Skyping with NYC: The Borough of Brooklyn!

On Wednesday,  Mrs. Yollis' class had the pleasure of making new friends in New York City!

Meeting Mrs. Bova,  Mrs. Barbaro, and their third grade classes.

Alexa, Kristen, and Adia keep notes of the call using TodaysMeet.

We shared about California, the Golden State. 

We learned many things about the state of New York and the city of New York.

New York state bird:    bluebird

New York state flower:   rose

New York state's highest point:    Mount Marcy  5,344 ft.  (1,629 m)  

New York state's population:  18,000,000

New York state's area:  54,556 sq. miles (128,403 km²)

New York state nickname:  Empire State

New York state tree: sugar maple

New York state mammal:  beaver

New York state insect: lady bug

New York state fish:   brook trout

 We did not have all of the answers for the New Yorkers, so we researched and now can share!

• The highest point in California is Mt. Whitney is 14,505 feet (4421 m). That makes Mt. Whitney the tallest point in the contiguous United States. 

• The population of California is approximately 37,000,000! California has the highest population followed by Texas and New York.

• The state of California is 158,706 square miles which makes it the 3rd largest state. Does anyone know which two states are larger? 

Thank you, Finn, for being our photographer! Thank you Alexa, Kristen, and Adia for taking notes for us at TodaysMeet.    Here is the  transcript from the call.

What was the most interesting fact you learned from the call?

How is their community different than ours? How is it similar?

What else would you like to know about New York?

Sing-a-long: Mr. B. and 3 Rs Song

Mrs. Yollis' class from California is friends with Mr. Salsich's class in Connecticut. These classes are blogging buddies and Skyped back in November.

On Friday, the two classes got together to share about their paperless classroom experiences  which you can read about here and here.

The classes also enjoyed singing some songs with Mr. B.

Three it's a magic number

Yes it is, it's a magic number

Because two times three is six

And three times six is eighteen

And the eighteenth letter in the alphabet is R

We've got three R's we're going to talk about today

We've got to learn to

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

If you're going to the market to buy some juice

You've got to bring your own bags and you learn to reduce your waste

And if your brother or your sister's got some cool clothes

You could try them on before you buy some more of those

Reuse, we've got to learn to reuse

And if the first two R's don't work out

And if you've got to make some trash

Don't throw it out

Recycle, we've got to learn to recycle,

We've got to learn to

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Because three it's a magic number

Yes it is, it's a magic number

3, 3, 3

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36

33, 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, and

3, it's a magic number

We then enjoyed singing This Land is Your Land and You're a Grand Old Flag.

At the end, Mr. Salsich's class sang a solo with Mr. B.

  Mr. Salsich's students were on the Atlantic coast and Mr. B. was on the Pacific coast. 

It was difficult because of a slight Skype delay. But they did it!

The two classes enjoyed discussing what they liked about the paperless day:

• Both classes enjoyed using the whiteboards instead of paper.

• A student from Mr. Salsich's class liked that there was no noise from a pencil sharpener all day!

• Mrs. Yollis' class liked the idea of paperless homework!

Thank you to our scribes (Sydney, Jaxon, Kendall,  and Ben) and our photographer. (Ethan)

What did you like about the connection?

How did you like singing together from opposite coasts?