“What can I do with a SMARTboard?” is the biggest question new teachers have about the interactive whiteboard.SMARTboard Elmo and SMARTBoard Making the Most of Wireless Technologies Use of Elmo allows instructors to use a myriad of material as graphics. Pictures can be used directly from books without alteration. Any print material can be delivered, and these images can be saved as slides in a computer for a later use. One caution, be aware of size and variety of print. The Elmo is the handiest piece of instructional technology since the overhead projector, but also the most commonly misused. Elmo Projector – Redefining Classroom Technology: SMARTBoard SMARTBoard – It is really Smart? The SMARTBoard is an interactive whiteboard that improves the way you meet, teach, train and present. It combines the look and feel of a regular whiteboard with the power of a computer so you can save and print notes, collaborate on electronic documents, share information and run multimedia materials. It uses resistive technology, which means there is a small air gap between two sheets of resistive material inside the Board. When you press on the Board with your finger or an ordinary dry-erase marker, a contact point is registered and its coordinates correspond to the same area on the computer screen. Write, draw, or type over any Windows application with a Magnetic pen. Use your finger, or a pointer, to “click” on web links, or open and close documents - Your finger is the mouse! Although these “pens” don’t have ink, they will write on the board for you using magnetic sensors. You can set the width and colors of the pens to your preference. One feature I like is setting one of the pens to be a “highlighter.” This is perfect for when you want to highlight a word on a document or web page. The SMARTBoard can also be used with Expo/erasable pens in non-interactive mode, functioning as a normal whiteboard.

Lesson Plan for The Best Mouse Cookie DateUnit/CourseTopicTeacher 9/25/2015Anytime or SeasonReading, Speaking, and ListeningTheresa Rollins-Fanning Overview & PurposePrior Knowledge NeededEducational Standards Addressed Literature Circle - Listening and Sharing: Guided Reading.Listen Attentively.* Reading, Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development including: Identify letters, words, and sentences. Teacher GuideStudent Guide ObjectivesRecall details from a story. Retells a known story in sequence. The students will sit in a group on the floor in front of the smartboard. Students will watch and listen the smartboard for the reading of The Best Mouse Cookie. Teaching Aids\Materials Needed (Skills/information that will be learned) Book: The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff. Worksheet: Story Map. Worksheet: Sequencing. InformationDiscuss the Story Map - re: Who, What, When, Where, and How. Teacher will have a model of the assignment available for students to use as an example. The students will complete a story map worksheet about The Best Mouse Cookie. Teacher will have a model of the assignment available for students to use as an example. (Demonstration or lesson details) VerificationIntroduce the book: Show students the front and back of the book. Explain to the students about retelling and recalling the details in their minds of what is happening in the story. Also explain that when someone Students will build fluency by reading the book independently and with a partner.Other Resources (Web, Books, etc.) (Student understanding steps or checklist) Youtube: The Book - The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff read aloud. ActivityStudents will complete sequencing worksheet.Students will complete sequencing worksheet. Teacher will have a model of the assignment available for students to use as an example. (Independent activity to reinforce lesson) SummaryMonitor students to determine if they can: retell in their mind the process used to make cookies. Correctly identify the process of making cookies in the correct order. Home Connection: Students will have opportunity to take the book - The Best Mouse Cookie home to read with parents, caregivers, and siblings. Additional Notes * Retelling * Sequencing * Story Map

The Best Mouse Cookie is a really cute story for developing readers. Mouse makes cookies, rocks out while doing it, and even burns them when he wants to take a nap. I like how it ends by saying that there is nothing wrong with sharing with a friend. You can definitely use this story to teach kindergarten and first grade students about sharing and being independent. This lesson could tie with an activity about sharing. 3 Day - Reading Lesson Plan

0#action=share The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. The book is read aloud on You Tube.

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The Students will complete a Story Map Worksheet about the book – The Best Mouse Cookie.

Completed Story Map Worksheet (Using the ELMO) about the book – The Best Mouse Cookie.

The Students will story retell The Best Mouse Cookie story to a friend.

The students learn about the skill of how to read and retell a story.

The Students will complete a Retelling Hand Worksheet about the book – The Best Mouse Cookie.

Completed Retelling worksheet (using the ELMO) about the book – The Best Mouse Cookie.

The students learn about the skill of sequencing the events of The Best Mouse Cookie story.

Students will receive a copy of sequence sheet (to the left). First, students will cut apart Next, put the pictures in sequence order. Then, students will glue pictures in sequence order to a sheet of card stock. Finally, students will color the pictures. Sequence Sheet for making cookies

Completed Sequence Worksheet (using the ELMO) about making cookies – The Best Mouse Cookie.