Recreating Mohenjo-Daro

November By: Emma

This month was fun we did a lot of projects and other fun stuff.
Math I learned how to multiply and divide fractions. Another thing I learned how to do was to multiply and divided decimals.
Social studies what I learned was the daily life in Mesopotamian and what they did for work and the life of kids and at the end we did one skit about what we learned about.
In tec. Ed Mr. m is teaching us how to do Tch. Drawing the last thing I remember is we made a giant one inch to help us to read a ruler
Science we are learning about ecology which is all of the different biomes and all of their abiotic and biotic factors.
Language arts we are learning what we did is book logs and we learned about figurative language also we are working on a project called my book you get to make your own book and that is what I did in November

November By: Celina

Language Arts- I’m learning a lot at spelling, reader’s workshop, and writer’s workshop. Right now in writers we are making a book. In spelling one of the only things that are fun is the bunny. We make a bunny and it’s just like hand man.
Science- I love science. The funniest thing we did was the skits. My group did Competition. It was so much fun! Our examples were bees and whales. What I would like to do more is making skits and doing a lot of games to teach us about the subject we are learning!
Social Studies- My favorite subject (besides gym) is S.S. It’s so much fun! We were learning about Mesopotamia and for that my group did a game show. Now where doing Buddhism for ancient India. I hope we do something fun for this unit!
Math- I don’t really like math. I need to work hard in math. Right now I’m not getting the best grades but I know I can improve them. One of the reasons I might be failing is because I don’t come in and ask for help on my homework.

November By: Joey

In math we are learning about adding, multiplying, dividing and subtracting fractions. In the beginning of math we always get math boards and then we usually correct our homework then turn in our homework.

In writers workshop we are making a book based on questions like if you could go anywhere in the world where would you go? And others.

In tech Ed. We are learning how to draw. I personally do not like it.

In science we are starting a new unit about energy and we just finished unit on biomes

In social studies we are currently working on a map of mohenjo daro in ancient India we jus finished a unit on ancient Egypt

In readers workshop we were just finishing up our reading log and starting on a reputation packet with 4 pages.

November By: Kathryn

Language Arts- We’re working on entries for our book that we are in the process of writing. Each page is based off a different prompt. So far these are the prompts we’ve gotten to:
1. If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go…..
2. If I could meet anyone, (dead or alive) I would meet…..
3. My favorite school memory is….
I really like the approach we are taking on this writing piece. The actual name of the piece is “My Book.” Other than writing our books, we are still learning more about reading strategies, then using them as we read independently. After we get time to read our choice of book, we get to write in our reading response journals. In the response journals, each page is a different “topic” that kind of goes with the reading strategy we learned that day.

Science- Yesterday we stated a new unit. We just finished up our ecology unit. I got a 97% on the test! :) Our new unit is about matter and energy. We brainstormed ideas of things we would like to do in this new unit. We also took notes on mass, weight and volume.

Math- Things are going really well in math class with Mrs. O’Hern. Right now we are focusing on multiplying, adding, subtracting and dividing fractions. I’m really proud of myself. I have been working hard and it’s really paying off. Soon we’ll take our test, I hope I’ll do good! :)

S.S- We just finished up learning about Mesopotamia and have moved onto Ancient Egypt. We just finished making maps of a city in ancient India, Mohenjo- Daro. Making the maps really helped us learn what and where things were in Mohenjo- Daro. And they were pretty fun to create. :) We also finished our unit on Mesopotamia. We wrote essays about the similarities and differences of the Indus, Tigris, and Nile rivers.

November By: Zach & Jacob

In math I am learning about dividing fractions it is actually really easy, once you get it. I am also learning how to multiply fractions it is almost like dividing them. All you do different is you make the 2nd fraction a reciprocal then you multiply, then make it a mixed number. I also learned about that you can cross fractions so you don’t need to simplify latter in the problem.
I am in the aleks program I am over 60% done with aleks. It is super fun. Every other week I am on a roll and the other week I get stuck on easy topics like crazy, but I like it. I just have to work harder
I am making social project. I am making a map on Mohenjo-Daro. It is kind of hard first I have to make a rough draft then I am working on the real one. I am almost finished with it. I just need to color in a few things like the houses and the grain.
In language arts we are writing our own books with 8 pages. Each page has a different prompt. We are also learning different kinds of figurative language. In language arts I am working on pronouns. We are doing where you put them in sentences and you have to find the word and make it a pronoun.
In science I am working on we started a new chapter in our book. It is about matter, weight, and volume. We just started it a few days ago it is pretty fun so far. We did groups and rotated stations we had to draw a poster for one of the stations. We even got marsh mellows and after we got to eat them.

November By: Charlene

Math: my math teacher is still Mr. Finn and always will be. Right now math is a little hard because we are working on multiplying and dividing fractions. I like math because Mr. Finn is a great teacher but lately I haven’t been able to concentrate becaus4e everyone around me is talking. Oh and p.s., if Mr. Finn ever tells you the answer to everything is 42 don’t believe him.

Science: we just finished our ecology unit with a big test. We just got our tests back and I got a 96%! I only got to answers wrong! I’m not so good at science so 96% is a miracle! Now we’re working on our new unit, matter and energy.

Social studies: we finished our Mesopotamia unit with a skit. And you thought I was going to say test! Anyway, there were 5 to 4 people in a group for a skit. I was with Kathryn, Emily and Joey. I think we got like a 94% for our skit. Now we started a new unit on India.

Language arts: right now I am reading the book savvy. We just got done writing in our response logs. Now we are writing in journals. In our journals we wrote what a reputation is. Then we wrote what you think your reputation is and why you think that.

Spelling: in spelling I am in the enrichment group. Spelling used to be the most boring subject but now it’s one of the best!

Allied Class: we used to be in f/ce but now we’re in Tech Ed. We got our babysitting license on November 3rd. Mr. Mamerow teaches Tech Ed.

November By: Alex

In math we started the new unit decimals and fractions. For decimals in the starting when we were dividing it was really hard, but it got easier as we went on. Now were working with fractions I’m really good at multiplying and dividing. So I think I’m doing pretty well.
In la we did our personal narratives were I wrote about my last day school when I broke my hand. Now where writing about if I could go anywhere in the world I would go to Orlando Florida. When I finished that I started writing about if I could meet anyone dead or alive I would meet Sean Scheemel.
In science we did a skit for commensalism. My group was Noah, jack, I, and Jennifer and I got an A on the project. One thing I learned is abiotic and biotic factors. I think because I love science is why I get a good grade in that subject.
In social studies we learned about Mesopotamia and now where studying India. When in the Mesopotamia unit we did a skit about their culture and I and my group did a good job. We just started learning about India which so far is pretty easy. I love social studies and I’m eager to learn about china.

