about 3 weeks ago - 4 comments
This is a student post by Emily and Claire for Mr. Mannell (and a short video for all of our readers!) You can visit Mr. Mannell’s site, Extended Comments for Students, by clicking here. * We are so thankful for the video you sent us! The student performers did a great job! We can tell More >
about 1 month ago - 25 comments
Today, the Techie Kids had a wonderful surprise! We received a package in the mail from the fabulous, Mr. Mannell (@RossMannell). He has been doing an amazing job of supporting my 3rd through 8th grade bloggers. Here are the first comments that we shared on our Winter in Michigan post. * Here are the links More >
about 2 months ago - 18 comments
Hooray! Hooray! It’s Skyping Day! Today our first group of Techie Kids had their first chance to Skype while they were at school. We were able to meet Mrs. Kistler and the 49er’s. We were so excited! This year, 3rd graders learn about our great state of Michigan. We have worked hard to find out More >
about 2 months ago - 4 comments
Blogging is simply amazing! Thank you for helping us learn about our world and how technology lets us make connections in ways that weren’t possible before. . Our Winter in Michigan post received 86 comments. Our readers commented from 15 different locations, 6 different states in the U.S., 6 different countries, on 4 different continents. More >
about 3 months ago - 93 comments
As we have been discovering different blogs around the world, we began to notice a few things about the weather. Some of us were talking about the cold temperatures and all the snow we’ve been getting like, Mr. Avery’s class and Mr. Salsich’s class, and the snow we are hoping to get, Mrs. Watson’s class. More >
about 4 months ago - 27 comments
The Techie Kids have been working hard in our computer lab. We’ve learned about Internet Safety, avatars, digital footprints, keyboarding, word processing, presentations, animations, spreadsheets, research skills, images, and citations. Whew, that’s not bad for only 40 minutes once per week! We are finally ready to begin blogging! Last week, we discussed some of the features More >
about 1 year ago - 15 comments
One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books is Fox in Socks. I just love the silly tongue twister tales. Let’s have some fun in the style of this awesome author by writing and reading some of our own. Many tongue twisters use alliteration. Alliteration is repeating a particular sound in the first syllables of a More >
about 1 year ago - 10 comments
Today we were able to connect with Mr. Kruger’s 3rd grade class in Minnesota. It is always fun to meet new friends. Both of our classes were ready to talk about our communities. Here is some of what we learned. *** For fun… They visit the Minnesota Zoo or the Como Zoo. The Como Zoo More >
about 1 year ago - 8 comments
So many of our blogging buddies have created informational videos and posts about the area they live in. We are learning so much about our world through all that they’ve shared. It’s about time that we did the same thing. Today, our third graders will be starting to research important facts that we can share More >
about 1 year ago - 27 comments
Well, you may have noticed that something looks different around here. Last week, the Techie Kids visited our blog buddies, Mr. Avery and Mrs. Watson’s, class blogs. They were super excited when they saw the Christmas decorations and immediately started asking if we could decorate too. Of course, they didn’t have to ask me twice! More >
