G-Day Mates!

G-Day Mates from Mrs. McCall's First Grade.

Here is a link to the first blogspot and set of comments from our Aussie friends and Mrs. Gray, our school's media specialist:
http://starraussie.blogspot.com/

Kyle takes a stroll with Koala Lou in her nifty backpack out on the playground!

Michaela and Koala Lou play with their first grade friends on the jungle gym out on the playground. What a beautiful day!

Devan and Dalton make word families using the long i sound. Koala Lou helps these fellas make words such as might, dime, and pine. Way to go!

Kassie poses with Koala Lou showing off her birdhouses she made out of gourds. We read the story Bluebirds in the Garden. In the story, the girl grew birdhouses just like Kassie! How cool!

Mrs. Smith teaches us lessons called Brain Boosters every Tuesday morning. Here she is posing with Koala Lou as she gives our brains a boost!

Mrs. McCall and her first grade class are posing with Koala Lou for a nice photo!

Koala Lou and Mrs. McCall read Koala Lou to the children.

Dannillie, Luke, Ashton, and Koala Lou test which solids float and sink in science.

Students listen to a story with Koala Lou at the listening center.

Garrett, Rio, and Koala Lou play file folder games with Koala Lou.

Koala Lou helps Kerri and Kassie balance linker cubes and a box of crayons using a balance scale.

Here are students reading their leveled reading books with Koala Lou.

It's on the way!

We've packed our box of exchange items and have sent them on their way to Australia. We're keeping our fingers crossed for a good trip and counting the days until our parcel arrives.

It's Here!

A lovely parcel arrived today from Australia. We are so excited and are having a wonderful time preparing for our time of sharing!

Welcome!

Welcome to our class partnership blog! We are so excited about our Australian partnership! We look forward to getting to know you all better!