November By: Colin

Math:
In math the past month we have learned how to multiply, divide, add, and subtract. This has been very challenging the first couple of days but then Mrs.Ohern has been so nice to help us make it easier ( CHEAT ). Also in math we have been learning how to multiply divide, add, and subtract decimals. So far in math this has really easy for me.

Language Arts:
In L.A. this year we have been learning how to make connections to the character, self, and world. After we had finished that about a week ago we started to write in our journals about one thing called a reputation that I just learned the definition on Thursday. This has been real fun doing this because we can just write about whatever we want.

Science:
In science we have been leaning about ecology, well at least in November and in December this year we have just started to learn about mass, volume, and matter. The mass is how much space the area takes up, and matter is that how you weigh the object, and then volume is the length, height, and width.

Social Studies:
In social studies the first part we had to do skits and a compare and contrast essay on the differences between the Nile River and the Euphrates and Tigris. Also right now we are working on a project and we have do draw a portrait of a city named Dehendro-Dajo.

November By: J.B.

In spelling we are learning about we learned about 15 new words some we knew and did not know. In our packet we do fix it’s and add it’s, when we do fix it’s there is a paragraph that we have to fix like spelling, use right words and punctuation. In add it’s they give us words that we half to add it, like this time it was change one letter (like bears, hears, years).
In reader’s workshop we did text to text, text to self, and text to world, characters journey, crisis situation, and life lesson. We just finished our response log, and now are working in groups.
In writer’s workshop we are making an 8 page book, with 8 prompts 1 page per prompt. We have to now add in figurative language. We have learned about idioms, alliteration, simile, and metaphors.
In science we just took our test on our ecology book and now we are starting a new book called matter and energy. We just started and learned about weight, matter, and mass and the difference from mass and weight.
In Social Studies we are learning about Ancient India and Majo Dario and we are making a map of Majo Dario. We have to put a Grain Warehouse, a Citadel, a bath size pool, a few houses, and the Indus River.
In math we learning about how to divide, multiply, add, and subtract fractions and decimal. We are going to take a test soon.
In our allied class we have finished F.C.E. with sewing and babysitting licenses. Now starting Tec. Ed. In this class we make a “Tic-Tac-Toe” game and a keychain. We have just started Tec. drawing and we learned about how to measure. Right now it was very boring but now it is starting to get more fun. In band we are going to have our concert on the 15th. In gym we are starting our bowling unit

November By: Matt

This November we learned a lot and we would like to tell you what we learned. In social studies we learned about mesopitmea and we did a skit on what they do and how they lived. We also are starting a new unit on India and we have to draw a map of the town and what it looks like it is really fun doing lease units in social studies. In math we are learning about fractions and how you multiply and divide them it is a really hard unit. We also played a game the was called sink the ship where are teacher gave us a problem and we had to answer it and she called like 5 people’s names and they had to raise there boards and if you got it right you got to sink someone or bring someone up and if got it wrong you sunk yourself. It has been really hard in math but really fun. In language arts we are doing are writing prompts of if we could go anywhere, if you could meet anyone in the world dead or alive who would it be, and our favorite school memory. And I am having a good typing it has Improved my typing and I actually want to type now. We have learned about pronouns, adjectives, and idioms those have been really fun to learn about to it has been in languages arts. In science we are learned about the ecosystem and the earth. It was really fun doing all of the stuff in science we had to do a skit and I was a flower it was fun. Well this is we have been doing these month.

November By: Ben

In the 3rd month of school and I learned a lot more.

In math I learned the flip a cull reciprocal, finding the lowest common fraction, adding fractions, subtracting fractions, multiplying fractions, and comparing fractions.

In science I learned more about ecology like the food chain, biotic factors, abiotic factors, and did skits my skit was compation. Had a test.

In social studies we learned about Mesopotamia. Did a skit about Mesopotamia. Had a test.

In readers work shop we finished our reading response logs, and we started on our stories, and in the reading response we did character to self, character to character, and character to world.

Here are the first three to my story
1. If I could go anywhere in the would I would go to
2. If I could meet any one dead or alive I would meet
3. My favorite school memory is ...

In spelling we did spelling unit 6-8 and those units were fun.

In tech ed we watched viedies.

November By: Drew

November was here and a second later it was gone. This month was just one more month of the year!

In this month in math I made a huge accomplishment. I finished my Pre-Algebra course and am now on Algebra 1. On algebra I now have 193 out of 288 topics, and 302 out of 302 in pre-algebra. I worked on Data Analysis and Probability and Arithmetic Readiness. I am working very hard and my goal is to finish algebra by the end of the year!

In readers workshop we just finished up our response log packets. We finished off with character to world, character to character, and character to self. I finished up my book Sent, and I am now reading The Son of Neptune.

In writers workshop we are working on making books. The first three pages are:

1. If I could go anywhere in the world…
2. If I could meet anybody (dead or alive) I would meet…
3. My favorite school memory is…

I am done with the first two.

In Social Studies we learned about Mesopotamia. It is also called the Fertile Crescent. Our test for that unit was to make a skit about the daily life of a child in Mesopotamia. They went to school to learn cuneiform, grew crops to pay taxes, and went to church in the Ziggurat. We recently started our new unit on Ancient India and are making maps of Mohenjo-Daro.

In Science we just wrapped up our Ecology unit. We also did skits in this unit, like social studies. My group did a skit on cooperation, which is when animals work together to do something, like hunting. Other skits were competition, mutualism, parasitism, commensalism, and prey/predator.


So far this year has been getting better and better!

November By: Elly & Jenni

Social Studies- Right now we are learning about Ancient India, we just finished our Mesopotamian unit. It is interesting. We love how we are building a city of Mohenjo-Daro. We are both making our city 3D. WE are having a good time. Social Studies is better without homework. Without homework we would have more fun and we like to do projects instead of reading out of the book.

Science- We are starting our matter and energy unit. Yesterday we thought of what we were going to do. We looked in our textbooks and we found cool experiments to try. We love all of the cool experiments that we could do. One of them was roasting a hot dog with two corks, a stick, and a sheet of tin foil. I hope we get to try it soon.

Math- Jenni is in Mrs. Roben’s class. She is learning about adding, multiplying, and dividing fractions and decimals. She already knows about it. Elly is in Pre-Algebra and is having a good time. We both dislike learning math. But we know we have to.

L.A. - We are starting this Journal that we write in. Our first response that we wrote in it was what is a reputation is, and what do you think your reputation is? We enjoy our books or Journals or whatever you call them.

Tech Ed- In Tech Ed we are learning how to draw a square inside a square, it is really boring. We hope you enjoyed our writing blog.

