1. Intro to NETS For Students Grades PK-2 Digging Deeper into the Student Performance Standards By: Chelsea Johnson

2. 1. Illustrate and communicate original ideas and stories using digital tools and media-rich resources. (1, 2) Students will be in groups where they use a classroom camera to take pictures while they act out scenes from a story. They will then put the pictures in sequential order in a slideshow to show the class. Another fun idea would be acting out things they like to do for fun in America and then exchanging pictures/slideshows with a pen pal class in a different country.

3. 5. Find and evaluate information related to a current or historical person or event usingdigital resources. (3) Students will use computers to research a historical person. While searching online for information they will also need to find one controversial thing about that person. They will need to cite their sources. After they have this information they will use it to write a 3 to 5 minute narrative speech as that person about themselves.

4. 6. Use simulations and graphical organizers to explore and depict patterns of growth such as the life cycles of plants and animals. (1, 3, 4) Students will use technology to make food chains during science to show the order and hierarchy of the animal world. Another cool idea would be to have the students get something (an insect) where they can measure it once a week and then graph how big it got each week.

5. 10. Demonstrate the ability to navigate in virtual environments such as electronic books,simulation software, and Web sites. (6) We will have a class blog where each week the students can go on with their parents and comment on something and communicate with others. Another idea would be during Language Arts time during rotations for the kids on the computers to read books on programs which the program could say the word for the students if they click on it when they get stuck.