The fifth graders of 5B have begun a new project with their Baltimore Buddies. As you may know from reading this blog, we have developed a wonderful relationship with our friends in Baltimore using a variety of web tools. Our latest collaboration is a poetry project. We kicked off the project on Wednesday with a Skype session. Mrs. Falatko, the fifth grade teacher from Baltimore, talked about the importance of rhythm and beat in poetry. We thought the music she shared with us was really groovy! During this first lesson we also got to practice reading poems written for two voices.
The fifth graders have now partnered up, one Baltimore fifth grader and one Hawaii fifth grader, to write their own poem for two voices. Using an online tool called edmodo the partners will plan, write, and edit their poems. Then, they will perform their poems via Skype for the rest of the class. Check out some video clips of this first lesson in the two movies below, one from each of our classes. Thank you Mrs. Falatko, Ms. Novotny, and the fifth grade keiki from Baltimore for being so awesome!
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