Author Archives: Karen

These 3rd grade students conducted research on various topics about Ancient Greece. The groups researched Ancient Greek art, architecture, occupations, geography, and the Olympic games. The students were provided with a template for research. On this template, they had to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A 1st grade teacher wanted her students to remember that the Earth revolves around the sun and the moon revolves around the Earth. In order to do so, we had the students start from scratch to create a PowerPoint Presentation. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had a teacher contact me shortly after I had seen Julie Smith’s post about creating Ocean Floor Thinglinks with a 5th grade class.  The teacher loved the idea of creating the thinglinks, but she also wanted to incorporate her … Continue reading → Continue reading →

These 5th grade students were learning about dichotomous keys and their teacher wanted them to make their own key. They first worked through this dichotomous key for smiley faces. They were tasked with identifying the genus and species names for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

These 3rd grade students have been learning about multiplication. This week they are working on multiplication by 5′s, so we had them create a Google Presentation to show the multiples of 5 using money. First, students created a presentation and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Kindergarten teachers at Montrose were looking for a way to have their students see and say the sight words. We decided to use the book creator app on the iPads because it allowed the students to write the word … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Math Busters stations that took place on Halloween at Trevvett and Fair Oaks are now airing on Channel 99.  Check out the full story here! Continue reading →

The 2nd grade students have been working on “greater than”, “less than”, and “equal to” to the hundreds place. I placed this flipchart into server shortcuts so students could easily access their own copy of the Greater Gator flipchart. On … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I discovered this app while helping my Kindergartner with her homework. They were asked to predict how long it would take an ice cube to melt and then test to see how long it actually takes. My daughter predicted that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I discovered this app while helping my Kindergartner with her homework. They were asked to predict how long it would take an ice cube to melt and then test to see how long it actually takes. My daughter predicted that … Continue reading → Continue reading →