Author Archives: kahues

NEW Tech Equipment!!

Welcome back! I’m so excited to work with you all again. I know you have some fabulous project ideas for this school year! At the end of the last school year, our team was awarded a HEF Grant to bring … Continue reading Continue reading

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Field Day of the Future

Field Day of the Future is here!!   We are busy training and conditioning for the big day next Tuesday, August 15th at Deep Run High School! Have you registered yet? We are just about full, so be sure to … Continue reading Continue reading

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Persuasive Commercials in WeVideo

The students in Mrs. Farmer’s class read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. In this story, Peter’s father works in advertising and is struggling to write a commercial for one of the products, Juicy-O. To support their study of author’s … Continue reading Continue reading

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Persuasive Commercials in WeVideo

The students in Mrs. Farmer’s class read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. In this story, Peter’s father works in advertising and is struggling to write a commercial for one of the products, Juicy-O. To support their study of author’s … Continue reading Continue reading

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Comparing Fractions

The students in Ms. Green’s 3rd grade class have been studying fractions. Today they used Pixie to create and compare fractions. First students selected two types of stickers to use. They put some of one sticker and some of another. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Making Change

The students in Ms. Farmer’s 3rd grade class have been studying money and specifically how to make change.  To begin, I gave the students this Making Change Flipchart in which they had to read the scenario and then give the change … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cat Toy Design: An Adventure in 3D Printing

The students in Mrs. Elsea’s 5th grade class have been working on a really cool 3D design challenge in Tinkercad. The original task was to create cat toys in Tinkercad that we could print and then donate to the SPCA … Continue reading Continue reading

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I’ve Got A Golden Ticket!

A group of 5th Grade students at Montrose Elementary have been participating in a book club in which they have been doing a Roald Dahl author study.  With a partner, students selected and read one of 4 Roald Dahl books: … Continue reading Continue reading

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Greenwood 21

Last week, the students, teachers, and community at Greenwood Elementary came together to celebrate the innovative teaching and learning that is taking place.  We began the evening with a share fair to highlight the student’s work samples.  There were a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Braille Name Plates

The students in Ms. Stuckey’s 2nd Grade class at Montrose researched Helen Keller in the library. They read a book with their librarian, Ms. Driver, and also read through a leveled reader in RAZ Kids to gather information about Helen Keller. … Continue reading Continue reading

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