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Mrs. Dunham’s fourth graders took a virtual field trip to the past.  They pretended they were either a Civil War soldier in the past or woman/girl that lived during the Civil War.  Each student wrote a few sentences about their perspective in the past.  We then recorded them in Pixie.  Students decorated themselves as a [...]

Today Mrs. Tulli fourth grade enrichment group learned how to use GarageBand.  The students did a practice podcast and learned how to edit and add sounds.  In a couple of weeks we are going to do a reader’s theater and record a podcast about “Chicken Little.” Mrs. Moore’s and Ms. Beagle’s classes did a seasons [...]

Mrs. Ferguson’s classes worked today to make presentations in Pixie.  Students worked during the month of February with the librarian to research a famous African American during Black History Month.  When I met with the students, they were ready to turn their information into a presentation.  Some of the people they researched were Maya Angelou, [...]

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!  Donahoe celebrated this special day with a school wide reading time.  The kickoff was an awesome assembly that had Rob Ukrop from the Richmond Kickers as the guest speaker.  He did an excellent job!  I was fortunate enought to read to Mrs. Dunham’s fourth grade students.  I read Wild About Books.  [...]

Today Mrs. Warnke’s class made a Pixie of themselves and Santa.  The students wrote notes to Santa asking him questions and telling him what they wanted for Christmas.

Today Mrs. Moore did an awesome job introducing her kids to starfall.com.  She did the entire lesson all on her own!  I was only there in case there was a small problem.  What a great lesson! Mrs. Warnke’s students did a review of their mouse skills.

Adding student folders to your classroom can be as easy as 1, 2, 3!  Follow this easy handout if you have any questions! Making Student Folders (Handout created by Frank Fitzpatrick)

Mrs. Hobb’s first grade class played Jeopardy as a review today.  The student’s loved seeing the funny pictures when they clicked the correct answer and heard the child laugh in delight.  The students were very focused and worked hard to get the correct answers.

Ms. Hanks first grade enrichment group worked on finding pictures in Pixie with the same vowel sounds.  This was a challenge, but the students did a great job Mrs. Mosher’s class learned how to record their voices in Garage Band to work on reading fluency.  In a few weeks, we are going to make project [...]

Today Ms. Slayton, the librarian and I worked on uploading her website to the server.  Her website is FABULOUS.  She put a lot of time and effort into the look and function of her site.  Check it out! http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/librarians/slayton_k/fairoakslibrary/fairoakslibrary/Welcome.html