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Archives for March, 2011

Our Quad Blogging Buddies – Meet Mrs. DeVries’ Class!

Posted by  on Sunday, March 27th 2011     

Through our blog, we have made great connections with so many classes from around the world. We’ve talked to classes from our neighbors to the north, Canada. We’ve talked to classes from other continents such as Europe and Australia. It’s been a wonderful experience getting to learn about different cultures. A few teachers wanted to [...]

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Skyping with our Quad Blogging Buddies

Posted by  on Tuesday, March 22nd 2011     

Through blogging, we’ve been able to connect to so many other wonderful classes. We’ve conversed with teachers from Europe, Australia, and many right here in North America. One such class that we’ve been fortunate enough to get to know better has been Mrs. Watson and her 2/3 class. Mrs. Watson’s class is in Sointula, British [...]

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The Avery Bunch – Fractions in Action

Posted by  on Wednesday, March 16th 2011     

In math, we’ve been working with fractions! A fraction can be used to show a part of a whole. For example, we could use a fraction to show how many pieces of the circle are shaded in below. The circle is split into four equal pieces. The total number of pieces in the whole is [...]

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Our Quad Blogging Buddies: Welcome to Mr. Avery’s Class Blog!

Posted by  on Sunday, March 13th 2011     

Mr. Avery’s class looks forward to sharing and learning from our Quad Blogging buddies! March 7th – March 13th – Mrs. Ranney’s Class Blog (California, USA) March 14th – March 20th – Mr. Avery’s Classroom Blog (Massachusetts, USA) March 28th – April 3rd – 3DD Class Blog (Leopold, Australia) April 4th – April 10th – [...]

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Skyping with Kevin Lemanowicz

Posted by  on Wednesday, March 9th 2011     

Last Friday, we were lucky enough to Skype with a local meteorologist. A meteorologist is someone who studies weather patterns and predicts what the weather will be. They try their best based upon different weather instruments they have like anemometers (measure wind speed), hygrometers (measure humidity), and barometers (measure air pressure). Weather can be a [...]

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Our Quad Blogging Buddies

Posted by  on Sunday, March 6th 2011     

Through our blog, we have made great connections with so many classes from around the world. We’ve talked to classes from our neighbors to the north, Canada. We’ve talked to classes from other continents such as Europe and Australia. It’s been a wonderful experience getting to learn about different cultures. A few teachers wanted to [...]

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