Category Archives: Pixie
1st Grade Earth & Sun Pixie
First graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the relationship between the Earth and the sun (SOL1.6), so today students in Ms. D’Antonio’s class used Pixie to create a diagram showing that relationship. First, we opened Pixie and used the Paint Bucket to fill the page with the blackness of space. Next, we used…
2nd Grade American Indian Homophones
Second graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about American Indians in History (SOL2.2) and homophones in English (SOL2.7a). Today, students in Ms. Fournier’s class chose an Indian tribe (Powhatan, Lakota, or Pueblo) and thought of homophones that they might say (if they spoke English). First, we opened Pixie and used the paint brush and…
First Grade Shows Animals Needs Using Pixie!
I’ve realized that this year has been a blur so far and that one of the things that has fallen off of my to do list is blogging! I have a lot of lessons to catch up on blog posts for, so hopefully I’ll make time to get to them all! The first lesson on …
1st Grade U.S. Symbols Patterns
First graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about patterns in Math (SOL1.17) and U.S. symbols in Social Studies (SOL1.11), so today students in Ms. Lucas’ class created patterns with U.S. symbols using Pixie. First I showed them how to add a text box by clicking the blue T, and they typed their names with…
Kindergarten Adventures: Sharing with Google Tone
In Mr. Lambert’s kindergarten, we have been working hard practicing logging into the laptops and typing in Pixie. One super smart observation was that all of the keys on the keyboard are capital letters, but when we type, the letters … Continue reading → Continue reading
Kindergarten Adventures: Sharing with Google Tone
In Mr. Lambert’s kindergarten, we have been working hard practicing logging into the laptops and typing in Pixie. One super smart observation was that all of the keys on the keyboard are capital letters, but when we type, the letters … Continue reading → Continue reading
2nd Grade American Indian Math Animations
Second graders at Davis Elementary have been learning about subtraction in Math (SOL2.7), and they’ve been studying American Indians in Social Studies (SOL2.2). Today students in Ms. Becker’s class created American Indian math animations. First we opened Pixie, and I instructed them to chose the Powhatan, Lakota, or Pueblo Indian tribe to illustrate. We discussed…
1st Grade Math with Pixie
First graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about patterns in math (SOL1.17) and how to find one more or one less than a given number (SOL1.2). So today students in Ms. Schemmel’s class reviewed these skills with Pixie. This was their first lesson with Pixie, so we started by learning how to make a…
Kindergarten Measurement
Kindergarten students at Holladay Elementary have been learning about measurement with nonstandard units (SOLK.10) and they’ve been studying money (SOLK.7). Today students in Ms. Silber’s class used coins to measure a snake they drew. This was their first lesson with Pixie, and since many kindergarten students have a hard time using the computer track pad,…
Kindergarten Rhyming Words
Kindergarten students at Davis Elementary have been learning about rhyming words (K.4b) so today in Ms. Dunkum’s class we creating pictures of rhyming words using Pixie. This was their first lesson with the computers, so we logged in using a generic kindergarten login. I showed the students how to open Pixie by clicking the Start…
