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Monday is Memorial Day in the United States.  It is a national holiday! Photo by Andrew's mom Below are two Memorial Day posts from former students. Enjoy learning about Memorial Day through their experiences.  *      *      *      *      * Guest post from Mallory, Mrs. Yollis' former student. First published in 2013 Two years ago, I celebrated Memorial Day with my mom and my Girl Scout troop in a special way. We went to the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood to place American flags on the headstones of soldiers who have served our country in the military. There were so many other troops to help, including Daisies, Brownies, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Eagle Scouts. Photo by Mallory's Mom There was very specific way to place the flags. They had to be put 1 foot away from the headstone and 2 inches into the ground. Then we were told to stand and have a moment of silence to recognize and honor the soldier ...

Mrs. Minicozzi (aka @CoffeeNancy) came to our room today with a fabulous game! It was called BreakOut EDU !  Photos by Mrs. Yollis  The object of the game was to complete several tasks and unlock the box.  TEAMWORK was important! It you finished your task and unlocked one lock, you were free to go and help other teams.   Everyone was intrigued with the locks.   QUESTION : How do we get the locks open? ANSWER : Students were given 45 minutes to solve a variety of  puzzles and tasks. Each solution unlocked a lock. Some students worked with codes. Others made calculations.  Hundreds charts and logical reasoning were used repeatedly. A flashlight was unlocked and used to reveal a secret code.   At the very last second, we unlocked the box!  We loved this type of collaborative learning!  A tip of the hat to Jeanine Huebner for the BreakOut EDU tasks!  Mrs. Minicozzi took this funny picture of Mrs. Yollis and tweeted it out!  N...

A resource that we have used quite frequently this year is the dictionary. To celebrate this great book, we made a Do Ink video celebrating the dictionary. There are many parts! Enjoy! We created this movie on the ipad using a green screen, Do Ink, iMovie, and the camera roll. An online dictionary has many of the same features! What are some words that you have looked up? Please, help us learn your word by leaving us an  original example sentence !

Over the last month, we worked with our reading buddies to create an alphabet movie. Our Journeys buddies will be graduating soon and will start kindergarten next year. The movie was a great way to review the 26 letters of the alphabet.  First, each pair of buddies was given a letter. Then each pair chose an animal that started with that letter. Masks were made and a script was written that included the letter sound. A fun fact about the animal accompanies each segment.  We hope you enjoy our alphabet movie! The movie was done using a green screen. The third grade buddies gathered Creative Commons images and added them to a Padlet. The CC information is available in the Padlet. Click here to see the Padlet.  Photo by Mrs. Yollis We created this movie on the ipad using Do Ink, Padlet, iMovie, and the camera roll. What what your favorite part of the project? What are some additional facts you can share about your animal?

Karissa and Keya had fun making a PuppetPals video explaining how to break words into syllables that have a VCCV spelling pattern. When you have a two syllable word with the VCCV pattern, break between the two consonants !  Can you think of any words you can break using this VCCV tip? Here are a few:  rab  •  bit  rep  •  tile  can  •  dy What did you think of their tutorial?

My third graders are starting to set up their own blogs using the GAFE platform.  First , I set up a blog for the student, then I  invited  the student to join their own blog via an email invitation. Next, the student  accepted  my invitation. Because I do not want my students to use their real names, they signed in with the  blogger profile . Students used a  pen name  so their real name would not show up on the blog. Parents are administrators too!  Here is our newest blogger, Soccer Girl! She would love a comment or even just a ClustrMap dot! Practice Makes Perfect  What are some way you use to connect young bloggers?

Mrs. Yollis is a geography enthusiast! For many years, she has brought the National Geographic Giant Traveling Maps to her district.  The Giant Traveling Maps are a fabulous, hands-on learning tool to help students develop a love of geography. We recommend you rent them for your school!  In November, we helped National Geographic create three promotional movies for the giant maps.   Here are the results! Giant Traveling Map  History of the Giant Traveling Maps!  Activities and Materials that Come With the Giant Traveling Maps!  What do you like about the giant maps? Share something you know about geography! 

A  biography  is a true story about a person's life. Mrs. Yollis' class is currently reading  biographies  about people who have made  significant contributions  to our world! Artists, inventors, statesman, composers, doctors, inventors, aviators, astronauts, and  pioneers  in many fields  are among the amazing  historical figures  about whom we are reading! We are each reading a library book, as well as doing research using   World Book Online .   ******************** After reading about your biography  subject ,  please leave  a comment as if you  are  that person! Be sure to include  at least three facts  you learned from your library book or the online encyclopedia. Try to  use the HTML code  to bold your facts!    DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! (Use your own words!) Watch the comments to see if you can  converse  with another biography subject  you  may kn...