What an Exciting Day!

Good Afternoon!

Today we had the most exciting day!  We spent the afternoon participating in two really AWESOME activities! 

First, we are particpating in a project with the International Wolf Center in Ely, a school in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, and a school in Mexico.  We are studying wolves in our area and we will be learning and sharing our knowledge with these other classes.  Throughout the year we will be spending time getting to know one another via technology we have in our classroom. 

Today we met Ms. Gagne's class in Thompson via Skype.  We were able to introduce ourselves and talk to one another FACE to FACE!!  Isn't that cool? We learned that even though these kids live in Canada we have more in common than we thought!  Next we will be setting up a time to meet our friends in Mexico and will have a chance to talk to them as well.  As soon as we start sharing information on a blog site I will let you know the address so everyone can check out what we are doing!

Finally we spent time with our "Reading Buddies" today to celebrate fall.  We worked together to count seeds and helped make paper mache pumpkins.  Thank you Learning Readiness for inviting us to join you in these activities.  I have been so impressed with my class and the leadership role they have all taken in working with these younger students.

Tomorrow we have a spelling test, we will also work in our guided reading groups again. 

Grade 4 reading has a test on Charlotte's Web tomorrow and the 6th grade needs to have read the story and answered the questions on page 7.  The 6th graders need to have written a letter to Mrs. Engman about any book that they have been reading and have it ready to turn in tomorrow.

Our Halloween party is on Monday.  Remember to bring your suits and a towel for swimming in the afternoon.  :)

Have a great night!  See you tomorrow!
Mrs. E.