Category Archives: Short Pump
Native American App Smash
We had a blast making videos and smashing apps in 2nd grade! The students were learning about the Eastern Woodlands Native Americans and I wanted to give them a chance to show everything they knew in a fun new way. We recently received 26 iPads from the PTA at Short Pump Elementary, so I have …
Native American App Smash
We had a blast making videos and smashing apps in 2nd grade! The students were learning about the Eastern Woodlands Native Americans and I wanted to give them a chance to show everything they knew in a fun new way. We recently received 26 iPads from the PTA at Short Pump Elementary, so I have …
Commutative and Identity Properties
In 3rd grade at Short Pump Elementary they were talking about the commutative and identity properties of addition. I wanted to make this lesson as fun as possible, so I thought to myself…hmm what could make a lesson on this more fun, maybe iPads! I really love the app Videolicious and so do the kids! I …
Graphs and Padlet
Last year Jessica Robinson, an awesome Henrico County Elementary ITRT, blogged about using an awesome free online graphing tool on the Math is Fun website. This is a great resource because it is very similar to what the students will see at the end of the year on their SOL tests. I wanted to try …
3D Printing at Short Pump Elementary
At Short Pump Elementary we are starting the year off right! Our Elementary Instructional Technology Department wrote a grant last year for a 3D printer and some Makey Makeys. Jim Covais, one of my fellow elementary ITRTs, taught a class this summer that utilized the greatness of the 3D printer in an educational way. Once …
3rd Grade Geometry Blabberize
Today in Mrs. Reed’s third grade class we used Blabberize to show off our geometry knowledge. Before we began the lesson we had a conversation about plane and solid shapes using important vocabulary and comparing/contrasting the two types of shapes. I had all of the students log into their Google accounts and pull up a …
Adjectives With Google Slides
Today in 3rd grade at Short Pump Elementary we worked on adjectives using collaborative Google Slides. I wanted to give the students more exposure to the kind of collaboration that can be achieved through Google while working on language arts skills. These third grade students have not had a ton of experience with Google this …
