Today is the last day of school... for our little chickies

The 4th grade classes at French Creek Elementary School had a successful hatch.  Miss Borchard's class had a 100% of their chicks hatch and today, the 11 happy, healthy, fluffy, yellow chicks will be adopted out into the OJR community. Here is a video of the chicks' last day in their brooder box before they fly the coop.

As you can see, the chicks have been well-behaved in class.  The Cornish Whites will be well-cared for by some students and neighbors from French Creek Elementary School for the next 8 to 12 weeks. Kudos to FC and the teachers for doing a tremendous job incubating the eggs and caring for the the baby chicks! 

Chicks are hatching!!

Live Web cam info

Hello! The live web cam was installed in our classroom on Friday- It only works on OJR campus right now, I will let you know if you can access it from the internet, but as of now, it only works in school.

Here is a video I made using Flickr photo editor and Animoto.  I hope you like it!  I know you didn't go to Harrisburg this year on a field trip, but if you send me photos from your trip next week- I can make a new video for you, Love- Mrs. D

I just made your name poster on Wordle- it is fun!

Try to find me... on the Social Studies page!

Looking to brush up on your latitude/longitude coordinates?  Follow the directions on the Social Studies page to find out "Where in the world is Mrs. DiBattista?"  Good Luck!

Today we learned how to view and post comments to the blog!
Directions to comment come up after you choose the area you would like to make a comment on.  Where ever you see 0 Comments, or 1 comment, You click on that to see the other comments and directions for how to comment, then you should be good to go.  When in doubt- choose anonymous and sign your name! Give it a shot!

Here is a brief tutorial from Mrs. Yollis on how to add a comment
Mrs. Yollis's tutorial on how to add a comment

Welcome to our 4th grade blog!  Together we will learn how to become digital citizens of the 21st century... get ready to blast off!

Check out the "Science Corner" to find out information about our Embryology Project

This short video shows a chick hatch (not in real time)