Graphing in Google Sheets is an “intro to spreadsheets” skill my kiddos learn early in the school year. I have designed several activities that involve the kids manipulating a Google Drawing inside the spreadsheet, and graphing their results according to their image. christinepinto.com/leavesonmytree This particular activity allows kids to choose Continue Reading â
I am a big believer in using visuals, manipulatives, and technology to learn about math. Students need multiple approaches to learn about concepts, especially when we are expecting them to share their thinking and reasoning. christinepinto.com/modelsandequations In the Models and Equations template, there are four sheets allowing kids to make models Continue Reading â
At one point in the school year, my transitional kindergarten students expressed an interest maps.  Some kids came to school with hand drawn maps.  They were excited about the fact that we were following a map when we did a school wide “snake” through the campus the day after open house. Continue Reading â
Little kids CAN use spreadsheets.  My transitional kindergarten students blew my mind when they made bar graphs to represent the totals of their counting bears in Google Sheets. Alice Keeler, THE spreadsheet queen and EdTech specialist, and I brainstormed about ways littles could use spreadsheets.  Alice formatted a spreadsheet template that was appropriate for my students to use.  Her Continue Reading â
Cross Posted from innovatingplay.world Written By Christine Pinto &Â Jessica Twomey WHAT HAPPENS when your class connects with a class in another location, and that opportunity is not limited to a one time experience? Connections are made. Experiences are shared. Empathy develops and friendships form. Learning expands beyond the walls of Continue Reading â
This year my school, along with others in the district, are fully integrating The Leader in Me process for character education and building up our kids to be leaders. The Leader in Me revolves around 7 Habits, they are: Be Proactive Begin with the End in Mind Put First Things Continue Reading â
This is a guest post by a kindergarten teacher who frequently inspires me, Jessica Twomey. She shares what a day of innovating play looks like in her classroom, the tools her students use, along with ideas for getting started. What does innovating play look like in the classroom? There is Continue Reading â
Recently, my buddy Cori Orlando, hit me up with an idea about a Number of the Day activity, where kids represent a number in different ways. She visualizes the activity being something the kids can do in class regularly. We put our heads together and designed a spreadsheet activity together. Continue Reading â
One of the first spreadsheet activities I expose my kids to is Pixel Art. Alice Keeler is the creator of the template: alicekeeler.com/pixelart. The spreadsheet is conditionally formatted to change color according to the single digit number that is typed into a cell. To add some addition and subtraction practice to this activity the Continue Reading â
The Next Generation Science Standards calls for my kiddos to make observations and find patterns about what plants and animals need to survive (K-LS1-1). I referred to a PDF of the evidence statements for this particular standard while designing for this unit. One branch to this unit led to the Continue Reading â