Category Archives: Pixie
2nd Grade Magnets
After trying Stixy earlier this week, I decided to go back to Scribblar for a similar classifying lesson in 2nd grade. They were studying magnets so I instructed them to draw a magnetic or a nonmagnetic object in Pixie. When they finished their drawings I showed them how to export them as .png files and […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Living & Nonliving Things
Kindergarten students at Pinchbeck Elementary demonstrated how to classify living and non living things using a web tool called Stixy today. First they chose whether to draw a living or non living thing using Pixie. As they finished their drawings, the teacher and I exported them as .jpg files and saved them to the students’ […] Continue reading
Montrose November 29, 2010
The students in Mrs. Williams’, Ms. Byrne’s, and Mrs. Scott’s kindergarten classes all worked on their computer skills. Students practiced clicking and dragging. They practiced by matching upper and lower case letters. They also practiced by matching letters to make words and find pictures to match. Below are the activities we used. If you’d like […] Continue reading
Fair Oaks November 23, 2010
Mrs. Cross’ pre school students learned how to use the track pad today. We had a lesson in the lab. Students visited the site http://www.poissonrouge.com/bugs/ to learn better control They loved painting the butterflies and following the strings to get the bugs to play music. Ms. Warthan’s kindergarten students showed what they eat for Thanksgiving. […] Continue reading
Donahoe November 17, 2010
Today I worked with Mrs. Carter and a small group of second graders on four square writing. We took vocabulary from their reading story. Students had to first find a picture to describe the word and then type their own sentence. They did a fabulous job. I showed Mrs. Hodge’s class how to use Comic […] Continue reading
Fair Oaks November 16, 2010
Today Miss Schemmel’s second graders learned how to record in Garage Band and add sound effects. Students learned little tricks like how to use the space bar to start and stop recording much faster.
Miss Warthan’s kindergarten class made t… Continue reading
Nuckols Farm November 10, 2010
Mrs. Tyler’s third graders created their own version of maps in Inspire. They used sweet treats as symbols and showed this in the map legend.
Mrs. Hudson’s kindergarten class created themselves as scarecrows in Pixie. They then made a fal… Continue reading
Sandston November 9, 2010
Mrs. Warnke’s class created a graph in Numbers. The students graphed Fruit Loops. Their graphs were great!
Ms. Taylor’s first graders created themselves in Pixie and wrote about what they liked to do in the fall.
Continue reading
Fair Oaks November 8, 2010
Today Mrs. Clipp’s kindergarten class worked on the life cycle of a pumpkin. Students dragged the pictures into the correct order and then stamped out the letters to spell the word pumpkin. Mrs. Axtell’s fourth graders created a graph in Pages. The students graphed the class’ favorite food. Next, they typed sentences describing the graph. […] Continue reading
Montrose November 4, 2010
Ms. deBordenave’s and Ms. Bond’s first grade classes created a Build Your Wild Self in partners http://www.buildyourwildself.com/. Each pair then dragged their picture into a Keynote. Today I helped each pail record a description of their animal. Students had to describe why their new animal had wings or claws. Ms. Ferrell’s third grade class created […] Continue reading
