Category Archives: Pixie
1st Grade Partner Patterns with Pixie
First graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about patterns, so today they did a partner activity using Pixie to see if they could create patterns to stump their friends. I showed them how to use the stamps and stickers to create patterns. Then they added photos of themselves and painted their bodies using the […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Frog Life Cycle Videos
Today Mrs. Brown’s kindergarten students at Holladay Elementary created videos about the frog life cycle using Pixie. I gave them a template that you can download by clicking here. First the students added their photo of their head and painted a body for it. Then they duplicated the picture three times so it would stay […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Living & Nonliving Things
Today, Ms. Smith’s kindergarten students at Laburnum Elementary were reviewing living and nonliving things. Instead of showing flashcards with pictures for them to identify, we let the students create their own flashcards for each other to use. First they chose whether they wanted to draw a living or a nonliving thing. Then they used Pixie […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Seasons Pixie Videos
Today, kindergarten students in Ms. Hall’s class at Laburnum Elementary created Pixie videos about the four seasons. It was a complicated process, but they did just fine with it. We started with a basic template they they created themselves. It had a text box with the name of the season, a tree that they painted […] Continue reading
4th Grade Talking Heads VS.6
Fourth graders at Laburnum Elementary have been studying famous Virginians and the early documents they wrote declaring our rights and freedoms as Americans (SOL VS.6). We wanted our Founding Fathers to explain the documents themselves, and this is possible with Blabberize, but since we were having trouble with that website, we decided to try something […] Continue reading
Presidents Day Birthday Presents
Today kindergarten students at Holladay Elementary thought about what they could give George Washington or Abraham Lincoln for Presidents Day. We talked about how they lived in the past so we couldn’t give them presents that we would want, like Xbox or Legos. We also discussed presents that would be meaningful for them, relating to […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Presidents Day Birthday Presents
Today kindergarten students at Holladay Elementary thought about what they could give George Washington or Abraham Lincoln for Presidents Day. We talked about how they lived in the past so we couldn’t give them presents that we would want, like Xbox or Legos. We also discussed presents that would be meaningful for them, relating to […] Continue reading
Ward February 16, 2012
Today Mrs. Smith’s third grade class began making multiplication stories. First, students worked in partners and plotted out their stories. They worked with manipulatives and came up with a story frame by frame. Next, students created their stories using Pixie. … Continue reading → Continue reading
Fair Oaks, February 1, 2012
Today Ms. Warthan’s class did one of my favorite lessons. The students read the story “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats and then we did the Snowy Day Activity. Students re-told the story and put themselves in the story as if they were Peter. Students had to draw something that may have happened in … Continue reading → Continue reading
1st Grade Goods & Services
First graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning all about Economics (SOLs 1.7, 1.8, 1.9). Today they worked on a project to demonstrate how well they understood goods and services in a business. Their task was to create their own business and make a poster for it showing the goods and services involved. I gave […] Continue reading
