Author Archives: Julie G. Goode

Today we had a BLAST in Mrs. Hinkle’s fourth grade science class! Mrs. Hinkle’s class has been doing so much cool stuff with their Google accounts: peer writing and editing in Google Docs, creating collaborative presentations in Google Presentations and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Today some 2nd graders in Ms. Curfman’s class at Chamberlayne Elementary were exploring sequencing by creating animated gifs. I put a variety of folders with pictures that were out of order into their student folders. The folder topics included: Life … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today JG and the Boys (Jim Covais, Tyler Hart, Ryan Stein and myself) had so much fun in 3rd grade at Highland Springs Elementary! Our academic focus was on affixes: prefixes, root words and suffixes. We explored how knowledge of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today we were rockin’ and rollin’ with FUN technology lessons at Chamberlayne Elementary. I kicked off the morning in Mrs. Hembrick’s 2nd grade class creating picture messages about Ancient China’s inventions. Students chose a template (boy or girl) that ITRT, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Waggoner, and I need you and your students’ votes! After researching a VA region of their choice, Mrs. Waggoner’s students created video messages convincing an audience to visit their region. Video messages were created by doing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Need a FUN and ENGAGING lesson to help support the reading skill Cause and Effect? Today we had a fun time in 4th grade talking about and playing around with Cause and Effect. First, we walked through the Google Presentation … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Need some new open ended apps for your students to use across content areas? I experimented with two apps this week and was very pleased with the students’ work. First, a very easy to use presentation app that you should … Continue reading → Continue reading →

JG and the Boys are back! Yesterday, the gang traveled to Arthur Ashe Elementary to teach the 4th graders about different social media platforms and integrated them with their African American Achievers they have been researching. During the first part … Continue reading → Continue reading →

All of this cold weather has prompted some COOL projects. One of my former students has been so concerned about homeless people being outside this winter that he has started collecting backpacks full of everyday living supplies, food and warm … Continue reading → Continue reading →