November By: Annika & Emily

Math- It is by far the most gruesome subject of the day. The torture of having to do hard problems is unbearable. We fear that we might die of an overdose of math. Help us, please spare your children. We will be forever grateful. Okay, so maybe math isn’t that gruesome. However, in our class we must sit nearly the full hour. An entire hour is longer than you think, and the fact that you must sit and be silent makes it boring. Although we have a break in towards the end of the class, it is a short one. Otherwise we find it to be fine, since on Aleks (the website we use) you get to chose what you work on.

Spelling- One of the more pleasant subjects of the day is towards the end of the afternoon. In this subject we are divided into two groups. In enrichment, we get to work independently in class. We also have the option to use the computers which helps with our packet. Overall spelling is pretty good.

L.A.: In Language Arts, we have been using response logs to respond to lessons taught by Mrs. Fulfer herself about our books. In the writing area, we have been working on 8 writing prompts that are going to be turned into a book. LA is one of the better classes of the day.

Science: Recently we have started a new unit about matter of energy. Our class took the Ecology test on Tuesday. The Ecology unit was about how animals interact with each other and their environment. We are glad to move on from the Ecology unit because we want to learn something new to expand our brains.

Social Studies: A week or two ago we finished the Ancient Mesopotamia unit. At the end of the unit we split into groups and made skits. Each skit was different. While some were more informative, there were others that were hilarious. Now that we are done, we are moving onto Ancient India.

November By: Carlos & Jack

Math: Carlos is learning how to divide, multiply, add and subtract fractions. Carlos is also learning how to divide, multiply, add and subtract decimals. Jack is almost done with algebra. He has 22 topics left in algebra. Carlos has eight lessons left in his math class.

Language Arts: In language arts we learned how to make connections between characters, character to world and character to self. We had a response log but we finished them so now we have a journal about our reputation. We had to write ¾ of a page about our reputation. We made sure Mrs. Fulfer didn’t read them.

Science: For all of November we learned about ecology. We had to do a project on biomes. A biome it is an area that has its own certain factors. We also learned about biotic and abiotic factors. An abiotic factor is a non living factor of an ecosystem. A biotic factor is a living factor of an ecosystem.

Social Studies: We learned a lot in social studies this month. We learned about two great civilizations. We learned about Mesopotamia and we wrote a compare and contrast essay on the Euphrates, Tigris and Nile river. We also started to learn about India. We had to draw an ancient city from India.

Extra Curricular: We have been practicing for basketball and it is very fun. We hope our hard work can get us first in state.

November By: Janie & Megan

In Social Studies, we finished the Mesopotamia unit by putting on a play about the daily life of a boy or girl in Mesopotamia, and we’re now learning about Ancient India. We already learned about the geography. We now have to make a map of Mohenjo-Daro, a city in Ancient India next to the Indus River. We’re trying to make it accurate and detailed with the information the textbook gives us. For example, we have to make the citadel, a massive fort, on the left side of the map, or the west side.

During Science we also started a new unit, Matter and Energy. Before that, we took a test about Ecology to finish up the unit. In Matter and Energy, we already figured out the difference between mass, weight, and volume. Another thing we did was figuring out what we wanted to learn in this unit, like doing a hot dog experiment.

In Tech Ed, we are learning about rulers and their value. We now know that a foot was the length of a king’s foot, and an inch was about the length across their finger. Then, they just decided to make it one length instead of changing it every time that they get a new ruler, hence ruler. We are about to start our technical drawings, or the drawings of plans, to make a tic-tac-toe board. Then, we will get to go into the workshop and make it!

In math, we are working on ALEKS, a computerized program where we can work at our own pace on the subjects that we want to learn instead of waiting for a unit to be over so we can work on a more challenging one. We are playing a game called 24 when we get 4 numbers and we have to make 24 by adding, subtracting, dividing, or multiplying. Sometimes we even get decimals or fractions. Now, we have a newer version of the game when it is set up like a venn diagram with 3 numbers on the outside. Then, we have to figure out a middle number that works in both sides. They also have to equal 24.

In reader’s workshop, we are just finishing up our response journals that we fill out after 25 minutes of silent reading. Currently, we are also working on our journals, when we write about our reputation. We don’t know what else we will be writing about, because we just got them yesterday.

In writer’s workshop, we are making a real book. It is going to be hardcover, and we are getting it in the end of the year. We can design pictures and our own font, then just make it our own. We are writing about 8 prompts, such as ‘What is your favorite school memory?’ and ‘If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?’ Some of us are doing our story that we are doing for Write Away!. It is a lot of fun.

November By: Noah & Greg

Math- in Mr. Finn’s math class we’re working on dividing fraction with reciprocals. It’s really simple. In Mrs. Fulfer’s math class, which is aleks, most of the people are done or almost done with pre-algebra. There are some topics that are hard but for the most part it’s really easy.

Science- In science class with Mrs. Fulfer, we finished the ecology unit. Now we’re learning about mass, matter, and volume. The new unit is much more fun than the old one, ecology. They are both very easy

Social studies- In Mrs. Fulfer’s social studies class we are now learning about India. We finished our Mesopotamia unit. Right now we’re focusing on Mohenjo-Daro, which is a city in India. We have to draw a map of what we think it looks like. It’s kind of fun because we get to draw pictures, but it’s not hard at all.

Language Arts/LA- We are learning about how and when to replace words with pronouns. Pronouns are used in place of any noun. They are very useful. They make it so you don’t sound very repetitive. It’s pretty easy. We are also do more stuff like similes, metaphors, and alliteration. Also, we are making a book.

November By: Seth

This month in Math I finished Algebra at the beginning of the month and I am almost done with Geometry. Math is really getting hard and I’m sure it’s not going to get any easier. My goal is to finish geometry before Winter Break.

In Science we did skits about interactions between animals. We also took the final test, which was about ecology. We are now starting Matter and Energy unit, which I really want to learn about.

In Language Arts we finished our Response Logs with learning about making connections from our book to other books, the world, and to ourselves. Now we are doing a reflective journal before we start a new Response Log.

Social Studies was really fun this month. We did a skit about Ancient Mesopotamia, which was really fun because we got to do something to review before our unit test which was fun. Overall, I really thought this month was really fun.

Ancient Egypt Board Games

Students enjoyed creating board games for our social studies unit on Ancient Egypt. Here are a few students playing and evaluating their classmates' games!

October By: Alex

Math
In math so far we have done factor puzzles, area and perimeter, and we just started doing decimal and fraction. From the start and to the end factor puzzles were easy to me. In the area and perimeter unit at first I was awesome with it but in time it started to get really difficult. Lastly the fractions and decimals are easy so far because I already did that unit in my old school.

Reading
In reading we did flaws, realistic and unrealistic, and the antagonist. All the subjects were fun but the flaws unit stumped me. Because not all books I’ve read didn’t tell me the characters flaws. In the realistic and unrealistic unit I was really good at it and it’s probably my favorite unit. Last but not least the antagonist, for me that unit was probably the easiest.

