Nature Journaling - Feb. 24th

Our class enjoyed the beautiful weather as we participated in Nature Journaling on the Friday morning before break.  Students were asked to concentrate on the senses as they explored the woods behind our school.

Famous Person In History Projects

Thanks to everyone that came to our Celebration of Learning last night.  It was great to see so many families here. The students worked hard on their projects and should be proud of their finished projects.  Below are a few pictures.  Hope everyone has a wonderful and healthy break!

Queen Victoria

Deborah Sampson

Martin Luther King Jr.

Charlie Chaplin

Princess Diana

Henry Ford

Isaac Newton

Alexander Graham Bell

Rosa Parks

Nikola Tesla

Frederick Banting

Bill Gates

Susan B. Anthony

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Edison

Orville Wright

Elvis Presley

Bridges Unit

            During the past couple of months students in the fifth/sixth grades have participated in a cooperative unit on bridges.  We learned about the various bridge types, explored building bridges out of paper, and finally constructed wooden truss bridges.  During the final bridge construction, each team was given a budget to work with, had to create a blueprint of their bridge design, and then construct the bridge.  Late in January, students were able to test their bridges.  Below are a few photos from our day of testing.

January Highlights

Nature Journaling

By Cara

    On Friday, January 20th, 2017 our class went outside to look for tracks in the snow. Karen (our nature journaling teacher) gave us papers with different tracks on them. She showed us how each animal moves and the formation the tracks make. Then we went outside. The first tracks we found were fox tracks. We identified them because they were almost in a straight line and by the size. On the paper there was a ruler so we could figure out how big they were.

After that, we set out looking for more tracks. We found deer tracks, coyote tracks, and ever a mysterious track. This track was rectangular but the center was filled in with snow. Not like any other of the tracks. A couple of students found deer tracks that lead to a half eaten pumpkin that was still out there from the younger kids ECO class. We recorded the tracks we found and shared them when we came inside. We had a lot of fun looking for tracks in the woods!