ePals

Last month we started pen pals with Mrs. Snyder's 2nd graders in PA.  We're using a teacher-monitored email tool called ePals.  It's simple!  The students have been able to write back and forth now a few times.  They sent us some photos of themselves and made them into Blabbers using Blabberize.  This week, we tried out PhotoBooth and took some silly shots of ourselves using some of the effects!  Check out our silly pics below in the slideshow!

Meet Mrs. Griffith's Class on PhotoPeach

Signs of Spring

Signs of Spring are different depending on where you live and what your climate is like.  We'd been talking about Spring in Randolph, NY to prepare for our 3rd Skype call with our friends in Italy.  Students brought in various items that represented what Spring is like where we live.  Students had also taken a picture out of our classroom window for about a month, to show how Spring takes a LONG time to get here.  The day we had our Skype call it snowed AGAIN!  Ms. Toshini's class shared with us what they've noticed about the weather in Italy, then we showed them our items and photos.  She help up her computer to the window to show the buds on their trees outside and we grabbed a handful of snow from our window sill.  Check out the video clips below and the slideshow me made for them!

SpringinRandolphNY on PhotoPeach



Harmful Weather Skype

We have been learning about harmful weather.  Students chose from hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, and volcanoes.  Last Friday, we had the opportunity to Skype with Brad Panovich.  He is a meteoroligist from Charlotte.  He shared with us an amazing video that shows how a thunderstorm starts and a video with the elements of a tornado.  Brad also used Google Earth to show where volcanoes can be found.  He gave the students tips about being safe from a hurricane as well.  Thank you to Mr. Panovich for taking the time to inspire this second grade class.  Maybe one of the students will follow in your footsteps and want to know the WHY? of weather! 

Sugar Shack

Arctic Animals

Here's our final Glog that we created to show you what we did during this unit!  A special thank you to Mr. McAllister from Field Trip Earth and all the educators who Skyped with us!