Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Getting Googley with Primary Students

Build a Snowman with Google Slides
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/12/build-snowman.html

This is a fun activity where students make a snowman using pieces and parts provided, and then write a story about them. This is a great way to develop tech skills such as copy and paste, drag and drop, and basic of Google Slides. It also encourages creativity and writing skills.


Wintertime Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings


Google Drawings also works well for drag and drop activities like "Magnetic Poetry". With this template, students are provided with 100 common words from the Dolch list, as well as many winter-themed words. They can then drag and drop these words onto the canvas to write a poem, sentence, or story.



See these activities and many more primary focused Google activities on Eric Curt's blog Control Alt Achieve.

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