Thursday, April 23, 2009

Oh The Places We Will Go ...










THE PLACES WE WILL GO Online Project 2009 brings Google Earth, Geography, & Reading into our classroom! This is yet another excellent project hosted by Jennifer Wagner. The project is open to all PreK - 6th Grade classrooms from all around the world. Students will be using google earth to locate a variety of well-known landmarks around the world and then calculate distance from Taylor School to the location of each landmark. We will be traveling to 10 famous world re-known places, and then to four more locations of our choice. Google Earth is such an amazing web 2.0 tool for students to work with. Not only will we be finding out how far it is , but we will also be learning some very interesting facts about each place, and how it is different from our home location. Please check back for updates on this exciting project.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow....



This is what we woke up to Sunday morning, makes us want to start singing Christmas carols. Have we had snow in May?, June?, and even into July? Hmmm, I wonder how we can find out?

Saturday, April 11, 2009

"Hoppy Easter" to all...

Getting ready for the Easter Bunny was the order for the day on Friday. After making bunny baskets, students got down to work designing, drawing, and finally dyeing their eggs. We hope that everyone has a very Hoppy Easter !!!