Idea Bank: Quick, Easy, Successful Activities
 
Created for the time-crunched teacher, the Idea Bank consists of standards-based, technology-rich activities that are short in length but effective in practice.

KidPix Ideas

 
  Addition Alphabet Book Telling Time   
  Field Trip Magnets Names  
  Number Book Rebus Stories Silly Sentences  
  L is for Louisiana Compound Words Grids and Coordinates  
  Venn Diagram Maps Multiplication  
  Name Game Shapes Upper and Lower Case   
  Colors Cardinal Directions I Spy  
  How Many? Place Value Chart  Create Your Own Dinosaur  
  Louisiana Wildlife Alphabet Book Counting the Animals    


Microsoft Excel

 
  Beginning Letters Colors Create a Diagram  
  Fitness Chart Olympics Thermometer Chart  
  Pie Chart Weather Chart Candy Fun  
Timeline Estimating Metric Conversion Chart 
Who's More Expensive? Louisiana Critters Puzzle What If?


Microsoft Word

 
  Bio Poem Bubbles Louisiana Man  
Word Boards  Vowel Sounds Fact Cards
  Sight Word Clip-On Game Sight Word Concentration Letter Word Match  
  Emotions Flashcards Compare the Book with the Movie Secret Code Messages  
  Mixed-Up Nursery Rhymes Story Starters Silly Sentences  
  Adding Up Spelling Round Robin Writing Typed Story Starter  
  Creative Writing Bookmarks Calendar Fun  
  Astronomy Descriptive Phrases Guess the Number  
  Patterns Cartoon Fun Postcards  
  Trading Card Categories Cool Rules  
  Getting to Know You How Many Words? Matching Attributes   
  Name Poetry  Story Map Wanted Poster  
  Women of History Photo Poetry Drawing Science   
  Find a Word Find a Part of Speech    
  What Would You Say If You Were a Frog?      

 

 

TimeLiner
All About Me Seed to Plant Timeline Various Events
Vocabulary Practice Class Birthday Timeline Distance of Planets from the Sun
Large and Small Prime Numbers Frog Timeline

Inspiration
 
Class Rules Geometric Figures Making Comparisons
Math Facts Story Web Vocabulary Activity
Alligators and Crocodiles Analogies Compare Sharks and Dolphins
Classifying Critters Help the Duckling Find His Way Stellaluna
Onomatopoeia Vocabulary Words Literary Devices Quotes

Kidspiration
 
Alphabet Fun Beginning Sounds Classifying
Farm Animal Sort Making Change Animals and their Habitats
Numbers to Ten Rhyming Words Counting Money
Sorting Shapes Names for Coins Easy Venn Diagram
Animal Patterns Field Trip Parts of Speech
Real and Make Believe Seasons Sorting Dinosaurs

 

Graph Club
  Counting Money How Do You Get to School Rating Cafeteria Food  
  Backpack Weight      
  Digital Camera
 
 
  Alphabet Chart I Am... Brochure  
  Tour of School Geometry Book What Am I?  
  Life Cycle See How I've Changed My First Book   
  Picture Dictionary      

PowerPoint
 
  Creating Stamps Field Trip Spelling Review  
  Spelling Scramble Math Facts Anagrams   
  Fashion Show Sounds of the Wetlands Can You Spot the Hiding Animals?  

 

Tips For Teachers
 
  Find A Synonym Horizontal Lines Virtual Manipulatives  
  Management Tips Maps Productivity Tools  
  Rubric Creator Select Vertically Sorting Lists  
  Spreadsheet Template Attention Getting Text Effects Timeliner Ideas  
  BINGO Card Maker Management Strategies Adding a Watermark  
  3-D AutoShapes Changing Text Orientation Creating a Dropped Initial Cap  
  Graphics PowerPoint Templates Tiny URL  
  Free Sound Clips The Name Game Classroom Management  
  Quizzes Pictograph Reminders  
  Flash Cards Community Helpers I Can Read  
  Put Pictures in WordArt Word Search Puzzles Venn Diagram  
  Family Tree      

 

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