Author Archives: Alex Fegely

Multiplying Mayhem! – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will develop upper elementary and middle school students’ multiplication skills. Instructional Objective: Students will first review multiplication skills before selecting an article as the basis for a word problem. Step 1: Students will review their multiplication skills using Times Table Quiz – Cool & Fun Multiplication Table Math Solver Games. Step 2: Students will then read articles in the ...

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In a Land Far, Far Away – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will develop students’ sense of developing well-written narratives. Instructional Objective: Students will showcase their understanding of the writing process by creating an outline and narrative. Step 1: Students will use the FarFaria Children’s Storybooks app to read an assigned, imaginative narrative. This will serve as the example for students. Step 2: Students will use the Inkflow app to create ...

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The Revolution that Wasn’t Televised – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will develop elementary students’ knowledge of the American Revolution and how it led to the Declaration of Independence. Instructional Objective: Students will research and analyze key components and events pertaining to the American Revolution and then create and present a recording of their interpretation of the component or event based on their research. Step 1: To get a ...

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Multiplying Master – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will develop math students’ ability to multiple numbers in order to solve word problems. Instructional Objective: Students will apply mathematical skills by creating and solving their own word problems. Step 1: Students will review and sharpen multiplication skills using the Sushi Monster app. Step 2: Teachers will compose word problems that require students to use multiplication skills in order ...

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What a Cute Angle! – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will develop mathematics students’ understanding and knowledge of measuring, naming, and classifying angles. Instructional Objective: Students will watch an instructional video on measuring, naming, and classifying various angles and will then measure a pre-constructed angle on paper with a digital protractor. Students will digitally draw another angle of their choice, name that angle three different ways, and ...

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Slippery Slope – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will develop math students’ understanding of the slope formula. Instructional Objective: Students will independently study the slope formula and then demonstrate their knowledge of the slope formula by choosing an object from the world that features a slope (e.g., a mountain, an ancient pyramid, etc.), writing a word problem that requires the slope formula to be used ...

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Which Side of the Issue are You On? – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson requires students to analyze political topics from multiple perspectives. Instructional Objective: Students will select a current topic of debate, research and compose an editorial that expresses their opinion regarding the topic, and then create a website that propagandizes each side of the topic. Step 1: Students will use the Countable app to select a current topic of debate ...

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The Future Picasso – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will improve middle and high school arts students’ drawing ability using scaffolding and sharing techniques. Instructional Objective: Students will develop their art skills by creating artwork before posting them to a website they created so their work can be shared with classmates. Step 1: Students will first learn how to draw simple pictures using the app Let’s Learn ...

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Endangered Species Call to Action – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will develop students’ understanding of the environment and require them to cite evidence correctly. Instructional Objective: Students will perform research on endangered species and create graphs to illustrate statistical information on population and habitat decline. Step 1: Students will pick an endangered species from the WWF Together app and learn about the species’ history, environment, threats, and more. Step 2: Students ...

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Save the World – App Lesson

Description: This app lesson will develop science students’ knowledge of climate change and pollution. Instructional Objective: Students will first perform research and then develop fact-based presentations in response to arguments against global warming. Step 1: Students, using the Skeptical Science app, will pick an argument that is skeptical of global warming. Students will then read the “skeptic” argument, counterpoints to the arguments, primary source documents, statistics, ...

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