Science
Ahhhh science my favorite subject in school in that we researched biotic and abiotic. Plus we finished with a power point on that unit. I learned a lot in science so far how every living and non loving thing affects each other. The project was fun and I got an A so far I think I’m doing well in science.

October Review By: Jacob

In math we did a project that we had to design a garden/park. I like math is my best and favorite subject.
In social studies we are talking about rivers. It is fascinating.
In science we talked about biomes and we did a project on them. We also talked about ecosystems and how they work.
In language arts we learned how to show not tell and, adding dialogue. It was marvelous fun.
I have fun this month.

October Update By: Kathryn

Language Arts- We’ve been learning about different types of reading strategies. The class practices these strategies by using them as we read independently. Also, we have been working on writing and revising our personal narratives. A personal narrative is a writing piece that is based on an event that has happened to YOU. Mine is written about a family trip for spring break to Florida.

Math- In Mrs. O’Herns room we just got our graded tests back. I was really happy with my grade. We moved on to another lesson, which is long division. I surprisingly enjoy somewhat of math but that’s usually when I understand. 

Science- Particularly in the past few weeks, we have been researching and learning about biomes. Our task was to create a project on a specific biome. I did a Power Point on the tropical rainforest. It was really neat to see other students projects, too.

Social Studies- We have changed gears in S.S. Our class just began the topic of Mesopotamia. I thought it was really interesting to hear about the irrigation systems of times in the past. The Euphrates and Tigris rivers flood at an inconvenient time of crop season. Which is harvest.

October By: Drew & Ben

In the second month of school we learned a lot more.

In math Ben learned about decimals and instead of saying point you say and. In math Drew learned about variables and expressions. It was a tough subject until you figure out that you can do anything to each side of the equation as long as you do it to both sides. He also learned about geometry and probability and percent.

In science Ben did a tropical rain forest to show about different plants and animals and show how much rain falls each year, light, soil, and the temperature. In science we learned mainly about ecology, and a lot about biomes. Drew did a project on the taiga biome, as all of us did a project on a biome. We also learned about the water cycle, carbon cycle, and the nitrogen cycle.

In Reading Workshop we wrote in our response logs. We learned about antagonists, realistic/unrealistic characters, and character flaws. Drew is reading the book FOUND, while Ben is reading the mysterious Benedict Society.

In writing workshop we worked on our personal narratives. Drew is writing about when he went to the principal’s office in preschool, and Ben is writing about Grandma Z. we worked on showing and not telling and dialogue.

In social studies we learned about Mesopotamia and about the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. We learned about Babylon and Assyria. We learned about how they used irrigation to control the flooding and silt so they could grow good crops.

October By: Matt

In the month of october in math i learned about geomtre and area and primeter. We did alot of fun actives to do with these subjects. it was really fun leaning about the subjects.

In scoial studys we learned about the egptions and how they live and about egpty. We did a board game about egpty it was really fun to make and to play other peoples bored games . How they desined them and the good fact that they gave out.

I science we learned about the biomes biotic and aibotic. Botic means a living thing and abotic means a nonliving thing. We did a project about the biomes. It was really fun learning about the biomes

In language art we learned about the different reading responses. The readind responses were really fun to respone to. You have read your book for like 10 minutes then you had respone i really like that.

This is the stuff we learned in the month of october.

October By: Jennifer

This month school was actually fun. First we had a party, because we have a baseball chart and we get a baseball when we get an excellent in specials or we are really good in class. Next in social studies we took our test on ancient Egypt. Now we are starting to learn about Mesopotamia and the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Then in Math a couple of weeks ago we took the test on perimeter, now we are learning about long division and decimal places.

And in science we had to make a power point to explain a biome. Some examples of biomes are: Taiga, Tundra, savannah, temperate forest and Tropical forest. Next in Language Arts we had to read our independent reading books and then fill out our Journals. In F/CE we are learning how to be a good baby sitter. And that’s what we’re doing in school.

October By: Celina

Science- I really enjoy science because of what we do in class. Recently we did reports about biomes (mine was the Tundra biome). I hope we get to do another project like this because it really interest me about learning more about that topic and makes it more fun.
Math- What I learn in math is very confusing. I should have asked questions so I learn more about what we are learning. Not many people enjoy math but we as Americans must learn more, even if we wish not to.
Language Arts- What I am learning in language arts is reading and writing. In writing we are working on our personal narratives. What a personal narrative is is a time in your life that you talk about. In reading we are learning about what are characters do in our books. Our last topic we worked on where or antagonist. An antagonist is a evil or enemy in your book.
Social Studies- I don’t really like social studies because of what we do. what we are learing about is Mesopatamia. Where learning all about their cultures and rivers. The rivers are called the Tigris river and the Ephrates river.

October By: J.B.

In spelling we are learning about changing the noun ending to s, es, change f to a v, drop the y and add ies, don’t change, and change the word. We have learned to use their, there, and they’re, your and you’re, its and it’s and to, too, two right.
In reader’s workshop we learned about foreshadowing, and the anatogonist and some other thing that I can’t remember. We have still been reading for 25 minutes. Now we write a response about what we read and the lesson we learned that day.
I science we finished up the ecosystem and biotic and abiotic factors. We have made a presentation about a biome. There are 7 main biomes they are taiga, tundra, dessert, grassland, tropical and temperate forest. I did the tundra. Then we had to say why Mrs. Fulfer would want to stay there.
In social Studies we finished our board games and took are test on Ancient Egypt. We are starting the Mesopotamia unit. We haven’t done big projects yet, but we have done some sheets of paper.
In math we have took are test on rate and ratio table. In the second unit we learned area and perimeter on a trapezoid and on hexagons, octagons, pentagons, and complex figures. We made a park and had to use the scale one inch is five feet. We took the test on unit two. We are just starting unit three. Which is fractions and decimals.
In language arts we are writing a personal narrative. We added dialog. We did strengthening sentences and show not tell. We are getting close to being done with the personal narrative. I am writing about the time I went to D.C. and puked on myself on a plane.
In band we are working on songs for our concert. We are doing 5 songs that we know of, they are Simple gifts of Christmas, countdown to Christmas, Tango bells, Hanukah celebration and one more.

Review of October By: Greg

-Math -In Mrs. Fulfer’s and Mr. Seyfert’s math class we recently did a project. You had an option of three different projects. There was a fish tank project, a lunch program project, and a flower garden project. I choose the fish tank. We had to find out dimensions of the fish tank. We also needed to buy necessities of a fish tank, fish, and accessories for our fish tank without going over the budget of $200

-Social Studies –In social studies we are learning about Mesopotamia. It is in south western Asia. It is in a land area called the Fertile Crescent. It’s called the Fertile Crescent because of the fertile soil, and it is in a crescent shape. We compared the two rivers in Mesopotamia, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, to the one in Egypt, the Nile. They had a lot of similarities and differences.

