It’s All Good–Grades 3 & 4

Grade 3 students have been working on PowerPoint. Students have learned all the tricks and are creating wonderful presentations describing themselves and all their likes/dislikes.

Grade 4 students love SCRATCH!! Exploration and problem solving are key elements to our first attempts at creating SCRATCH projects. I’ll be posting the projects in a gallery on the Scratch website soon. Visit http://scratch.mit.edu/ to learn more!

It’s wonderful to be back to school after summer break. I’ve begun to meet with my classes and we’re excited to start working to integrate technology within their curriculum. I hope to build upon the lessons I developed last year and, if the students’ reactions are any indication, anything using the iPods and voice recorders will be a big hit!! I’m also eager to try to incorporate web 2.0 tools into my lessons. So, stay tuned!

Last week, the students of Mrs. Correia’s third grade class finally had the chance to meet their penpal Desy who recently returned home from Iraq. It was a wonderful experience for everyone who was able to attend the meet and greet! We were very fortunate to have a reporter from the local newspaper attend the event. Follow this link to learn more http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/news/education/x415950015/From-Iraq-with-love

Here are some photos I took of the meeting:


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 Here’s a link to another collection of photos taken by Mrs. Colbert: http://gallery.mac.com/colberts#100197

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Please visit the grade 3 FFES page to listen to Mrs. Hancock’s students share their original Dublin Adventure stories!! Enjoy!

In honor of Flag Day on June 14th, Mrs. Correia’s 3rd graders wrote about what the American Flag means to them. Please visit the Grade 3 WES page to listen to these patriotic podcasts! Enjoy!