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“Who Would Win?” in Scratch

The students in Mrs. Green’s 3rd grade class have been reading the series “Who Would Win?” in their science unit on animal characteristics, habitats, adaptations, etc. For this project, they selected 2 animals to compare and conducted research in the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Homophones in Seesaw

The students in Ms. Kouri’s 3rd grade class used Seesaw on the iPads to demonstrate their understanding of homophones. They worked with a partner and used the draw feature within Seesaw to type and illustrate a word that is pronounced … Continue reading Continue reading

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November News

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Context Clues in Nearpod

The students in Mrs. Bowles 4th grade class have been learning about context clues.  Today we used Nearpod to practice with this skill.  Nearpod is an icon on the Clever screen (clever.com/in/henrico), so it’s easy for students to access and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Rounding Decimals in Educreations

The student’s in Mr. Cochran’s 4th grade class have been learning how to round decimals to the nearest tenth, hundreth, or whole number. Today they used Educreations to demonstrate their understanding of this skill. I created some rounding questions, printed, … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Rock Cycle in Scratch

The students in Ms. Edward’s 5th grade class at Greenwood have been learning about the rock cycle. Today they created an animated rock cycle in Scratch. Scratch is a programming language and an online community where children can code using … Continue reading Continue reading

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Winter Olympics with Do Ink

The 3rd grade students in Ms. Neuman’s PE classes at Longan have been learning about a variety of winter sports in preparation for the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang in 2018. Students conducted research in the library with Mrs. Hart and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Talking Rocks

The students in Mrs. Beam’s 5th grade class at Longan have been learning about the 3 different types of rocks. They conducted research in the library with Mrs. Hart and learned all about a rock of their choice. Then they … Continue reading Continue reading

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Talking Rocks

The students in Mrs. Beam’s 5th grade class at Longan have been learning about the 3 different types of rocks. They conducted research in the library with Mrs. Hart and learned all about a rock of their choice. Then they … Continue reading Continue reading

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Identifying Rocks with ProScopes

The student’s in Mrs. Baum’s 5th grade class at Greenwood have been learning about the three rock types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.  To get a closer look at rocks, the students used the ProScope!  The ProScope is a handheld, USB … Continue reading Continue reading

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