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Christmas Textease
How to create an Advent Calendar Your students could either start from scratch or use one of our templates. We have created two templates, one with the numbers linked to pages and on where the students will need to add the links.
Click here to download instruction sheet (PDF)
Using Textease ability to add voice to object on the page, students can create their very own interactive singing page
Top Tip: Press f5 to go to full screen How to add sound to a page and voices to characters on a page (PDF)
The idea for this activity came from 'Find the Teddy' Textease resource created by Andy Lakin-Hall, Crockham Hill Primary School. Students click on the starting coordinate to receive the next coordinate and follow the instructions until they find Father Christmas. A template is included so more pages can be added. After clicking on a square, it will disappear for three seconds. Instructions for downloading this activity You will need to download and extract the folder contain the files. It is very important to extract the files otherwise the links will not work.
Resources needed for this activity can be downloaded below. It is a zipped file. You will need to extract the files.
Top Tip: images can be placed above or below another images by pressing Ctrl H for higher Ctrl L for lower.
Students could have ago at creating their own memory game. Skills and tools needed:
Using the clipart on the Northumberland website, students can add their voice to the characters to bring the page a live.
How to add sound to a page and voices to characters on a page (PDF) How to create an interactive big book using Textease Presenter (PDF) Handy skills needed to create the interactive Nativity Scene (PDF)
This is a fun activity for all ages. Watch the legs of the reindeer move as you steer the sleigh across the screen. Santa even gives you a wave!
Similar activity to the one above, but this time students design their own backgrounds.
Using simple onscreen control commands, lights on a Christmas tree can be turned on and off.
Click here to download a ready made image of tree Click here for instructions on how to make the circles (lights) turtles (pdf) Top tip: as you ar working with small circles it may be easier to remove the resize handles. ( Other menu > Object, then untick size)
A good introduction to creating stars using logo can be found in our Numeracy Zone. A set of five lesson plans guides you through creating stars and other polygons.
The following command line creates a 6 pointed star. It is helpful for the students to investigate how each section in command line functions first before trying more complicated stars. repeat 6 [left 60 forward 10 right 120 forward 10 left 60 right 60] end
Once pupils have created a simple star they can move on to:
Can your students work out the total cost of:
Click here to read about how one school assessed their students carrying out a similar activity.
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Activities
Create an Advent Calendar using Textease Presenter
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