-Science –In Science we were learning about biomes. We had to do a project about them. I did mine on the Taiga. Biomes are different types of environments. What makes the biomes different are the biotic and abiotic factors The Taiga is the largest biome in the world. It is also very cold in the taiga. The word taiga is Russian for cold forest.

-Language Arts –In reading class we get to read for 20 – 30 minutes. After we’re done reading we have to fill out a response log. So far we’ve only done three. One of them was character flaw. A character flaw is something wrong with the character. Another one that I don’t remember the name of is pretty much figuring out who the bad guy is. The last one was deciding if your main character is realistic or not.

October By: Annika & Emma

In math, one of the more important subjects, we learn much. For example in Emma’s math class she just recently learned about fractions and decimals. Though we are in different math classes, we both use websites to help us. Emma uses www.mangahigh.com , while I use www.aleks.com. We both agree however that math can get a bit boring, and tricky at times.
In language arts we have been learning about realistic and non-realistic characters, along with antagonists and protagonists, and also have been learning how to use context clues to figure out what is going on in the story.
In science we recently did research on a specific biome, and then did a presentation on a biome of our choice. Emma did the grassland biome, while I did the tropical rainforest biome. We both got awesome grades, however.
In social studies in our class we are currently learning about Ancient Mesopotomia, and are comparing the climate there to Ancient Egypt.
So far this month was pretty good.

October By: Elly & Charlene

LA- We love to read during LA, because we both like our books (Emily Windsnap and the monster from the deep & My life in pink and green). Lately we’ve been doing WKCE practice tests. That is really boring but we get to read after. We start the testing on November 1st (if we remembered correctly).
Science- Char has presented her science project and she got a great score, but she tried very hard. Elly is going to do hers November 1st, so she hasn’t done hers yet. Char thought it was ok easy\hard. Elly is going to try hard, too. Char did the tropical rainforest and Elly did the Desert.
Social Studies- We already took our test it was easy for us. Char got 94% and Elly got a 101% (there was extra Credit, too). We also finished our game boards and now we’re learning about Mesopotamia. Did you know Mesopotamia is now Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Iraq?
Math- We still have the same math teachers and always will. Char has Mr. Finn (Mrs. Fulfer’s arch enemy) Elly, has Mrs. Fulfer. Char thinks math is easy, and Elly thinks it is ok but kind of fun.
Jazz Lab- WE are both in jazz lab. We both love it and think it is a great opportunity for everyone. Elly plays the trumpet, and Char plays the trombone.

October By: Joey

In math, we learned about the formulas for figuring the area and perimeter of squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms and complex figures. The complex figures were pretty hard because you had to break it down into separate figures and then calculate it.
In social studies we learned about ancient Egypt and how mummies were mummified. To help study for our test on ancient Egypt, we created an ancient Egypt board game in teams. Then, we had to evaluate each member of our team. We also started to learn about Mesopotamia.
We also learned about the different biomes of the world in science. Mrs. Fulfer had a biome contest where we had to research and explain about the biome that we thought Mrs. Fulfer would like to live in. I chose a tropical forest for the biome because I figured Mrs. Fulfer would like the warm weather and cool animal life.
In language arts, we are reading our books and need to fill in a conference log about what we read each day. I think my book is pretty cool.

October By: Colin

So far in 6th grade I have learned alot. In Social Studies I have learned about Mesopotamia and what all the little facts are and what we already know. About Mesopotamia we have learned that its nickname is the "Fertile Crescent" and that the people their are very into farming. Also the soil there is very rich because their are two rivers bordering Mesopotamia and so it floods into the farming area. We have done alot of fun activities and one of them are writing an essay and it is very fun.

In math we have been learning about decimals but this week will be our first lesson with the decimals. Last unit we have done geometry witch is my favorite thing do in math. last week we had done our test. It was kinda hard for me but also kinda easy. I am very confident that I have done very well on the test. I wouldn't be able do it without Mrs. O'Hern she is a very nice teacher and has helped me with alot of things. I really like math.

In Science we have done a project on your favorite biome. I have done mine on a grassland and it has been very fun doing the project. I have learned that there is various animals such as lions, tigers, buffalo, bison and zebras. The varios plants I have learned in the grassland is the that there is the short grass, tall grass, and the perple coneflower. So far Science has been very fun and the learning has helped me alot.

In language Arts we have been doing WKCE practice tests. To me so far they are very challenging but I have been able to do them. We have done two Math, one reading with two stories and multiple choice questions. Also after we finish we read for about 20 minutes and then we go over the answers.

Therefore school has gone very well for me and it is starting to be kinda fun.

October By: Cali & Maggie

Math- This month in math we learned or reviewed on how to find area and perimeter of many different individual shapes. We also had a test about halfway through the quarter. When we were done we went over it and got to correct our tests.

Language Arts- this year in language arts we started our reading response logs. Those are for when we’re done reading our book for the day we right something that connects with your book with what you learned in class. We also learned about many ways to improve your writing and to keep a reader reading and not get bored with it, like starting with something startling or to start your passage with a question.

Science- We has finished up our biome projects. A biome is land that sets it apart from other areas. Examples are rainforest and desert. Now we are presenting our presentations to the class and learning about other biomes besides the one we did extensive research on. We’ve also been taught about biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem. Abiotic factors are non-living things in the ecosystem such as soil, water, light, and temperature. Biotic factors are living parts of an ecosystem like animals, trees, and plants.

Social Studies- In social studies we are continuing on the ancient civilization unit. Our civilization this month was ancient Mesopotamia. This is a civilization that is very much like our ancient Egypt unit. We are also using this unit to take a chance to compare the two civilizations and discover the differences and similarities.

October By: Seth

October was quite a different month from September in my opinion. Everybody is pretty close to being settled if not already settled in the flow of school. All the subjects are starting to pick up pace, which I like, because I like to work through things fast. I hope the year keeps getting better still as the year goes on.
In math I finished Pre-Algebra at the beginning of the month and I am very close to being done with Algebra. Math is really hard now as I start getting farther and farther. It is really fun now because I really have to work to get stuff done. My goal is to finish Algebra by the end of next week. I hope math keeps going the way it’s going because it’s really fun right now.
Spelling has certainly become more fun this month. We now have enrichment packets, which are more challenging and allow us to work at our own pace. This is really an improvement from what I thought of spelling last month. I thought spelling was going to be really slow pace but as the year goes on it gets harder and harder.
In social studies we finished up our Egypt Chapter, and took our final test. We have now started working on Mesopotamia, which I have never learned about, so it’s something new. We are writing compare and contrast stories of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and the Nile. So far, Social Studies has not disappointed.
Language Arts has been surprisingly fun this year compared to others. This year we get to read our own books, which was really a problem for me in the past, reading books I didn’t like. We also have started responding in our reading logs about things like our character’s flaw or the antagonist in our book. This is one of the only years I have really liked language arts
In Science we have been working and starting presenting our Best Biome project. We are pretty much trying to get Mrs. Fulfer to move to a different area in the world. This was really fun because we not only got to learn information about a certain biome but we got to use our imaginations to persuade Mrs. Fulfer to move. All in all, October has been really fun in all aspects of our school.

