Through our blog, we have made great connections with so many classes from around the world. We’ve talked to classes from our neighbors to the north, Canada. We’ve talked to classes from other continents such as Europe and Australia. It’s been a wonderful experience getting to learn about different cultures.
A few teachers wanted to find a way to team up with other blogs in order to learn even more about classes in different parts of the world. With that, Quad Blogging was born. Quad Blogging is where four class blogs team up. Each week, the focus is on one of those blogs. Everyone from the other three blogs will visit that blog to learn more about that class, their school, and their community.
We will be teaming up with three other classes, starting on Monday, March 7th. Here is the schedule for our Quad Blogging:
- March 7th – March 13th – Mrs. Ranney’s Class Blog (California, USA)
- March 14th – March 20th – Mr. Avery’s Classroom Blog (Massachusetts, USA)
- March 28th – April 3rd – 3DD Class Blog (Leopold, Australia)
- April 4th – April 10th – Mrs. Watson’s 2/3 Class (British Columbia, Canada)
This week, we’ll be leaving comments for Mrs. DeVries’ class. Make sure to leave quality comments. Proofread for proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Don’t forget to let them know you’re from Mr. Avery’s class!
Head on over to visit 3DD Classroom Blog!
A special thank you to Mrs. Yollis and Mrs. Morris for helping to set up our Quad Blogging buddies! 🙂
Hello my name is Jessica,
I am 10 years old and I live in Sydney, Australia. I go to a school called Roseville College. My Teacher is called Mrs. Thomas. She is really nice. I have a pet dog called Sasha. She is naughty but she is still really cute. I also have a younger brother called Lachlan who is 4 years old. Can i ask you some questions?
What is your school like?
Do you Like reading? I do it is one of my favorite hobbies. Right now i am reading a book called: A Waltz For Matilda by Jackie French. If you would like to visit my blog this is it: http://year5rc.edublogs.org
Bye for now. Type Soon!
Jessica Piercy 🙂 🙂 🙂
P.S. Mr. Avery sounds like a great teacher.
Dear Mr. Avery,
Skyping with Mrs. Ranney’s class was very fun. I got to see who Ariel, Ella, Jamie, and Aidan look like.
I ‘m happy we have not had homework all week!
I will need to Skype again. It’s so, so, so, so much fun!
Hope you have a nice weekend,
Ariel D.
Dear Mr Avery,
The Skyping was so much fun. I can’t wait to Skype again. It was funny when they called for dismissal you just said to go with no homework. We have no homework all week. That is one out of the million reasons why you are the best teacher.
From,
Jenna
Dear Mr Avery,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment on our blog (year 5 RC). My favourite experiment is putting salt on ice cubes and putting them on string.
Thank You,
Tess.D
Hi Mr Avery,
Thanks for taking the time to comment on our blog!
My favourite experiment is the Mentos Fizzy drink one!
We hope that you like what we are learning on our blog too!
Thanks,
Sophie M.
Hi Mr Avery ,
I am from Roseville College and I am here to say what my favourite science experiment is. I love the mentos in the water experiment. It is a lot of fun.
Thanks for taking the time on our blog.
Also this blog is a great blog and Year5 wants your students to see our blog Year5rc is a great blog.
Bye,
Mika
Thanks for taking the time to comment on our blog. I don’t have a favourite experiment but I like making fake snow, slime, quick sand and also crazy putty.
Natalie L.
Dear Mr Avery,
Hi, my name is Charlotte from 2KJ in Australia.
On the 2KM and 2KJ blog Milk is having a conversation with some of the kids. We love Milk’s and Chook’s comments on our blog!
Bye for now,
Charlotte
Dear Mr. Avery,
I can’t wait to skype with Mrs. Ranney’s class. I have some questions that we could ask them. Do they have class pets? How many?
My last question is, how many kids do they have in there class? How many girls and boys?
From,
Jenna
Dear Jenna,
CONGRATULATIONS! You just wrote our 1,000th comment. It’s amazing that we were able to get that many comments so quickly. All of you have worked so hard and have done such an amazing job with the blog. The 1,000 comment party is going to be well deserved!
Sincerely,
Mr. Avery
Dear Mr.Avery,
We have 1000 comments :)! Yes! Yes! Yes! Our blog is so popular I hope my blog can get that many so soon. I was excited because I knew today or tomorrow we would get it. I can’t wait until the comment party!
One of your super happy students,
Kaylee
Dear Jenna,
Thank you so much! Since you wrote that comment and I read the one Mr. Avery wrote. I have been so happy because of you writing the 1000th comment! I could never thank you enough.
From,
Kaylee
Dear Mr. Avery
Doing blogging buddies are very fun. I love learning about different states and countries. I can’t wait to learn more about the blogging buddies we have now.
