Connections, Collaborations, Projects, & Presentations
Authors
Salina Yoon (San Diego, California. 2nd and 3rd grades for CGC project. 11/28/2016)
Lisa Brown (San Francisco, California. 2nd and 3rd grades for CGC project. 12/12/2016)
Dan Santat (Pasadena, California. 2nd and 3rd grades for CGC project. 12/12/2016)
Rubin Pingk (Clinton, Utah. K-6 grades. 12/14/16)
Corey Rosen Schwartz (Warren, New Jersey. Read Across America Week. K-3 grades. 3/2/2017)
Rebecca Gomez (Nebraska. Read Across America Week. 4-6 grades. 3/2/2017)
Dave Burgess (California. 1-3 grades. 9/17/2017)
Peter Raymundo (2nd and 3rd grades. 11/30/2017)
Mystery Skype Sessions
Hot Springs, Arkansas (8th grade. 10/30/2016)
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada (4th and 5th grades. 11/17/2016)
Joinville, Brazil (10th graders. 11/29/2016)
Hawley, Pennsylvania (4th and 5th grades. 11/30/2016)
Jonesboro, Arkansas (4th grade. 11/30/2016)
Derby, Kansas (3rd grade. 5/1/2017)
Argentina (9th grade. 9/20/2017)
Skype Connections
Mrs. Hincks' class in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Junior kindergarten & kindergarten read to each other. (11/9/2016)
Mrs. Ronda Hughes, Langston School, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Read Across America Week (February/March 2017)
Nigeria for Things Fall Apart (10th grade. 9/27/2017)
Ukraine for Christmas Around the World Project (K, 2nd-3rd. 12/13/17)
School in Lewisville, Texas for Read Across America Week (2/26/2018)
Virtual Field Trips
Yellowstone National Park- Skype with a park ranger (1st grade. 11/30/2016)
Egypt (Kindergarten. 8/23/2017)
Joshua Tree National Park (9th and 10th grades. 12/6/2017)
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences "The Unhuggables" (K-3. 12/6/2017)
Adelie Penguin Colony in Antarctica (2nd-4th grades. 12/12/2017).
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher "Amazing Alligators" (Kindergarten. 4/4/2018)
North Carolina Aquarium "Turtle! Turtle! Watch Out!" (2nd and 3rd grades. 5/10/2018)
Guest Speakers
Nate Stender- Software Engineer at Google in California (K-6. Hour of Code. 12/6/2016)
Very special famous person that cannot be named twice- March and May 2018
Connected Projects
Connected Google Classroom Mock Caldecott Project with Iowa (2nd and 3rd grades. Began 11/14/2016. Ended in January 2017. Also got to Skype with classes.)
Celebrate Christmas and Other Holidays Around the World Global Video Project (ongoing)
Connected 4th Grade Book Club with Mrs. Ronda Hughes (April 2017)
Connected Mock Caldecott 2018
Salina Yoon (San Diego, California. 2nd and 3rd grades for CGC project. 11/28/2016)
Lisa Brown (San Francisco, California. 2nd and 3rd grades for CGC project. 12/12/2016)
Dan Santat (Pasadena, California. 2nd and 3rd grades for CGC project. 12/12/2016)
Rubin Pingk (Clinton, Utah. K-6 grades. 12/14/16)
Corey Rosen Schwartz (Warren, New Jersey. Read Across America Week. K-3 grades. 3/2/2017)
Rebecca Gomez (Nebraska. Read Across America Week. 4-6 grades. 3/2/2017)
Dave Burgess (California. 1-3 grades. 9/17/2017)
Peter Raymundo (2nd and 3rd grades. 11/30/2017)
Mystery Skype Sessions
Hot Springs, Arkansas (8th grade. 10/30/2016)
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada (4th and 5th grades. 11/17/2016)
Joinville, Brazil (10th graders. 11/29/2016)
Hawley, Pennsylvania (4th and 5th grades. 11/30/2016)
Jonesboro, Arkansas (4th grade. 11/30/2016)
Derby, Kansas (3rd grade. 5/1/2017)
Argentina (9th grade. 9/20/2017)
Skype Connections
Mrs. Hincks' class in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Junior kindergarten & kindergarten read to each other. (11/9/2016)
Mrs. Ronda Hughes, Langston School, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Read Across America Week (February/March 2017)
Nigeria for Things Fall Apart (10th grade. 9/27/2017)
Ukraine for Christmas Around the World Project (K, 2nd-3rd. 12/13/17)
School in Lewisville, Texas for Read Across America Week (2/26/2018)
Virtual Field Trips
Yellowstone National Park- Skype with a park ranger (1st grade. 11/30/2016)
Egypt (Kindergarten. 8/23/2017)
Joshua Tree National Park (9th and 10th grades. 12/6/2017)
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences "The Unhuggables" (K-3. 12/6/2017)
Adelie Penguin Colony in Antarctica (2nd-4th grades. 12/12/2017).
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher "Amazing Alligators" (Kindergarten. 4/4/2018)
North Carolina Aquarium "Turtle! Turtle! Watch Out!" (2nd and 3rd grades. 5/10/2018)
Guest Speakers
Nate Stender- Software Engineer at Google in California (K-6. Hour of Code. 12/6/2016)
Very special famous person that cannot be named twice- March and May 2018
Connected Projects
Connected Google Classroom Mock Caldecott Project with Iowa (2nd and 3rd grades. Began 11/14/2016. Ended in January 2017. Also got to Skype with classes.)
Celebrate Christmas and Other Holidays Around the World Global Video Project (ongoing)
Connected 4th Grade Book Club with Mrs. Ronda Hughes (April 2017)
Connected Mock Caldecott 2018