Donors Choose is an online charity that allows others to donate to projects created by teachers. The projects can cover a variety of items including classroom supplies, technology, or other specialties. Previously this year, we had two projects up on Donors Choose. One had asked for a new video camera to help improve the quality [...]
January 26th is Australia Day! Australia Day is much like the 4th of July here in the United States. It’s a national holiday often celebrated with BBQ and fireworks! January 26th is the day that Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in present day Sydney in the year 1787. This is often known as the arrival of [...]
Yesterday we had our yearly school Geography Bee. Ten lucky students were able to compete in the finals after having our preliminary rounds in class previously. Last week, all students went through seven rounds of questions. Questions related to states, oceans, and world geography. After, the seven rounds, we tallied up how many correct answers [...]
Last week we received a package in the mail. The first thing that caught our attention was was the address where it was sent from. In December, you may remember that we received a package from 2KM and 2KJ. We had a suspicion that this package might be from them too. When we opened it, [...]
We’ve done many projects over the course of the past two years. One of the favorites of the students though was the Angry Birds posters we created last year. While learning about angles, students were asked to create their own Angry Birds level. They then had to use protractors to measure the launch angles of [...]
One of the best parts about having a class blog is the opportunity to share our work with friends and family. They are such an important part of who we are and it’s so nice to be able to show our hard work to them on a daily basis. We want to make sure that [...]
