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4th Grade Interactive Animals
The fourth graders at Chamberlayne Elementary have been learning all about animals and their ecosystems (SOL 4.5). They have also been individually researching an animal of their choice. So today they shared their information in a variety of ways. Students in two classes made interactive images of their animals using Thinglink. Thinglink allows students to […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Coin Match Up
The kindergarten students in Ms. Miller’s class at Holladay have been learning about the coins and their values. Pixie is a great program for reviewing the coins because there are coin stickers in the clip art library. However, this class was already familiar with Pixie, so I wanted to try something new with them. I […] Continue reading
Scratch | Project | Sample
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SCRATCH
Karen Nowicki, 5th Grade Teacher at Springfield Park, saw a TED Talk about SCRATCH and it sparked her interest. I too had just recently learned about SCRATCH at a technology conference in Charlottesville. I liked it so much, that I … Continue reading → Continue reading
Kindergarten Timelines About Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kindergarteners at Holladay Elementary have been learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. since his birthday is this month (SOL K.1b). Today we created a timeline of his life using Dipity. Dipity makes it easy to create a cool, interactive timeline (you can see ours embedded below). First I took them to my Martin Luther King, […] Continue reading
Solving Word Problems Using ShowMe
The students in Mrs. Heiberg’s 3rd grade class at Springfield Park worked on solving multi-step word problems using the ShowMe app on the iPads. We did one sample together and then the students found a partner to work with and … Continue reading → Continue reading
Hot Chocolate Challenge – Keeping It Hot!
The students in Mrs. Locher’s 1st grade class at Maybeury were posed with a problem. We have had freezing temperatures in Richmond lately and when we are outside drinking hot chocolate, the delicious drink is getting cold very quickly. The … Continue reading → Continue reading
3rd Grade Blog Entries About The Inauguration
Third graders at Laburnum Elementary have been doing a lot of writing using Pages (the word processing program on the Macs), so they wanted to try something new and different. I thought that blogging would be perfect for them! We used Instablogg because it doesn’t require a login, it gives a link for them to […] Continue reading
2nd Grade American Indian Websites
Second graders at Laburnum Elementary are currently reviewing the American Indian tribes they’ve been studying for the past several weeks (Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueblo). So to help them review, they made websites today using CheckThis. CheckThis is a great way for elementary students to create websites because it doesn’t require a login, and adding new […] Continue reading