Week of May 12

It is always fun to have grandparents and special friends at school.  The students were able to show off their work from the year, give a bookmark to their visitor, decorate a flower pot and plant seeds, and do some math activities with them in our classroom.  We will do something similar with parents on the last day of school, so plan to be here.  Here are some pictures from our afternoon.

Week of May 5

Did you hear about our gargoyle box?  The kids came into class on Monday to very large boxes sitting under the windows.  There was a sign on the boxes that read, "DANGER! Do not open!  Gargoyles!" There was much excitement and discussion about these gargoyles. 

"When will we open them?"

"Are they real or concrete?"

"Why are they here?"

Much to the students' disappointment, there were in fact, not gargoyles in the box, but we are beginning our big culminating project for the year.  Our class is creating our own culture and will be making a mural and artifacts about this culture.  Once we finish with the art, we will break up the mural and bury everything in the large box in sand.  The Serpent class will be digging up these things (and we will be doing the same thing with their artifacts), and trying to piece together the invented culture.  The students are very excited about this.  Here is a picture of the very large boxes!

 

The students did a great job sharing their poems in Gathering today.  Thank you to the parents who were able to join us!  We spoke in length about public speaking and the best way to do this.  Most of the students were very successful with this. 

 

 

 

 

 



Week of April 28

Our field trip to the Wing Luke Museum last Friday was great.  We went on a walking tour of Seattle's Chinatown, visited the museum, went to the Fortune Cookie Factory, and had lunch at a restaurant in Chinatown.  I am almost positive that the students loved the fortune cookies the most!

 

 

We love sun!  We were lucky enough to have PE at the Centre at Norpoint this week.  Here are some great pictures from the time there. 

Week of April 21

We have been writing some great poetry this month.  The students all entered one of their poems in the Library of Poetry Contest.  Because it was the week of Earth Day, I asked the students to think about Earth Day as a possible topic to write about.  Some students decided to write about other this, while others wanted to write about something else. Here are the poems that they entered: 

Smoky Air

 

Most cars are deadly

And factories are deathly.

Planes are usefully fast,

But make bad air to breathe.

When you pollute,

Bad things will happen.

And humans will die.

Please keep the earth clean,

And maybe we will grow some beans.

So get out of that airplane.

And grow a brain.
 

 

Growing

If you plant it, it will grow.

If you water it, it will sprout.

So get out the rake, get out the hoe.

Then you will help things grow, grow, grow.

Come on, let’s not quit,

Because we’re going to help the planet.

Look everybody, we’re all done,

It feels like we just begun.   
  

My Story

 

I have a story that’s waiting to be written,

And that story is my life.

Failures and accomplishments all wait ahead,

I can dream of them in my bed.

You can be amazing.

All of us can too.

So go write your story,

Try, try, try, try.

Never give up,

And your achievements will be sky high.
 

 IF YOU LITTER

 

If you litter day by day,

Then you will kill a blue jay.

If you litter week by week

Then you will be a pip-squeak.

If you litter month by month,

Then will do bad stunts.

If you litter year by year,

Then you will kill a reindeer.
 

Trash   

 

Don’t throw trash,

Because maybe a car will crash.

Earth day helps picking up,

Don’t throw trash or a dog will throw up.

Help clean the world,

If you do you can go to Disney World.

At Disney World you can clean,

You might even get green.

Green is everywhere,

You can even meet the mayor.

Throw litter in the trash.

PLEASE!!!!!!!
 

 

Smoke is bad!

You can see that smoke is not okay,

People think it’s a stinky day.

Then the air starts to smell,

It’s like being in a big eggshell.

When the bad air starts to fly,

Now the fresh air will start to dry.

For the bad air to go bye-bye,

Co² is not to rely!

If you have a car, it should stay home,

Walk or bike, so the world is not a big pollution dome.
 

Good News

 

Good news, all you birds and bees!

 

Good news, all you squirrels and trees!

 

I want everybody to shout hooray,

 

‘Cause tomorrow just happens to be… Earth Day!

 

More good news, all you birds and bees!

 

More good news all you squirrels and trees!

 

There’s a reason why everyone’s still happy today…

 

You can clean up this earth any day!

 

Don’t

Don’t drop your scarf,

Or a squirrel will barf.

Don’t throw trash,

Or a car will crash.

Don’t litter,

Or a carrot will taste bitter.

Don’t waste gas,

Or you will kill some grass.

Don’t destroy a habitat,

Or you will kill a cat.

 

The Earth

The grass is brown, because  

My aunt owns a garden spray company.  

The sky is gray, because   

My uncle owns an oil refinery.  

The sea is black, because 

My father owns a sewage company.   

It turns out that everybody’s my family.

So I guess we’re one big dirty

Cloud, sea, and field of grass.

The world is our home, 

So don’t be a dirty

Cloud, sea, and field of grass. 

 

A Couple ways to stop Pollution

Did you know that

The earth is being polluted?

You can help by doing

 Some of these things.

Don’t litter,

Don’t pollute,

Don’t throw trash down the recycle chute.

Please don’t do these things,

For they will bring very bad things

For I have told you

How to stop pollution.

 

Up so High in the Sky

 

I see a diamond in the sky

It was up so high

Don’t think I lie,

I want to fly.

 

I want to fly up so high.

I want to soar through the sky.

Oh, I forgot to say goodbye.

Then I let out a big sigh.

I am so sorry I am shy.
 

 

EARTH

Earth day is here,

I’m ready for cleanup.

But earth is covered with trash!

One day of cleanup done.

Now two days gone.

A while later we finish! [whew]

Oh no, it’s the 21^st of April!

And we just finished!

Let’s go again!
 

 

Litter

Don’t litter because

The air is fresh.

The trees are green.

Oh, why would anyone be so mean to litter?

The grass becomes gray.

The trees will die.

And the water will taste bitter.

When the world stops littering,

The butterflies would go fluttering.

And the bees would go buzzing.

The cows would go mooing.

Please help the Earth.

Yes, it has the worth.

Please don’t litter.