October By: Emily & Megan

In Math, we are doing ALEKS. We get to do a bunch of different topics whenever we want. It’s a lot of fun because you can work at your own pace and we are mastering a bunch of different things. We are all at our own level, so then no one is slacking or skipping ahead. Also, we are getting a lot of work time instead of trying to check homework the whole time.

In social studies, we are learning about the geography of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is an area of land where present day Iraq and Israel are. Mesopotamia has very fertile land and is located right off the coast of Africa, right by Egypt.

In FCE, we are just finishing up, and then we move on to Tech Ed. But we are almost done with our babysitting unit. On Wednesday, we are going to use computerized babies, and watch them like they are real infants. Earlier in FCE, we were doing our pillows. We learned 3 different kinds of stitches and we got to make our pillows however we wanted. But then we went on to babysitting because we finished.

Science- Recently in science, we have made a presentation on a chosen biome. We could choose tropical rainforest, desert, temperate forest, tundra and the taiga. Right now we are learning more and more about each biome, because everyone is presenting their masterpiece.

L.A. - In Language Arts we have been working on many things to improve our writing and reading strategies. We have wrote our Personal Narratives pieces and are adding details or taking away unwanted sentences to make them better. During Reader’s Workshop we have been using topics/ strategies to analyze our books and characters.

Band- Even though it is only the very end of October, we have already started rehearsing our holiday music. Our song selection is Auld Tannenbaum, Tango Bells, Simple Gifts of Christmas, Hanukkah Celebration and Countdown to Christmas.

October By: Janie

In math, we now have a break time, usually 10 minutes, where we play a quick math game or have a Math Chat where we partner up and discuss math topics. And we recently did a project: designing a flower bed, building an aquarium, or making the school lunch program. I chose to design a flower bed and our group won for the best flower bed design. It was really fun to make and figure out what to buy with a budget of $500.
In science we had to make a presentation about a biome, which is an area of land that have certain plants, animals, temperatures, amount of light, soil, and water. My biome was a taiga, which is the biome that Alaska is. The most fun part was adding animations and pictures to the Power Point. = )
In language arts we learned things like using context clues to figure out what a word means and a character’s flaw. We usually read 10-20 minutes during this time. Now we don’t really have language arts because we practice for WKCE testing during that time.
In social studies we are learning about Mesopotamia, an ancient civilization around the area where Iraq is right now. It’s also called the Fertile Crescent.

By: Janie Xue

October By: Carlos & Jack

Math: In math Carlos is learning about place values and decimals. We learn how to estimate the place values. Jack does Aleks math program. Jack learns algebra.

Language Arts: In language we are learning about character flaws. Character flaws are weaknesses of the character. The antagonist then exposes the flaws to try to beat the protagonist.

Science: In science we learned about biomes and we made a project to persuade Mrs. Fulfer in living in a certain biome. A biome is a land that has its own features and makes it unique.

Social Studies: In social studies we have been learning about Mesopotamia. It was a great civilization now known as the Middle East.

Extra Circular: Jack and I are on the basketball team and both of us have fun. Last year we placed 6th in state last year.

October By: Mikayla

In math we are now working on dividing fractions and multiplying them also and subtracting for things like fractions. We are mostly dividing things. I just got finished with area and perimeter for triangles and trapezoids and also squares ect.

In science we just finished a project about biomes. Biomes are special lands you could say. As an example tropical forests and the deserts. We had to do a slide for the biome we have picked. I picked the tropical forest you have to list different animals, plants, temperatures, water, and ect.


Now social studies, we just got done with learning about Egypt. In the Egypt subject we learned about their beliefs and gods also about the Nile river and how farmers in Egypt get life off of that river as in flooding season the Nile floods and it waters all of the farmers crops. Now in social studies we are learning about the Mesopotamia.

Lastly language arts. We learned about realistic vs. unrealistic. Which is if the character in your book in your book sounds real or not real. Also we learned about the antagonist in our books. Like who is the bad guy. Lastly we learned about my characters flaw. As in my characters fears. And what my characters afraid of.

September By: Elly & Charlene

Language Arts: We like that we learn a new thing every day. We also like that we can always read after the lesson. Our books are really good right now so that is another reason we love to read. We watch a lot of Brain Pop videos and we get active with it.

Social Studies: We like that we are learning about Ancient Egypt and their way of living. We are working on the game board project with mikayla and Jennifer. The big test is coming up and this is another way of studying for our test. Social Studies is fun and complicated.

Science: We both like that we got to go to the prairie and learn about it. We also enjoyed doing the prairie project Elly did the picture book and Charlene did the letter to another prairie animal. We really enjoy having science but we don’t like reading straight out of the book.

Math: We switch for math and Elly has Mrs. Fulfer and Charlene has Mr. Finn. We both enjoy math and what teacher we have. Math can be complicated but it can be fun too. Math for Elly is different than normal and hard but, she gets used to it. Math for Char is kind of easy and can get a little hard. But we still enjoy moving to a different class!

F\ce: F\ce is fun but if the class talks too much than it isn’t that fun. Char thinks she is horrible at sewing but she’s really not that bad. Elly thinks that too but isn’t that bad either.

Spelling: Spelling isn’t hard at all because it’s just stuff from last year. It’s so boring when we just work out of our workbook. We like the packets but we don’t like them as homework.

I am so glad that Elly and Char are in the same class. We love to work together and we love to know we are always a team.

September By: Emily & Annika

This year started off very interesting and unique. We have learned new things and forgotten others.
Math, which is one of the first subjects of the day, is different from last year. Rather than staying in your homeroom for math, we switch so we can work with kids that are at our level. For example, in our math class we work on Aleks, a computer program designed to let you work at your own pace. Although it is nice to be able to work at your own speed and we get to choose what we want to work on, it is still can get boring at times.
Spelling is thought of as an important subject, at some points it can just seem dull. Lately we have been working on homophones and prefixes. While spelling can get bland, some of the activities on the weekly packet we get can be pretty fun.
In Social Studies we have been learning about Ancient Egypt. We have learned about many things that made up Ancient Egypt’s civilization. Some of those things include Pharaohs, social pyramid, agriculture and many other factors that made Ancient Egypt important.
In our units in science we’re learning about the prairie, and different sorts of ecosystems and cycles for a type of environment. When we were learning about the prairie, we got to chose from a variety of projects, which was nice, rather than having us do one thing specifically. For our other units we are taking picture notes and labeling different factors of an environment.
Language Arts helps us learn the art of language, hence the name. In this subject we learn about how to respond to books, make connections, and much, much, more. While it can get a little bland it gets us all involved, with the different steps we do. Each day we study a different topic.
Seeing as this is just September, imagine what we will have learned by the end of the year.

