Lexington County School District One

Instructional PowerPoints

This page serves as a central collection point for useful instructional powerpoint presentations. Teachers are encouraged to share the ppt presentations that they use so that they may be added to this collection. Please email your presentations to
John Geanangel or Brenda Burkett.

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Math

Level	Title	Description	Author(s) - School
Elem.	Addition Shortcuts	Teaches how to take advantage of the commutative law by making combinations of 10 when adding long columns of numbers.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Subtraction Shortcuts	Teaches a time saving method of how to borrow across zeros and gives tips to avoid common subtraction errors.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Multiplication	Teaches multiplication facts by pointing out all the patterns that will help students to remember. Goes with Multiplication 2	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Multiplication 2	Teaches multiplication facts through rhymes, stories, and word plays. Goes with Multiplication lesson.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Multiplication Expressions	Teaches product, times, and how to write multiplication problems with variables, parentheses in multiplication and T-charts	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Long Division	Uses mnemonic device of family to teach 5 steps of division. Example is of 3 digits divided by 1 digit using the long division method.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Short Division	Teaches how to divided 3 digits by 1 digit using the short division method.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Division with 0	Teaches how to divide when there is a zero in the middle of your dividend. Uses mnemonic device of family to teach 5 steps of division	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Division with Money	Teaches how to divide money and emphasizes where to put the decimal point. Uses mnemonic device of family to teach 5 steps of division.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	2 Digit Division	Teaches how to divide 2 digits into 3 digits with remainder. Uses mnemonic device of family to teach 5 steps of division.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Division Trouble	Teaches how to divide large numbers such as 2 digits into 4 digits and also teaches the shortcut of covering the last number in your divisor and dividend in order to come up with a good estimate for the number in the quotient.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions I	Teaches what numbers in a fraction represent. Defines numerator and denominator. Gives many visual representations of fractions using circles, objects and rectangles.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions II	Teaches wholes, halves, thirds, quarters, eighths, fifths, tenths and how they are related to each other using pies.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions III	Teaches greater than and less than and how to compare fractions when the numerator is 1. Visual models of each problem.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions IV	Teaches equivalent fractions and how to find them. Many models of equivalent fractions given.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions V	Defines and illustrates a mixed number. Illustrates the relationship between a mixed number and improper fraction. Teaches how to change an improper fraction to a mixed number and a mixed number to an improper fraction	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions VI	Teaches factor, common factor, simplest form, greatest common factor and how to simplify or reduce fractions.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions VII	Teaches how to add fractions with like denominators. Some answers are simplified.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions VIII	Teaches how to subtract fractions with like denominators. Some answers are simplified.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions IX	Teaches product, multiple, common multiple, least common multiple, and how to set up an addition fraction problem with unlike denominators.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions X	Teaches how to add fractions with unlike denominators	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions XI	Teaches how to add mixed numbers with unlike denominators and how to convert improper fractions in the answer to mixed numbers and add this to your final answer.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions XII	Teaches how to subtract unlike denominators.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions XIII	Teaches how to multiply whole numbers by fractions	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions XIV	Teaches how to multiply fractions by each other	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fractions XV	Teaches how to multiply fractions and mixed numbers	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Percents I	Teaches introduction to percents, percent equivalents in fractions and decimals.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Percents II	Teaches a brief review of what a percent is and how to find percents of whole numbers.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Percents III	Teaches how to change a fraction to a percent.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Associative Property	Teaches associative property, use of parentheses, order of operations and parentheses.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Exponents	Teaches exponent, base, how to read exponents, how to convert and exponent & base to a standard number	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Exponents & Large #'s	How to write scientific notation using exponents and converting scientific notation back to standard numbers.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Fact Families	Teaches addend, multiplicand, inverse operation, 4 members of fact family for addition/subtraction and multiplication/division.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Mean, Median, Mode	Teaches the definitions of mean, median, mode and range and how to find each in a given set of numbers.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Factors & Prime Numbers	Teaches the definitions of product, factor, prime number, composite number, prime factorization and how to do prime factorization using a factor tree.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Place Value	Teaches periods to trillions, expanded form, standard form, and word form.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Positive & Negative Numbers	Teaches students the definitions of integers, positive and negative numbers, opposites, and how to combine integers with like signs and unlike signs.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Prime Numbers	Teaches students the definitions of factor and prime. Shows the student how to use Erastosthenes’ Sieve to find all the primes from 1 to 100.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Problem Solving I	Teaches how to solve a problem using an equation. It teaches how to use these 4 steps: 1 - understand the problem, 2 - decide how you’re going to solve the problem, 3 - solve the problem, 4 - look back and check.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Problem Solving II	Teaches how to solve a problem using a diagram. It teaches how to use these 4 steps: 1 - understand the problem, 2 - decide how you’re going to solve the problem, 3 - solve the problem, 4 - look back and check.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Rounding	Teaches how to round off whole numbers, dollars and decimals. Rounding off technique uses a four-line poem for easy memorization.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Algebra I	Teaches variable, algebraic expression, evaluating an algebraic expression, simplifying an algebraic expression, addition terms and subtractions terms used in algebra, and T-charts.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Algebra II	Teaches equation, equals, true, false or open equation, how to solve an equation, inverse operation, subtraction rule for zero, identity property, and commutative property	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Measurement	Teaches how big are a centimeter, millimeter, meter, kilometer, liter, gram, kilogram, inch, foot, yard and mile.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Graphs	Teaches graphing information from the first question to the survey, tally, bar graph, pie graph, line graph, and pictograph.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Coordinate Geometry	Teaches students the definitions of grid, coordinate grid, ordered pair, x-axis, y-axis, coordinates and how to plot ordered pairs and to find the ordered pair for a given point in the four quadrants.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Geometric Patterns	Teaches how to look for patterns in geometric designs using triangles, trapezoids, parallelograms, hexagons and square blocks.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Quadrilaterals I	Teaches the definitions of polygon, degree, angle, quadrilateral, the family of quadrilaterals, and the sum of all the angles in a quadrilateral equals 360 degrees.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Quadrilaterals II	Teaches the family of quadrilaterals, how to find the perimeter of all quadrilaterals and the area of squares, rectangles, and parallelograms	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem.	Triangles I	Teaches the definitions of polygon, degree, triangle, angle, and the sum of all the angles in a triangle equal 180 degrees.	Monica Yuskaitis, Walter White Elementary School, Ceres, California
Elem./MS	Divisibility Rules	Students will identify numbers divisible by 2, 3, 5, 9, 6, and 10. Introduce this math concept with a PowerPoint show and Word handout. An Excel Quiz is included for assessment. Lesson details	Pope Frye, Oak Grove Elementary School, Lexington, South Carolina

