“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” Shel Silverstein

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Teaming Up

Our class has spent this week having a chance to team up with both Second Grade classes. It has been great to see them working together and demonstrating teamwork and collaboration. In Readers' Workshop this week, the students have been able to spend some time reading with a student from Mrs. Rogers class. The students in both classes are able to take turns reading their "just right" books to each other. It is great to watch the connections being built and the students getting together and sharing their love of reading.

We started a new Geography study this week. Our class is teaming up with Ms. Kate's class to explore a computer program called Culture Grams. This program is letting the students explore different parts of the world and learn about other cultures. Each team has picked a country to focus and research. The students are working together to write down facts about what they are learning. The teamwork is great to watch in action!

2 comments:

  1. Hi Jamie,

    Thanks for sharing!

    Alexa tried using the culturegram site but it required a password for remote access. Can you please let me know what that is?

    Thanks!

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  2. Hi Giovanna,

    This is a program that the school has paid to have access to. I am not sure how to get home access. It is such a great program that I wish they were able to use it there too!

    Jamie

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