Second grade recently taught the school all about Water and why it’s so important to everyone around the world. They made poster for the halls and did a movie for the morning broadcast.
Second grade recently taught the school all about Water and why it’s so important to everyone around the world. They made poster for the halls and did a movie for the morning broadcast.
Eva a student at Upper Plenty shares her work about Wilson’s Promontory National Park in Australia. The park is located in Victoria southeast of Melbourne.
Are there similarities in her park and our mystery park?
They are on two different continents and in two different areas.
Our park is in two states.
Our park has the most visitors.
Entrance to our park is free.
Our park was home to Native Americans called Cherokee and European Settlers.
Elk were reintroduced to our park a few years ago.
What is the name of our park? What two states will you find our park in?
Although there are lots of trees here this is not one of them.
Then tour our National Parks. See if you can guess where we are as we learn about new places.
Clue One: This park in in the United States and it has white-tailed deer, black bears, salamanders and wildflowers. If you know another clue please add one but don’t tell everyone yet which park.
Second grade students recently did an inquiry project about water. They want to teach you a few things about conserving water so that everyone has clean water available. These are their suggestions of what we all should be doing.
Remember that the water drop here affects others in other parts of the world so help keep local water clean so others around the world has clean water. We want to all be able to have fun and enjoy water activities like canoeing, swimming, fishing so keep our water clean and conserve it because it is LIFE FOR ALL LIVING THINGS!
Our fifth graders are studying biomes around the world. As we learn about the different Biomes we would like to know which biome describes your area. What makes your biome special and how does climate and people affect your biome?
Once again we had an early dismissal on Tuesday at 10:30 because of snow coming. Then on Wednesday and now for Thursday no school. We are having a very hard time getting our planned projects done. Our Biome project , our Water project and our National Parks projects are having lots of interruptions with time out of class. Of course, the kids are excited about the snow. The weatherman said this is something that happens here every 10-20 years. We heard that with the Olympics in Russia that they don’t need to wear jackets and yet here in the southern USA we keep getting snow and/or ice and lower temperatures.
Girls in Africa carry water a long way for school and home. This is a dam area where they can get some water. They must carry heavy containers and walk long distances at times. Mrs Kinjanui remembers doing this while she was in Kenya. She teaches kindergarten here at Rocky River.
Our blogging buddies from Upper Plenty have returned from their summer holidays. Right before their summer holidays and our winter break began we received our copy of a collaborative project. We were so excited to see our answers to the questionnaires included in this publication by Upper Plenty students , Ms. Crowther’s and Ms. Placek. The teachers had sent us questions to answer by email from the student groups to our teacher Mrs. Todd who then chose students to complete them from 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. A lot of collaboration was involved in completing the project around the world.
It was an absolute pleasure to receive a copy of Global UPdate fromMiss Crowther’s Class in Australia and we enjoyed looking at it when we returned. They had worked super-hard to meet their deadlines and publish their magazine. And what a very professional looking end product it is, too! We were so surprised by the awesome job they did with the publication to represent kids from all around the world. Some areas they focused on included school yard games, collections, literacy, math, music, teachers, and natural disasters.
The magazine was first introduced to students in Australia by the teachers at the beginning of Term 4. The magazine was to focus on similarities and differences of the lives of children from all around the world. After the students had all chosen a topic, they began their research. The research involved Skyping, blogging, emailing, interviewing and gathering information from books and the internet. The students spoke with students and teachers from all around the globe – from Japan, Monroe, NC, USA, China, India, Hong Kong, Germany, England and Canada.
The students said the project of “Writing our magazine has been a fun, rewarding and, at times, challenging task. It has involved a lot of hard work, dedication and enthusiasm to complete the magazine.” They had a launching party on December 18th, 2013 when they celebrated their hard work. A representative from the Red Cross came to speak with the students and thank them.
They sold the magazine and the money left over from having it published was donated to the Red Cross which helps kids around the world. We were happy to have had a part in this collaborative project and helping others at the same time! We look forward to more projects with students and classes around the world.
This week as we began our water unit we’ve had many friends share how water is used in different parts of the world. Francis and Rose Muncaster shared information and photographs with us. Venkat who runs the school day to day in India helped with the information on the previous post and comment. These pictures are from projects done in Tamil Nadu, South India through Friends of Mettupalayam.
We want to thank them for sharing their pictures so that we could learn more. All pictures belong to IRDT (Friends of Mettupalayam Trust) http://www.irdt.co.uk/ Pictures may not be used for other purposes.
This is the water filter that has been bought for the schoolchildren so that they can always have clean water to drink.
Indian people eat a lot of rice. In order to grow rice the fields have to be very wet. If the monsoon rain does not arrive the rice cannot be grown.
The taps in the school. the children use these to wash their hands before meals and also for drinking water which is put into a water filter before drinking. Children use pond as swimming pool.
As we begin our new unit of study in 2nd grade we’d like your help. If possible can you answer a few questions so that we can compare water usage around the world.
Why is water important around the world and what can I do to help ensure everyone has clean water? How can I make a difference?
Have you practiced these habits lately?