Category Archives: Language Arts
3rd Grade Greece & Rome Comics
Third graders at Holladay have been studying ancient Greece & Rome in social studies (SOL3.1,3.4,3.7), and they have been learning about narrative elements such as characters, setting, problem, and solution in language arts (SOL3.5). So today students in Ms. Middleton’s class created Greece & Rome comics that included those narrative elements. First they chose whether […] Continue reading
1st Grade Turkey Stories
Thanksgiving is coming up, and 1st graders in Ms. Tyler’s class at Laburnum Elementary have been practicing their new writing skills by writing about what they would do if they were a turkey. They had already written their stories out on paper, and today they wanted to publish them. We used Pixie because it not […] Continue reading
3rd Grade Descriptive Habitat Maps
Third graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about habitats and ecosystems in science (SOL3.6) and writing good descriptive details in Language Arts (SOL3.9), so today we created descriptive habitat maps in Ms. Wells’ and Ms. Leo’s classes. First we practiced writing descriptive sentences about our weekend, posting our ideas to the Google classroom page. […] Continue reading
Third Grade Turkey ChatterPix
Mrs. Bagley’s third graders at Kaechele have been learning about author’s purpose. As a class they read, “Turkey Trouble” by Wendi Silvano and were presented with a task relating to the story. The students were to design and create a turkey that did not want to be eaten on Thanksgiving. They needed to help their …
Synonyms With Educreations
Mrs. Hartman’s second grade class used the Educreations app to share their knowledge of synonyms. First the students discussed what synonyms were and gave examples. They were then given a baggie with different words inside. With a partner, the students sorted the words and matched the synonyms. Once the students agreed with their partner that they …
Kindergarten Letter Paintings
Kindergarteners in Ms. Hart’s class at Laburnum Elementary have been learning the letter R this week. So I showed them how to use ArtPad to not only practice writing their letters, but to also practice the important computer skill of clicking and dragging. First we practiced just scribbling on the paper using different colors. Then […] Continue reading
4th Grade Inferring & Predicting
Fourth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning how to make inferences and predictions (SOL4.5h,i) so today students in Ms. Dixon’s class practiced creating their own using Google Docs. Since this was their first time using Google docs, I also wanted to teach them some basic word processing skills such as changing the font, size, […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Rock Observations
Second graders in Ms. Jefferson’s class at Davis Elementary have been making scientific observations about rocks (SOL2.1k) including their texture, color, and weight. Each student picked a rock, wrote down their observations about it, and today we turned their descriptive words into word clouds. I posted the link to Tagxedo on Google classroom so they […] Continue reading
5th Grade Collaborative Writing
Fifth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about plot elements and conflict resolution (SOL5.5c) so today students in Ms. Filer’s class wrote collaborative stories where one partner began the story with a problem, and the other ended it with a solution. Before we got started, I gave them a quick warm-up in Google classroom […] Continue reading
