Category Archives: GoogleDocs
4th Grade Virginia Math Quizzes
Fourth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about Virginia geography in Social Studies (VS.2) and rounding and place value in Math (SOL4.1). Today, students in Ms. Stevens’ class synthesized these concepts, along with research skills, to create Virginia Math quizzes using Google forms. First, I explained that we would be creating 1-question quizzes, but…
2nd Grade Extreme Weather Skip Counting Maps
Second graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about extreme weather in Science (SOL2.6), skip counting in Math (SOL2.2a), and map skills in History (SOL2.1b). So today, students in Ms. Pope’s class reviewed all three concepts with a Google Drawing project. First, the students decided if they wanted to skip count by 2’s, 5’s, or…
3rd Grade Animal Research
Third graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about animal adaptations in Science (SOL3.4) and place value for six-digit numbers in Math (SOL3.1a). Today students in Ms. Hufnell’s class used their research skills to find images and facts about an animal of their choice, including how many exist. This gave us the opportunity to review…
3rd Grade Animal Research
Third graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about animal adaptations in Science (SOL3.4) and place value for six-digit numbers in Math (SOL3.1a). Today students in Ms. Hufnell’s class used their research skills to find images and facts about an animal of their choice, including how many exist. This gave us the opportunity to review…
2nd Grade “Mystery Me” Introductions
Second graders at Laburnum Elementary got to know each other better today with a fun “Mystery Me” activity. First, they went to Pixect and took a photo of themselves. Pixect is a great tool for taking quick webcam photos. It has an array of filters and timers available to use, but we just saved the…
2nd Grade “Mystery Me” Introductions
Second graders at Laburnum Elementary got to know each other better today with a fun “Mystery Me” activity. First, they went to Pixect and took a photo of themselves. Pixect is a great tool for taking quick webcam photos. It has an array of filters and timers available to use, but we just saved the…
3rd Grade Matter Transitions
Third graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about matter and how it changes states from solid to liquid to gas and back to solid again (SOL3.3). Today students in Ms. Galvin’s, Ms. Long’s, and Ms. Hummel’s classes used Google slides and Scratch to show different types of matter changing states. Ms. Hummel’s class focused…
3rd Grade Animal Habitats Graph
We’re on an animal habitats streak here! In previous posts I’ve shown how your habitats unit (SOL3.4) can reinforce the skills you are teaching in Social Studies and Reading. Now we’ll see how it can reinforce Math concepts as well. At Trevvett Elementary, third graders have been learning about graphing (3.17), so today students in…
3rd Grade Animal Rules & Laws
Third graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the difference between rules and laws in Social Studies (SOL3.10a), and they have been studying animal adaptations in Science (SOL3.4). So today students in Ms. Whittaker’s class created slideshows that identified animal adaptations and also included a rule or a law about that animal. First they…
5th Grade Multiple Meaning Words
Fifth graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about words with multiple meanings and homophones (SOL5.4). Today students in Ms. Brown’s class created a Google slideshow to illustrate two different meanings of a word or a pair of homophones using context clues. First we utilized the Schoology discussion feature to brainstorm multiple-meaning words. You can…
