During the Global Read Aloud, students all around the world read the same book in their classes. This year, 1st-3rd grade students are reading Marty McGuire by Kate Messner. The 4th-6th graders are reading Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. Both are excellent books that I can't wait to get started on!
We have 10 out of 12 of our 1st-6th elementary classrooms participating. They will be reading the books in their classrooms with their classroom teachers and making connections throughout the country and world during their library time. We have connections in Hawaii, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, Washington, Canada, other Iowa towns and several others already!
To make connections, we use Edmodo, Kidblog and Skype. Edmodo is a safe social network, built for students and teachers. All groups are password protected to ensure safety. Kidblog is a place where kids can write blogs that are moderated by the teacher. We will be using Skype for video-conferencing. This week we started out by writing introductory posts about ourselves and our school and our predictions about the books after watching book trailers. I love seeing the kids connect with other kids, and they think its so cool when anyone responds to them!
I am very thankful for our classroom teachers that have volunteered to do the reading part in their classrooms, and we are all excited to get started on the project next week! We have a Skype set up with Canadian 6th graders, and one with kids from Iowa!
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