Author Archives: kahues

The students in Mr. Jones’s first grade class have been learning about maps. Prior to our lesson, they set up their paper with a map key and a compass rose. During the lesson, students used markers to draw the streets … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Mrs. Milwit’s kindergarten class have been learning about objects that sink and float and she was interested in having them learn how to code in Scratch. For this activity I created a template which included a backdrop … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Save the date for the 9th Annual Henrico 21 Celebration! All Henrico 21 and Student 21 entries are due to me by Friday, March 30th. Please visit our new Henrico 21 Site for details and to submit a lesson. We … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Ms. Stacia’s 2nd grade class have been studying homophones. Today they used Book Creator to make two pages with the two different spellings and meanings of a word that sounds the same. They used a class code … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The 5th grade students at Glen Lea have been learning about collecting and graphing data.  Around the same time as the Olympic Games, the students participated in a couple of different track events at their school: long jump and 40 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Mrs. Beam’s 5th grade class have been studying the Midwest of the United States. With the guidance of their classroom teacher and librarian, they conducted research, wrote a script, and then recorded using the Green Screen and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ms. Casey at Greenwood was looking for an easy way to have her 4th graders record themselves reading a selection and then independently upload it to her. I suggested Seesaw! Seesaw has a record feature built into most of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

For this fun activity I collaborated with Matt Caratachea at Glen Allen Elementary. The 5th grade students have been learning about how atoms move in each state of matter. Today we introduced them to coding in Scratch by creating these … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mrs. Jung, 2nd grade teacher at Longan Elementary, was looking for a fun way to have students review what they had learned from the first semester. She sent me the skills they have covered and I created this digital breakout … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The students in Mrs. Elsea’s 5th grade class used ClassFlow to review the parts of plant and animal cells. ClassFlow is similar to Nearpod in that I can send my slides to the students computer and receive student feedback. We … Continue reading → Continue reading →