What are you doing this summer?

I am very excited to head back to Mexico with my family this July! We plan to spend a lot of time enjoying the crystal blue waters, where we will snorkel until our hearts' content... we love to see the fishies! Emma and I will also be visiting our favorite place on EARTH- Xcaret! See photos above!! We will touch tropical birds, feed monkeys and swim with dolphins... all in the same day. When the sun goes down, we will watch ancient Mayan fire shows, as we are HUGE history buffs! I plan to eat exotic food (cooked by anyone but ME), spend time with my family and enjoy every second of our tropical vacation! What are your plans this summer?? I am very curious to hear what you are up to!! Please let me know. If you have any pictures to post, you can email me at kdibattista@ojrsd.com and I would LOVE to post your stories and pictures! Talk to me soon! Love, (as usual) Mrs. DiBattista :)

French Creek Rocks the OJR Summer Reading Olympics

Looking for a fun way to enhance your reading and technology skills this summer?
Check this out:
OJR Summer Reading OLYMPICS 2012


What do you have to do?  It's Easy... Read and keep track of your minutes then check out the non-digital or digital options available to you.

You can help French Creek Rock the Summer Reading Olympics- C'mon! what are you waiting for?? here is Emma's Glogster project:

Teacher trouble getting comments to work on Blogger- Check here!

Hello teachers!  This is for those of you trying to set up a Blogger/Blogspot account and get the comments feature to actually work... the trick is simple- you need to update your time zone to the correct one to get the comments to post.  Time zone fiddling can be done under the "settings" tab in the "language and formatting" area.  I couldn't find my exact time zone that I am familiar with, so I chose the closest one I could find and made sure the times really matched after I "saved settings"- then my comments posted and so did my friend's when I was helping her set up a blog. 

I also have a teacher blog that helps if you are starting a classroom blog, check it out at www.kdibat.wordpress.com and if there is something I can help with, don't hesitate to ask!  Happy Summer Vacation!!

Under Summer re-Construction

Hi kids,
 I can't believe the school year is over! 
Write me a comment or two on here over the summer to let me know what you are up to.
 See you in September!  Mrs. D

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.