MS Word Application Ideas
Word Processing can be used for the following activities:
All Subject Areas
- Name Tags
- Awards/Certificates
- Inventories (using a table)
- Letters
- Letterhead Stationery
- Mailing labels
- Brochures
- Newsletters
- Fliers/Signs
- Reports
- Language Arts
- Compose a note inviting friends to a get-together at your house, including a list of things to bring with them.
- Write a report about a book listing five facts about the main character.
- Create a certificate to present to a favorite character in a book you have read.
- Write your own resume!
Science
- Create a flier for an Earth Day contest.
- Organize information regarding various types of animals into a table.
- To entice future space travelers, design an advertisement for one of the planets in our solar system.
Social Studies
- Design a newsletter which could be used to communicate with students in another city or country.
- Create a table to compare and contrast three cities in the United States.
- Design a flow chart to describe the process of how the U.S. president is elected.
- Make a timeline showing the most influential U.S. presidents
- Use statistical data – fractions, decimals, percents – about our country’s economy.
- Make a map of your house on your street that would include a legend, etc.
- Use the MS Equation feature for special symbols and signs that are used in the mathematical world.
- Create shapes, etc. to express geometric concepts.
- Create a picture dictionary (English/Spanish, etc.).
- Design a printable activity boo