Category Archives: H21

J.E.B. Journey

Our idea for ” J.E.B. Journey” came from the tableaus we created at the end of our Henrico County history unit. Tableaus are frozen moments in time but we decided to research some of the other moments surrounding that one J.E.B. moment. Starting the J.E.B Continue reading Continue reading

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From Africa to Rome to Richmond

Lexi Pasternak has had opportunities to visit far-away places and bring them directly to the students at Ridge Elementary via blogging, GooglePresentation, iMovie and Skype. In the fall Lexi visited Africa. She Skyped and blogged with the class from Africa while on safari. We had Continue reading Continue reading

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Presenting the Fabulous Famous Americans!

Summary Third graders’ curiosity was piqued after learning about various Famous Americans. To discover more, they researched using a variety […] Continue reading Continue reading

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Reporting Live from Jamestown

Summary In groups of 2-3 students, the fourth graders will choose a topic about Jamestown to research. Students will use […] Continue reading Continue reading

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Three Tribes at the MSIC

Summary Students will be challenged with a task of designing brochures for the Math Science Innovation Center (MSIC) to advertise […] Continue reading Continue reading

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Igition On, Cell Off – 4682

Summary The students will be using a news article to identify the text structure of persuasive writing, locating information to […] Continue reading Continue reading

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