This past Wednesday, Mrs. Kulnig's class of 4th graders Skyped with their new “mates”.
Mrs. Kulnig arranged the opportunity through the family hosting her son who is playing soccer there. The host family’s 9-year-old is in the equivalent grade as her Roosevelt fourth graders. We Skyped through the classroom’s SmartBoard with their counterparts in teacher Gemma Taylor’s class at St. Katherine's Primary School on Canvey Island. The island sits in the River Thames’ estuary directly east of London along England’s southeast coast.
The 9-year-old students on both sides of “the pond” had been busily brainstorming topics to present to their new friends. They both shared “big picture” information about Roosevelt School’s location and make-up, and what they study as fourth graders including art, music and gym. They also decried the many ways they use technology in their learning, and wrap up with a topic of universal interest – homework, describing assignments and the school’s after school homework help club. We heard similar accounts from the St. Katherine’s students.
Check out the quick highlight video below to see more - and hear some great accents!
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