Thoughts on September By: Cali & Kathryn

Science-
We started our prairie unit by visiting the prairie. We explored the tall grasses and forbs. (forbs = flowering plants) Then we created projects. Cali made a poster that educated about prairies. Kathryn wrote a letter to persuade another animal who doesn’t live in the prairie, which was written by an animal living in the prairie. We are just getting into learning about ecosystems and different cycles. (nitrogen, water & carbon)

Lang. Arts-
We talked about perspectives (first person, second person third person omniscient, and third person limited). Also inferences and reading with a purpose. We used what we learned while we read during our lang. arts time. By doing this, we have increased our reading skills.

Math-
Kathryn- In Mrs. O’Hern’s math class, we have learned factor puzzles and how they’re used in many different ways. We are graphing and working on ratio tables. As a reward, we got to play a math game called “Beetle” which helped us work on our adding, but mostly just for fun! 
Cali- In Mrs. Fulfer’s math class we’ve been working on the laptops on a program called “ALEKS.” This is pre-algebra. It gives us topics to do and we work at our own pace and achieve goals set every week. There’s a pie chart to show us our progress too.

S.S-
This year our main focus is ancient Egypt. We got started by reading in our textbooks. Then we chose a “Kids Discover” magazine and answered questions that went along with it. We are currently studying for the upcoming test and working on a project (a board game).

September By: Jacob

This month we went to the prairie. It was very fun to run and go throw the gasses and explore. Then we talked about ecosystems and how they work. In social studies we are working on ancient Egypt. I am doing a report that is going to be very cool. It is a board game and we are going to have special effects. I am in the prealgebra program. We do all of our work on computers and we get no sheet home work it is very cool. We do weekly conferences and set goals. I have to master a chosen number of topics a week. In language arts we are working on reading with a porous. We are also doing point of view it is fun. Last but not least we do author’s measage.

September By: Zach

This month in face I made a pillow I am all most done with it. It says the first letter of my name. We are taking it home next Wednesday. I just need a few more stitches.
Then in social studies we are leaning about Egypt. We have the test next week we have to study our study guide. We need to learn about the Farrow and the terms for some of the words.
Also in science we are learning about the water cycles and biotic and abiotic. We also were talking about the prairie. We had to do a project about the prairie. Then we went outside to the prairie we had to do a work sheet about the plant, animals, and grass and if we knew the name of it we got the bonus.
In language arts we are doing spelling words. We also do spelling tests. I usually get a few wrong. Then we do spelling work sheets like prefixes or fix it. We have to do the whole packet each week.
Then in math we are learning about ratios and factor puzzles. We have our test next week. So I have to study for the test. Then we are studying word problems.

September By: Drew & Ben

The first month of the school year so far has been great. The teacher is so awesome this year.

This month we have learned about many different subjects. In our science unit we learned about the prairie. One day in the second week of school we went to visit the prairie behind the high school. We saw many different forbs, (flowering plants) and grasses, like turkey foot, or big bluestem. At the end of the unit, we did our prairie project. I did a comic strip telling farmers about the prairies disappearing, and Ben did a five page picture book for the pre-schoolers about a walk through the prairie. We learned a lot and it was a fun unit!

In our social studies unit we learned about ancient Egypt. In Egypt when the pharaoh dies his body goes to the top of the pyramid after they get mummified and the pharaoh is the ruler of the people in Egypt. The slaves built all of the pyramids for the pharaoh and all of the other people in Egypt. Farmers grew all the food for the people in Egypt. Right now we are working on games that tell you about ancient Egypt, and throughout the unit we filled out cultural universals and learned about Egyptian’s daily life.

In our math unit Ben learned about factor puzzles, rate tables, and ratio tables with Ms. Cleary.

In Drew’s math class he learned about different things with integers, whole numbers, geometry, and other things on ALEKS with Mrs. Fulfer. It is a lot of fun.

Lastly, language arts was writers’ workshop and readers’ workshop. We like the readers’ one because we get to read for 20 minutes. We also learned about predictions and perspective shifts and lots of other topics. It was very fun, but boring at the same time.

This month has been a great way to start the school year!

September By: Mikayla

Social studies: We learned a lot in our first chapter. Because it was all about Egyptians and it was very interesting. So everyone should have been interested.

Right now in social studies, we are making a board game. It’s is for a new project we are working on. You can have ideas from another board game as an example, Candy Land.


Science: We all started by learning about the prairie. All of us visited our Pewaukee prairie. You had to write and draw what forbs all of us saw. And then name them. All of us learned about different grasses. Such as Big Blue Stem.

We also right now are learning about the ecosystem. Also the water cycle. And living things in the ecosystem.


Math: In Mr. Finn’s class, we are all learning about basic ratios. Also ratio table, some are mixed and some just times by the same number. We are also making our own story problems. We have been doing factor problems to, figure out some math problems.


Language arts: In language arts we’ve been learning about inferences and making our own predictions about what’s going to happen next in our books. We’ve also learned about author’s message. Like if the story is clear or if you can understand what’s happening in the story.


Gym: Right now in gym we are in the basket ball unit “yay “I said!!!

But before that we were all in the football unit. We played games against each other. We all had a lot of fun doing this. But now it’s over

September By: Carlos & Jack

Math: In math we’re in different classes Jack does the ALEKS math program and Carlos is in Mrs. Roben’s math class. In math Carlos has been factor puzzles and ratio tables. In the ALEKS program we work online at our own pace and work on your own it’s interesting, but it’s sometimes hard without a teacher.

Language Arts: In Language Arts we learned about point of view, author’s message, and many more. Author’s message is learning what the author’s point is without the author actually saying it. Point of view is what point of view the author wrote the book in. The good thing about LA is you get to read your own book and you are not in groups.

Science: We learned about the prairie and ecosystems. In ecosystems biotic factors are living things such as animals and trees, abiotic factors are non-living things such as water and the sun. Also we got to go to the prairie and learn about forbs and grasses.

Social Studies: In SS we learned about the Ancient Egypt. There are three Kingdoms: the New Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the Old Kingdom. The Pharaoh’s ruled Ancient Egypt, King Tut ruled from age 9-19. Also King Khufu ordered the creation of the biggest Pyramid.

