Fifth block was the first to skype! We chatted with Mr. Hodgson’s class from Massachusetts. We discovered that we’d completed similar projects about our plans for the future, our dreams. Mr. Hodgson and I set up the Skype and we weren’t sure what to expect. I had some technical difficulties (but Miss Banks will help me figure that out for our next Skype) and we couldn’t see them, we could only hear them. Happily, they sent a couple of pictures:

They could see us, so we continued on with the discussion. A few students from both classes shared their projects. I was impressed with dreams of helping animals and becoming olympic athletes! We shared dreams of being singers, performers, athletes, teachers and successful students and again, impressed! Next the students asked each other questions like:

“What does it look like there?”  “Does it get hot in Massachusetts?” “Does it get cold in Virginia?” We compared our schools: our school has many more students! My favorite question was from Megan. Mr. Hodgson liked it too. 

@Mhaseltine It was great to connect. Love the student questions/response about “how to stay focused when you are writing” <high five>

— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) September 18, 2013

 

Mr. Hodgson’s sixth graders had some terrific answers about being the character and jumping into the story. I think we all learned a lot and I can’t wait to do it again.