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Mrs. Yollis and her students live in Los Angeles, California. Through blogging, they have connected with a class that is 8,000 miles away in Australia!  Here are the flags for each nation.  How are they alike? What do the symbols and colors mean?    American Flag                                                     Australian Flag     The Australian blogging buddies first connected on International Dot Day.  Each class made a Connect the Dots at our School presentation.  Mrs. Yollis Skyped into Miss Jordan's class at Barwon Heads Primary School . A topic of discussion was Vegemite.  After the    International Dot Day    post was published, comments started rolling in.  Here are some blog comments between the Australian and American classes. The topic of vegemite came up again!  Will, Ja...

FACT: Seasons change as we orbit the sun. Spring  •  Summer  •  Autumn  •  Winter Twice a year, around March 20 or 21 and Sept. 22 or 23, our sun shines directly over the equator. That event marks the beginning of spring or fall. What is the  equator ? Public Domain photo e·qua·tor [əˈ kwā •dər] noun an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles,  dividing  the earth into  northern  and  southern   hemispheres  and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°. In March when the sun shines directly over the  equator , the event is called the spring or  vernal equinox . In September when the sun shines directly over the equator, the event is called the fall or  autumnal equinox .  The Autumnal Equinox will occur in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. on Friday, September 22, 2017 at 1:02 P.M. Things to look for in fall: 1.  Deciduous ( di•si•jo͞o•əs)  trees will...

Today is International Dot Day! At the beginning of the week, we created color wheels with our 4-year-old Journeys buddies. We then activated them using the augmented reality iPad app Quiver . Thank you, Mrs. Fuglestad , for the idea!   Next, we created our own special dots using coffee filters and water. After the dots were dipped, we enhanced the dots using black line Sharpies.  The night before Dot Day in America, Mrs. Yollis did a Google HangOut with their blogging buddies in Australia .  Photo by Ms. Jordan It was Friday in Australia so they were celebrating International Dot Day already!  Mrs. Morris' and Ms. Jordan's third/fourth graders shared a dot day art project and asked questions of Mrs. Yollis.   Check out their slideshow  connecting the dots and their school. We are making a plan to schedule a Google HangOut with the class. What sorts of questions will you ask?   Everyone smiled when we learned big bows are a fashion fad in Austr...

WHY have a classroom blog? Here is a video I made with my second and third graders about the value of blogging.  I hope it convinces you to start a class blog! Blogging has many parts: the post, the comments, and the sidebar. If you do a good job with all of the parts, your blog will be more interesting. Today we will focus on quality comments! Content is key ! In our class, we evaluate our blog comments. A one-point comment is a general comment that doesn't add very much to the post.   Example : I like your blog. Please visit mine!  A two-point commen t adds something to the comment conversation. A commenter might compliment the writer in a specific way or add new information. Another idea is to make a connection. Maybe the post reminds you of an experience that you've had. Share that connection!  Try to end your comment with a relevant question. That way, an interesting conversation can develop. What  should I say in my comment? Here is a video made...