We are on a #JourneytoMars

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Our Padlet for The Fourteenth Goldfish!

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QAR!

Green, yellow and red codes can help students think about types of questions and how they. An use strategies to answer them!
Green-GO! Answer is right there.
Yellow-Slow down. Skim different places for answers.
Red-Stop and use your head! Answer is based on your opinion and background knowledge.
Hope this help kids answer different kinds of questions!

OUR PADLET for The Fourteenth Goldfish!

   The #GRA2015, Global Read Aloud is underway! We are all enjoying the book and the kids are full of ideas about what will happen next.  The book has done a good job of giving us descriptions of the characters, so the students have done a great job creating predictions.
   We decided to use a tool called Padlet to share out thoughts and predictions with other classrooms. I created a new Padlet and shared the link with the kids and away they went!  They even figured out how to add pictures.
   We connected via GHO with another classroom to share our predictions.  They students loved being on camera sharing their ideas with other 4th grade students. We are looking forward to connecting with them again at the end of the book to see if our predictions were accurate.  These creative kiddos were full of great ideas!

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Global Read Aloud starts Monday, Oct. 6th!

We will be reading The Fourteenth Goldfish as part of the Global Read Aloud

We have enjoyed participating in the Global Read Aloud the last few years.  No doubt this one will be great as well!

We will keep you posted on our thoughts, connections and collaborations with other classrooms! ***Any time, any place, learn!*** ;)

Be a Great Digital Citizen!

Check out this poster to keep yourself safe and happy on the internet. Be a responsible digital citizen! ***Any time, any place, learn!*** ;)

A Successful Bee Hive Removal!

We were lucky enough to have about 60,000 visitors all summer- a honeybee hive in our front yard about 20 feet off the ground. We respected each other's spaces and did not impede on each other's territories. And, since they are doomed to die at the first frost, we contacted a beekeeper to come rescue them. We were amazing to watch him carefully remove the hive a section at a time...BAREHANDED! Only 8 stings total- one for my son and the rest on the keeper. Not band considered the incredibly high number of bees we had! Enjoy this video that shows just how he did it! ***Any time, any place, learn!*** ;)