Archive for the ‘Pixie’ Category

Mrs. Cauthorne’s fourth grade class began working on their Civil War people in Pixie.  The boys made themselves as soldiers in the Civil War. They had to write sentences explaining what was going on in the war from their side.  The girls made themselves women during the Civil War and wrote about what they had [...]

Mrs. Menon’s class completed their Greece and Rome iMovies.  Her class did a fabulous job incorporating pictures, recording their voices, titles, and adding music.  Once we export them to quictimes I will add them to my blog. Mrs. Harrison’s first graders did a leprechaun activity in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day.  They had fun [...]

Today Mrs. Moore’s and Ms. Beagle’s kindergarten classes enriched their learning of sink and float.  Students worked did their own virtual experiements on a site created by David Clough, Henrico ITRT.   The students also did a Pixie activity to determine if they understood sink and float.  If you’d like to use these activities in your [...]

Today Mrs. Cross’ Preschoolers used the laptops for the first time!  They were so excited and did such a fabulous job.  They took their pictures in Pixie and put it on a snowsuit.  They added snowmen and snowflakes to their winter pictures. Mrs. Slayton did a lesson in the library with the Mrs. Axtell’s fourth [...]

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 [...]

Mrs. Slayton did a great lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. with Ms. Patterson second grade class in the library.  She used Pixie and had the students tell about their dreams when they grew up.  The students typed their dreams and took a picture of themselves.  I was only there for minimal assistance. Mrs. Curtis’ [...]

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.  [...]

A small group from Ms. Taylor’s class typed stories about winter.  Some typed about the snow days we had and building snowmen.  One student typed about his first time sledding.  Students learned how to use Pages.  They also inserted pictures that went with their stories. Ms. Hanks’ class had an enrichment lesson today on force [...]

Ms. Bell’s second grade students review the Native American tribes.  They sorted pictures to tell the difference between the Sioux and Powhatan tribes.  They found pictures that would go with the Sioux, Powhatan, and Pueblow tribes. Mrs. Thompson’s two fifth grade reading classes worked on learning the ins and outs of iMovie today.  They are [...]

I began my day with a group of five students from the multi-aged first/second grade class that I helped in a small group.  We worked on typing their stories about making a cake in Pages.  They had some very interesting stories about how you should make a cake.  They were very interesting.  Once the students [...]