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to Chessie's MysteryBack
to Chessie's MysteryCollaboration across the Globe-
Using E-mail-
We first heard about the project through an email message on the Kidlink
listserv. We also frequently had to send messages to each other
using email because of the time zone difference. Denmark students were out
of school before we were even awake in the morning.
Chatting on IRC with
The class in Denmark-
Mrs. Schulz meets with the kids in Denmark at 6AM
and shared the log with
us. Hanne in Denmark meets with us during
our conversations with Mr. Ost.
Mr. Ost in New Hampshire
- Mr. Ost meets with us at least once a week to guide us
in our writing. He
encourages us to keep working on our ideas even though
some people did not think
they were good ideas.
Organization & Team Work - We created committees to handle different jobs. We have regular committee meeetings and write logs of our activities each time.
Writer Committee
-We are in charge of adding the ideas from the whole class
into the one story that every one agrees with. We also have to
consider
the
ideas from the class in Denmark.
Illustrator Committee
- We are in charge of the illustrations for the
scenes of the story which our class was writing.
Mathematicians-
We are creating the math problems that will tie into the
story as it progresses
Researchers
- We research ideas to be sure our facts are true to the story.
For instance, we checked whether an eagle can fly across the
ocean. We also checked out some facts on Sea Monsters, and Chessie
in particular.
Webdesigners -
We learned how to create a webpage and are responsible for
designing the one
for this mystery.
Communicators-
We are responsible for writing the email messages to the students
in Denmark.
Visual Organizers - or
the pieces of our work
Denmark's
Brainstorming List
Maryland
's Brainstorming List
The Writing Prompt
Our Teacher's Log - (Coming Soon)
Our Research notes (Coming Soon)
Our Planning Sheet
A
Blank Log Sheet - which each group fills out after each meeting
Outcomes
Schedule
An
Article about the "Mystery Day"
written by Brooke and Ashley
Web sites we visited to
help us with the project:
The
Sea Monsters Page
Annapolis
- Maryland's Capitol and the setting of the mystery
Assateague
Island Home Page -setting of
the oil spill
Oil
Spills - Facts for kids about oil spills
The Logs of our IRC
chats with Mr. Ost and Denmark
Log
# 1
Log
# 2
Log
# 3