Dear Mrs. Abalos' Class...

Dear Mrs. Abalos' Class,

Two friends have taken our Nobody home. We want to share with you how they showed kindness and helped turn our Nobody into a Somebody:

G.B. helped her grandma sweep the floor and water the plants.

E.S. helped Nobody read a book and she donated her clothes so that other kids can wear them. Donated is a fancy word for "giving something away."

We have some questions for you:

1. Who took your Nobody home already in your class?

2. How did you help your Nobody be a Somebody?

Thank you.

From,

Ms. Schmidt & Ms. Theis' Kindergarten Class

A Letter to our Grade 1/2 Friends...

Dear Mrs. Abalos' class,

Thank you for your letter.

We have been learning about the countries we come from and their flags.

Here are some ways we plan to turn Nobody into a Somebody:
G.V.: "We can by helping people."
T.P.: "By helping people solve problems."
J.L.: "By giving him a special name."
E.S.: "By showing Nobody expressions of happiness, making good choices and words we say."

How will you help your Nobody?

From,
Ms. Schmidt & Ms. Theis' Kindergarten Class

A Letter to our Kindergarten friends...

Dear Ms. Schmidt and Mrs. Theis' class,

We are very happy about this surprise! We are also happy that we have a blog together. We are excited that we get to take the doll home! Some of us thought that there was a cat inside because there was a picture of a cat on the box. A lot of people thought it was Tweenie, the dog we sponsored from Thailand at Soi Dog. We talked about the ways we can make Nobody into a Somebody. We can't wait to hear about your experience!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Chocron-Abalos' class

Welcome!

Thank you for visiting our "Who is NOBODY?" collaborative sharing space! We are very excited to embark on this journey together with our students and bring in this project as it connects to our unique inquiries currently going on in our classrooms!

By teaching and learning alongside our students, this blogspace will be used to not only teach digital citizenship, but it will also be a place where the students in our classrooms can connect, ask questions, learn and showcase their discoveries! We also look forward to showcasing the cross-connectedness between the Full Day Early Learning Kindergarten curriculum and that of the Grade 1 and 2 curriculums on this blog as we make visible the learning and meaningful connections that arise from this "Who is NOBODY?" project! 

We invite you to follow along as we use this homepage to showcase our learning and connect our experiences! Similarly, the Full Day Kindergarten page will recount specific learning moments from Ms. Schmidt & Ms. Theis' Kindergarten class and likewise for Ms. Abalos' class on the Grade 1/2 page above. We encourage you to visit our collaborative sharing space often and we also invite you to become an participate in our journey by posing questions, comments and connections that we would be happy to respond too! 

Here's to new learning as we begin to work together on making NOBODY a SOMEBODY as we learn about our school, community, world and most importantly each other!

Sincerely,
Ms. Schmidt, Ms. Theis & Ms. Chocron-Abalos