This past week, our 2nd grade and 4th grade students started the Global Read Aloud Project. The 4th graders are listening to Tuck Everlasting, and the 2nd graders are enjoying Flat Stanley. I was happy that none of the students in either grade had the respective books before. We were hoping to Skype with a class in New Orleans, but of course Skype hasn't been working at school. Hopefully we will still get to video chat with some kids from outside of Iowa! Also, we are using Edmodo to connect with students from around the globe. Edmodo is very similar to Facebook, but is safe & secure for kids. They love communicating there and are learning great social networking skills so that when they do get a Facebook (or whatever) account, they know how to use it appropriately!
Here are the 4th grade predictions for Tuck Everlasting:
