Biography :: Historic Comments!

Mrs. Yollis' class just completed a unit on biographies.

A biography is the story of a person's life. Each informational text report introduce the class to an individual who made a significant contribution to our world!

Artists, inventors, founding fathers, civil rights leaders,

entrepreneurs, inventors,

aviators, astronauts, and pioneers in many fields 

were among the amazing historical figures about whom we studied!

Here are some photos of the dioramas and artifacts. 

Historical figures, by next Wednesday, please leave a comment for one of the historical figures you met.   ;-)  

1. Share TWO or more facts about the contributions you've made.  Be sure to write using your voice and not the voice of a third grader in Mrs. Yollis' class. 

2. Historical figures, directly address another person you'd like to converse with. Watch the comments to see if you get a reply from anyone. 

3. OPTIONAL: BOLD your facts using HTML code.

Looking forward to reading these historic comments!

 

What is Purple :: Wrap Up #clrpoem

♥ This project is dedicated to the memory of Mr. David Eldridge of Hawes Primary School in Yorkshire Dales, England. David was a pioneer in the area of meaningful technology integration through educational blogging, a passionate innovator, and a generous learning partner. David recognized the importance of a global education and the power of collaborative learning.  You are missed, David. ♥

We just completed our SIXTH week of the Twitter Time :: Color/Colour Poem Project. What is PURPLE?

Here are a few examples. 

Please let me know if I have missed any!

Los Angeles

Middleham, England 

New York City

Hawaii 

We have been having so much fun, let's keep going!

This week, rainbow!

Memorial Day :: A National Holiday

Guest post from Mallory, Mrs. Yollis' former student

This Monday is Memorial Day in the United States. 

It is a national holiday!

TWO YEARS AGO, I celebrated Memorial Day with my mom and my Girl Scout troop in a special way.  We went to the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood to place American flags on the headstones of soldiers who have served our country in the military.   There were so many other troops to help, including Daisies, Brownies, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Eagle Scouts.

Photo by Mallory's Mom

There was a very specific way to place the flags.  They had to be put 1 foot away from the headstone and 2 inches into the ground.  Then we were told to stand and have a moment of silence to recognize and honor the soldier for their dedication to our country.

Photo by Mallory's Mom

I was very interested to read each soldier's headstone.  Some fought in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War.  There were many soldiers who even fought in more than one war.

This memorable experience inspired me to come home and learn more about Memorial Day.  I found out many interesting facts on Wikipedia.

Memorial Day Facts:
* Memorial Day used to be called "Decoration Day" during the Civil War.
* It wasn't until after World War II that the name changed to Memorial Day.
* In 1967, it was declared a national holiday.
* There are 88,000 graves in the Los Angeles National Cemetery.

Photo by Mallory's Mom

How do you celebrate Memorial Day where you live?

Do you have anyone in your family who has served in the military?

Crystal Apple :: Digital Voice Award Winner!

The Digital Voice Awards (DVA) are sponsored by the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and honor exemplary classroom technology projects in Los Angeles county. 

In the past ten years, Mrs. Yollis and her students have won two "Best Overall Elementary Project" DVA awards and several of her students have won individual DVAs. This year is the tenth anniversary of the awards. Mrs. Yollis is thrilled to be selected for the 10th anniversary Crystal Apple award. The Crystal Apple award is bestowed upon ten Los Angeles County Teachers to honor their innovative technology projects and creative teaching practices.  

Mrs. Drake, from LACOE, came to the classroom to present Mrs. Yollis with the Crystal Apple.  

Here is some information from the DVA website: 

The 10^th Anniversary Digital Voice Awards Celebration webcast it tomorrow, May 21, 2015! The 2015 Digital Voice Awards (DVA) honors exemplary classroom instructional technology projects from educators from schools across Los Angeles County. Projects are created with a variety of technology tools in areas across the K-12 curriculum. Projects align and reflect the California standards, including the Common Core State Standards, and are created by individual students, student teams, whole classrooms of students, and even school-wide and global projects!

To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the Digital Voice Awards, ten teachers were selected to receive the Crystal Apple award. The Crystal Apple honors teachers who innovate with technology projects and display creative teaching practices to make an engaging environment for their students. The Crystal Apple honorees serve as a model for educators across Los Angeles County and beyond!

Here is a link to the webcast!

Mrs. Yollis is exceedingly proud of her 

Digital Voice :: Crystal Apple Award

What is Blue? :: Wrap Up #clrpoem

♥ This project is dedicated to the memory of Mr. David Eldridge of Hawes Primary School in Yorkshire Dales, England. David was a pioneer in the area of meaningful technology integration through educational blogging, a passionate innovator, and a generous learning partner. David recognized the importance of a global education and the power of collaborative learning.  You are missed, David. ♥

We just completed our FIFTH week of the Twitter Time :: Color/Colour Poem Project. What is BLUE?

Mrs. Yollis apologizes for skipping "What is Green?" Wrap Up. 

She has been sick. :-(

The object of this collaborative project is to create digital images, share original poems, and publish through our classroom Twitter account using the hashtag #clrpoem! Each week a color of the visible spectrum will be showcased! Everyone is invited to participate!

ROY  G  BIV 

One way to remember the visible spectrum is the
ROY G BIV acronym.
(red-orange-yellow-green-blue-*indigo-violet)

*We'll be going with purple. 

Here are some highlights of What is BLUE? week. Thank you to all who participated!

Los Angeles

Blueberries are blue,

Super antioxidant,
Delectable fruit!

#clrpoem #haiku

 By Nicholas

Hawaii 

Sacramento 

New Zealand

New York City

Mrs. McKenzie's students inspired by Mr. Webb's students!

We are using poems as mentor texts as well.

 

Observation from Mrs. McKenzie in New Zealand. Social media can be used to promote and motivate learners. It is all about having an audience. 

Here is a fabulous summary of some blue poems from Mr. Webb's class in New Zealand! Check them out! 

Final week, what is PURPLE?

Join the fun! Shoot an image, write a complementary poem, and tweet it out using the hashtag #clrpoem.