Project Update

Good news.....the teacher from New Zealand that I contacted through epals finally responded back to me! She is very interested in working with my class and having her students compare and contrast communities with mine.  At this point we are working out the details on the email......I will keep you posted!

Project Update

Hi....because I still have gotten no responses to having another class from another country to communicate with to compare and contrast our communities, I decided to be more proactive.  On the EPals sight, I was able to clink on different countries and see posts from other teachers from other countries.  I found a teacher from New Zealand.  She has a group of students who are 6-9 years old.  She is interested in doing a similar project.  So....I emailed her and hopefully she will respond back.  It would be great for my students to learn about her students.  She said that most of her students live on a farm and that their summer break is around Christmas time.  I think my students would find that very interesting so I hope this works out!

My Project Idea

Hi....Kim and I are working on projects for a Social Studies unit.  The third grade curriculum focuses on World Communities.  We want to email or blog with other classes from other countries.  We would like our students to compare and contrast cultures, traditions, family life, geography, etc. with students from other countries.  We posted our project ideas on E-Pals hoping that we would get some responses back of people interested.  Unfortunately we have only received one response and it doesn't seem to be what we are looking for right now.  Any suggestions or ideas for connecting with people who might be interested in this project?