This week we connected with a class in Florida, Oaklahoma, Oregon, and Massachusetts.
As mentioned before, I am taking classes as part of my Alaskan Teacher Certification. The other class, I am taking is Alaska Geography. One of the things that the professor pointed out is how Alaska is mis-represented on the map. It is interesting how this came into play when doing Mystery Skype with other classes as we are seen as "South" of California or Texas instead of being in the North.
The students have seen the name of other states but not said or heard them before, which lead to some interesting mispronunciations such as "Lowa" (Iowa) and "India" (Indiana) and the confusion of Minnesota & Michigan. My students have gotten clever and now also look for clues ("They are wearing shorts, they must be somewhere warm")
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