A special thanks goes to Monica Yuskaitis of Walter White Elementary School in Ceres, California for sharing these wonderful math ppts.

Language Arts

Level	Title	Description	Author(s) - School
Elem.	Author Study - Chris Van Allsburg	Enjoy an author study on Chris Van Allsburg! This lesson includes a PowerPoint to introduce the author and his writings as well as an Excel spreadsheet to survey Allsburg books read by the students. Questions are included for an assessment. Lesson details	Eugenia Stanfield Gilbert Elementary Gilbert, South Carolina
Elem.	Poetry Workshop	Introduces the basics of Poetry.	Tricia Huff Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Poetry Toolbox	Discusses word choice, rhyme and refrain	Tricia Huff Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Rhyming Poems	Example of a rhyming poem.	Tricia Huff Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Free Verse Poems	Several examples of free verse poetry	Tricia Huff Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Folklore Characteristics	Teaches about the genre of Folk Lores	Teri Puryear Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Genres	Descriptions of a variety of genre with literature examples for each one.	Frieda and Tim Foxworth Red Bank Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Literature Circles	Descriptions of student roles in literature circles.	Frieda and Tim Foxworth Red Bank Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Expository Writing	A description of the process for writing instructions.	Frieda Foxworth Red Bank Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
K-2	ABC Order	Introduction to alphabetizing	Connie Campbell Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	ABC Sounds	Practices beginning letter sounds	Connie Campbell Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Ai, Ay Sounds	Teaches the Ai and Ay sounds in words	Darla Lewis Jefferson City Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Capitalization Rules	Teaches the rules for capitalization	Denna Stroud and Ruth Pohlman Jefferson City Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Colors Around Us	Teaches about colors	Connie Campbell Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Comparison Words	Introduces "er" and "est" endings	Nancy Fox Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Sentences	Teaches about complete sentences	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Conclusions	Teaches about drawing conclusions	Nancy Langston and Joanne Whitley Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Fun with Adjectives	Introduction to adjectives	Nancy Langston Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Guess the Word1	High frequency word recognition	Jeannette Mulholland Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Guess the Word2	High frequency word recognition	Jeannette Mulholland Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Name It!	Introduces nouns	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Name that Noun	Practices noun recognition	Jim Franklin Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Name that Noun 2	Practices noun recognition	Jim Franklin Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Sentques	Practice identifying sentences and questions	Ruth Pohlman Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Synonyms	Introduces synonyms	Lisa Havely, Kim Combs and Carolyn Greenlee Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Verbally Speaking	Practices verb recognition	Carol Romines Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Vowels the long and short of it!	Introduces the short vowel sound	Mary Mills Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Vowels	Introduces vowels	Lisa Knight Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
K-2	Word Meaning	Introduces multiple meaning words	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Adjectives	Introduction to adjectives	Joanne Whitley & Connie Campbell Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	The Art of Nouns	Discusses the difference between common and proper nouns.	Carole Whitney and Terry Sams Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Cap-Punct	Discusses Capitalization and Punctuation	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Clutter Busters	How to use commas, colons and semicolons	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Types of Nouns	Teaches about common and proper nouns	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Complete Sentences	Explores building complete sentences	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Double Negatives	Teaches about double negatives	Carole Whitney and Terry Sams Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Fact vs Opinion	Practice identifying factual vs opinion statements	T.R.Systems Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Figurative Language	Figurative language, What does it really mean?	Donna and Susan Brown Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Foolish Fragments	Discusses sentence fragments	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Homophone Search	Practice with homophones	Connie Campbell Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	In Conclusion	Teaches about writing conclusions	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Indent	Teaches about indenting paragraphs	Connie Campbell Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Inferences	Practice inference skills	Stacey Dooley and Letitia Britt Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Lets Proofread	Introduce and practice proofreading skills	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Main Idea	Practice identifying main ideas	Jackie Collins and Lisbet Gray Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Mechanics	Proofreading involves applying an understanding of punctuation and capitalization rules to review written works	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Multiple Meaning	Practice identifying multiple meaning words	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Names and Titles	Teaches appropriate use of titles and names	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Plural and Singular Nouns	Discusses the use of plural and singular nouns	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
5	Possessive Nouns	Teaches the basics of possessive nouns	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3	What Possesses You?	Introduces possessive nouns	Faye Humbard Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Pronouns	Teaches the basics of using pronouns	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3	Pronouns	Introduction to pronouns	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Punctuation	General overview of punctuation rules	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Quotation Marks	Introduces the use of quotation marks	Peggy Britt Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Say it!	Subject Verb agreement	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3	Sentence Tanglers	Overview of common sentence structure problems	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Sparkle Words	Choosing the best word	Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Subjects and Predicates	Introduces subjects and predicates	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Action Verbs	Learn about action verbs	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Being Verbs	Learn about being verbs	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Wrap-up	Teaches about conclusions	Connie Campbell Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Writing Process	The writing process	Jason Lockhart Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee
3-5	Irregular Verbs	Learn about irregular verbs	Project LA Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee

