tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14461830248097318642024-03-14T03:18:02.116-07:00Longing to LearnA journal of the happenings in Mrs. Egesdal's 4th grade classroom. This is a way for my class to show their parents and the world what we are doing in our classroom. Tune in throughout the year to see our day to day experiences.Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-77939882720985675372013-12-26T19:15:00.001-08:002013-12-26T19:23:10.405-08:00<br />
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Hard to believe it is Christmas time already, this year is flying by. We have been very busy using ipads and skyping with other class around the world. My class loves to skype and they are great at it.<br />
So I decided to share some of our skypes and the jobs of students during skypes.<br />
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My goal again this year is to skype a class in all of the 50 states. We will also make contact with classrooms in other countries.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During the month of Dec. we skyped with students in Germany</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: 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During our skypes students have jobs, this helps to insure that everyone is busy and involved.<br />
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Everyone is busy, fact finders, taking notes, mapping on ipads, and mappers.<br />
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Skyping is fun for everyone. We have skyped 23 times so far this year with many more being planned. Stay tuned to see more of our class activities.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Honoring our Grandparents and Veterans</span><br />
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On Friday April 19th we honored many special guests with music and treats. We held our annual Grandparents Tea. This is always a very memorable day for both the children and their special guests. Our music teacher Mrs. Walker has spent a lot time teaching the students songs that have special meaning. Some of the students also shared narratives at the microphone.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Grandparents</i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The strength and wisdom that time</i></span></h2>
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Grandchildren bless their Grandparents</span></h2>
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With youthful vitality and innocence</span></h2>
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That help them stay young at heart forever.</span></h2>
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Together they create a chain of love</span></h2>
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Linking the past with the future.</span></h2>
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The chain may lengthen,</span></h2>
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But it will never part.</span></h2>
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They asked about celebrating holidays and family traditions. They talked about school when they were a child and what was different or the same. They shared marvelous memories of their childhood. </div>
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gum .05 then over a dollar now</div>
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candy bar .10 then over a dollar now</div>
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car $5,000 then $35,000 now</div>
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gallon of milk .59 then $3.55 now</div>
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Last year my class skyped with two fabulous authors Laural Snyder <a href="http://laurelsnyder.com/">http://laurelsnyder.com/</a> and Katie Messner <a href="http://www.katemessner.com/">http://www.katemessner.com/</a> </div>
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This year I wanted to continue meeting authors via skype. I contacted Jody Feldman author of <u>The Gollywhopper Games </u><br />
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Again this year this was a great experience ( the school librarians even stopped by)<br />
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She told the students that she became interested in writing books as a volunteer in her daughter's school. Both Laural Snyder and Jody Feldman told the students that it is very important to read and write. It is also ok to stop on a story for awhile and then come back to it later. They told the students to save their writings and draft books because some day they my go back to them for inspiration. They showed the students their studios and talked about their jobs as writers.<br />
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I am waiting for <u>The Gollywhopper Games 2 and 3!</u></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year about this time we started our science unit on the solar system, now this is not my favorite subject, (as teachers we all have units that we prefer over others). So I turned to one of my favorite places for help</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/">http://pinterest.com/</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">yes I have become a Pinterest addict. Here is an activity that I found, it is a great hands on learning experience for my students to help engage them in science.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dawson and Dillon started by coloring a globe to represent the earth</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then came more coloring and planning as we added the sun</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-6696651870175120632012-12-20T11:22:00.000-08:002012-12-20T11:22:02.821-08:00<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"> Holiday Greetings</span></h2>
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!</h2>
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Today is a SNOW DAY! With that said I figured it was time to finish Christmas cards, bake sugar cookies, scrapbook, and of course write a new blog post.</h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This week at school we were very busy finishing our unit on Europe. One of the many highlights of this unit is to make gingerbread houses. The making of gingerbread is very common in many European homes. On Monday our class looked like a house making factory.</span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a feeling that there was a lot of tasting also!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Lets see what else should I add?"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">We were all so proud of our finished projects. It was hard not to snitch more of the candy during the clean up.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>This week in music we sang Christmas songs to Mrs. Brown's kindergarten class, Ho, Ho, Ho!</h2>
