Mystery Skype -- Blogging Buddies (Mrs. Merced's 2nd Grade)

On Monday morning we Skyped with Ms. Merced’s 2^nd grade class. During our Skyping session each student had the opportunity to ask, or answer, a question. When a question was asked our class answered, and then Ms. Merced’s class answered the same question. We were very lucky to have Ms. Randall as our recorder. Ms. Randall recorded all of Ms. Merced’s students’ answers.

After our initial Skyping session we used the answers from Mrs. Merced’s classroom to formulate a question to enter into the google search engine.  We worked on formulating questions which would help us locate the state where Mrs. Merced’s classroom is located.

For example, one of the questions asked during our Mystery Skype was: What famous person was born in your state?  Mrs. Merced’s class answered: Derrick Rose.  Using the answer from Mrs. Merced’s class we formulated a search question: What state was Derrick Rose born in?

As a class we worked together to type questions into google to help us determine where Ms. Merced’s class was located.

Some of our specific questions and the answers we received were:

What famous people are from your state? (Michael Jordan and Barack Obama)

What is your state famous for? (The Bean , Trump Tower, deep dish pizza)

What is your hometown sports team? (White Sox, Cubs, Bears and Bulls)

Do you border a Great Lake?  (Yes)

What is on your state flag? (an eagle)

Once partnerships brainstormed possible state locations for Ms. Merced’s class we compiled a list of our guesses. The last step in our Mystery Skype process is to develop “We think” statements. 

We think you are in Illinois because Derrick Rose was born in Illinois.

We think you are in Illinois because Illinois is near Lake Michigan.

We think you are in Illinois because Illinois’ state bird is the red cardinal.

We think you are in Illinois because Illinois is famous for deep dish pizza.

We think you are in Chicago because Chicago is named the Windy City.  We learned that Chicago is named the Windy City because it is near Lake Michigan.

Tomorrow we will Skype with Mrs. Merced’s class to find out if our guess was correct.  We want to thank Ms. Merced and her class for taking the time to Skype with us! They had amazing questions and worked incredibly well as a class. We are so excited to be blogging buddies with Ms. Merced’s class!