Editors Note: This blog is a guest post from Jennifer Sturge the Coordinator for School Libraries in Calvert County Public Schools in Maryland.

In 2007, I attended my first Maryland Association of School Librarians conference where I still remember two stand outs: Joyce Valenza’s keynote and a little product called Pixie. After returning to my school, I promptly begged the Parent Teacher Association to purchase Pixie for my school library. It is hard to believe that 14, nearly 15 years later, I’m still in awe of the program!

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First graders begin to work with addition and subtraction equations. Although these equations mostly involve one-digit numbers, the opportunity to add and subtract multiple of ten (with numbers less than 100) is available. The Equation Board Help template assesses student knowledge of the skill.

Editor's Note: This blog is part of a series of posts from former math specialist Scott Loomis on the real world math templates he has created for Wixie and how you can use and modify them for your own awesome performance tasks. You can read the backstory on his experience and expertise below. 

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You can give students the choice to use Wixie to create their submissions for Canvas assignments.

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Schools and districts can use Canvas Commons to create libraries of Wixie assignments that they can share with their teachers through Canvas Commons. Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resources.

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Summer, especially summer vacation, is a time to engage the senses with a range of experiences and your learners can use Wixie to explore their world using all five senses! What does summer look, smell, sound, feel and taste like? Learners can choose ideas for each of the five senses and collect them into a scrapbook.

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