Mystery Skype with Ms. Regruth’s 4th Graders Bloggers – Matthew and Callie We have just started with out mystery Skype and have met everybody! They have some questions for us to answer about our state. They gave an interesting clue that their state borders a major river. I wonder what river! They just gave us [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Social Studies'
Mystery Skype ~ Indiana
May 11, 2012 · No Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Just for Fun, Photography, projects, Reading, Skype, Technology, Writing
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Mystery Skype ~ Massachusetts
May 5, 2012 · 2 Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Just for Fun, Photography, projects, Reading, Skype, Social Studies, Technology, Writing
Mystery Skype with Mrs. Carroll’s 4th Graders Bloggers – Matthew and Jake Today we had another one of our amazing skype calls! In our skype we can use questions or clues. At the beginning we thought it was Massachusetts, because to the north they bordered by New Hampshire and Vermont. Their other clue giveaway was [...]
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Mystery Skype ~ Lancaster, Pennsylvania
May 1, 2012 · 2 Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Just for Fun, Photography, projects, Reading, Skype, Social Studies, Technology, Writing
Bloggers – Pascal and Jake Today we had another one of our mystery skype calls. We started at 1:20 but were supposed to start at 1:15, but we had technical difficulties. The 2nd clue practically told us where they are. It was that their state had the first capital. Harrisburg was the first capital and [...]
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Mystery Skype ~ Hattiesburg, Mississippi
April 26, 2012 · No Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Just for Fun, Photography, projects, Reading, Skype, Social Studies, Technology, Writing
Bloggers – Joey and Pascal If you don’t know what a mystery skype call is, it is where you ask questions or listen to clues to find what state they live in. We decided to ask questions. We started 10:28 A.M. When we ask our first two questions they had trouble finding answers to them. [...]
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Mystery Skype ~ North Carolina
April 2, 2012 · No Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Just for Fun, Photography, projects, Reading, Skype, Social Studies, Technology, Writing
Blogger – Ben and Joey On Thursday March, 29 we had a mystery state Skype. If you don’t know what a mystery state skype is it is when you skype a class in a different state you don’t know and you ask questions or they give you clues and you try to guess the state [...]
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Social Studies
March 10, 2012 · 6 Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Photography, Social Studies
Photographers – Adler and Pascal
Top Ten Facts from Alice in Dairyland
March 7, 2012 · No Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Reading, Social Studies, Wisconsin, Writing Projects
4KR’s Top Ten Wisconsin Facts post was turned into a word cloud using Tagul. Thanks again to Alice in Dairyland Katie Wirkus for teaching us a lot of information about our beautiful state of Wisconsin.
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Mystery Skyping ~ Springfield, Missouri
March 5, 2012 · 1 Comment · Curriculum Highlights, Just for Fun, Photography, projects, Reading, Skype, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits, Writing Projects
Bloggers – Ben and Logan On Friday March 2, we did a mystery state skype. We didn’t know who we were skypeing but we were very excited. If you don’t know what a mystery state skype is it is when you skype someone else and you don’t know who it is and you ask question [...]
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Alice in Dairyland’s Visit
February 26, 2012 · 1 Comment · Curriculum Highlights, Science, Social Studies, Wisconsin
Fourth graders at Richards School enjoyed meeting Katie Wirkus, Wisconsin’s Alice in Dairyland, on Friday. Her job as Alice in Dairyland is to travel around the state teaching people about Wisconsin’s agriculture resources. In fact, Katie’s job is “Wisconsin’s Agricultural Ambassador.” She is Wisconsin’s 64th Alice in Dairyland and has her job for one year. [...]
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Top Ten Wisconsin Facts
February 26, 2012 · 1 Comment · Curriculum Highlights, Social Studies, Wisconsin
Top Ten Facts We Learned About Wisconsin From Alice in Dairyland Katie Wirkus Colby Cheese is made in and named after Colby, Wisconsin. There are 777 different types of cheese produced in Wisconsin. 90% of the milk produced in Wisconsin is used to make cheese. Some string cheese is really made of mozzarella cheese. It [...]
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Skype Call – New York, Is That You?
February 23, 2012 · 2 Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Just for Fun, Photography, Reading, Skype, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits, Writing Projects
Blogger – Kayla Today our class had an awesome Skype call. Even though we had a few technical difficulties we still kept trying, that is how everybody learns. We had a lot of fun sharing our clues. Our class also received some amazing clues like we have a lot of blue on our flag, our [...]
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Skyping with Mrs. Powell’s Class
January 19, 2012 · 5 Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Just for Fun, Photography, Reading, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits, Writing Projects
Bloggers: Meghan and Arienne Have you ever done a mystery skype call before? Here is what it is all about. Well there are a lot of jobs – here are some. A runner which is were you go all around and make sure they are doing o.k. Another job is greeter and good-bye person where [...]
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Taking Notes
May 13, 2011 · 1 Comment · Curriculum Highlights, Science, Social Studies, Wisconsin, Writing Projects
Created by 4K as they begin the Wisconsin unit… Taking effective notes means that I need to… Use bullet points instead of complete sentences Write down only the important facts Write neatly so anyone could read them Use correct spelling Write down new information Use headings to know the topics Use bold print to highlight [...]
Helen Keller
April 2, 2011 · No Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Podcasts, projects, Reading, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits, Writing Projects
A group of fourth graders read Helen Keller: In Their Own Words by George Sullivan during literature circles. They created a podcast, focusing on the life of Helen Keller. Helen Keller
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The Wright Brothers
March 29, 2011 · No Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Podcasts, projects, Reading, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits, Writing Projects
A group of fourth graders read The Wright Brothers: In Their Own Words by George Sullivan during literature circles. They created a podcast, along with a timeline and an illustration to match. Wright Brothers
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Davy Crockett
March 26, 2011 · 7 Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Podcasts, projects, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits, Writing Projects
A group of fourth graders read Davy Crockett: In Their Own Words by George Sullivan during literature circles. They created a podcast and a story board to match. Davy Crockett
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Lewis and Clark
March 23, 2011 · No Comments · Book Reviews, Curriculum Highlights, Podcasts, projects, Reading, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits, Writing Projects
A group of fourth graders read Lewis and Clark: In Their Own Words by George Sullivan during literature circles. They created a podcast, along with a game board and a story board. Lewis and Clark Podcast
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Biography Lit Circles
February 18, 2011 · No Comments · Curriculum Highlights, Reading, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits, Web Sites for Kids, Writing Projects
Students are currently reading biographies that they chose for Literature Circles selections for the month of February. The biographies are part of a wonderful series titled “In Their Own Words” that includes journals, letters, newspaper articles, photos, and other primary sources that tell the stories of famous Americans. Students are learning about the lives of [...]
Web Sites for Kids
November 21, 2010 · No Comments · Classroom Notes, Social Studies, Technology Tidbits
Veterans Day – http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/ Official site from the US Department of Veterans Affairs Plimoth Plantation – http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/ Information about the first Thanksgiving from Scholastic.com
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Marvelous Wade House
November 6, 2010 · 1 Comment · Curriculum Highlights, Social Studies, Wade House Biographies, Wisconsin, Writing Projects
By Inseo Good morning, my name is Sarah Wade. My job here is to help around the house. Let me show you around. On the first floor there is the dining room. This is a place where people eat. They sit around in family style groups. One meal costs $0.25. The next room is called [...]
