Archive for the ‘Pages’ Category

Today Mrs. Menon’s third grade students came to the library when Mrs. Slayton, the librarian and I collaborated to teach a lesson on information acquisition.  Students chose an animal and did research using One Search. Animal Research

Ms. Kowalczyk and her first grade class learned about mixtures.  The first graders learned that rocks, sand, and soil do not mix with water.  We also used the Pro Scope to take a closer look.  They learned that drink mix, sugar, and salt do mix with water.  Did you know that oil floats on top [...]

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 [...]

Mrs. Collins second graders began a Keynote lesson on the seven continents and the four oceans.  The point of the lesson was not to construct a Keynote, but to know their continents, oceans, and the cardinal directions.  Her students had been studying hard, because they could recognize all of the continents.    If you’d like to [...]

Ms. Jackson’s second graders worked on skip counting by 2′s, 5′s, and 10′s.  They used the sites below.  If you’d like to use them, click on the folder to try them in your classroom. Skip Counting Games Mrs. Brady’s and Ms. Clement’s third grade classes both worked on Kenotes reviewing the continents, oceans, prime meredian, [...]

Mrs. Quesenbery’s third graders used Pages to type how they want to be successful this year.  Students learned how to change the font, size, and color of their typing.

Ms. Childress’ first grade class did an animal covering lesson in Pixie.  Students used the search feature to find animals that fit into each category.  They had to find animals that had scales, skin, fur, and feathers. Ms. Schemmel’s second graders worked in Pages and began typing their acrostic poems.  The students learned how to [...]

Today Ms. Jackson’s second grade students worked in Pixie.  They read the story The Mixed Up Chameleon and created themselves as an animal they would like to be.  Ms. Hanks’ first graders did a wonderful job typing in Pages.  They worked on their word processing skills.  They used the shift key, they highligted text, they [...]