Great Ideas for Using Digital Images

This presentation, designed for teachers,illustrates how digital images can be used inclassroom instruction.

By Cindy Putnam

Memphis City Schools, TN

MATH

How many?

After-school care

Car pick up

Bus rider

Where do you go after school?

A car has 4 wheels.

How many wheels would 5 cars have?

5 x 4 = _____

4 x 5 = _____

LINES OF SYMMETRY

FIND THE SHAPES

Finding Fractions

Do you want 2/6 of the candy bar?

Finding Fractions

4/9 of the cats are gray.

Jill is going to earn some spending money during harvest time by helping pick apples for her neighbors. She plans to charge $2.00 per apple tree. Mr. Brown has 20 apple trees in his orchard and Mrs. Green has 14 apple trees in her orchard.

How much will Jill earn from Mr. Brown? ______How much will Jill earn from Mrs. Green? ______How much money will Jill earn in total?

LANGUAGE ARTS

purple

clever

Bright, intelligent, having a quick mind

If I Could Change the World…

If you could make one change in the world, what would it be? What are your ideas for getting it done?

Making Music

This lady is playing a harp. Do you have a favorite musical instrument or musician? Write two paragraphs about your favorite kind of music. Tell why you like it and name some of your favorite songs.

Kevin Jackson, Author

Kevin is a second grade student in Ms. McGee’s class. He enjoys baseball, science, art, and running.

Kevin likes to read books about wild animals. His favorite book is Tigers by Robert Ferguson.

BIOGRAPHY

Growing up, uP, UP!

• Insert picture of student taken at the beginning of the year

• Insert picture of student taken at the end of the year.

• Writing Assignment:

“This year I have learned…”

B

SCIENCE

Experiment / Steps in a Process

Step 1: (Explain the step)

Step 2: (Explain the step)

Step 3: (Explain the step)

Picture #1

Picture #2

Picture #3

Plants and Flowers at School

Daisy

Daffodils

Praying Mantis

• Official state insect of South Carolina

• One of the few insects that can turn its head

• Imported from Europe and China in 1900 to control garden pests

Simple Machines in Our Lives

Plant Cell

Unlike animal cells, plants cells possess a rigid cell wall that gives a plant structure despite the lack of a skeleton.

SOCIAL STUDIES

canyon

A deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it

How Do They Feel?

My Grandmother

My grandmother is from China. When she was a little girl she was very poor. Her family grew all of their own food and her mother made clothes for the family. She learned to read and write at the small school in her village. She came to America when she was sixty-seven years old.

Community Helpers - Firefighter

• Firefighters are service workers

• They must be able to carry 80-100 lbs. of equipment

• They are trained to provide emergency medical care to the sick and injured.

• They usually work 24-hour shifts.

MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Ideas…

• Label areas of the classroom with photos• Insert in class newsletters• Photograph art projects• Document Field trips• PowerPoint of a typical week in the classroom

for Open House Night• Virtual tour of the school for newcomers• Photograph special events / programs• Classroom visitors / Interviews• Student of the week