Blackland Prairie Elementary School Mrs. Tenbush with her third-grade students at Blackland Prairie Elementary used Chatterpix on Ipads this week to show everything they know about the life cycle of frogs. They drew pictures of each stage then used Chatterpix to make their images talk and recording...
read moreFifth-Grade Shows Off Their Coding Skills
Our fifth-grade coding club at Blackland Prairie Elementary showed off their coding skills to their parents at our Coding Expo. These students participated in a six-week afterschool program led by Mrs. Rollans. The students created games, wrote stories, and found out...
read moreFirst Grade Creates Animations In Google Slides
Two of our first-grade students and Mrs. Chandler from Blackland Prairie created stop motion animation showing what should happen to Jack and Jill after they fell down the hill. They learned to duplicate each slide then move the characters slightly to animate them....
read moreFirst Grade Dive into Weather with Google Slides
Our first-grade students at Blackland Prairie dove headfirst into Google Slides and created a "weather dictionary." Mrs. Rollans and the teachers covered so many topics, including how to make capital letters, add spaces between words, and find punctuation marks. But...
read moreMrs. Scott’s Fourth Graders Learn to Take Notes In Google Keep
Mrs. Rollans and Mrs. Scott taught her fourth-graders at Blackland Prairie how to use Google Keep to take notes about a non-fiction text the students were reading. They learned that they could categorize their notes so it will be easier to find them in the future....
read moreMr. Bilski’s Fourth Graders Are Studying Animal Adaptations
Mr. Bilski's fourth-grade students at Blackland Prairie are studying animal adaptations. They were able to explore some of those adaptations up close and personal. Mr. Bilski provided an opportunity for students to see molds of different types of feet, skulls from...
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