Activities Build Essential Skills

2500+ Interactive Whiteboard Activities Give Teachers the Power to Produce Results

With this package of research-based activities, rest assured all teachers in your program will be teaching exactly what you want, how you want—with the tools they need to individualize instruction. Playful activities support an engaging environment that doesn’t sacrifice fun. Scaffolded lessons provide the right level of difficulty, tailored to each student’s learning level. Plus, CoreFocus activities can reduce teacher workload considerably!
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Experience CoreFocus Activities in Action

Research-Based & Tied to Common Core

Thoughtfully executed, high-quality content engages students in learning

CoreFocus activities were developed by a team of early education experts at Hatch and SMART Technologies. The software includes developmentally appropriate, research-based activities that exceed the nationally recognized Common Core State Standards. Hatch experts have combined student-directed discovery with teacher-directed academic instruction to create the most effective learning environment. The system also includes:

• - Real photography of digital manipulatives
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  Look and Listen: video tutorial and audio recorded by a licensed speech pathologist
• - Scaffolded lessons that broaden skills
• - Regular and frequent assessment
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  Informed by the findings of the National Research Council and National Early Literacy Panel

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Beyond the Board

Each activity contains dozens of ideas on how to integrate CoreFocus lessons into other classroom activities so that children have the opportunity to experience concepts frequently using both technology and other methods.

Customize Activities

Make content your own! Personalize activities to support each student’s individual needs and interests. Tag custom content with keywords to search.

Real-Life imagery

Virtual manipulatives provide opportunities for hands-on learning–following the best practice strategy to allow children to experience real photography rather than cartoons or clipart that could cause confusion.

Teacher Talk

Provides access to the most current research available in early childhood to support the teacher in implementing best practices strategies in their classroom.

Reach Higher Order Thinking

Scaffolded activities build on each child’s skill level

CoreFocus content is proven to help students master literacy and math concepts through scaffolded levels. Lesson Plans guide the teacher in modeling each activity and skills can be adjusted to be simple or advanced, based on each student’s development. Teachers can keep children in their optimal learning zone with millions of pathways to explore.
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Less Clutter, More Organization

Interactivity integrates seamlessly into the early learning classroom

CoreFocus goes beyond instruction and helps teachers efficiently manage all aspects of the classroom–giving students access to hands-on technology all day long. Saving and customizing daily routines and charts on the SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard—rather than managing boards and flip charts—saves time, money and space!

Classroom Charts

Make electronic charts and poems your own and use them over and over. Only bring them up when you need them, saving wall space. Plus, you can highlight letters or change the endings making them even more interactive.

eBooks

Rather than reading the same books over and over to support best practices in learning to read books, allow students to explore eBooks that read aloud and track the print for them.

Independent Play

Integrate the interactive whiteboard into center time to support creativity and cooperative play. Students can play to their heart’s content without the need for teacher interaction.

Storytelling & Recorded Activities

Bring storytelling into the technology-age by capturing more than just drawings and print — the SMART™ Record can show the student physically using the activity while hearing the student explain their thought process. Teachers can even record their own stories and play them back for the students.

Digital Portfolios

Educators can create digital portfolios, complete with audio and video documentation for assessments that show what is being taught daily. Each student’s digital work and progress can be share as evidence of their growth.

Lesson Planning

Plan daily activities and routines in advance so even a substitute can enter the classroom and pick up where the teacher left off–launching activities quickly and keeping students captivated! Each activity includes a lesson plan with step-by-step instructions, group size, beyond the board recommendations and more!

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Assessments & Portfolios

Capture and share authentic work samples

The most effective portfolios include an ample array of work samples and assessments to monitor a student’s progress and comprehension. Assessments can also be used with the SMART Response System Remote which is developmentally appropriate for the 4-8 cognitive age level and easily records student answers. CoreFocus portfolios even allow you to capture photographs, observational notes, audio and video—making the portfolio even more meaningful to parents and a fantastic medium for building strong connections to their child’s education.

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