Category Archives: Dumbarton
Google Classroom and Classroom Jobs
Google Classroom is a great tool that teachers and students have been utilizing to in the classroom to help with workflow for the last few years. Using Google classroom for classwork, homework, or small groups is a great way to stay organized…and save A TON of paper! Ms. McLean at Dumbarton wanted to get her …
Measuring in Google Slides
Using an actual ruler and using a ruler that you manipulate on the computer are two very different yet important skills. When I was in the classroom as a third grade teacher I always wished I gave the students more opportunities to manipulate rulers digitally since they will be asked to at the end of …
4th Grade Goes Shopping
We went shopping in Mrs. Kelley’s 4th grade class at Dumbarton Elementary. Karen Hues, a great Henrico County Elementary ITRT, did an awesome lesson with one of her teachers that I took and changed up. Karen’s lesson focused on place value with decimals, but Mrs. Kelley wanted to work on rounding decimals. I went to …
2nd Grade Money Websites
Today in Ms. Hanks’ class we made our very own money websites. I saw that David Clough, another elementary ITRT, did this activity so I really wanted to try it. First, I had the students draw a random amount of money in their math notebooks. The only stipulation was that they had to use at …
2nd Grade Fraction Movies in Pixie
I worked with Ms. Hanks’ second graders at Dumbarton this week. We used Pixie to work with fractions, and the kids had a blast. I had the students write a fraction, represent it using the stickers in Pixie, and then they recorded their voices over the slide. We did the first one together just so they …
5th Grade Cell Movies
At Dumbarton Elementary the 5th graders in Ms. Perretz’s class were using Windows Movie Maker to make movies about plant and animal cells. The students took a video of themselves using the Dell webcam introducing their video. Once they had their video ready to go they saved it to their desktop, and then imported the …
Retelling The Snowy Day Using ChatterPix
Mrs. Baldwin’s kindergarten class at Dumbarton Elementary School retold The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats using ChatterPix on the iPads. Each student took part of the story, drew a picture representing their part of the story, and wrote a short summary on a white board. Once the students were ready they created a ChatterPix video …
Reflective Friends
Creating a Learning Culture of the 21st Century Henrico County Schools is on a journey to create 21st century learning environments to ensure our students have the skills needed to succeed in an ever-changing world. The ideal 21st century learning experience is created by leveraging the synergy of relevant content, engaging pedagogy, and the […] Continue reading →
