First Mate - Zack

My name is Zack.

I am 6 years old.

My birthday is February 18.

The members of my family are me, my Dad, my Mom, my brothers Sam and Alex, my Grandma, and my dogs Bevo and Rafeu.

My favorite dessert is jello.

My favorite color is blue.

My favorite singer is Metallica.

My favorite book is Lego Star Wars.

What I do best is read.

I help others by folding clothes.

Shadow Play

Last week we started a unit on Space.  We started out talking about the sun.  We put out some small bears, called "Shadow Bears."  We measured the length and direction of his shadow at different parts of the day. The sun seemed to change positions throughout the day.  But we learned later, that it's the Earth that's moving.  We practiced changing the shape of our shadows too.  We traced our partners shadow in different positions, using chalk!

In Reading, we've been practicing making inferences based on what the words and pictures tell us.  We used colored sticky notes to make inferences throughout the book The Night Tree.

We've also been learning about landforms.  Last Thursday, we used icing, graham crackers, and different kinds of candy to make islands.  Our islands had to have a lake, a river, a plain, a mountain, and some hills.

Here's how they turned out!

On Monday, we finished up our Moon projects.  It was a long process...first, we used found out some facts about the moon and recorded them.  Next, we cut a moon from white paper.  The moon has lots of craters... we used big globs of glue to make ours.  After letting them dry over night, they were ready to paint!

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First Mate - Jayden

My name is Jayden.

I am 6 years old.

My birthday is January 9.

The members of my family are me, my Dad, my Mom, and my brother Jaron.

My favorite dessert is ice cream and cake.

My favorite color is blue.

My favorite singer is Justin Beiber.

My favorite book is Shake dem Halloween Bones.

What I do best is dance.

I help others by getting along.

Happy Halloween!

Last week, we talked all about being safe on Halloween.  We wanted to make sure others knew how to be safe as well! So we made safety posters that we hung all around the school.

Some of the rules we came up with were:

1. Always trick or treat with a parent.

2. Let your parents check your candy.

3. Stay on the sidewalk.

4. Carry a flashlight.

5. Wear bright colors or a glow stick.

6. Don't go into peoples houses.

7. Only eat wrapped candy.

8. Make sure you can see out of your mask.

 Friday was our Costume Parade! We made gargoyle bags to store all our candy.



First Mate - Casie

My name is Casie

I am 6 years old.

My birthday is November 19.

The members of my family are me, my mommy, and my daddy.

My favorite dessert is ice cream.

My favorite color is pink.

My favorite singer is Taylor Swift.

My favorite book is I'll Always Love You

What I do best is draw.

I help others by putting my toys away.

A Tree for all Seasons

In Math, we're working on skip counting.

 We traced our hands and glued them to popsicle sticks.

Then we used them to help us count by 5s and 10s.

 To count by 2s, we used shoes!

We talked about adjectives all week.  On Thursday, we ate some popcorn and used our senses to come up with describing words about the popcorn. {source}

We learned about Maps last week as well. 

 We talked about and illustrated our planet, continent, country, state, town, and street. 

 Then we made our illustrations into a flipbook.

Last up is Science.  We talked about the different seasons all week.

 Trees go through many changes during the year.

 We used all kinds of art supplies to create a "Year Round Tree."

Check out our finished products!