Category Archives: Pixie
Kindergarten School Maps
Kindergarten students at Holladay Elementary have been learning all about maps (SOL K.4 & K.5) so today they created simple maps of their school. First I showed them how to find their school in Google Earth, and I pointed out that maps show how places look from above. Next we opened a Pixie template that […] Continue reading
Smencils Commercial
Each year, the Springfield Park SCA sells Smencils to raise money for their school. In the past, the videos were created by a teacher. This year, we assigned the task to the students and they rose to the occasion! We … Continue reading → Continue reading
2nd Grade Indian Animations
Second graders in Ms. Marable’s class at Laburnum Elementary made animations about the different Indian tribes using Keynote today. First each student selected a tribe: Lakota, Powhatan, or Lakota. Then they opened up Keynote and did a Google image search for a picture of the region occupied by their tribe. I showed them how to […] Continue reading
1st Grade Goods & Services Town
Today first graders at Chamberlayne Elementary combined their knowledge of map skills (SOL1.4) and goods and services (SOL1.7) in a special project. Each class created their own interactive town map where you could click on a building and see whether it produced goods or services. Here’s how we did it. First we discussed what goods […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Measurement in Pixie
Kindergarten students at Chamberlayne Elementary are learning about measurement using nonstandard units (SOLK.10), so today we measured our virtual selves using nonstandard units in Pixie. First I showed them how to take their photo with the webcam tool and paint a body with the paint brush tool. Next we used the stamp tool to find […] Continue reading
Needs & Wants using PebbleGo! & Pixie
The students in Mrs. Ellis’s 1st grade class at Maybeury enjoyed learning about needs and wants using PebbleGo! Prior to researching, the students completed a class KWL chart about what they already know about Needs and Wants and what they … Continue reading → Continue reading
Kindergarten Research
One thing that kindergartners need to do is demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction text. Since we are in October, Mrs. Gregory’s class decided to research spiders! To research spiders, the students looked through picture books of spiders, and within their groups, they had to discuss the different observations they saw in different spiders. After this, the […] Continue reading
1st Grade Boat Diagrams
First grade students in Esra Kazanoglu’s class at Laburnum Elementary are preparing for a boat race! After studying Christopher Columbus’s ship (SOL 1.3) and understanding the principles of force and motion (SOL 1.2), each group of students must design a boat using various materials supplied by the teacher (milk cartons, cups, spoons, popsicle sticks, foil, […] Continue reading
Pixie Food Chain Movies
Ms. Catlin’s class is in the middle of the Animals Unit. One thing third graders need to learn about are food chains. Ms. Catlin did an awesome job integrating her lesson on food chains using Pixie. The students used this program to make stop animation videos to show a food chain. The students made a […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Pixie Community Map
Second graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning all about maps and cardinal directions so today they put their knowledge to use and created a map in Pixie complete with a compass rose, symbols, and a key. I showed them how to use stickers for the symbols and then shrink them to fit in the […] Continue reading
