Mathematics activities for elementary school vary depending on the grade being taught. First-, second- and third-grade activities include Smart Board response interactive lessons that deal with counting money, using calendars, practicing addition through pictures, understanding numeric values and concepts of greater than, less than or equal. Math activities for fourth, fifth and sixth grades include interactive activities that cover the use and understanding of plot graphs, algebraic expressions and equations, working with decimals and fractions, and units of measurement.
Reading activities for third to sixth grade include "master reading big box," which intends to help students become master readers through an interactive digital lesson plan that covers reading comprehension quizzes and assessment tools throughout each section. Tools include encouraging students to create concept maps and idea charts to jot down the main ideas that were understood. Techniques and tips are recommended throughout the activity. Other activities include literary devices that use storytelling to help students identify plot, point of view, irony, themes and characterizations.
Smart Board science activities for elementary grades include response system games and interactive lessons that cover a variety of subjects, such as identifying animal types -- insects, mammals, aves, vertebrates, amphibians and reptiles; introduction to the use of simple machines; forms of matter; the solar system; the human body and its organs; introduction to the skeletal and muscular systems; and cell structures and functions. Assessment tools are generally part of the interactive process that keep students engaged.
Critical thinking activities include storyboard lessons that encourage students to participate in developing problem-solving strategies by describing steps of events in a given process, considering situations and possible outcomes. Interactive graphic organizers allow students to draw conclusions and make decisions based on facts. Additionally, there are game activities with increasing level of difficulty that provide students the ability to solve simple to complex situations applicable to real-life situations.