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?

Preparing for Earth Day ~ April 22

 Earth Day is an important day to think about our planet and how we treat it. What we leave behind really matters!

Mrs. Yollis and her students have been spending a lot of time thinking about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

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Changing behavior is difficult, but it starts with an examination of behavior.

On Monday, Mrs. Yollis' students collected the trash from snack and lunch.

  Students then sorted the trash into stack of paper bags, foil, plastic baggies, plastic utensils, wrappers, disposable plastic water bottles, and cardboard cartons.

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Trent, Ayush, Charlie, Kayla, and Ethan have already discovered ways to limit trash.

They bring their lunches in reusable containers!

Behold!

In addition, some students are drinking out of reusable water bottles.

Check them out!

Many students have pledged to start using more reusable containers.

It is exciting to hear  the pledges people are making about creating less waste!

But, Panda says that actions speak louder than words.

Already, action has been taken!

Mrs. Yollis has changed her behavior. She used to use a disposable spoon with her yogurt every day. What a waste!

Now, she is using a reusable metal spoon!

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Gal was using paper bags everyday, but now she has a reusable lunch box!

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Are you trying to change your behavior?

Tell us about how you plan to reduce, reuse, or recycle!

Getting Ready for Earth Day ~ April 22

Readers, please share your thoughts! 

What thing (little or BIG) can you pledge to do in order to make the Earth a better place? 

Double click on the WallWisher to add your pledge!

Here's a link to make it bigger:  http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/2010EarthDay

Blogging Challenge #4

The fourth assignment in the Challenge Yourself to Blog series is focused on the environment.

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Mrs. Yollis' class is participating 
in the Paperless Classrooms project 
on Earth Day, April 22.

The project is sponsored by TeachPaperless Blog.

Here is a link to the wiki that was set up to document the day.

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On that day, Mrs. Yollis has pledged to not use any paper in the classroom or for homework.

Instead, she'll use: whiteboards, Quia, and Spelling City!

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Do you think this is a worthy project? 

Why or why not?