Meeting Curriculum
Standards with Pixie
You can use Pixie creativity software to
meet your curriculum goals across multiple subject areas. Students can
explore existing activities that teach and assess student understanding
and create original work that demonstrates comprehension of classroom
topics. You can also extend observation, problem-solving, and critical
thinking skills with student-created projects that incorporate painting,
matching, writing, storytelling, narration, and more.
Here are some examples of how Pixie can be
incorporated into the curriculum.
If you use an interactive whiteboard in
your classroom, click here for ideas that
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Language Arts |
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Biography - Have students study a historical figure such as a scientist, politician, inventor, or explorer, and use create a biographical essay, web site, or video for that person.
Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, Tall Tales, and Fables – After studying the elements of these types of tales,
have students write and illustrate a modern version, or create their very own story.
New Book Cover Designs - Have students apply what they know about the character, plot, setting, symbolism, and conflict to create and design a new book cover for a title have read.
Persuasive Public Service Announcements – Have students practice writing persuasively and create a poster or public service announcement on a health, environmental, or safety issue.
Read This Book – Have students create posters or video advertisements persuading other students to read a book that they enjoyed. |
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Math
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Counting Books - Inspired by the
holiday song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," students create pages for
a their own class counting book.
Design a Dream Room - Working with measurement, grids, and 2-dimensional representations of objects, students will design their dream bedroom.
Fractions - Have students illustrate fractions using everyday objects like apples, oranges, and chocolate pieces.
Shapes and Angles - Students will use a digital camera to
identify different shapes or angles they find around their school. They
will identify the type of angle by painting on the image.
Word Problems – Non-linguistic representations help students visualize abstract concepts.
Have students illustrate their own multiplication word problems and stories.
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Science
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Biomes - Have students create their own postcards or web site tours that include plants and animals of a biome they have studied.
Life Cycles - Have students choose a plant or animal and describe each stage in its life cycle with text and illustrations, or by animating the process.
Plant Pollination - Students will
create a movie or story book that shows the parts of a plant and
different ways that pollination can occur.
Rainforest - Have students create a fictional journal that documents the places they visit and the species they encounter on a fictional trip to the rainforest.
Solar System - Have students create a travel tour through the solar
system as they learn about the planets.
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Social Studies |
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Holidays Around the World - Students
will study holidays held around the world and create Pixie stories or
movies that explain the history and events important to these
celebrations. Design a New Stamp
or Coin - Students will design a new stamp or coin the commemorates
and important person in history.
Local History Timelines - After
learning about their local history each student writes and illustrates
what happened on one date for a class history book or web site.
Map Skills - Students create geographic, regional, and economic maps for the state in which they live.
Native Americans - Students create illustrated blocks, posters, or stories about the homes, tools, food, clothing, and transportation for a Native American tribe.
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Art |
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Artistic Styles - Students learn about an artistic style and create their own masterpieces in this style.
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