Today for Literary Salon we did a class reading of Eve Bunting’s picture book,  How Many Days to America? We had hoped to do this with our third grade buddies, but we weren’t able to coordinate our schedules. So instead we did a podcast for them.  We hope they listen to it and them perhaps will do one for us!  Then we can listen to theirs while looking at the whole book.  It is a perfect book to read right before Thanksgiving, especially when studying immigration.  Here is our podcast:

]]> http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2008/11/17/how-many-days-to-america/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Today for Literary Salon we did a class reading of Eve Bunting's picture book,nbsp; How Many Days to America? We had hoped to do this ... Today for Literary Salon we did a class reading of Eve Bunting's picture book,nbsp; How Many Days to America? We had hoped to do this with our third grade buddies, but we weren't able to coordinate our schedules. So instead we did a podcast for them.nbsp; We hope they listen to it and them perhaps will do one for us!nbsp; Then we can listen to theirs while looking at the whole book.nbsp; It is a perfect book to read right before Thanksgiving, especially when studying immigration.nbsp; Here is our podcast: Buddies,,Literary,Salons Monica_R_Edinger@dalton.org no No http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2008/05/30/about-to-be-immigrants-interview-new-citizens-of-big-dalton/ http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2008/05/30/about-to-be-immigrants-interview-new-citizens-of-big-dalton/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 16:29:51 +0000 edinger http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2008/05/30/about-to-be-immigrants-interview-new-citizens-of-big-dalton/ Today the members of Edinger House, relatively new Big Dalton citizens, were interviewed by their third grade buddies about their experiences immigrating to the Middle School. It was challenging to do because of space constraints and technology issues. Thanks so much to Craig, Ms. Nickles, Tracy and Julia, Ms. Levinthan, Ms. Kirsch and all those who helped with this.

The interviews are wonderful! Because they were done in crowded conditions, some may be a bit soft and/or otherwise difficult to hear. If they are hard to hear, I recommend using headphones — you can hear them all beautifully that way. And they are very worth hearing, I assure you. Congratulations to all!

To hear the interviews click on the following links:

c16ac’s interview

c16asi’s interview

c16cl’s interview

c16cw’s interview

c16hh’s interview

c16kd’s interview

c16km’s interview

c16mm’s interview

c16rb’s interview

c16rc’s interview

c16sb’s interview

c16sh’s interview

c16sh1’s interview

c16tb’s interview

c16tf’s interview

c16tk’s interview

c16ts’s interview

c16uw’s interview

First, let’s review how to record an audio file in FirstClass. (Click this link to go to the Email FAQ.)

Second, let’s review how to upload an audio file (podcast) to your blog.

Now that we’ve reviewed, you are going to prepare your blog posts for tomorrow. Let’s brainstorm some ideas to include in your blog post introduction:

1. Explain how the questions from the 3rd graders are different from your oral history book questions
2. Explain your transition from 3rd grade to 4th grade
3. Explain some of the differences between 3rd and 4th grade