Sunday, December 6, 2015

How would you spend $100 if you could shop with a cop?

I saw this story on the news today and was really touched by how sweet and generous this young man was. Check it out...




Sunday, November 15, 2015

Children Around the World

Remember back in September, we used the book My Librarian is a Camel to work on making observations and asking questions?



The Washington Post shared an article this week titled How classrooms look around the world - in 15 amazing photographs. It's pretty cool to see what other students experience!


Another post from the New York Times online magazine that we will use is this one, Rise and Shine: What kids around the world eat for breakfast.



What other things do you wonder about children in other countries?

Sunday, February 15, 2015

What a zoo!

We have started to dig in to our new project, creating a scale model of a zoo complete with animals and detailed enclosures.

Here are the websites we talked about for your research. Click on the hyperlink below the image for direct access to each site.







(You will not have access to everything on this site because it requires a subscription.)