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Merry Christmas to our friends and families!</h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Sounds of Christmas are in the air!</span><br />
It's the month of December and no matter how much I tell myself to slow down and enjoy this time of the year, one thing after another seems to keep me busier then I want to be.<br />
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I have signed my class up for two different projects, a global classroom project called Christmas Around the World and a Christmas card exchange project. I thought both of these sounded exciting especially since our current social studies unit is a study of Europe.<br />
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Through this project students will learn about the Christmas traditions of others around the world. Students are sharing there family traditions through skype, voicethread, and twitter.<br />
They are sharing stories, videos, and photos.<br />
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I found out about the Holiday Card Exchange through a site called<br />
<a href="http://www.projectsbyjen.com/calendar.htm">http://www.projectsbyjen.com/calendar.htm</a> We were assigned 30 classrooms throughout the US and Canada, we will exchange holiday greeting cards with one another. We will also be sending cards to the Ronald McDonald House in Rochester, MN.<br />
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The theme this year is snowglobes, thanks to Mrs. Friederich for making the patterns that we used for our cards. Our card shop has been very busy this week creating masterpieces.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are very proud of our creations!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We anxiously wait for our greeting cards to arrive!</span><br />
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<br />Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-17414359841472796282012-11-04T15:08:00.002-08:002012-11-04T15:08:19.579-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> Where is Mrs. Friederich?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">On Friday Mrs. Friederich wasn't in school. Where was she, Mrs. Egesdal didn't say. Then at about 2:15, when we were coming in from recess, our skype was ringing. Mrs. Egesdal </span>said, "Answer it." Guess who it was?<br />
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But where was she? She asked us to get out our draft books and to take notes and try to guess her location. Here were her clues:<br />
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<li>I am not in Forest City, IA</li>
<li>We flew west</li>
<li>I am in a different time zone</li>
<li>It is lunchtime where I am (I am hungry)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Home of the Portland Trailblazers ( Noah knew it now, because he likes sports) </li>
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"That's right I am in Portland, Oregon" We were very excited about this and had a lot of questions.<br />
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Mrs. Friederich and her tour guide (Mr. Friederich) took us on a picture walk of downtown Portland. This is what we saw: <br />
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Then Mrs. Friederich told us that she had an assignment for us. We were supposed to write a story about why we thought she was in Portland and not at school. (What an assignment from Oregon?)<br />
Here are some of our ideas:<br />
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<li>Her daughter must go to school there.</li>
<li>She just wanted to get away</li>
<li>She is on vacation to study</li>
<li>She wanted to get away from Forest City for awhile</li>
<li>She went to a big city</li>
<li>They went to visit relatives</li>
<li>She went to see an old friend</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">She wanted to see another town </li>
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We will have to wait until Monday to find out why she was in Portland instead of being at school. Mrs. Friederich said it was time for her to eat lunch and that she would see us on Mon. We will have lots to share.<br />
<br />Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-74944001024708699872012-10-19T08:50:00.001-07:002012-11-07T19:39:08.298-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"> Blogging, Blogging, Blogging</span><br />
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We have started to blog! I was nervous at first to begin this project but after three weeks it is going much better. <br />
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Our first step was to blog on paper. Here is a great resource and one I have used often <a href="http://www.notesfrommcteach.com/2010/09/learning-to-blog-using-paper.html">http://www.notesfrommcteach.com/2010/09/learning-to-blog-using-paper.html</a><br />
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We then discussed the best way to comment on a blog. We also watched a video of students explaining how to blog, thank you to Mrs. Yollis for this informative video. Next we generated positive comments, then used post-its to comment on each others blogs. The students did such a great job on this part!<br />
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I decide to use kidblog, it is a safe and positive blogging platform for students and I have read of a lot of teachers using it. Here is the link to our blog. <a href="http://kidblog.org/LearninginMrsEgesdals4thgradeClass/">http://kidblog.org/LearninginMrsEgesdals4thgradeClass/</a><br />
I chose to have the students start by writing about their favorite food, it was fun to read both the blogs and students comments.<br />
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Some might wonder why students should blog. I found the following blog that does a great job of explaining why students should blog<br />
http://www.pernilleripp.com/2011/10/why-students-should-blog-my-top-10.html<br />
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Thank you to Mrs. Ripp for posting this.<br />
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Have fun reading, I sure do!<br />
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This week we embarked on a new experience, a Global Read Aloud. This unique experience was started in 2010 by Mrs. Ripp. Her goal was simple, "Use one book to connect the world."<br />
Students will need these global connections in the future. My students are learning to connect via Skype, Twitter, Edmodo, email, and kidblog. There are over 250 classrooms worldwide participating in this project. The book that I chose to read was The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, it is based on the true story of a silverback gorilla named Ivan.<br />
