Have You Checked Out Diigo?

Has this ever happened to you? You're online, looking at a website. Then, you think, "Wow! Kids from my class would LOVE this site!" If you have, then Diigo is the website for you! Instead of just saving a website on your personal computer, Diigo allows us to bookmark sites that we think other kids in the class might LOVE looking at. 

Our class has our own Diigo page. To visit it, click on any of the blue Diigo's in this blog entry, or click on Diigo under "Find our Class" to the right of this blog post. I've put up several websites that will teach you more about life in Colonial America! There's even a link to a website where you can find out more about Remember Patience Whipple. Try it out today!

Did you visit Diigo? What site did you visit? What did you think about it? Would you recommend others visit that same site? 

Coming up, we'll be learning how to save our own links to Diigo! We can't wait!

Valentine's Day Cupcake Service Project

Today, we participated in an exciting service project for Craig's Kitchen, a soup kitchen in Greenpoint. As members of the Dessert Corps, we decorated homemade cupcakes for a Valentine's Day meal at the soup kitchen. Katie dropped off the cupcakes after school today, and the group was so excited to learn that a school was taking part in their project. Listen to some of our thoughts behind why this was an important project to take part in!

Thank you so much to everyone who sent in supplies and who baked cupcakes! You truly made our service project a success!

The Thirteen Original Colonies: A Mini-Lecture!

Our study of Colonial America began last week! This week, we learned about the Thirteen Original Colonies, particularly about the different regions that the colonies were broken up into. The students gave each other mini-lectures about the colonies based on what they learned in class. Here, one student gives part of their mini-lecture (the introduction and the New England Colonies). Enjoy!

Ask a student from our class to give you their Thirteen Original Colonies mini-lecture! What did you learn about the different regions?