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All Family Tip Sheets embedded for grades K-4 can be found here.
Kindergarten
1. Essential Question: How do I go to places safely online?
Send home: Talking Safely Online Family Tip Sheet
Talking Safely Online
Download File
2. Compare and Contrast Travel Safety Rules
TRAVELING IN PERSON
SHOW: My Online Neighborhood Video
3. Take a virtual field trip
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra: This website provides children with a virtual tour of the concert hall and introduces them to musicians and various instruments in the orchestra
Destination Modern Art: This interactive, kid-directed site from New York’s Museum of Modern Art takes children on a virtual tour of the museum, its artwork, and the artists.
San Diego Zoo: This website includes galleries of animal photographs, slide shows, and live “animal cams” of the residents of the San Diego Zoo in California.
Discussion: Online safety rules. What new things did students see? Compare/contrast field trip online and in-person.
4. Assessment
Students should be able to answer:
What rules do we have for visiting a new place in real life?
What rules do we have for visiting places online?
5. Create
Students can use Pixie to create a drawing of their favorite place or thing they visited online, or students can download the "My Favorite Places" handout if they prefer to draw with crayons.
All Family Tip Sheets embedded for grades K-4 can be found here.
Kindergarten
1. Essential Question: How do I go to places safely online?
Send home: Talking Safely Online Family Tip Sheet
Talking Safely Online
Download File
2. Compare and Contrast Travel Safety Rules
TRAVELING IN PERSON
- Always go places with an adult
- Don’t wander off on your own
- Talk only with people you know
- Always go online with an adult
- Don’t wander-stick with websites an adult says are okay
- Talk only with people you know
SHOW: My Online Neighborhood Video
3. Take a virtual field trip
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra: This website provides children with a virtual tour of the concert hall and introduces them to musicians and various instruments in the orchestra
Destination Modern Art: This interactive, kid-directed site from New York’s Museum of Modern Art takes children on a virtual tour of the museum, its artwork, and the artists.
San Diego Zoo: This website includes galleries of animal photographs, slide shows, and live “animal cams” of the residents of the San Diego Zoo in California.
Discussion: Online safety rules. What new things did students see? Compare/contrast field trip online and in-person.
4. Assessment
Students should be able to answer:
What rules do we have for visiting a new place in real life?
What rules do we have for visiting places online?
5. Create
Students can use Pixie to create a drawing of their favorite place or thing they visited online, or students can download the "My Favorite Places" handout if they prefer to draw with crayons.