Hello! My name is Miss Cooney and I am a student teacher from the University of Rhode Island. I am very excited to be joining Mrs.Young's classroom for the remainder of the year. I have many different activities planned for the rest of the year and we have already started some of them! Miss Brown and I started a virtual road trip through the United States in social studies. Each week students will be given two mystery states for homework. On Friday, we will travel to our mystery states. Last week we did a reanactment of Ellis Island, took a virtual tour of the White House, and even got to try New York Bagels! This week, we will be traveling to Florida and Louisiana!
Follow our virtual tour at home...
Be sure to check out some pictures at the bottom of the page!!
Week 1:
Departure: Westerly, RI
1st Stop: Plymouth, MA
Take a tour of Plymouth Plantation...
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm
2nd Stop: Hershey,PA
See how they produce chocolate at Hershey Park!
http://www.thehersheycompany.com/about-hershey/manufacturing-network.aspx
Week 2:
Departure: Hershey,PA
1st Stop: Grand Central, NY
Take a helicopter tour of New York City!
http://pixelcase.com.au/vr/2009/newyork/ny2.html
Ellis Island Immigration Video
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop7.htm
2nd Stop: Washington, DC
Take a tour of the White House
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/whitehouse/virtual.html
Week 3:
Departure: Washington, DC
1st Stop: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Check these sites out for more information about NASA and the Kennedy Space Station:
http://my.execpc.com/~culp/space/timeline.html
http://www.kidport.com/REFLIB/Science/MoonLanding/MoonLanding.htm
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=49F217CF-DC64-4F5D-9EC0-33C9B6CCD74A
Check out this site for information on Everglades:
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=FCFF55B0-664B-4A2A-8D52-E55F0AF673E0
2nd Stop: New Orleans, LA
Check out these sites for information about Hurricane Katrina:
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=3490DD9A-8239-476C-91DA-9441198A13A9
Click here for pictures from our Mardi Gras Event
Week 4:
Click here for pictures from week 4 of our virtual road trip to Arizona and Texas!
Week 5:
Click here for pictures from week 5 of our virtual road trip to California and Hawaii.
Please contact me with any questions or concerns.
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