 | Short poems - here the children could
type a poem that he/she created or one that the class has learned in
class. They could then Insert a
picture from Clip Art that
goes along with the poem. Another thing you could do with this is
let the children create their own illustrations through Paint. |
| Spelling words - the students can
practice Word skills by using their weekly word list and write numbered
sentences with the words. Click
here to see another idea for your Spelling Words. |
| Content vocabulary- the students can
practice typing their Social Studies or Science terms. You could ask
them to put the terms into to a simple table
with specific columns and rows. |
| Writing Portfolio Pieces - Using Word
early in the writing process helps eliminate so much stress on the
teachers and students. This also helps children learn how and where
to save
and retrieve their
documents. |
| ABC Books - this can be done for the
younger students. You could also expand this idea. Click
here to see one that was done by another teacher. |
| Teacher Directory Book - this can be done
by very young children or even the older ones. Children would use
the digital camera to take pictures of the teachers and staff at
your school. Then use Word to design the layout of the pages for the
directory. |
| Word
Processing-Based Activities for a Language Arts Class - this
page contains a list of ideas for children of all ages. |
| Word
Processing Activities - this is a list of lessons that the
children can work on right there. It may be more appropriate for
older students as the assignments are quite lengthy. |
| Oh
My Word - This is a link from Mrs. Cannon's web page, which is a
wonderful site. Here you will find 12 lessons on Microsoft Word Tool
bars and buttons. At the end of the lessons/activities there
is a quiz. |
