Our Skype Pals

Today we talked with our Skype Pals for the first time. They are Ms. Siratt’s 2nd grade class from Texarkana, Texas at Spring Lake Park Elementary. Earlier this week both classes wrote questions for our interview today. The teachers emailed each list to the other class. Then, each student was assigned a few questions to answer from the other class. Today, we conducted our interviews. Not only did the students have fun, but we practiced our reading, writing, geography and technology skills as well! We plan on Skyping each other several more times this spring. The slideshow below shows the Skype session in action. Enjoy!

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Leprechuan Trap Contest-2010

Check out the creative ways students found to trap a leprechaun!

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Our Lucky Charms Math Project

View the slideshow below to see us working on our Lucky Charms Math Project. It was part of an online project hosted by jenuinetech.com. Click this link to see results from classrooms across America!

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The Silly Wishes Reader’s Theatre

This is our Reader’s Theatre in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. It is called “The Silly Wishes.” Enjoy!

Our State Research Projects

Snow Day!

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2/3/10

Whew! How time flies when you’re having fun! We haven’t posted a blog update in a while but it hasn’t been because we didn’t have anything to talk about…we’ve been busy!

Here is what we’ve been working on and where we’re headed in each subject:

WRITING
We recently completed writing a story to a prompt about a ride on a dolphin. They turned out very creative, so check out them out when you come to visit on Valentine’s party day. We are now starting our research project. Each student will research, write about and podcast about a different state.

READING
This week we have been practicing our test skills by reading and answering questions. Next week we will be reading Valentine’s stories and doing related activities.

MATH
We are finally through learning double digit addition and subtraction! We have been working on counting money. We are now starting chapter 8, Measuring Time and Temperature.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES
Along with our research project in writing, we are learning about the different states as well as the symbols if the United States. On Groundhog’s Day we learned about the history of Groundhog’s Day and watched Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow (which means 6 more weeks of winter, by the way). We will be observing how our own shadows work, as well. We have also been studying about Martin Luther King, Jr. In February, we will be studying about George Washington and Abe Lincoln in conjunction with President’s Day. We will learn about dental health in honor of Dental Health month.

Happy Thanksgiving!-Part One

This is a Reader’s Theatre of Thanksgiving at the Tappletons. It is in two parts so be sure to enjoy part one & part two. Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!-Part Two

This is part two of Thanksgiving at the Tappletons

Our Class Fairy Tale

As part of our unit on fairy tales, we wrote a fairy tale together. Read our class story by viewing the slideshow below!

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