Tic Tac Toe

Your students play Tic Tac Toe as they answer questions.  A great activity for review with individual students or team competing.

Score Keeper

This uses the table function of SMART board and the property that anything moved to the table takes up the whole space.  Several different sizes to choose from and use in your lessons.

Random Numbers

This utility is a self made flash file consisting of  a single digit or a double digit random number generator that is very easy to use. 

Digital Numbers

There are plenty of Analog clocks to choose from ... now here is a digital clock for you to use in your lessons as well.

Play Ball

Use this ball game scenario as a way to add competition for teams or individuals.  Questions can be asked if correct they get to spin the spinner and advance the runners

Math Tools Manipulatives

This notebook file contains 5 different manipulatives. Base 10 Blocks, Number Line, Hundreds Chart, Cubes, Two Color Counters.

HarleyWood Squares

Play the popular TV game show as a review for a topic.  Modify the game so that you have to fill all the squares not just 3 in a line. This allows the use of all questions

Harley Scoreboard

A four team/player score board to use for any type of activity where you need to keep score.

Phonic Spinners

Vowels, Diagraphs, and Blends are represented with these spinners.  A tool to use to choose a random letters.

Characters and Images

Use the characters and images that I created for my notebook lessons to add visual engagement to your own lessons

The Great Swami

Let the Great Swami help your students answer questions.  Use this reveal technique to engage your students as the answer magically appears.

Lesson Activity Toolkit

These are the buttons and objects from the Lesson Activity Toolkit that SMART deleted when they made version 2.0

Utilities

The files on this page are some various notebook files that I use when creating lessons or doing staff development sessions. 

Featured Lesson

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Creating Spinners

This utility shows you how to create more realistic spinners than what comes in the SMART Board Gallery.  It is colorful and can be modified to create different types of spinners. Used with fraction pieces so spinner can take many forms for different probability situations.

Calendar Creator

This lessons contains steps to creating  a calendar of any month or year and instructions are given on how to modify and add clip art to your calendar

Cartoon Characters

A collection of cartoon characters that you can copy and paste and use in your notebook lessons.

Cartoon Drawing

Use the techniques from Gary Finelli to learn how to draw cartoon features.  I use this to help me create my own cartoon characters.

Five Tabbed Pages

Click on the tabs at the top of the page and you are linked to that page.  Great to use for any 3, 4, or 5 step procedure or directions.

Fraction Flip Chart

Step by Step instructions to use with students to create their own Fraction Flip Chart.  Uses colored 3x5 cards.

Harley Hotel

You enter the lobby of the hotel and proceed to the elevator. Each floor contains a different problem or question to answer.  Get all problems right and you may proceed to the Penthouse

Making Fractions

This notebook file has all of the fractions written with the horizontal line.  Instructions given for making mixed numbers as well.

Score Animation

This is just an interactive scorekeeper for 1 to 4 individuals or teams.  Click on the colored rectangle of your team and the score is updated an shown on the board.

Clocks

Three clocks to use in your classroom.  One is a clock where you can manually move the hands the other two are the ones above.

A digital and analog clock that keeps time so students can see the digital time along with the analog.

Create Jack o Lantern

Choose a pumpkim shape, Add eyes, nose, and mouth and extras to create your own Jack-o-Lantern.