Category Archives: Lesson Examples
Colonial American region websites
The sixth grade students in Mrs. Royall’s social studies classes used the iPads to create websites dealing with 5 areas the Colonial Americans lived in. They used an app called Zapd that allowed them to add text, pictures, and other information. The app was very easy to use and the students LOVED being able to use […] Continue reading
Keynote review presentations
Two other fifth grade classes at Varina used Keynote to create review presentations for the other students in their class. Each student worked in either a small group or by themselves to present what information they knew about various science topics, learning more about their own topic in the process. They ended up with some […] Continue reading
ActiVote Review
Two of the fifth grade classes at Varina used the ActiVotes to review Social Studies content to prepare for the upcoming SOL tests. We used a simple Word document with questions as our “test” and used the Promethean ActiVote responders to answer the questions. They loved using them and were VERY excited when they all […] Continue reading
7th and 8th grade Disease Commercials
The 7th and 8th grade Health class students worked in small groups to create a 30 second commercial dealing with preventable diseases. The students were assigned groups, brainstormed ideas for their commercial, researched the information, and put it … Continue reading
Fifth grade review games
The fifth graders used Quia to create games they can use for review. They created their own questions, picked a game template, and added their information. They had a LOT of fun coming up with their games, and did a great job reviewing each others games for things they would need to edit.
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Show Me the Money…in Kindergarten
The kindergarten students at Longan reviewed what they knew about by visiting a few websites. The students used two websites that were created using Keynote that were exported as .swf files and posted on the web (so they acted like a website), and another site that helped them with adding coins to total a specific […] Continue reading
5 Regions of Virginia Keynote
The fifth graders in Ms. Hubard’s social studies classes used Keynote to tell us about what they knew about the five regions of Virginia. They created two slides for each region and told us about the region and the products and industries found in the region. They created their presentation from scratch and learned how […] Continue reading
Longan Egyptian Keynotes
The second graders at Longan used Keynote to present information that they knew about Ancient Egypt. The Keynote was set up so that when they finished adding their information, the presentation would be complete with transitions and builds already set up. The students can use the presentation for review when testing time comes. They loved […] Continue reading
4th Grade Civil War Comics
The fourth graders in Mrs. Goode’s class at Varina Elementary used Comic Life to create comic book pages dealing with the Civil War. They added pictures and explained what the pictures were about through speech bubbles and narration boxes. They really enjoyed using the program.
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Longan 5th grade Podcasts
The fifth graders created podcasts dealing with sound at Longan. They collaborated in small groups and communicated what they knew about sound. They drew examples of sound concepts in Pixie and imported their pictures into their podcasts to illustrate what they knew about sound. They also added music and sound effects to enhance their podcasts […] Continue reading
