Today we had 8th grade buddies. It was awesome . My buddy’s name is Callista . We had five things in common. For example, my buddy loves Hawaii and I do too. My buddy is a great artist. I love my buddy.
By Mimi
Entries Tagged as ‘Class News’
November 20, 2009
The Best Buddy
November 20, 2009
8th Grade Buddies
Today we had 8th grade buddies! Mine was named Alex. She is 13 and goes to Head Royce School. Alex is really cool and has lots of friends. She is very attentive and intelligent.
Alex and I had lots of things in common. For example, we both like books. We also like fruit. [...]
November 18, 2009
Where to Find Recipes
Hey everybody! Here’s a hot tip from Olivia’s mom, Laura, for finding recipes. Check out these two sites:
Food Network
Epicurious
October 23, 2009
Poetry Slam!
Today we had our first poetry slam. Students were invited to recite a poem from memory (any poem). We had three fourth grade judges awarding scores of 1-10 based on volume, tone and pacing. Here are two winners!
1. Kayla Recites: Martin Luther King, October, 2009
2. Ruby Recites: Acrobat by Shel Silverstein, October 2009
October 18, 2009
Comments Comments Comments!
Room 15 Rocks is officially going crazy with comments right now! The Room 15 community is awesome! I have never seen so many different people writing so many wonderful, positive comments. If you haven’t written one yet, all you have to do is find something of interest on the web site and then click where [...]
October 8, 2009
Science with Ms. Chagolla
Today Ms. Chagolla led the first lesson on energy. Students got their hands on batteries, fans, wires, and lightbulbs and tried to figure out how things work. We are focusing our discussions right now on two things: an energy source and an action. Students are learning to observe an action and then figure out what [...]
October 6, 2009
Physical Education (P.E.) by Malikhih
Hey parents, this is what we do in P.E. We run laps, play games and do other things. Today we did stretches. Then we do sprints, back pedals and jump rope. Then we go to the white line and start running laps (4 of them). After that we get water. Then we sit [...]
October 6, 2009
Mrs. Gertler by Mimi
A couple of weeks ago my teacher had surgery. We had a substitute. Her name was Mrs. Gertler. We did lots of graphs. It was alot of fun. We read Charlote’s Web. It is a good book. We also did book clubs and silent reading. Mrs. Gertler said that we should decorate our graphs [...]
October 5, 2009
African Drumming by Da’Janique
We have a new class called African Drumming. The teacher is named Mr. Bob. He is very nice. He teaches us how to hit the drum and how to be on rhythm. When we have circle time we have to project our voices. Every time we come we are going to have our own drums. [...]
October 5, 2009
What we do at Hero’s P.E. by Joy
Hey parents, this is what we do at Hero’s P.E. First we exercise. This is the kind of exercise we do. First we do cherry pickers. Second we do jumping jacks. Now third we do push ups. At last we play games. These are the kind of games [...]
September 15, 2009
Freeze Game
We learned a new game called Freeze. Here’s how you play.
1. Get two players out of a few people.
2. Let them choose a topic.
3. Say action and let them act it out.
4. Let another player say “Freeze!” and tap an actor.
5. Get in their poisitions , and pick another topic.
6. Say ” Freeze!” and [...]
