Before spring break we had a chance to Skype with Mr. Avery and the students in his class. It was a lot of fun getting to know more about them. We got to see how our schools, towns, and provinces/states are similar and different.
Here are some of the things we thought were really interesting:
Lily-Our province is bigger than their state, but they have way more people than we do.
Sophie- MS has a lot of state symbols compared to our provincial symbols!
Fay-They only have 15 students in their class and we have 17
Jenny-They have 235 students in their school and we only have 45
Niall- Their tree is the American elm. We don’t have American elms in Sointula. Our tree is a Western Red Cedar.
Sahara-Their provincial mammal is the Right Whale. We don’t have Right whales, but we do have Orcas and Humpbacks.
Here are a few more cool facts we learned:
•British Columbia is larger than Massachusetts (944,000 square kilometers compared to 16,986 square kilometers).
•About 4,400,000 people live in British Columbia, but about 6,500,000 people live in Massachusetts.
•Sointula has a population of 800. Plympton has a population of about 2,600.
Thanks for a great call! We hope we can talk again sometime 🙂
What a great way to learn about another class and the area they live in; I wonder if you decide you have more in common with each other or more differences between you?
Dear Mrs. Breyley
Thank you for leaving us the wonderful comment. I think that Mr. Avery and us are not alike because we do not have the right whale, the Aerican Elm tree,and they have lots more students than us.
Your friend,
Sahara:) in Mrs. Watsons 2/3 class
Dear Mrs. Watson,
Have fun in B.C. I know I will back in good old MASS!
I love skyping with your class. I learned so much about “B.C.” B.C so cool! I want to skype again so badly. We want to learn more about B.C!
Your blogging buddy,
Rebecca A. Mr. Avery’s class
Dear Rebecca,
Thank you for the so so cool comment.:) What does Massatoosas look like? I also really badly want to skype with you again.
Your buddy,
Lily in Mrs. Watson`s 2/3 class