Archive for September, 2009

The second graders in Ms. Bell’s class began a keynote on continents.  They labeled the seven continents and the compass rose.

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. Jackson and I did a fabulous integrated lesson with the Promethean.  She began using a flipchart about graphing.  The chart went through the different parts of the graph such as title and how you have to label or describe what the graph is about.  Student were allowed to practice a graph within the flipchart [...]

Today in Mrs. Mason’s class, we combined the Promethean with the laptops.  It was very exciting.  We watched a short video from Discovery Streaming on graphing and then we pulled up numbers with the ActiveInspire tools on top.  We highlighed areas the students needed to make sure they added to their graphs.  They did a [...]

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 [...]

Mrs. Martin’s class made Pixie movies about themselves, their families, and things they do at home.  This tied in great with SOL 2. 12 The student will understand that the United States is a land of people who have diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions, who make contributions to their communities, and who are united [...]

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 [...]

Today, Mrs. Edgerton’s third graders and Mrs. Mason’s third graders worked on graphing in Numbers.  They did a fantastic job constructing graphs from scratch!  They labeled the X axis, the Y axis, and gave their graph a title.  Mrs. Edgerton’s class graphed favorite types of lunch and Mrs. Mason’s class graphed favorite types of ice [...]

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)