Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Zoo Field Trip

Aren't these bears huge? They're Kodiak Grizzly bears. These bears were saved from Alaska when they were cubs. There were 3 bears here at the zoo. Their names are Kenai, Haines, and Sadie. At one part the little guy in this picture was holding a stick like a guitar. It was so cute.
This part of the trip is when we went to the Discovery Bay. Destiny here was trying to pet a shark. Here we got to see fish, sting rays, and more. We also got to touch star fish. And learned about sharks and fishes species.
Here is Jaia and Taylor modeling their bags that Target donated. These bags came with journals to write stuff we learned about and colored pencils to draw awesome pictures of animals. We would like to say a Thank-you to Target.
These are the Amur Tigers we saw on our trip. They were so beautiful laying down. We got to learn about their species. Did you know that there is also Amur Leopards? The reason they both have Amur in the beginning of their name is because they come from a place in Korea called Amur.
In theses picture is Vianna's mom, Vianna ,and Clara. In the background from Ms. Potvien's classroom is Grace and Nicola. When we took this picture we were outside by the river having lunch. We got to see the wonderful blue waters.
These are Mexican Grey wolves. They are endangered in the wilderness, but have a safe haven at the zoo.
Destiny, Erika, David, Tyler, Mahommed and Dave had fun cramming themselves into the picture and crawling all over the statue of the Mexican Gray Wolf. Overall it was great trip, and we were excited to spend the day at the zoo.

Written by Destiny & Clara
Photos by Daynesha

Friday, November 7, 2008

Investigations - Math Time

Our math Group is working on Cubic Volume. This is one group working hard, don't mind Clara who was begging to put on the cube over her head as an "air tank". She's crazy, but a hard worker.
This group of four boys and one girl are actually working pretty well and pretty fast! It took about ten minutes of neat and hard work. Go Tyler, Harrison, Chue, Ricardo and Erika!
Look at this amazing focusing group! I mean it is only a cubic volume video
online, but Wow!!!!! I bet they're pretty quiet too! The 5th graders from Mrs. Glory's class join our class for 5th grade math everyday, and the fourth graders go to Mrs. Glory's..
Look at this group! Everyone is working all except Ian! Look at that focus on Tyler's face! (Tyler top right) Even Chue is completely focused... at least for this picture he is. Ian on the other hand, well he's just Ian.
This group of girls are working with tiles so hard they don't notice we're there! Cool!
Who knocked it down? Huh huh huh? Uh oh well at least the other kind students are helping! Whoever knocked the tile box should at least say thanks! I mean the person who knocked it over would be there forever without these students helping. Messes happen all the time, but we are quick to clean them up.

Written by Emilie & Daynesha
Photos by Mr. Lundquist