| book name, author and publisher |
brief description |
subject and grade level |
number of Templates |
CD of templates included? |
link to sample template in PDF |
| Let's Communicate
Visually...with Inspiration 6 to 8 by Kendra Grant (STI) |
This lesson
plan book contains 15 Reading activities and 15 Writing activities for
grades 6 to 8. Bonus! The Inspiration 7 templates are included on CD with
this book. This lesson plan book is licensed for use by one teacher within
one classroom. (Use with Inspiration 7 or Inspiration 8 software, sold
separately). School-Wide Edition available, please call for details
1-800-726-7784
|
Language Arts - grades 6 to 8 |
30 |
yes |
sample template
table of contents PDF |
| Canadian and World Studies
- History by Janet Lyttle (STI) |
This new
lesson plan book written by Janet Lyttle contains 35 Inspiration Software
Templates for History grades 10 to 12. Bonus! The Inspiration 7 templates
are included on CD with this book. This lesson plan book is licensed for use
by one teacher within one classroom. (Use with Inspiration 7 or Inspiration
8 software, Software sold separately).
|
History - grades 10 to 12 |
35 |
yes |
sample template
table of contents PDF |
| Canadian and World Studies
- Geography by Janet Lyttle (STI) available
August 7th, 2006 |
This new
lesson plan book written by Janet Lyttle contains 35 Inspiration Software
Templates for Geography grades 9 to 12. |
Geography - grades 9 to 12 |
30 |
yes |
sample template
table of contents PDF |
| Inspiration in the
Classroom published by Inspiration Software Inc. |
This new book
supports educators as they incorporate visual learning into their classrooms
and develop their students' thinking skills. Included in the book are
classroom activity plans for use across the curriculum and access to more
than 30 inspiring templates to help students get started. Designed for use
with Inspiration 8 International Edition software sold separately. |
classroom
activity plans for use across the curriculum and access to more than 30
inspiring templates |
30+ |
no |
n/a |
| The Thinking Classroom
published by Inspiration Software Inc. |
Designed to
support teachers as they help students develop their critical thinking
strategies. Each of the book's six sections includes an overview of a key
cognitive strategy and its application in the major curriculum areas of
language arts, science and social studies. This innovative teacher resource
book takes a new approach by offering in-depth explanations of visual
learning's role in mastering fundamental thinking skills: Determining cause
and effect Making comparison Decoding ideas Generating questions Evaluating
information Testing one's knowledge |
Each of the
six sections of the book provides teachers with a summary of a specific
cognitive strategy, examples of templates and diagrams that students can use
to apply the strategy to a wide-range of topics, and finally a sample lesson
of the thinking skill in language arts, social studies and science. Lesson
plans for each subject area provide all the information teachers need to
model a thinking skill and help their students practice the strategy. |
|
no |
sampler in PDF |
| Inspiration in Language
Arts published by Inspiration Software Inc. |
Improve
language arts outcomes for grades 6-12 with Inspiration and these 30+
standards-based lesson plans covering analysis, persuasion, narration, and
expression. Many lessons, such as "Literary Comparison," can be used with
different content. |
Language Arts grades 6-12 |
30+ |
no |
n/a |
| Make it with Inspiration
7.5 by Vicki Sharp published by Vision Technologies. |
Minimum
Inspiration 7 Software required. Make it with Inspiration 7.5 allows you to
create concept maps, plan Web pages, outline papers, brainstorm, and develop
multimedia projects. This book is a teacher/student friendly guide to
Inspiration, and is jam-packed with ready-to-use activities. This
quick-paced, hands-on publication gives you step-by-step instructions on how
to use Inspiration as well as lesson plans and activities. Each activity
focuses on different skills. In a matter of minutes you can create a
brainstorming chart, plan a Web page, chart your family history or
understand the circulatory system.
|
It gives you a
wide range of suggestions and examples of lessons in science, language arts,
social studies and much more! |
|
yes |
n/a |
| Achieving Standards with
Inspiration 7 Curriculum-aligned lessons for inspired learning published by
Inspiration Software Inc. |
An entire book on
content-rich lesson plans for language arts, science, and social studies,
for grades 6-12. Using the proven principles of visual learning, lessons are
designed to satisfy the demands of state and national standards, helping you
to easily put Inspiration to work in your classroom. |
language arts, science,
and social studies, for grades 6-12. |
|
|
n/a |
| book name, author and publisher |
brief description |
subject and grade level |
number of activities |
CD of Activities included? |
Link to sample Activity in PDF |
| Let's Communicate
Visually...with Kidspiration K to 2 by Kendra Grant (STI) |
|
Language Arts - grades K to 2 |
30 |
yes |
sample template
table of contents PDF |
| Let's Communicate
Visually...with Kidspiration 3 to 5 by Kendra Grant (STI) |
This new
lesson plan book written by Kendra Grant contains 15 Reading activities and
15 Writing activities for grades 3 to 5. Bonus! The Kidspiration 2
Activities are included with this book (on a CD). This lesson plan book is
licensed for use by one teacher within one classroom.(Use with Kidspiration
2 software, software sold separately). School-Wide Edition available, please
call for details |
Language Arts - grades 3 to 5 |
30 |
yes |
sample template
table of contents PDF |
| Curriculum-Based Kidspiration
Activities by Ruth Parker (STI) |
|
Social Studies, Mathematics,
Language Arts and Science |
30 |
yes |
sample template
table of contents PDF |
| Kidspiration in the Classroom
published by Inspiration Software Inc. |
Kidspiration®
in the Classroom offers 32 standards-aligned lesson plans in reading and
writing, science, social studies and math. Step-by-step lessons make it easy
to effectively integrate Kidspiration 2 into any curriculum. Lessons are
specifically designed for grades K-2 and grades 3-5. Each standards-based
lesson includes: An illustrative overview Related learning standards
Description of preparation and required materials Step-by-step lesson plans
including extensions for further study Lesson plans are divided into
curriculum areas. They can be used as written or adapted to fit into your
specific goals and curriculum. Many of the lessons make use of the 75
activities included in Kidspiration 2. |
reading and
writing, science, social studies and math |
|
Additional
ready-to-use activities are available online. |
n/a |
| Create It with Kidspiration
2.1 by Vicki Sharp published by Vision Technologies. |
Requires
Kidspiration Software Nearly 100 templates are provided on an accompany CD.
The templates, designed for K through grade 5, cover a variety of curricular
areas and topics to help students take advantage of Kidspiration's features
as they complete the activities. Additionally, the resource book provides
instructions for using each template and offers suggestions for using the
activities in both a lab and a one-computer classroom setting. a handy
resource guide provides screen shots and step-by-step instructions to help
you design your own custom-made activities. |
designed for K
through grade 5, cover a variety of curricular areas and topics |
|
yes |
n/a |