My school has been focusing on global
awareness activities for the last month in all of our grade levels. Our
teachers have done amazing lessons, which have resulted in many
creative and visually stimulating products in our hallways. I decided
to get in on the action and am so excited about Skyping with one of my old friends from graduate school tomorrow morning. She is a school counselor at the TASIS American School in England.
After working out the technical difficulties, we decided to pair a
second grade class at my school with a second grade class at her
school.
Today, I went into Ms. Liberto’s second grade class to show her students the school website, as well as some video clips and pictures of the TASIS students. After learning some general information about the international school, the students formed teams to brainstorm additional questions they would want to ask the students in England. Ms. Liberto and I stressed the importance of including ALL the questions students had brainstormed and emphasized we would choose ten questions from the lists that would help us get the most information about the international students.
After reviewing all of the lists, we will be asking the following questions tomorrow morning:
It
will be a great opportunity to discuss similarities and differences
between our students and those who are attending the international
school. I can’t wait to see what the students learn and the products
they make. Some of these students might never leave the United States,
or even North Carolina, but through education and the power of
technology, we can expose them to life experiences that will broaden
their minds. That excites me, and I hope it will excite them!
~ Angela
Today, I went into Ms. Liberto’s second grade class to show her students the school website, as well as some video clips and pictures of the TASIS students. After learning some general information about the international school, the students formed teams to brainstorm additional questions they would want to ask the students in England. Ms. Liberto and I stressed the importance of including ALL the questions students had brainstormed and emphasized we would choose ten questions from the lists that would help us get the most information about the international students.
After reviewing all of the lists, we will be asking the following questions tomorrow morning:
- What are you learning about in second grade?
- Can second grade students sleep at the school as boarders?
- What kind of uniform do you wear? What color is it?
- Do you have recess? If so, what games do you play?
- Do you have a cafeteria in your school? What kind of lunches do you have?
- How old were you when you moved to England?
- What countries have you lived in?
- What are your most popular sports in England?
- What do you do for fun? Do you play video games or do gymnastics?
- How many students are in your class?
It
will be a great opportunity to discuss similarities and differences
between our students and those who are attending the international
school. I can’t wait to see what the students learn and the products
they make. Some of these students might never leave the United States,
or even North Carolina, but through education and the power of
technology, we can expose them to life experiences that will broaden
their minds. That excites me, and I hope it will excite them!~ Angela
