Archive for the ‘Kindergarten’ Category

Today Ms. Beagle’s and Mrs. Moore’s kindergarten classes learned more about famous people.  They told me that Betsy Ross sewed the first flag, George Washington was the first President of the United States, and that Pocahontas helped the Pilgrims.  We used  a great activity made by Suzanne Whitlow.  If you’d like to use this activity [...]

Today Ms. Beagle’s and Mrs. Moore’s  kindergarten classes worked on measurement.  They worked on nonstandard units of measurement using paperclips and shoes.  Here is what they did if you’d like to download, please click on the link below.  (The Pixie activities were created by Suzanne Whitlow.) Measurement KG Ms. Hanks’ first graders researched the famous [...]

Ms. Ball’s kindergarten class used Pixie for the first time.  The students made a snowman.  They had to arrange two snowball from largest on the bottom to smallest on the top. Next the students took a picture of themselves to use as the snowman’s head.  Then they decorated their snoman by adding arms and hats.  [...]

Today I worked with Ms. Jackson’s second graders on addition and subtraction.  We visited several websites to reinforce those crucial skills.   The sites we used are below if you’d like to use some of them. Addition and Subtraction Sites Ms. Beagle’s and Mrs. Moore’s kindergarten classes made Snowy Day pictures.  They read The Snowy Day [...]

Today Ms. Warthan’s kindergarten students did a Pixie lesson on the Snowy Day.  Students had to illustrate a part of the story.  They also had to put their picture in the illustration. The fourth graders in Mrs. Singleton’s class made keynotes on clouds.  Mrs. Slayton and I did a cooperative lesson on clouds.  The students [...]

Mrs. Moore and Ms. Beagle’s kindergarten classes were learning about senses.  The students created a Pixie page and labeled a picture of themselves and all of their senses.  I then put all of their pictures into a slide show.  Look at how great the kindergartners look! 5 Senses Beagle’s Five Senses

Today Mrs. Proffitt’s kindergartners practiced with the laptops for the first time.  We visited the site http://www.poissonrouge.com/bugs/index.html. 

Today Ms. Slayton and I did a collaborative lesson with Keynote.  Ms. Slayton, the librarian, had the fifth grade students research animals.  They had to find important information about habitats, coverings, food, etc.  We then put all the information into a keynote. KennethKNMichellewashingtonKN Ms. Warthan’s kindergartner did a fabulous lesson on pumpkins.  She showed her [...]

Mrs. Turner’s students typed in Pages how they were going to have a successful year.  Each student thought about what they wanted to work on to make this the best year possible. Mrs. Harris’ kindergartner class used the laptops for the first time.  They learned how to use the trackpad correctly.  We practiced on the [...]

Today, Mrs. Collins second graders completed their keynotes on the continents and oceans.  Students added transitions and builds to their slides to make them fancy.  Some of their presentations were out of this world! 2ndContinents Mrs. Dunham’s fourth graders graphed their information from their Go Temps in Numbers.  They used 3D bar graphs to compare [...]