First graders' learning is enriched by collaborative experiences that extend beyond the classroom walls. With the opportunities that technology provides, children can participate with other classrooms both within their community and around the world. Click on the project titles to read more about our class participation in each project.
That's the Way the Cookie Tumbles!
O.R.E.O. Project 2010
The letters O.R.E.O. stand for "Our Really Exciting Online" project. This fun project is hosted by Jennifer Wagner at www.projectsbyjen.com. Jennifer's goal is to "encourage teachers to seamlessly integrate technology in their classrooms." She does this by hosting online collaborative learning projects such as the O.R.E.O. Project.
Click here to visit our O.R.E.O. Project 2010 webpage.
Pumpkin Seed Count 2010
As fall approaches a great pumpkin appears in our classroom. After weighing the pumpkin, we open it up, scoop out the seeds, and count the total number by tens. Click on the pumpkin to visit our Pumpkin Seed Count web page.
Hands Around the World 2010
This project is an exchange of paper hands with students in classrooms around the world. Students will answer the question, "What do you want to say to children in far away places?" We cut out and decorate hands which will include the answer to this question. The distribution of the hands is coordinated by Imagiverse Educational Consortium. To practice our map skills, we post the hands we receive on a world map.
Click here to view our Hands around the World webpage.
Our classroom is paired with twenty nine other classrooms to exchange holiday greeting cards. We love this opportunity to share about the birth of Jesus with classrooms in the United States and Canada.
The one hundredth day of school is always a big event! To make the day even more special first graders organize a service project collecting cans of soup for the San Antonio Food Bank. Last school year we collected over 360 cans and then delivered them to the food bank where we received a tour of the facilities and garden.
In this investigation, we estimate which marshmallow shape our box of Lucky Charms® cereal will have the most of. Then we count and tally the number of different marshmallow shapes and create an online graph of our results.