After-School Activities: For sports in the Fall/Winter Carlos plays Basketball and football and Jack plays Basketball and Soccer. For Basketball we have practices Monday and Friday for 90 minutes. We hope to dominate in state, which is in April after a 6th place finish last year.

September By: Matt & Colin

In science about the prairie. In the prairie subject we did a project on the prairie and some of choices to do the prairie project are to talk to a prairie animal and to make a picture book about the prairie etc. Right now we are learning about the ecosystem.


In social studies we are learned Ancient Egypt and we have learned about the life of the Egyptians and how they live. Then we learned how the mummification process works. Right now we are doing a project on an Egyptian board game.


In math were learning about factor puzzles, math table, basic ratios, and etc. Math is very fun! Teachers are a really good teaching supply and we all get how do solve the problem correctly.


In Language Arts we are learning about prefixes, suffixes, and homophones. For the past couple of weeks we have been doing packets of all of the things we have listed above. Also we have read a bunch of times. In language arts we have been having a lot of fun!

September By: Maggie & Emma

This month in science we learned about prairies and how different things affect the prairie. We also learned about the ecosystem and biotic and abiotic feature. All of us also did a project on the prairies and we only got two days to do it.

This month in social studies we learned about Ancient Egypt. We learned about Mummification, the pyramids, their beliefs, pharaohs and a bunch of other stuff.

This month in math we learned about rate tables and constant rates and factor puzzles, ratios, and how to create your own story problem. We also did some work on the white boards. (And one day we even got brain food a.k.a. candy)

This month in language arts we learned about homophones and prefixes, and we also took spelling test to see how much we have improved or if we have forgotten some things over the summer.

This year for one quarter we had face. In face we made pillows and we sewed them and everything. It was really fun but we also learned some new stitches and how to stuff the pillow. But later in the year we will use mechanical babies and how to change them and how to feed them so we’re ready to babysit after we get or babysitting license

September By: Seth

This month was a great way to start the year. Math was a lot of fun. I really liked being able to work at my own pace. I also like working on the computer because I like using technology to learn.
Spelling is a different story though. Spelling is too slow of pace and the words and topics are really easy. Right now we’re working on prefixes, which we really learned in 3rd grade.
In science we were learning about the prairie, and we actually got to take a visit to the prairie. We learned about the different grasses and forbs in our prairie. At the end we picked what type of project we wanted to do of 5 choices, and I wrote a letter as a buffalo writhing to an antelope, which was really fun to use my imagination. We also just started learning about ecology and an ecosystem.
In language arts, we’re learning about much different comprehension and responding techniques. We have learned about reading with a purpose and author’s message. Then we typically read for the last 15-20 minutes.
In Social Studies we have learned about Ancient Egypt. We are nearing the end of the chapter and are doing a final project where we make a board game to help us learn about Egypt. We will wrap up with a test on Friday next week. I really did enjoy this subject, it was fun to learn about how people lived back then.

September By: JB & Joey

In Spelling we are learning about how to use prefix and to spell 15 words that we already knew and we did not know. We have done some take home tasks, and they were somewhat hard.

In reader’s workshop we have learned techniques. We have learned to make prediction, and the readers’ point of view. Then we read for 25 minutes then talk about what we learned that day.

In science we went to the prairie, and made a project. We are learning about the water, nitrogen, and carbon cycle. We learned what abiotic and biotic factors in the ecosystem.

In Social Studies we have learned about Ancient Egypt. We learned about the pyramids and sphinx. We have also started to make a board game. We are going to take a test in a week.

In math we have learned about factor puzzles. We have also learned about rate and ratio tables and there difference. We are going to take a test on Monday.

September By: Celina & Janie

Social Studies was very fun because we got to watch clay people do mummification and we got to play the Egyptian board game Seega! Another reason is we got to do fun projects like make an Egyptian board game which we’re doing right now.
Spelling is kind of a boring subject because all we do is write on paper. We don’t really do anything fun. We had tests for spelling and we’re doing unit 3 right now. One fun part is when we get to play hangman, but we do it with a bunny.
Science was kind of fun because we got to go in the prairie. It was fun because we got to go anywhere in the prairie without a teacher watching us! Right now we’re in the ecology unit, and we just learned about ecosystems and their cycles like the water cycle.
Math is so boring because all we do is listen and write and have to talk to our pods. In the other class all they do is stare at laptops for an hour! But before math we get to talk to each other, which is good.
Language Arts was ok but we didn’t really like how we had to learn so much and read so little (and we like reading)!

September Blog By: Greg & Noah

In science class we learned about 3 cycles. The carbon cycle, water cycle, and the nitrogen cycle were the three cycles. It was really boring. They’re all pretty much the same thing, except they all have something different that they’re focusing on.

In social studies we’re learning about ancient Egypt. Egypt was one of the longest civilizations. We are currently doing a project where we have to make a board game. The project has to have at least 10 facts in the board game.

In math we’ve been doing lots of stuff. Factor puzzles, word problems and graphs are some things we’ve been doing in math. We also did rate tables. In the aleks program, I’ve been doing a lot of geometry and variable stuff.

Lately we talked about point of view, reading with a purpose, and we also learned how to inference. We also get to read our own book for 20-30 minutes. Also during read aloud Mrs. Fulfur reads the book among the hidden.

September Blog By: Jennifer & Megan

This past month we have done spelling, language arts, social studies, science, and math.
In spelling, we are learning about prefixes, and how it changes a word. For example, fiction means make believe. But if you add –non in front of the word it makes it so it means real.
In social studies, we just finished up with Ancient Egypt, and taking the test sometime next week. We are making a board game, and then switching games so that we can play other groups games that they made.
In language arts, we are doing reader’s and writer’s workshop. In reader’s workshop, we learn about predicting thing that will happen in our independent reading book. Then we read for about 25 minutes each day. In writer’s workshop, we take a piece of writing and make it our own.
In science, we have learned about the prairie. We just finished a project to either make a picture book to preschoolers, poster, letter to another animal on the prairie, or a comic strip. We also did a prairie observation and went out to the school prairie and looked for animals out there. We also tried to find, draw, and name a grass or forb.
In math, we switch classes. One of us is learning about ratios and the other one of us is doing ALEKS. One example of a ratio problem is: Jenna found a bag of marbles. There were 13 marbles in the bag. 6 of the marbles were blue. The other seven were green. Name the ratio for the blue marbles. Answer: 13:6.
In FCE, we are making pillows. We could customize our pillows any way that we wanted. We have learned 3 different stitches; the running stitch, the overcast, and the inside-out. We just finished our pillows last Wednesday.
We have learned so much this month, and hope again for the 8 months to come!