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Measure It

The 3rd graders at Greenwood have been practicing with measuring using the ruler tool online. This is a skill that they use when taking math tests on the computer. Rather than just practice with the ruler, I had students create … Continue reading Continue reading

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DoInk & ThingLink Oceans Projects

Mrs. Beam’s 5th graders at Longan have been studying the features of the ocean floor. They conducted research and wrote scripts for what they wanted to say about each part of the ocean floor. They used the library iPad to … Continue reading Continue reading

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DoInk & ThingLink Oceans Projects

Mrs. Beam’s 5th graders at Longan have been studying the features of the ocean floor. They conducted research and wrote scripts for what they wanted to say about each part of the ocean floor. They used the library iPad to … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hour of Code

Coding is one of my favorite activities, so Computer Science week (Dec. 5th-9th) is one of my favorite weeks!  Several classes at Greenwood participated in the Hour of Code.  Ms. Baum’s 5th grade class tried the new Moana module on … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hour of Code

Coding is one of my favorite activities, so Computer Science week (Dec. 5th-9th) is one of my favorite weeks!  Several classes at Greenwood participated in the Hour of Code.  Ms. Baum’s 5th grade class tried the new Moana module on … Continue reading Continue reading

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Mystery Skype

Ms. White’s 4th grade class at Jackson Davis participated in a Mystery Skype today. In the weeks before the actual Skype, they practiced with Google Earth, Google Maps, atlases, and large paper maps. They also brainstormed what types of questions … Continue reading Continue reading

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Mystery Skype

Ms. White’s 4th grade class at Jackson Davis participated in a Mystery Skype today. In the weeks before the actual Skype, they practiced with Google Earth, Google Maps, atlases, and large paper maps. They also brainstormed what types of questions … Continue reading Continue reading

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Earth, Moon, & Sun Coding in Scratch Jr.

The students in Ms. Burnette’s 1st grade class at Jackson Davis have been learning about the Earth, moon, and sun. Today we did small group rotations in which they used Scratch Jr. to code these objects in our solar system … Continue reading Continue reading

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Earth, Moon, & Sun Coding in Scratch Jr.

The students in Ms. Burnette’s 1st grade class at Jackson Davis have been learning about the Earth, moon, and sun. Today we did small group rotations in which they used Scratch Jr. to code these objects in our solar system … Continue reading Continue reading

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Tech Takeout @ Seven Pines Elementary

Last Friday, the Tech Takeout team visited Seven Pines Elementary! The fifth grade teachers noticed that students needed some review with the fourth grade SOLs 4.7 and 4.8 (the solar system) with a connection to their fifth grade SOL 5.6 … Continue reading Continue reading

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