What do you think of when hear the word Wales? Do you think of the animal? Well, before we started learning from our third grade friends there that’s what we thought of too! But, we soon learned that Wales is a country in the United Kingdom. It is next to England.
We are learning all about our friends in Wales using Google Presentations! Check out the neat stuff we are teaching and learning about each other!
Click here to see our collaborative presentation!
What a wonderful time we had last week celebrating the talent of our students! Here are just a few pictures from that night. I was so proud of the dancers. They worked very hard.
We have begun an exciting new collaboration with a school in Papeete, Tahiti! Our Kindergarten and Third Grade students will be working with them using Skype throughout the rest of this and all of next year.
We cannot wait to learn all about them and are excited about teaching them about our community, Hawaiian language, and culture.
During our first Skype sessions with them we introduced ourselves to them and sang songs for each other. We learned that there are many words in the Tahitian language that sound like the Hawaiian language! We also learned some French words like Bravo! We also learned that Aloha in Tahitian is Iaorana!
Here are some video clips of our first Skype sessions. We are so excited about this project!
My hope for the second half of the year is that our technology classroom will be a caring place where students will do their best work.
What is your hope for the rest of the school year?
Have you ever wondered what Christmas is like in a place that is cold and filled with snow?
Well, our friends in Maine made us a great video that talks about what Christmas is like in Maine. Maine is all the way on the East Coast of the United States.
Do you see any similarities or differences in the way they celebrate in Maine and the things you did for Christmas?
Some of our classes have had time to work on Christmas videos during the month of December. We hope you enjoy them!
Here is Mrs. Oyamaʻs Class:
Here is Ms. Fullertonʻs Class:
And here are both fourth grade classes:
Merry Christmas!
Our third graders are starting an exciting new collaboration with a group of students from Wales! We are so excited about learning about their language and culture and we canʻt wait to share things about our school, community, and culture with them!
We started by writing a group email to each other. Click here to view the email they sent us and to see a few pictures of them!
One of our first questions about them was: Where is Wales? Here is a map that shows exactly where Wales is! Can you find Wales on the map?
Do you know why we celebrate Thanksgiving?
Did you ever wonder when the first Thanksgiving happened?
Scholastic has many different videos, games, and activities to help us learn more about Thanksgiving. Check it out by clicking here!
Geography week is here! There are so many awesome things that our teachers have planned for geography week. And in the lab this week we will be tweeting about all the cool things we are doing and learning! But, just to celebrate, here are a few AWESOME sites that have to do with geography!
Enjoy!
OLOGY is the Museum of Natural Historyʻs Website for Kids. It has all kinds of cool games, interactive activities, and much more! Check it out!
The National Geographic Kids site has many videos, games, photos, and information that I know you will love exploring!
Maps for Kids is a great site to explore a variety of different maps. You can even learn more about the 7 Wonders of the World!
Today the third graders had some fun with the app “Comic Book.”
When you are using technology all kinds of things can be tricky or go wrong. We know we are all computer superheroes because we are here to help each other!