Social Studies

Level	Title	Description	Author(s) - School
Elem.	Traveling Around South Carolina	The lesson has a power point presentation that provides the students with important places, people, and things they should associate with the Low Country of South Carolina. Lesson Details	Cynthia Jackson Oak Grove Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	3 Branches of Govt.	Describes the 3 branches of govt.	Tricia Huff Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina

Science

General | Physical | Biology | Physics

General

Level	Title	Description	Author(s) - School
Elem.	Butterflies	This powerpoint introduces Butterflies Lesson Details	Deborah Foust Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Insects	Teaches the basics about insects.	Glenna Shealy Red Bank Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Amphibians	Introduces the basics of amphibians.	Glenna Shealy Red Bank Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Pumpkins	All about pumpkins!	Brenda Burkett Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina

Physical Science

Level	Title	Description	Author(s) - School
HS	Electricity	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Forces	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Lab Safety	Outlines basic lab safety procedures and rules	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Motion and Forces	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Organic and Biological Compounds	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Science & Measurement	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	States of Matter A	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	States of Matter B	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	States of Matter C	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	States of Matter D	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Thermal Energy	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Using Heat	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Waves and Sounds	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina
HS	Work and Machines	Developed for use in a physical science class.	Mike Bennett, Lexington High School Lexington, South Carolina

Special Areas

Level	Title	Description	Author(s) - School
Elem.	Peter & The Wolf Musical Themes	Introduce your students to the 7 characters in the story "Peter and the Wolf" and musical themes of each.	Amy Shealy Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina

Games

Level	Title	Description	Author(s) - School
Elem.	SC Jeopardy (sound files: opening - final)	This is a PPT Jeopardy that reviews facts about the state of SC. Lesson details Additional Resources (excellent)	Brenda Burkett Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Technology Squares! Mammals	An exciting way to review subject matter or introduce a new unit! This PowerPoint game can be adapted for any grade level or any subject area! You can also make additional games to provide more questions/answers. Give it a try! (This ppt. works best if you download it and run it from your computer.)	Brenda Burkett Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Planetary Jeopardy	Play Planetary Jeopardy Lesson details	B.J. Cone Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Millionaire Heart	Learn and review facts about your heart! Additional Resources	Brenda Burkett Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Elem.	Folklore Jeopardy	Reviews Folk Lore unit	Teri Puryear/Brenda Burkett Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina
Grade 4	Geometry Jeopardy (sound files: opening - final)	Jeopardy categories include solids, triangles, lines, angles, and a "grab bag"!	Tricia Wells Lake Murray Elementary Lexington, South Carolina

Templates

Title	Description	Associated Sound Files You must also download these files into the same folder as the template in order for them to work correctly. Right click on the file and choose "save target as"
Jeopardy PowerPoint Template	Use this template to create your own review type games for content material. It only takes 5 questions in 5 different categories and a final jeopardy question.	final jeopardy \| opening round
20 Questions Template	Use this template to create preassessment or review type activities.

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