Author Archives: Karen
Aurasma Book Trailers
At Longan, the 5th grade students in Mrs. Graham’s class worked with partners to read a picture book of their choice and write a book review. They were challenged to write persuasive books reviews that would catch the readers interest … Continue reading → Continue reading
Lego Builder with Area & Perimeter
I found a willing participant to test out the Lego Builder App today! We started off by having students log into their Henrico Google accounts so we could access the Store. The teacher and I went to each students machine … Continue reading → Continue reading
Lego Builder Google App
Today I was playing around with a Google App called Lego Builder. Lego Builder allows students to use virtual legos to build models. My first thought was area & perimeter. Students could be challenged to create models that are a … Continue reading → Continue reading
Double Digit Multiplication in Educreations
These 4th graders have been working on double digit multiplication. In order to demonstrate their understanding of this skill, the students used Educreations to work out the problem they were given. Students recorded their voice while working through the steps … Continue reading → Continue reading
Padlet for Math Equations
This fourth grade teacher wanted to have her students think of a variety of ways to write a math sentence with the same answer. We decided to use Padlet. Padlet allows all the users to add to the wall without … Continue reading → Continue reading
Place Value to Hundreds
This second grade class is working on place value through the hundreds. We borrowed the iPads from K/1 while they were at lunch and recess. The students showed a number using base 10 blocks. Then they used the educreations app … Continue reading → Continue reading
Math Busters Kindergarten Stations
Last Friday I had the pleasure of participating in a ITRT meetup. ITRT meetups are a lot like a food truck meetup. The only difference is less food and more technology. (We don’t have a catchy name for our group, … Continue reading → Continue reading
Pumpkin Life Cycle in Chatterpix
The student’s in Mrs. Milwit’s kindergarten class took the iPads with them on their field trip to the Hanover Plant & Vegetable Farm. On the trip, the chaperones assisted students with taking pictures of the different stages of the pumpkin … Continue reading → Continue reading
Halloween Math Busters
A quick highlight into the math fun that we had at Trevvett and Fair Oaks on Halloween. Stay tuned for the detailed blog post!
Skip Counting Caterpillar in Pixie App
These 1st grade students have been working on skip counting, so today they created skip counting caterpillars in Pixie. They went to the Pixie app on the iPad and took a picture of themselves in the circle shape for the … Continue reading → Continue reading
