As our fourth graders “travel” around the country learing about geography, they are chosing ways to share what they learn with another fourth grade class in Illinois. Here are some of the projects created for the Northeast and Midwest.
Northeast Human/Environmental Interaction fiskamr
Some fifth graders in Miss Nutt’s room worked with Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Harrison to create podcasts about the time of the American Revolution. They imagined themselves Patriots who were writing to convince neighbors who were undecided on the issue of leaving England to follow their cause.
Please enjoy their podcasts below.
Fifth graders in Mrs. DeLeo’s class are blogging on the Internet for the first time today. Thirteen students returned permission slips affirming their parents’ willingness for them to try blogging from school. Their web logs are not public, not searchable, and they are monitored by me, their CRS. I’m excited by this opportunity to see how fifth graders use blogging. Although we don’t have a lot of time to blog this year, I will learn the mechanics of setting up blogging for a class so that next year we can start earlier.
I’m excited and I think the participating students are, too. We had a brief review about cyberbullying and Internet safety, watched “Blogs in Plain English,” by Common Craft, and we’re off!
The bald eagle 
, Washington Monument 
, and American flag 
are three of our patriotic symbols. They stand for the United States and remind us of our freedom. What do they mean you you?
The third graders in Miss Nixon’s class wrote griot stories when they were studying Mali this year. Please tune in to hear them as they are posted and leave your encouraging comments.
What ideas do you have for podcasting in your class?
A resolution is a promise you make yourself to improve in the new year. It might be something you aren’t going to do anymore, something you will start doing, or something you will do better.
Do you have a resolution you would like to share? Click “comment” and add it. Maybe we will be able to graph the types of resolutions Thunderbirds make.
Thanksgiving Day is coming. What are you thankful for?
School year 2007-2008 is about to begin. What are your goals for this new school year? What do you want to happen? How will you make it happen?
Whether you are thinking about a three day weekend, like Memorial Day, or the summer, a vacation is coming! What are your favorite things to do, places to go, people to spend time with? Share your plans for your next vacation. Students, if you include your last name your comment will not be posted.
