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February 23rd is Digital Learning Day! That’s this THURSDAY!!!! Digital Learning Day is a time to try a new digital tool with your class or use an old digital tool in a new way. Check out this short video about … Continue reading →

Students in Mrs. Reed’s class have been busy learning about Famous Americans and were having a hard time remembering the contributions of each American they were learning, and those they have learned over the past few years. To help them … Continue reading →

Elapsed time can be tricky! “How long has it been?” is an important question to be able to answer but figuring out the answer to that question has proved to be challenging. Students in Mrs. West’s class at Short Pump … Continue reading →

A small group of students in Ms. Crabtree’s class at Chamberlayne Elementary have been working on writing, and retelling nonfiction stories. Students started by drawing a random writing prompt out of a jar. After responding to the writing prompt, they … Continue reading →

Students in Mrs. Mock’s class have been studying animals and their habitats. Students were assigned an animal, and then were responsible for documenting their research from  PebbleGo. Then, they worked in groups to create a mural of their habitat, including … Continue reading →

Mrs. Fournier’s class at Chamberlayne Elementary has been learning all about Greece. Mrs. Fournier wanted her boys and girls to share their knowledge of Greece with others, so they created a brochure using google slides. Using a template that I … Continue reading →

Identifying the main idea and supporting details can be tricky! However, the students in Ms. Boyd’s class at Highland Springs Elementary did so with ease! Students each read a book relating to animals to support their recent animal unit in … Continue reading →

Last Friday, the Tech Takeout team visited Seven Pines Elementary! The fifth grade teachers noticed that students needed some review with the fourth grade SOLs 4.7 and 4.8 (the solar system) with a connection to their fifth grade SOL 5.6 … Continue reading →

Last week was the Hour of Code week! Code.org is a great way to participate in #hourofcode with your students, even beyond this week! Students at Highland Springs Elementary completed the hour of code tutorial by coding with Moana and … Continue reading →

Monday was an exciting day at Echo Lake Elementary. Mrs. Vick, the librarian, invited several ITRTs to come help assist her with her first MakerSpace Day. Mrs. Vick has spent many hours prepping for her 4th graders to participate in … Continue reading →