Take a Peek at Our School

Here are some pictures and information about Briarcliff school.

Take a Peek Around Briarcliff on PhotoPeach
Briarcliff School is in the middle of a neighborhood.  Some children walk to school, a few ride their bikes, some ride the bus and a few are brought to school by their grandparents.  How many students are in your schools?  What grade levels are in your school?

Your friend,
Mrs. Koch

Where on Earth is Kansas City, Missouri, (and Why isn't It in Kansas?)

Hi William and the Students from St. Luke's, (Formby, England),

Here are some maps to help you understand where we live.

Does that help you to find our home?  I will work on a slide show of our area too.

It's Our Turn!

This week, our blog will be the focus for our Quadblogging group.  The classes from Gisborne, New Zealand, Formby, England and Norwich, England will be stopping by our blog to learn more about us and to leave a comment or two.

So welcome to our new global friends!  We hope you enjoy seeing what we are learning in our SAGE classes.  Be sure and visit each of our class blogs, Rotations A, B, C, D & E.  You will find the links to our blogs on the right side of this page.

We are curious about you and wondered what are some of your favorite books?  What sports do you like to play?  And finally, do you have a favorite school lunch?

We look forward to hearing from you,

Your Kansas City SAGE Friends

This Week's Quadblogging Focus School

This week we are reading the blog of our friends in Norwich, England.  If you get a chance, stop by their blog with your parents and leave a comment.  You can visit and look around on your own, but to post a comment, you will need an adult to help you because commenting here requires you to have an email address.   (When it asks for a website, leave our: kochsage.blogspot.com address.)

Nightingale First School
Kerri Hastings' 6 and 7 year old students
Norwich, England
www.nightingale.creativeblogs.net

Next week, our blog will be the focus, so the other schools will be writing comments here.
Have a great week!

Primary SAGE Parent Informational Meeting

Just a reminder:

Our Primary SAGE Parent Informational Meeting is
Thursday, September 13, 2012
in the Briarcliff Media Center
from 6:00-7:00 pm.

This is an opportunity for you to learn more about the characteristics of gifted children, the SAGE Program, our curriculum and our blog. This meeting is intended for parents new to the program and those with questions about our curriculum this year. I hope you can attend!

Globally Connecting to Other Learners

This year we will be participating in a global learning collaboration called Quadblogging.  The Quadblogging project matches four classrooms from around the world to share their blogs and share their learning. The students will have a chance to get to know one another by reading and commenting on each partners' blog. This is a wonderful opportunity for them to gain an awareness of and participate in our global learning community.  

Each partner's class will be assigned a week where their blog will become the focus of the group.  The other three classes will use that time to read and share their comments.  The project continues with this four week rotation from September through December.  I am excited about the possibilities this offers as we connect and discover how children from around the world learn.


Our Quadblogging partners are from:

• Norwich, England
• Formby, England
• & Gisborne, New Zealand

Along the way, I met a wonderful teacher/administrator from 

• Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada.  

We will be blogging with her 2nd graders too.

For more information and links to the partner blogs, go to the "Quadblogging Friends" tab at the top of this page.