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Mar 06 2014 March 6, 2014 June 27, 2014 NoComment by David

1st Grade Videolicious

Posted in 1st Grade, Social Studies

Nathan-GWFirst graders at Davis Elementary have been learning about Famous Americans including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Washington Carver, and Martin Luther King, Jr. (SOL1.2). For this project, their teachers divided them into pairs and they used books and websites to research facts about one of these people. They had that part completed by the time I arrived. My job was to work with pairs using the iPads and an app called Videolicious to create short 1-minute videos about their famous Americans. First we searched online for images to use in the movie, and they chose about 4-5 pictures they liked. Next they planned out who would say what for each picture, and we started recording. The app makes it very simple to create a video. It uses the built in camera and shows the pictures you selected in a side bar. So you can combine live video with images and voiceovers. When you want a picture to show up, you just click it. The students enjoyed the final steps of adding visual effects and a soundtrack to their videos. We published their finished movies to the Videolicious website, and I added all the links to a Google Doc. You can take a look at them by clicking here.


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Sep 25 2013 September 25, 2013 December 6, 2013 NoComment by David

1st Grade “Animal” Tracking

Posted in 1st Grade, Science

teachertrackingFirst grade students at Davis Elementary have been learning about animal migration (SOL1.7) and we discovered that scientists learn about where animals migrate by attaching tracking devices to them. We discussed why scientists wouldn’t be able to directly observe where the animals went (some swim, some fly, and some travel faster than a scientist can!) Here’s an example of a map scientists created after attaching tracking devices to blue whales: National Geographic: Mapping the Blue Whale Migration. So today, the first graders were “mini-scientists” and tried tracking some “animals” using the iPads as tracking devices. We attached the iPads to their hungry teachers who migrated around the school in search of food. When the teachers returned from their journey we examined the photos on their devices and tried to figure out where they went. I gave the students a map of their school in Pixie (see photo) and they used the arrow tool to draw their teachers’ migration routes. If you are up for a greater challenge, you could send the students out to migrate with the iPads. We just weren’t ready for that yet!


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Apr 17 2013 April 17, 2013 May 22, 2013 NoComment by David

1st Grade iPad Flowers

Posted in 1st Grade, Science

image_25First graders at Chamberlayne have been learning about the parts of a flower (SOL 1.4) and their teachers wanted to try something new with the iPads. We combined their classroom iPads together so we had enough for each student, and we used 3 different apps to make labeled diagrams of flowers. First the students could use the Camera app or the Drawing Box app to take a picture of a flower or draw their own picture. The teacher took the students who wanted to take a picture outside, and I worked with the ones who wanted to use Drawing Box. They had to include the roots, stem, leaves, flowers and maybe seeds. Since the pictures were all saved to the Camera Roll, we could access them from the Labelbox app. The Labelbox app allows you to add colorful labels to pictures. The only part that was confusing for the students was that if you drag the label the wrong way, the text is upside down! But they were able to label their pictures and we posted them all online to a site called CoMemories. It’s a great way to share projects from the iPads. You can see them all here.


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Jan 03 2012 January 3, 2012 March 2, 2012 NoComment by David

1st Grade Math Word Problems with iPad

Posted in 1st Grade, Math

Today at Holladay, Ms. Favale’s first grade class made math word problems using their iPads. First they created their own addition problem using objects in the classroom. They made two groups, one for each addend and figured out the sum. Then used an app called Story Kit to create their word problems. They took a photo of their objects and typed the word problem. Finally, they recorded their voice explaining the answer. That way, other students could try to figure out the problem and check their answer by pressing the audio button. The students had a great time solving each others’ word problems, and it was a fun way to review a difficult concept! Thanks for sharing this idea Ms. Favale!


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Oct 13 2011 October 13, 2011 December 2, 2011 NoComment by David

1st Grade American Symbols

Posted in 1st Grade, Social Studies

Mrs. Favale, a 1st grade teacher at Holladay Elementary, had the Reflective Friends team come to her class and observe her lesson today, so I wanted to share it with you! Her students have been learning about American Symbols: the Statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Flag (SOL 1.11). Since Holladay has a high ESL population, they thought it would be a great idea to publish a magazine that the ESL teachers, students, and their families could use to learn about American symbols. Students worked with partners to choose a symbol and create a page describing the symbol using art materials (markers, construction paper, glue), the laptops (Pixie), or the iPads (StoryKit). They researched their symbols using books, websites, videos, and classroom posters. When they were finished, we combined all the projects together into one book that you can view online here. A hard copy of the book will be given to the ESL teachers to use with their students. Mrs. Favale is publishing the digital copy on her blog so that families can view it at home.


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