• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
385-646-5000
2500 South State Street Salt Lake City UT 84115
F.A.Q.
Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram
Translate:

Granite School DistrictGranite School District logo

  • District Home
  • Students & Families
    • Bully Prevention
    • Suicide Prevention
    • Gradebook
    • Lunch Menus
    • Lunch Payments
  • Community
    • Find Employment
    • Math Vocabulary
    • School Boundaries
    • Education Foundation
  • Schools
    • Elementary Schools
    • Junior High Schools
    • Senior High Schools
    • Specialty Schools & Programs
  • District
    • Board
    • Departments
  • Calendar
  • Contact
  • Educational Technology
  • Directory
    • District Office Staff
    • Elementary School Technology Specialists
    • Secondary Library Media Educational Technology Specialists
    • Our Locations
  • Library and Technology Guidelines
    • Approved Hardware
    • Approved Software
    • Copyright Guidelines
    • Digital Citizenship Resources
    • Library Guidelines
    • Technology Forms
  • #GSDEdTech Blog
    • Digital Learning Resources
    • Grants
    • Library Spotlights
    • News
    • Professional Development
    • Student Spotlights
    • Teacher Spotlights
    • Technology Tips
  • Library Media
  • Professional Development
    • Technology Integration Progress (TIP)
    • GSD Ed Tech Tuesdays 2019-2020
    • Educational Technology Endorsement Program
    • New Teacher Tech Training
    • EdTech Monthly Newsletter for Teachers
    • Transformational Technology Initiative
    • Digital Conversion
  • edtech.fun / TIP Cards
  • Digital Citizenship
Granite School District > Educational Technology > Blog > Arcadia Elementary

Arcadia Elementary

Highlights from the Granite FIRST LEGO League 2019 Event

February 2019Josh Whiting

Post by Cherie Anderson, Educational Technology Specialist and Team Leader. Photography and video by Tom Sparks, School Technology Specialist at Morningside Elementary and Spring Lane Elementary.

On January 26, 2019, Granite School District held a regional qualifying event for FIRST LEGO League teams. Check out the photos and videos in this post for highlights from the event. Congratulations to all the Granite School District FIRST LEGO League teams who participated in the regional and state tournaments!

Group photo of Granite teams advancing to state competition from district qualifying event.

[Read more…] about Highlights from the Granite FIRST LEGO League 2019 Event

Filed Under: News, Student Activities, Student SpotlightsTagged With: Arcadia Elementary, Calvin Smith Elementary, Cherie Anderson, Farnsworth Elementary, First LEGO League, Hartvigsen School, Jefferson Jr. High, Lake Ridge Elementary, Moss Elementary, Ross Pope, South Kearns Elementary, STEM / STEAM Education, Student Centered Learning, Student Collaboration, Student Creation, Student Projects, Tom Sparks, Wasatch Jr. High, West Lake STEM Jr. High, Whittier Elementary, William Penn Elementary, Wilson Elementary

Highlights from Granite’s FIRST LEGO League 2018 Qualifier

February 2018Josh Whiting

On Saturday, February 3, 2018, over 300 students from elementary and junior high schools across Granite School District, 44 coaches, 67 volunteers, and bleacher-filling numbers of supportive family and friends came together at Granger High School for Granite’s FIRST LEGO League 2018 Qualifier. Student teams were judged on their robot design, project presentations (researched, innovative solutions to real-world problems), core values, and performance in the robot games.

Overdue congrats to GSD First Lego League. 44 coaches, 67 volunteers, 300+ kids came together Feb 3rd to show CRAZY design/ programming skills. Teams advancing to state, Arcadia El (2 teams), Stansbury, Westlake Jr., Eastwood, Moss, Monroe, Fremont, Jefferson Jr. #GSDEdTech pic.twitter.com/YibYCbYnsp

— Cherie Anderson (@cheriemecque) February 12, 2018

These teams advanced to the state competition, held the following week at Weber State University:

Arcadia LEGO League Legends – Arcadia Elementary
Arcadia LEGO Unicorns – Arcadia Elementary
Eastwood Kitty Cats in Disco Pants – Eastwood Elementary
Fremont Plungers – Fremont Elementary
Monroe Dragonbots – Monroe Elementary
Moss Krakens – Moss Elementary
Stansbury Water Wonders – Stansbury Elementary
West Lake Aqua League – West Lake STEM Jr. High

Many thanks to the coaches, volunteers, and parents who made this experience possible for our students.   [Read more…] about Highlights from Granite’s FIRST LEGO League 2018 Qualifier

Filed Under: News, Student SpotlightsTagged With: Arcadia Elementary, Cherie Anderson, Eastwood Elementary, First LEGO League, Flipgrid, Fremont Elementary, Monroe Elementary, Moss Elementary, Stansbury Elementary, STEM / STEAM Education, Student Activities, Student Collaboration, Student Projects, Tom Sparks, West Lake STEM Jr. High

Teacher Spotlight: Third Grade Team, Arcadia Elementary

November 2017J. Peirce

3rd Grade Small Group Instruction with Mrs. Walton
Mrs. Walton leads math instruction with a small group of 3rd grade students

The third grade students at Arcadia Elementary are becoming Subtraction Masters thanks to a unique approach their teachers are using. Felicia Walton, Matthew Morse, and Kathy Godfrey have created a leveled system and work collaboratively to ensure that all of their students are working and proceeding at their level of understanding. They began by breaking down the subtraction skills students should know by the end of third grade and ranked these skills into twelve levels according to their complexity, beginning with a basic understanding of subtraction to being able to solve complex word problems using multi-digit subtraction with regrouping. To make it more engaging for the students, they gamified these levels by relating them to Star Wars Jedi mastery levels.

