Category Archives: Kindergarten
Needs and Wants at Adams Elementary
I’m so proud of the students in Mrs. Stump’s kindergarten class at Adams Elementary. Every child in the class created a short movie about needs and wants. Check out one of the awesome videos below. Needs & Wants from Jim … Continue reading → Continue reading
Kindergarten Signs of Spring Video
Every grade in elementary school learns about seasonal changes and the weather (SOL K.10, 1.7, 2.7, 3.8, 4.8, 5.7) so I have been working with a small group of kindergarten students at Laburnum Elementary to create an informational video announcing the start of spring that would be played on the school-wide morning announcements. Nathaniel, Jaziah, […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Rhyming Words Comic
Kindergarten students in Ms. Lewis’s class at Davis Elementary have been studying rhyming words (K.1e) so today we created a class comic book of rhyming word pairs. I gave them a Comic Life template that you can download by clicking here. The students opened the template and added their name to it. Then we brainstormed […] Continue reading
Shipbuilding at Ratcliffe Elementary
I love working with kindergarten students. They are always just so excited to learn. This is especially true for Ms. Rechenbach’s class at Ratcliffe Elementary. Ms. Rechenbach’s class has been learning about of sink and float in science. After our … Continue reading → Continue reading
Appy Hour with YAKiT Kids!
Its Friday! Let’s break out a new App for “Appy Hour!” Today, I got to hang out in Mrs. Short’s class at Echo Lake Elementary. Her class has been learning about what makes day and night and information about the sun. I was originally going to do the same Keynote Movie Activity I did with […] Continue reading
100 Years old for the 100th Day!
Well, with all these snow days, our upcoming 100th day has been pushed back a little bit. That’s okay though! It gives you a few more days to come up with fun activities for the students! Mrs. Batkins and Mrs. Bortner at Seven Pines showed me this awesome “Aging App” called Age Yourself. This is […] Continue reading
Kindergarteners wish George and Abe Happy Birthday!
This week at Echo Lake Elementary, I was able to see Mrs. Jackson’s and Mrs. Barradale’s classes. With Presidents’ Day coming up, we decided to make Pixie projects wishing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Happy Birthday. Each partner had to come up with a gift to give George or Abe and explain why they were […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Number Sense Movies
As I like to do, I want to give a big THANK YOU to Mrs. Parsley at Carver Elementary today for letting me jump into her class and try a new App I have never tried with the students today! Mrs. Parsley has done this Number Walk Lesson before, but she wanted to add a […] Continue reading
Question Manager in ActivInspire
A video explaining how to make questions in Question Manager. This is great if you are using ActivExpressions or ActivEngage. If you have any questions on how to incorporate this into your classroom, sign up for me. We can plan … Continue reading → Continue reading
