After the first week of so many Read Around the Planet connections along with other VCs, I finally was able to actually watch a full session today. We have 63 RAP sessions this year.
Today’s session was an ESL Read Around the Planet. We started by our 7 students saying their name and hello in their native language (Spanish and Korean). Then our friends in TX also said their names.
Our friends in Texas shared a song with us. Then our students taught the kids in Texas the alphabet using ZooPhonics with actions. Our class sang about the animals that live at the zoo.
Our friends in Texas shared the beginning of a book about an animal in the zoo. Then they shared a song about colors, with each student representing different colors.
Some of the questions the students asked each other were:
- What is your favorite food?
- What is your favorite book?
- What is your favorite toy?
- What kind of weather is it there?
- Why aren’t you wearing blue? (one class had uniforms and the other class didn’t)
The students enjoyed a great conversation and learned about each other. Reminds me why I love this project!