Author Archives: jgsmith

Today 4th graders in Ms. Bradlee’s class at Chamberlayne Elementary were putting their math skills to the test! We started off our lesson by playing a review game using Quizalize. Quizalize is a student response system (similar to Kahoot, Quizziz, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago June Degenhardt, a 1st grade teacher at Glen Allen Elementary, and I sat down to plan a lesson she wanted to do on the iPads that would have her kids create pictographs. Most graphing apps … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The 5th graders at Glen Allen Elementary and Highland Springs Elementary arranged to have a Digital Citizenship Day this week to complete the Internet Safety modules that all teachers in Henrico County have to complete this year. Each teacher was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This past Friday Mrs. Taylor and I worked with her 3rd graders to show them how collaborative Google Drawings work. Students have been studying the different geometry terms: point, line, line segment, ray, parallel lines, perpendicular line, acute angle, right … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Halloween is this Saturday! In honor of this spooky holiday Mrs. Fugate’s 2nd graders at Mehfoud Elementary made animated addition word problems using Pixie. Check out their creativity: Fugate Movie from Julie on Vimeo.   Continue reading →

5th graders in Mrs. Dawe’s class at Glen Allen Elementary have been working on a really fun water cycle animation project the past two weeks. We used Pixie and PowerPoint to make the Water Cycle come alive! Students were able … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had so much fun today working with Mrs. Manton’s 1st graders at Chamberlayne Elementary. Students had been learning about different habitats and the animals that exist in each habitat. We wanted the students to be a part of their habitat … Continue reading → Continue reading →

*This is a post from the collaborative blog, VA is for Teachers, that I am posting this Thursday. GAES requested that I post it here too :)” Hey everyone! This month our letter is “F” so I wanted to blog … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you would like to take notes digitally during our iPad PD session, then go to File>Make a Copy and you will be able to add comments/notes. I will also bring some paper copies

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Ms. Hazelgrove’s 2nd graders have been studying the different kinds of severe weather: thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, flood and droughts. Today we did a fun activity using Glen Allen’s iPad cart! Before I came in Ms. Hazelgrove had her students pick … Continue reading → Continue reading →