This week we began our cartography unit along with a social studies unit on Mexico. Everyday we joined Mrs. McCalley's class to map out various geographic locations using room 34's SMART Board. The forty-two students bonded together for the common good. Mrs. McCalley's students were enthralled to be learning in Spanish and our kindergarteners were mesmerized by the latest educational technology. Sra. Kurkinen, on the other hand was a tad overwhelmed by teaching 42 children in Spanish and learning how to orient SMART technology at the same time. By Friday, however, I got the hang of it. Mrs. McCalley and I are excited to join forces once again this week in order to finish our Mexico Map Books. Thanks to all the volunteers who took the time to put them together!
Our Third Grade Immersion Buddies helped finish up some of our work on Friday. Having written the entire text in Spanish, we challenged our buddies to read our work aloud. The gauntlet was thrown and the eight year old fired back, pointing out all the site we failed to include on our various maps. The third graders were happy to help us fill them in and even more so to hear we will need their help next week to complete a variety of folk art pieces.
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