Stage 1 Lesson Ideas English Using words Create a bingo game with known words. Notes Find pictures of words starting with known blends or words which contain known letter combinations etc and label. Sample Compile an alphabet frieze Notes Capture action pictures with digital camera and create a "verb" book. Notes Create findawords or crosswords using spelling words Notes Use a Logo based program to label pictures. Notes Writing Type theme words (eg transport) and find matching stamps. Sample Use a word processor to write a story and format text. How to... Insert a picture into a word processing document. How to... Use a Living Book CD as a model for a story. Sample Publish an acrostic poem. Sample Make a Slide Show retelling a favourite fairy tale. How to... Maths Number Divide page into 4 and illustrate a number in four different ways Sample Use stamps to illustrate addition facts. Sample Use the moving truck to illustrate subtraction. Sample Space One child uses stamps to start a pattern to be completed by partner. Sample Create a picture and reflect images using flip and rotate. Notes Have one child complete a picture or pattern on half of the screen and partner mirrors the other side. Sample Survey the types of pets and represent the data with stamps in columns. Use the graphs to make statements. Sample Draw shapes of various sizes and compare the of area by placing shapes on top of the other shapes. Order from largest to smallest. Notes Science Seasons and Me Create pictures for each season. Sample Use Kid Pix to create a weather chart. Sample Our Senses Using a drawing program, divide the page into 5 columns, boxes or sections. Label each column (I can hear, I can taste etc) and add appropriate stamps to each column. Sample Transport in the community Design a road sign to use in the local area. Sample Survey the types of vehicles which pass the school and graph the results. Sample HSIE The Need for Shelter Create a Slide Show, including voice and sound effects which shows animals and their homes.. How to... Identifying Us Have each child use a paint program to contribute a page to a picture book about groups they belong to now (family, class, school etc) and groups they would like to belong to in the future.. How to... The Way we Were Copy a scanned baby photo and current photo into a document. Record "How I have changed." How to... Use a paint program to create a timeline of the stages in our lives from baby to grandparent, and record some of the things people do at each stage of their life. How to... Workers in the Community Use a digital camera to take photos of a model of the community made by the class. Use the photos in a presentation. Sample Use a paint program to draw each member of the family. Print and cut out each person. Place cut outs on a class graph of jobs done by members of the family. Sample Have students use a Paint program to create a Certificate of Appreciation to present to people in their family, class, school and community, to thank them for the work they do for the student. How to... PD. H. PE. Personal Development Import a scanned imaged or digital photo into a paint document and label "I am good at ....." or "I am special because..." How to... Stamp a large smily face in the centre of a page and write words around the face, listing things that make me happy. Sample Health Use a Paint program to create a healthy food pyramid Sample Import a scanned image or digital photo of each child and label with words describing the external parts of the body. Sample Creative Arts Visual Arts Explore the features in a paint program to create original designs. Notes Use a digital camera to capture a photo to be included in a title page for a progress folder. Notes Use a paint program to design a book cover for your favourite book How to... Home Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3