notebook. So I decided to make one! Your students can create a Facebook page on a famous person, an artist, an inventor, or a character in a book or movie! Every year our 4th grade students do a project on a famous Alabamian. They normally complete a project using PowerPoint or Publisher, but this year I hope to use this template. I have a feeling they are going to LOVE it! This template can also be used to teach students how to safely use Facebook or just about the “purpose” of Facebook (without being blocked by your school filter!). I tried to make this template as simple as possible, so students should only edit the photos and the text in black. I’ll be adding my project guidelines once I complete them, so more details are to come. Download it now. Enjoy!

Update: I’ve included a worksheet to be used in conjunction with this activity. Please download the updated version to access the worksheet. You will find it in the Attachments Tab of the SMART Notebook file.

Here is the 3-5 Intervention Notebook file to go along with the K-2 file I shared yesterday. Please let me know if you have any questions or problems with the file. A preview is below, or click here to download it.

I’d like to share a Notebook file I created that can be used on the SMART Board during reading intervention time. It includes web resource links for language and reading skills that include short vowels, CVC, blending, main idea, author’s purpose, and more. Please feel free to download it and use it in your classroom. A preview is below or click here to download.

Here is a newspaper template that I created using SMART Notebook. Feel free to download it to share classroom announcements or anything else!

Here are some Sliding Train templates that I created that I want to share with you all. These templates use the “Magic Box Reveal” method, and there are two different types.  Below is a preview of the file. To download the file, click here.

Happy Monday, and this is my 100th post! Here is another great learning object from TeqSmart.org. From the site: The Tequipment “Whack-A-Mole” game is a simple activity to get teachers and students comfortable touching the SMART Board with “intent.” Touch the moles as they rise from their burrows to send them back into the ground! Click here to download the object. The object, once opened, will be found in your My Content folder. Enjoy!

Next week we are going to begin a contest using StudyIsland.com in order to prep for the ARMT/SAT. In Study Island, students earn Blue Ribbons by mastering different content standards in Math, Reading, and Science. You can pull Blue Ribbon reports using the program to gather data; however, I have created a SMART Notebook file that will allow the students  place the Blue Ribbons under the standards they have mastered. Students love any chance to touch the SMART Board! Please feel free to use them and change as needed. Enjoy!

Click to download the file(s):

2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

Below is a preview of the 3rd Grade file.