From,
Ariel
Dear Ariel,
I agree. I’ve learned so much about all these different classes and schools from blogging with them. We’ve gotten to work with some great classes!
Your teacher,
Mr. Avery
Dear Mr. Avery and class,
Almost 1000 comments? That is positively amazing! What an accomplishment. The best part is that the comments are so cool, and include commenters from so many places and classrooms. Quad blogging is a great way to get to know about other places. I’m most interested in learning about the 3DD class, and to find out how the Australian students are different and similar. You guys are close — KEEP ON BLOGGING!
Sincerely,
Amy (Natalie’s Mom and a fan)
Plympton, MA
Dear Natalie’s mom,
Thank you for your comment! We love having parents write in and tell us what they think or write words of encouragement.
Quad blogging has been great. We learned so much about British Columbia when we Skyped with Mrs. Watson’s class. Now we get to Skype with Mrs. Ranney’s class in California and learn about their state!
Thanks for being such an important part of our blog this year!
Mr. Avery
Dear Natalie’s mom,
We are almost to 1000 comments! 🙂 I am Kaylee. I am in Mr. Averys class. I don`t have too much time to blog but I try my best. I have a blog too!
I can not wait till Thursday bacause we might have 1000 comments (most by Natalie). 🙂
From,
Kaylee
Dear Mr Avery and Year 4,
Thanks for your recent comment left on our blog about Science. Stand by for some replies from my students.
Your blog is great! We had already enjoyed your fractions movie very much – we have been learning about fractions too. I think your quad blogging sounds like a fabulous idea. I am sure you will learn so much about other places in the world. We live in Australia too, in Sydney. There is quite a lot of rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne as to which city is the best. I wonder what you think?
Have fun and keep blogging.
Mrs Thomas
Dear Mrs. Thomas,
We only need five more comments! We are going to Skype with Mrs. Ranney’s class! I can’t wait! I don’t know when, I am waiting for Mr. Avery to reply. I will write a comment as soon as I find out.
Sincerely,
Natalie S. ♥
Dear class of Mr Avery,
My name is Alex. I go to Roseville College. My teacher is Mrs Thomas. We are learning about global connections too! Would it be ok if I ask you some questions?
Where exactly is your school?
Can you please tell me a little about a typical school day?
What activities do you like to take part in in your spare time?
Please reply at…….
http://year5rc.edublogs.org.
Thanks,
Alex
Dear class of Mr Avery,
My name is Alex. I go to Roseville College. My teacher is Mrs Thomas. We are learning about global connections too! Would it be ok if I ask you some questions?
Where exactly is your school?
Can you please tell me a little about a typical school day?
What activities do you like to take part in in your spare time?
Please reply at…….
http://year5rc.edublogs.org.
Thanks,
Alex
Hey,
I am Sonvi and I am in year 5.
For HSIE, I am supposed to connect with someone overseas, so I am commenting on your blog from Australia. Could you answer a few questions for me?
Where abouts are you?
Where do you go to school?
Can you please tell me about a typical school day?
What activities do you like to take part in your spare time?
Could you also tell me maybe about some dishes or clothing you wear that might be traditional inyour country?
To answer, just head to http://year5rc.edublogs.org/
Thank you.
Sonvi
Dear Class,
I can tell you love Quad Blogging! We have tried it and learned so many new things. I am a better teacher because of the blogs I visit.
Did you know before I visited Mr. Avery’s blog, it never occurred to me to make a math movie?! Crazy, right? I’ve been teaching 17 years and I’m inspired each year by great teachers and learn new things every year.
Tomorrow, I am sharing your Avery Bunch fraction video with my class. We promise to send comments your way to help you get to one thousand!
Mrs. Kistler,
A 49’er
Dear Mr. Avery,
We have almost one thousand comments. I can’t wait! I think we should write a post on getting a thousand comments.
I visited the 3DD class. They had a slideshow about their school, like us! They have five playgrounds, and a garden.
Sincerely,
Natalie S.
Dear Mr. Avery,
I have a few questions:
When are we going to Skype with them?
Where is class 3DD?
Is Ella in class 3DD?
Sincerely,
Natalie S.
Dear Natalie,
I am going to anwswer some of your questons. Ella is not in class 3DD. 🙁 But we are going to skype with her class. She is in Mrs. Ranney’s class. Also, class 3DD is in Leopold, Australia.
From,
Kaylee
Dear Mr. Avery,
I can’t until we get to Skype! I can’t wait to Skype with Ella! I want to learn more about their class! I wonder if they have a state dog?
Anxiously waiting,
Natalie S.
Dear Mr.Avery,
I like the new post it’s cool. When did you put it up? I’m excited to learn about Mrs. DeVries’ class. It will be fun to learn about a class from Australia.
From,
Ariel