Third Grade Subtraction Skills Leveled and Gamified as Star Wars Jedi Mastery
Subtraction Skills Leveled and Gamified as Star Wars Jedi Mastery
Subtraction Masters Tutorial Video
A Subtraction Masters tutorial video created by Arcadia 3rd grade teachers

To provide practice resources for their students, they used their Mimio software to create screen-casted tutorial videos that the students can refer back to as they practice at each level. They then used Go Formative to create sets of practice problems the students work through for each level. The video they created for each level is included in the Go Formative activity for that level, so students have all the resources they need to practice their subtraction in one place.

Not only did Mrs. Walton, Mr. Morse, and Mrs. Godfrey collaborate to create these resources, but these three teachers team up to teach the math. Students will go to one of the three teachers to receive small group instruction with other students who have achieved the same level. Mrs. Walton, Mr. Morse, and Mrs. Godfrey have the small groups in front of their whiteboards to teach the students and provide guided practice at their level during this time.

Mr. Morse Leading Small Group Instruction
Mr. Morse leading small group instruction with Mimio interactive whiteboard

While the three small groups of students receive instruction directly from the teacher in their small groups, the rest of the students work at their desks using Chromebooks to access the Go Formative activity for their level, watch the video, and practice subtraction at their level. Once a student has achieved 80% mastery, he or she levels up to the next level. Go Formative allows the teachers to easily see where the students are at in their mastery of subtraction.

IMG_8414
IMG_3574
IMG_0733

While this may seem like a lot of work, Mrs. Walton said that each video took them only about 10 minutes to create. Mr. Morse noted that, though there was quite a bit of front end work, using technology in this way has ended up saving them a lot of time. The level of student engagement is very high. One student, Amanda, noted that she really likes learning math this way because it’s fun. Through collaboration, blended learning, targeted instruction and practice, and use of technology, these teachers are ensuring that their students will come away with the math skills they need.

Mrs. Walton Leading Small Group Instruction
Mrs. Walton Leading Small Group Instruction

Spotlight Created by Jenny Peirce, Educational Technology Specialist and Team Leader.

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 3rd Grade, Arcadia Elementary, Chromebooks, Differentiation, Felicia Walton, Go Formative, Interactive Whiteboards, Jenny Peirce, Kathy Godfrey, Math Resources, Matthew Morse, Mimio, Screencasting, Teacher Collaboration, Video Resources

Teacher Spotlight: Shelly Prettyman, Arcadia Elementary

December 2016Josh Whiting

Shelly Prettyman is a 5th Grade Teacher at Arcadia Elementary.

Shelly went through Granite’s Educational Technology Endorsement Program (ETEP), learning many ways to integrate technology into her lessons.

Students in Ms. Prettyman’s class have had opportunities to learn coding and work on digital projects using a variety of web tools.

She also mentors students in a FIRST Lego League team and goes to a district competition with them each year.

Ms. Prettyman has the support of her School Technology Specialist, Ross Pope, as she plans and carries out lessons enhanced with the use of technology.

In this video, Ms. Prettyman’s 5th Grade students were working on their Colonial Projects.

Shelly and Ross worked together, as students learned how to use some new web tools (Google Slides and PowToon) while creating projects around their colonial studies.

Spotlight Author: Teresa Bruin, Granite District Educational Technology Specialist

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 5th Grade, Arcadia Elementary, ETEP, First LEGO League, Google Slides, PowToon, Ross Pope, Shelly Prettyman, Social Studies Resources, Teresa Bruin

Primary Sidebar

Website Search

Connect With Ed. Tech.

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Phone
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Contact Us

Educational Technology Department
385.646.4110
385.646.4115
Monday-Friday, 7 AM – 5 PM
Educational Technology Office Directory

Room D-229 (2nd Floor of 5-Story ‘Programs’ Building)
2500 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84115

@GraniteEdTech

My Tweets

Recent #GSDEdTech Blog Posts

Featured Resource: Padlet

The County Library Now Shares Digital Books in Granite’s Sora

Featured Resource: Kami

Featured Resource: Screencastify

Featured Resource: Scrible

Intranet · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · F.A.Q. · Login
© 2021 Granite School District 2500 South State Street Salt Lake City, UT 84115 385-646-5000

Non-Discrimination Statement

Granite School District prohibits discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), or retaliation on the basis of race, color, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected classification in all educational programs, activities, admissions, access, treatment, or employment practices and provides equal access to scouting groups and other designated youth groups. Related inquiries and complaints may be directed to a school administrator or to Charlene Lui, Title IX Coordinator and Director of Educational Equity, (385) 646-7413. You may also contact the Office for Civil Rights, Denver, CO, (303) 844-5695.
» Read Policy «

Commitment to Accessibility

Granite School District is committed to making information, programs, and services accessible to all students, parents/guardians, patrons, and employees, including those with disabilities. Please contact your school administration or Charlene Lui, Director of Educational Equity, (385) 646-7413 to request interpreters or auxiliary aids. If you need help accessing this website, or you would like to provide feedback or report a concern, please contact our Communications Office, (385) 646-4529.

Content Disclaimer

The Granite School District is not responsible for the text and content of websites not owned and operated by the Granite School District.