Beyond Textbooks as provides access to teacher created digital content. Using the collaborative features of our wiki system, teachers can post materials that they have successfully used in their classrooms. Below are some examples of the digital resources found in Beyond Textbooks.

Presentations:

• Q2 Jeopardy! By: Julie Shivanonda

  Description: This is a powerpoint (works in keynote too!) Jeopardy game that reviews a lot of what we did in Quarter 2. I divided up the class into 2 teams and they each took a turn selecting a category and then answering the question.  At the end each team bets a certain amount of their money and then both teams get a chance to answer the Final Jeopardy Question. This also works great on the Smart Board if you have one! :)

• Human Joints By: Samantha Lauderdale

  Description: This keynote defines joints and provides examples of various types.

Weblinks:

• Web Source for Dimensional Analysis By: Cindy Allen

  Description: This website has several links to websites that have worksheets, directions, and practice for dimensional analysis.

• Website for Discrete Math By: Lori Vandine

  Description: Website that helps with graphs and circuits.

• Formatting Resource By: Kevyn Failoni

  Description: This website provides examples of different styles of formatting for citing resources. Students can access this website and use the examples as models for APA and MLA formatting.

Blackline Masters:

• Graphic-Organizer-Expectations By: Nichole Buchheit

  Description: This is an organizer I had students create to both solidify the order of operations concept as well as to get students writing in math. I have attached both my grading rubric/expectations that I shared with the students, as well as some pictures of model products!

• Daily Word Problems By: Acacia 3rd Grade Team

  Description: Here are some daily word problems that you can use in your balanced math implementation.

• Expository Apple By: Tricia Beck

  Description: In this mini-lesson, students compare the physical characteristics of an apple to several other things they are familiar with.  This activity provides the springboard for a quick expository story about an apple.

Lesson Plans:

• Identify Three Types of Sentences By: Kristin Murray

  Description: This activity includes a formal lesson plan, guided worksheet, answer key and closure activity in order to show students how to easily identify simple, compound and complex sentences so that they may use them in their writing.

• Letter-Word-Detectives By: Jennifer Lofgren

  Description: This is an EEI lesson for introducing the difference between a letter and a word.  At the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify a letter and identify a word.

The instructional materials in Beyond Textbooks have been assembled from a variety of resources, and include the following:

• Digitized teacher created content including curriculum documents, formative assessments, model products, and more…
• Teacher created lesson plans, presentations, graphic organizers, and more…
• Direct learning objective based links to resources found within AZ IDEAL, including United Streaming™.
• Direct learning objective based links to free web-based resources, found on websites hosted by leading non-profits and governmental agencies.
• Direct learning objective based links to subscription based web resources, such as BrainPOP™ and BrainPOP, jr™. (**To access these materials your district must have its own subscription.)