Category Archives: Language Arts
5th Grade Northeast Region Thinglinks
Fifth graders at Davis Elementary have been learning about the northeast region of the United States (NE1.2, NE2.2), and they have been learning how to write to inform (SOL5.7). So today, students in Ms. Bailey’s class created interactive Thinglink maps highlighting some of the interesting places in each state. First we needed to get a […] Continue reading
5th Grade Elements Websites
Fifth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about the elements in science (SOL5.4c) and cause-effect relationships in reading (SOL5.5j), so today we created cause-effect elements websites in Ms. Long’s class. First the students chose an element that they were interested in learning more about using the Interactive Table of Elements. I gave them some […] Continue reading
3rd Grade Collaborative Venn Diagrams in Google Drawing
Mrs. Reed’s third grade class read the story Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe. In the story Mufaro has two beautiful daughters who are quite different from one another. I thought that it would be a great activity to compare and contrast the two daughters using a Venn Diagram. To make the …
5th Grade Cell Videos
Fifth graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about the parts of a cell (SOL5.5) in science, and they have been working on their oral presentation skills (SOL5.2) and evaluating media messages (SOL5.3) in language arts. So today students in Ms. Satterfield’s class created instructional videos about cells using Pixiclip. Pixiclip is a webtool that […] Continue reading
1st Grade Compound Words & Shapes
First graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about compound words (SOL1.6g) in language arts, and they’ve been studying shapes (SOL1.13) in math. So today students in Ms. Schumacher’s class created their first Google documents using compound words about shapes. We helped them log into their Google accounts and into Google classroom where I posted […] Continue reading
4th Grade Force Storyboards
Fourth graders at Davis Elementary have been learning about force, motion, and energy in science (SOL4.2) and narrative elements in language arts (SOL4.5). So today students in Ms. Bennett’s class created comics about potential and kinetic energy using StoryboardThat. First they logged into their Google accounts, which allowed them to log into StoryboardThat with just […] Continue reading
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 …
Synonyms with Educreations
In Mrs. Hartman’s second grade class at Mehfoud Elementary the students used the Educreations app on the iPads to show off their knowledge of synonyms. Each student was given a set of cards where they had to match words with the same meaning. Once the students had their work checked by a partner they took a …
5th Grade Facts and Opinions
Fifth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the states in the southeastern region of the United States (SE2.2b,c), so today students in Ms. Filer’s class created websites about a southeastern state of their choice. Since they had recently completed their benchmark tests, I was looking at the data, and I noticed that many […] Continue reading
2nd Grade American Indian Problems & Solutions
Second graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueblo Indian tribes in Social Studies (SOL2.2), and they’ve been learning how to identify the problem and solution in fictional texts in Language Arts (SOL2.8f). So today students in Ms. Coyle’s and Gardner’s classes created comics about the American Indians and included […] Continue reading
