The last connection for the World Read Aloud Day for us was with our fifth graders and Bill Boyd from Ayr, Scotland. Due to the time difference (5 hours) Bill read to us from his home.
He dressed up for us as a pirate to read a few chapters from “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Again, students were able to ask questions and especially enjoyed Bill’s Scottish accent.
Early this morning I had the privilege to skype with Cristina Milo’s second grade class from Bucharest, the capital of Romania. Due to the 7 hours time difference it was impossible to have her students connect with our students. I read to them a story with the setting in South America: “[...]
The third connection for the World Read Aloud Day was to Mrs. Stanvick’s class in Westford, MA from Abbot Elementary School. Their students took turns in reading to us one page each of The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau. We were impressed with their voices and expressions that they u[...]
Our second connection for the Read Aloud Day was in our own state. After Kindergarteners had been read to by a teacher from Hong Kong, our second graders connected with another second grade class, through their teacher Nancy Blair, in Lakeland, Florida from the McKell Academy. Our students had cho[...]
Today, March 9th is Read Aloud Day-Words Changing World. A few weeks ago, Angela Maiers coordinated a Google Doc with teachers interested in connecting around the World via Skype to read aloud to and with their students. We started out this morning by connected with Neil Ringrose from the Quarry Bay[...]
We had a blast with a “Mystery Skype”. Two classes connected without knowing WHERE each one was geographically located. The idea was, by asking targeted questions, to find out the city we each lived in. We stated the rules at the beginning of the call: One class starts asking a question [...]
Our 5th graders spoke to teachers, Mrs. Sanderlin and Mrs. Stevens, from a High School in Virginia Beach to coordinate our plans of study of the American Revolution. Mrs. Sanderlin’s High School class of “VIrginia Teachers of Tomorrow” have agreed to be mentors to our students as[...]
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