After viewing the book trailer, students logged on to Edmodo to make predictions about the book, they also explained if they thought they would like it or not.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I think Ivan is a gorilla in a zoo and the zookeeper does not keep the cage clean."</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Skyping is underway</b></span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have started to skype with other classes in the US. This year I am using the yes/no format which makes it a little harder. So far we have contacted with 4th and 5th grade classes in Calabassas, CA, Valparaiso, IN, and Cincinnati, Ohio. We are on our way to a 50 state skype</span></span>!<br />
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We are looking forward to many more skypes including one to the country of Chile.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why would we start the year investigating milkweed plants?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Insect vocabulary</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">exoskeleton</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">antennae</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">pupa</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">chrysalis</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">thorax</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">metamorphosis</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">nymph</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">phermones</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">abdomen</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">larva</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">camouflage <span id="goog_749811736"></span><span id="goog_749811737"></span> </span> </span></li>
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It's great to be back at school with a room full of eager to learn students. As I begin my 20th year of teaching (wow) I am excited about all of the opportunities that lie ahead. All veteran teachers often think about the changes in education. Technology is the biggest change for me and last year I dove right in. This year I have a SMARTBoard and I continue to learn many fascinating things on twitter. My class has already asked about skyping which we will start soon. Thanks students for a fabulous first day.<br />
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It's been a week since I said good-bye to my students, wow hard to believe! The end of the school year is always bitter sweet, the kids are ready for vacation, but I am never ready to say good-bye. This was such a great year! My class was one of the best that I have had and we learned so much together. I dove into technology head first often with their help. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We enjoyed many mystery skypes and also 2 author skypes, which you can read about on my blog. My goal for next year is to skype with all 50 states and South America. <br />
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As a teacher I never truly take the summer off. This time is spent preparing for next year, I have a long list of tasks for the summer. My list includes reading <u>The Daily Five</u>, <u>The Book Whisperer</u>, <u>Real Revisions</u>, <u>Bigger Than a Breadbox</u>, and <u>The One and Only Ivan</u>, to name a few. I also want to learn more about the video slideshow maker <u>Animoto</u>. Hopefully I will get it all done before August. <br />
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During the school year many friendships were made, Jessa, Melissa, and Olivia enjoy time outside.<br />
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Lessons were learned, measurement is always a fun hands on activity.<br />
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Life long memories were formed, thanks for another great year!<br />
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We made our annual trip to Pilot Knob State Park last week, it was a beautiful day!<br />
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Then it was time for operation egg drop. Students constructed a container that an egg could survive in after being drop from the tower. Read about Pilot Knob and its tower here <a href="http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/browse/pilotknb/pilotknb.htm">http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/browse/pilotknb/pilotknb.htm</a><br />
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<br />Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-28014611630038466402012-05-12T13:51:00.001-07:002012-05-12T13:51:31.884-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">We Met an Author !</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Laurel Snyder</span><br />
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On Friday my class skyped with the author of <u>Any Which Wall</u>. This book is particularly interesting because it starts out on a hot summer day in a corn field in Iowa. A group of children find a mysterious wall and soon the adventures begin. With this in mind we decided to ask the author for a skype interview.<br />
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Laurel started by introducing us to her pets and her dog even did a trick.<br />
She then told the students that she started writing when she was in 3rd grade and about her childhood friend Susan, who is a character in<u> Any Which Wall</u>.<br />
She told them that she had to send her first book to 49 editors before it was accepted, and that when they write they have to write and rewrite. She also showed them her special writing area. She informed them that she does a lot of research while writing her books, because the historical facts have to be correct.<br />
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Everyone enjoyed this author skype, "That was so fun," was the comment when we reluctantly had to say good-bye. Some of the students shared illustrations for<u> Any Which Wall</u> that they had made.<br />
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<a href="http://laurelsnyder.com/?p=800">http://laurelsnyder.com/?p=800</a> She also told us about the Penny Dreadful bookclub<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dissecting Tulips</span><br />
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Today we had fun dissecting and investigating the parts of a tulip. What a great hands on experience. It was so fun to walk around the room and listen to the chatter as they found each part and examined it.<br />
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<b>Vocabulary:</b><br />
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<li><b>pollen</b></li>
<li><b>anther</b></li>
