Ms. Hendrix and her 5th graders from Asheville, North Carolina connected with Mrs. Novak's class of 1st/2nd graders. We had a lot of fun sharing trading cards and morse code with them! I can tell we will be doing more connecting in the future. Mrs. MacDonald was back again with her second graders connecting with Mrs. Sibiskie's 1/2s. We shared Randi Zuckerberg's book Dot together and then shared some trading cards. Off we went to get library books, but then came back toward the end of class to do a quick Skype with Mrs. Reed and her grade 5 students who had a cancellation. Her students did a very quick buzz read of The Dot for the 1/2s! Fastest read ever! Mrs. Swiantak's class came back to the library for a special treat! A visit with Mr. Winner and his students from Ellicot City, Maryland. His students were in 4th or 5th grade and were thrilled to do a little Morse Code decoding. We created trading cards to send to them, but thought they might be a little small to see via Skype, so we wrote some other messages on chart paper for them. It turned out to be a little easier to read one letter at a time (it almost felt like charades). They were pretty quick at figuring out the words and it was lots of fun for my 1/2s to challenge them! One of the favorites was --• •• - -• - -•• --- -• ••- - which came straight from the fact that our town will be having our annual fair in just a week. Mr. Winner's folks gave us a short challenge: •-•• --- •••- • which summed up what we feel for all of these connections and fun: LOVE. Mrs. Ciccone's 1/2s were connecting today with Mrs. Schmidt's class from Dacula, Georgia. Mrs. Schmidt is a New Englander living in the south, so it is always fun to talk with her about the Red Sox. We had made trading cards for this class as well, but we decided to share some of the messages on the chart paper. What fun! Our final Skype of the day was to be with a school in Alberta, Canada, but unfortunately they were having some technical difficulties. I hope that we can connect with them soon!
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AuthorMrs. Lussier is a Library Media Specialist at Brewster Elementary School in Durham, CT and at John Lyman Elementary School in Middlefield, CT. I am passionate about getting kids reading (ok, everyone!), wondering, using technology and having FUN! President of CT Association of School Librarians Blogroll
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