Category Archives: Kaechele

Ziggy Says

It’s that time of the year again…the time when I get to work with the coolest preschool teachers and students I know!  The two preschool classes at Kaechele always listen to a great song called Ziggy Says by Ziggy Marley.  It’s a spin on Simon Says, and the kids LOVE it!  Katie Clark and Gena …

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Kindergarten Insect Selfies

Today in Mrs. Rademacher’s kindergarten class at Kaechele Elementary we turned ourselves into insects!  The students had just finished learning all about insects so we used PicMix to have a little fun.  Mrs. Rademacher gathered a handful of pictures for the students to use and put them in a Google folder.  I made a QR …

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3rd Grade Soil App Smash

Today in Mrs. Bagley’s 3rd grade class at Kaechele we had a great time doing an app smash covering soil!  The students have been learning about the different layers and their characteristics so this was a great way to put their knowledge into action!  To make our final project we used a total of 3 different apps …

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Book Celebration Instagram Post!

At Kaechele today we made Instagram posts for book characters for our book celebration!  Check them out below!   Book Celebration Instagrams! by Slidely Slideshow Continue reading

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MaKeyMaKey Workshop at Kaechele

Earlier this year our elementary ITRT team wrote a grant for a 3D printer and 27 MaKeyMaKeys.  We haven’t received our MaKeyMaKeys yet, but luckily Kaechele Elementary, one of my schools has 3 already.  I was able to pull small groups of 4th and 5th graders to do a quick introduction to how the MaKeyMaKeys work and what …

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Technology Buddies At Kaechele

In the elementary classrooms across Henrico County we have had a huge shift in technology this year.  It was a much needed update, but change is hard.  Teachers and students are have all gone from Macs to Dells.  On top of new computers there is a new way for elementary students to use these computers. …

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Famous Americans in Tellagami

In Mrs. Dobranski’s third grade class at Kaechele we used the iPads to create something awesome!  They were just wrapping up their unit on famous Americans, so Mrs. Dobranski and I decided to run with that topic. Before I went into the classroom the students had already broken off into pairs, chosen the famous American that …

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Novel Studies

Mrs. Bagley’s third grade class at Kaechele Elementary Schools students had just completed independent novel studies.  Mrs. Bagley gave the students an opportunity to work on this project in small groups or independently.  The students were able to select books that were appropriate for their level and were asked to come up with any project that …

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Hour of Code at Kaechele

Today we started the Hour of Code at Kaechele Elementary and it was a blast! I went into three fifth grade classrooms and a fourth grade room as well. We had the students working from Code.org and the students LOVED it!  I quickly showed them how to start and they were ready to roll.  It was …

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Preschool Fire Safety Video

I had the opportunity to work with the AMAZING preschool students and teachers at Kaechele Elementary School on a fire safety project. Ms. Katie’s class has been learning about fire safety for 3 weeks. The unit is taught in November because December has more house fires than any other month due to increase in heat …

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