Skyping with 4A at CCE

On Thursday, we Skyped with our new buddies in 4A at CCE .  It was our first time "Skyping" as a class, and we LOVE it!

Mrs. Pryor helped set up our Skype session and introduced us to our Skyping Buddies!  Thank you, Mrs. Pryor!

The name of our project was GINGERBREAD SKYPE!


First, each of the 4th graders in both classes designed their own gingerbread house. Then we each wrote a description of our house and sent it to our partners in 4A at Cottonwood Creek through GMail on Google Apps.

When they received our e-mail, they had to draw the house we described.  We did the same thing.  It took a few days to send all of the e-mails and draw the houses.  Here are some examples:

On Thursday, we got together on Skype to compare our gingerbread houses. We learned we had to use really good descriptive details to get similar houses. Most of the time, we were right!

When we were done comparing, we asked each other questions to find similarities and differences between our schools and classes.

SIMILARITIES:

We have the same number of students in our classes (Alaniz-21/Augustine-21). 

We have the same classes for specials.

We also play the same games at recess.

Both classes blog!

DIFFERENCES:

We have recess at different times.  

Mrs. Alaniz is a Longhorn, while Mrs. Augustine is a Red Raider.

We also used TodaysMeet to comment on our experience.
Here is a transcript of our session.

Both teachers are already planning the next Skype project!  

What did you like about Skyping with other 4th graders?

What did you learn about using details in writing?