Jefferson, our classroom teddy bear, loves to travel and learn about life. He's especially interested in how people use Lifeskills. With the help of his classmates (who will help him type), Jefferson will share his many experiences and what he's learned in this web log ("blog"). Enjoy following Jefferson along his merry adventures!

Hey, some of you new folks... do you have any questions for me? I'll write back to you

Posted by: Siporin at October 23, 2003 15:31 | link | comments (14)

Okay, okay, who do you think will win the World Series? Who's your favorite player? Did you have a different team you were hoping to win? Why didn't they make it to the Series in your opinion? - Jefferson

Posted by: Siporin at October 23, 2003 15:26 | link | comments (13)

Yo Classmates, let's hear from Mrs. McCaskill's class about teasing? What's been your experience? DO you think this school has a problem with people being teased? - Jefferson

Posted by: Siporin at October 23, 2003 15:10 | link | comments (10)

Yo Classmates! I heard that some of you have experienced teasing. Would you like to share your experience with teasing? What did you do about it? What happened after you tried a strategy? Also, if you'd like to send your advice to Lyndsey from Highlights magazine who writes, "Everybody picks on my friend. When I try to make them stop, they just pick on me. Please help!" Lyndsey

Posted by: Siporin at October 22, 2003 12:33 | link | comments (17)

Wow, you guys are hard to keep up with. I'll try to answer a few of your comments: I guess I am a Mariners fan since I don't like the Yankees. I really wanted the Cubs to win. You can understand that. Haylee, I'd love to meet Jake & Pursy, maybe next weekend. Taylor A. What the heck ARE spinach puffs? Gotta go guys, Jefferson

Posted by: Siporin at October 17, 2003 17:25 | link | comments (10)

Hey! YO! CLASSMATES!!! Who gave me the really hard homework? Making a circuit, doing math, AND spelling! It's the weekend! What's everybody doing anyway? Who do you think is going to take the World Series Pennant? I hope it's not the Yankees - that sounds like someone trying to pull my arms off. Yankee yankee, Ouch! Stop it! Be nice to bears. No Yankees! Hey, do you have a stuffed animal? Have them blog me a message! I'd like to meet some of my own kind. Have a great weekend. - Jefferson

Posted by: Siporin at October 17, 2003 17:18 | link | comments (7)

Yo Classmates! You did an awesome job blogging and came up with some great ideas! I hope we get that grant. It looks like a lot of you think we should get T-shirts for the team. Also, people thought that buying some games or P.E. or recess equipment that Kenny could use with us would be a good use of our money. What do you think? - I'm excited! Hey, how do you feel about the Yankees winning last night? - Jefferson.

Posted by: Siporin at October 17, 2003 13:26 | link | comments (22)

Yo' Classmates! I'm back from a birthday party where we ate figs and chocolates. YUMM! I learned about something called a grant where our class could be given $200 by the A*K*T* NOW Foundation (All Kids Together) to help with Kenny's Pioneer project If we can write great answers to just a few questions, we might persuade them to give us some money. Let's try blogging out some ideas to answer the grant questions. Be sure to write your name & question number after each blog. Type a separate blog for each question. Try to blog at least 2 questions. You choose the questions that speak to you. Here are the questions: 1) What do you see as the main benefits of A*K*T* NOW for Kenny? 2) WHat do you see as the main benefits of A*K*T* NOW for his Pioneer Team? 3) What do you see as the main benefits of A*K*T* NOW for the whole class? 4) How might we use $200 to help this project be successful? I learned that A*K*T* NOW believes that ALL children have individual strengths and abilities that , when shared with their peers, can teach a limitless variety of LIFESKILLS. SOOoooo, that made me think about our Lifeskills in class; think how they might apply to this project and include those ideas in your answers. I'm excited to hear your ideas! BLOG AWAY!! - Jefferson

Posted by: Siporin at October 16, 2003 09:32 | link | comments (33)

I'm thinking about what will happen next in the story, Betsy Who Cried Wolf. What do you think the wolf was doing when Betsy said, "THAT WOLF AGAIN!"?

Posted by: Siporin at October 14, 2003 14:35 | link | comments (47)

I am so excited about this year. I hope to visit all of my classmates in their home this year and travel to amazing places on the planet. I think I'll get to go to Hawaii and maybe do some camping where I might see some REAL bears! Maybe I will learn how to time travel so I can go visit kids somewhere in the 13 colonies during the 1700's. I want to know more about the Lifeskills. I've already seen how caring my classmates can be towards one another. When Colton didn't have his asthma medication, Wyatt and Sam went looking all over the school for it. They finally found it. Colton was quite relieved and thankful! - Mrs. Siporin

Posted by: Siporin at October 10, 2003 22:09 | link | comments (21)