Category Archives: Fifth Grade
Tech Takeout: Seven Pines!
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
Fractions are Everywhere (at Donahoe ES!)
Last week, we had a great time exploring fractions at Donahoe Elementary in Mrs. Quesenberry’s fifth grade class. Mrs. Quesenberry found this great idea where students look for fractions all around the school building. We took photos with the … Continue reading → Continue reading
Using Brief.ly
What is Brief.ly? It is a helpful tool that you can use when incorporating research into your classroom. Although there are many bookmarking sites that can be found on the Internet, Brief.ly creates a bookmarking header for easy navigation between̷… Continue reading
Keynote review presentations
Two other fifth grade classes at Varina used Keynote to create review presentations for the other students in their class. Each student worked in either a small group or by themselves to present what information they knew about various science topics, learning more about their own topic in the process. They ended up with some […] Continue reading
ActiVote Review
Two of the fifth grade classes at Varina used the ActiVotes to review Social Studies content to prepare for the upcoming SOL tests. We used a simple Word document with questions as our “test” and used the Promethean ActiVote responders to answer the questions. They loved using them and were VERY excited when they all […] Continue reading
Fifth grade review games
The fifth graders used Quia to create games they can use for review. They created their own questions, picked a game template, and added their information. They had a LOT of fun coming up with their games, and did a great job reviewing each others games for things they would need to edit.
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5 Regions of Virginia Keynote
The fifth graders in Ms. Hubard’s social studies classes used Keynote to tell us about what they knew about the five regions of Virginia. They created two slides for each region and told us about the region and the products and industries found in the region. They created their presentation from scratch and learned how […] Continue reading
Child Lure Videos at Varina
Rebekah Goehler, Varina’s social worker, has been presenting information on child lures that predators use to entice children. To help with classroom lessons, we used students from several classes at Varina to act out scenarios dealing with six of the lures. We created videos for classes to use to see “first hand” how these lures […] Continue reading
Longan 5th grade Podcasts
The fifth graders created podcasts dealing with sound at Longan. They collaborated in small groups and communicated what they knew about sound. They drew examples of sound concepts in Pixie and imported their pictures into their podcasts to illustrate what they knew about sound. They also added music and sound effects to enhance their podcasts […] Continue reading
ActiVotes with 5th grade at Varina
The students in Mrs. Hicks’ class (and Mr. Tyler) used the ActiVotes to review quiz questions. They were shown how to vote and view results, and we discussed ways they could be successfully used in a classroom. They had a great time using them, but more importantly, they saw how they could be used to […] Continue reading
