Mother’s Day Cards

Before Mother’s Day, Kaylee’s mom came into our class and helped us make Mother’s Day cards. On the cards, we added decorations to make them look attractive. We used letters and stickers to make the card look good. We put our pictures on a flower which was on the “O” of “Mom.” That part was my favorite out of the whole project. What was your favorite part?                    

Zoo Field Trip

The field trip was so exciting. It was great how Ian guided us through the zoo, teaching us about the various animals in the temperate and tropical rainforests. All of the animals looked very cool. It was a great experience. The tropical rainforests were cool to look at because our environment is different from that. We live in a more temperate and cooler climate. On the other hand, tropical climates tend to be warmer year-round rather than just a single season. I also really enjoyed the show that was put on about the rainforests. The actors were really funny, and I was able to learn a lot as well. Overall, the trip to the zoo was great for me. How about you guys?

Blogged by: Akshya Subbaraman

Earth Day Field Trip

Hi! I’m Nathaniel Bergman, in Ms. T’s class, and I want to tell you about our earth day field trip. On April 10, 2015 we went to a park to do earth day activities. We walked there. First we planted plants, because in the area of the forest we were in there was not enough plants.  I planted 2 ½ (planted 2 and halfway planted 1) ferns and 1 or 2 trees (I don’t remember). After that we had lunch. During lunch, they told 2 stories: One was where coyote gave a rock junk while everyone else was giving him treasure, but then the rock trapped him in a cave. The other one was where god gave the birds 4 days to build the houses where they would live, but mud swallow just bragged about how his house would be the best instead of building it. They also gave us nuts, berries, and smoked salmon to eat. I was really good. Then, we walked to the river with a staff member. He taught us about the fish population and how the amount of water in the river is changing. Finally, we walked back to our classroom. I really liked the fieldtrip. Blogged by Nathaniel Bergman.

Pi Day

Hello! I’m Nate Bergman, and this post is about our pi day celebration. Before we begin, I want to tell you pi is not the same as pie. Pi is a decimal, pie is a food. On March 12, 2015, everyone in room 125 recited 10 digits of pi. (Some knew more, although we were only required to do 10. I know 22: 3.141592653589793238462.) We went around one table group at a time. Some people didn’t memorize it 100% yet, so they stayed in for recess to practice, and they all recited it correctly after recess. After we all recited pi, we watched a pi video witch had the pi song. I thought it was great. We watched a few more times. When we finished the video, we found the circumference of a plate by multiplying pi times the diameter (we only used 3.14). Blogged by Nate Bergman.

P.S. We watched a different video about pi a few days later. I don’t know what it was called, but it was funny.

Poster Talks

The oral presentations were amazing. Each and every one was creative. They all looked great, and I learned exciting new things from all of them. I think everybody did great on their presentations and their posters were awesome as well. Don’t you think so? 

blogged by Akshya 

Computer Buddies

Have you ever heard of our computer buddies in room 125?

Because if you haven’t you’ve come to the right place. At math time when one group is doing math groups the other go to computer. But don’t think we have 22 computers in our room. Instead we have computer buddies and we share our computers with our buddies. My computer buddy is Katie. Usually it will be a 3^rd grader and a 2^nd grader so one person can help but some buddies are 3^rd and 3^rd and some are 2^nd and 2^nd. It’s ok though. It’s really fun having a computer buddy because you work and learn together which makes it fun. Isn’t that true? Blogged By Akshya

Math Groups

Hi, I’m Akshya. Would you like to know what happens in room 125 during math time? Well, if you do, I can tell you. Right now in the green math group, we are doing customary and metric units of length, as well as temperature. The orange group is in chapter 11 and doing several other activities too. Today, they made their polygon book and we made our triangle book. They turned out great. Math is getting more challenging, but I think our 2^nd and 3^rd graders can take it. Don’t you think so? 

BROCK Magiscope

On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 our class had a very special visitor, Mrs. Schencke, who taught us how to use microscopes 2 different ways. We used to microscope in its little stand to look 20 times bigger than the real size of the pencil tips, 3 e’s typed on paper, and other small objects. Our other way is to use the microscopes is to take the microscope out of the little stand and to put on a surface adaptor so that you can go outside and look at tree bark and other things that you don’t wreck nature. Both ways the thing that you are looking at is always 20 times bigger than the real size of the object.