<li><b>ovary</b></li>
<li><b>petals</b></li>
<li><b>pistil</b></li>
<li><b>sepals</b></li>
<li><b>stamen</b></li>
<li><b>seeds </b></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is the 2nd largest continent.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Nile river is located there.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Animals include zebras, camels, and elephants to name a few. </span> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Sahara Desert located there.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lake Victoria</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ancient Egypt</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are two glog examples </span> </span></b></div>
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<a href="http://fcloges.edu.glogster.com/egypt-africa/" target="_blank">http://fcloges.edu.glogster.<wbr></wbr>com/egypt-africa/</a><br />
<a href="http://fclehmann.edu.glogster.com/egypt/" target="_blank">http://fclehmann.edu.glogster.<wbr></wbr>com/egypt/</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Madagascar, by DreamWorks Animation, have you seen this movie?</td></tr>
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Our study of Africa made us think of the movie The Lion King by Disney <br />
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Each year 4th and 5th graders participate in a track and field day to promote exercise and a healthier lifestyle. Today was such a beautiful day, perfect weather. There were many relatives and friends of the athletes in the stands to cheer everyone on. Thanks to Mrs. Missal for organizing this event and all the volunteers who helped.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On your mark, get set, go!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for ribbons to be handed out, today everyone was a winner!</td></tr>
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<br />Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-78248452065956350802012-04-26T14:12:00.001-07:002012-04-26T14:12:45.106-07:00We Are Actors!<br />
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Yesterday and today we shared a choral reading with Mrs. Taylor's class in GA, they in turn sang a song for us.<br />
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Future Forest City High School actors and actresses.Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-83135706480280584152012-04-20T11:11:00.001-07:002012-04-20T11:12:13.537-07:00<b style="color: #20124d;">Grandparent Tea</b><br />
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It is time for our annual Grandparent Tea, we celebrate our Grandparents and pay tribute to our Veterans. Congratulations 4th graders you did a fantastic job.<br />
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Then it was back to our classroom to have coffee and cookies, and punch for those of us not old enough to drink coffee. The students asked their Grandparents questions such as.... How much was a pack of gum or bottle of pop when you were my age? What did you do for fun? What did you do on holidays? There was a lot to share and tell. Thank you to everyone who helped out in some way to make today a success. <br />
<br />Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-19280041979680861542012-04-18T11:22:00.001-07:002012-04-18T11:26:36.798-07:00<b>Reading and Writing Go Together</b><br />
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This is an excerpt from a poem by Kate Messner, who is becoming one of my favorite authors.<br />
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"Write for yourself.<br />
Write because until you do,<br />
You will never understand<br />
What it is you mean to say<br />
Or who you want to be.<br />
Write because it makes you whole."<br />
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"Write because it matters."<br />
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"Read for yourself."<br />
Read because it will show you who you are,<br />
Who you want to be some day,<br />
And who you need to understand.<br />
Read because it will open doors<br />
To college and opportunity, yes,<br />
And better places still..."<br />
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For the entire poem go to <a href="http://www.katemessner.com/a-tuesday-poem-revolution-for-the-tested">www.katemessner.com/a-tuesday-poem-revolution-for-the-tested</a>Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-74204797306835118272012-04-16T18:13:00.002-07:002012-04-16T18:13:54.913-07:00My Class traveled to Norway today! Thanks to Forest City alumnus Jenna M. who is currently student teaching in Norway. We took a virtual tour and saw gorgeous Norwegian landscape, which included Fjords, a beautiful lake, and snow capped mountains.<br />
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Jenna told us about brown cheese and wasa crackers. She can see starfish off her dock, so neat. She also talked about a historic estate called Barony Rosendal. She takes boats, ferries, and hikes. Thank you Jenna for taking the time to teach us about Norway.<br /><br />Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-75315735324739246602012-04-13T19:07:00.002-07:002012-04-13T19:07:42.353-07:00On April 10th we completed our first Mystery Skype with Christina Rockwood's 4th grade class in Walpole, MA. Questions included climate, native animals, famous landmarks, famous people, crops, and bodies of water. We also had time to tell each other about our schools. My students are excited for the next skype. Where will it be?<br />
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Each student eagerly awaited their turn to ask a question.Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-66663874411421778682012-04-13T18:40:00.000-07:002012-04-13T18:51:19.154-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One reason for starting a class blog was to showcase what we are doing in our classroom using skype. On April 5 we had the opportunity to skype with Kate Messner author of Sea Monster's First Day and Marty McGuire. She told the kids that it is very important to spend time reading and writing. Thank you Kate.<br />
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<a href="http://www.katemessner.com/">www.katemessner.com </a>Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446183024809731864.post-45373790570055287842012-04-13T17:30:00.003-07:002012-04-13T19:17:33.675-07:00It has been my goal for the past few months to create a blog to showcase the learning opportunities that my students and I have. Here is my first attempt.<br />
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In 4th grade we study the continents of the world, here are a few of the places we have skyped so far.<br />Mrs. Egesdalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858560845280519522noreply@blogger.com0