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November 30, 2008
Brain Workout
It’s time to get those mental math muscles really buff! Here’s a workout for you!
Math Trainer
November 20, 2008
Making Slat Books
We use these to write about ourselves. It is called a slat book. We write “all about me” on the first fold. The rest is about you. I like to use them to write about what your favorite things are. I also use them to write my mood of today the day before that and [...]
November 6, 2008
Wonder Writing
Today we went outside to write in our wonder books. We wrote about things like house, trees, bikes and plants. Then we walked to places and we stopped at the place to write. It was fun.
By Annjo
October 23, 2008
Digits, Numbers, and Places, Oh my!
On this day we pulled three digits out of a bag. The digits were 5,1,and 3.First we made the greatest number. After that we made the second greatest number. Then we went on and on with the greatest and the least number’s.
By Alisa E
October 21, 2008
Ms. Woo Helps Us with Math
Ms. Woo helps us with math a lot. She is a great student teacher. Ms. Woo helps kids in our class when they need help. Our class loves Ms. Woo. She is a big help in Room 15!!!
Ms. Woo is also great at art. Ms. Woo can draw really good with charcoal…(ran out of time)
by [...]
October 21, 2008
Playing with Audio
In room 15 we play on the computer. This student is recording one of the best stories. It was
football. The other student is listening to one of her story/song that she just did on the computer.
by Jade
October 21, 2008
Audacity
In room 15 we go on the computers and go to Audacity. We use the microphones for us to make songs or raps and we use headphones to hear our song or rap on the computers.
by Marcus
October 10, 2008
Bugs
Today we went to Dimond Park. We all saw the bugs. I do not know what they are called. We think it went into the water, so it can not fly. The bug was going away because the bug wanted to get away from us.
Everyone liked it and wanted to see it. [...]
October 9, 2008
Desert Island
Today we went to Dimond Park. We played a game named Desert island. Guess what? Cortez fell out of the circle getting the pink cube (it was supposed to be tools) and got eaten by a shark. We had to start over every time someone got eaten. The next time Marcus fell out with Cortez [...]
October 8, 2008
Making Butter
Today in Room 15 we made butter with Ms. Annie. First we had to get cream in it with marbles inside and shake it. Don’t worry you don’t eat the marbles or choke on it until you DIE. You put marbles inside because it makes the butter thicker. Then we had to shake it for [...]
September 30, 2008
Book Clubs
The students of room 15 have been impressing me with their enthusiasm for what I call “Book Clubs.” During certain independent reading periods, I invite students to find multiple copies of a book, of their choice, and form a book club. They have really taken to this idea. Generally, they like to take turns reading [...]
September 26, 2008
Garden Notes
Today in the garden we dissected a cantaloupe. We also had apples for snacks and cantaloupe.
-by Patrick and Thurston
September 23, 2008
Listening Center
In Room 15 we have centers three or four days a week. Center time is usually after lunch. Students rotate through centers, spending 20 minutes at each.
One of centers is called Listening Center. Sometimes students listen to stories, often by an author we are studying (Cynthia Rylant, E.B. White, William Steig, etc.), following along in [...]
August 24, 2008
Hello world!
This is the official and unofficial web site of the minds, hearts, fingers and pincers of room 15, Sequoia Elementary. We invite you to poke around, see what you can find. You can even leave us comments, especially praise. We may answer questions, or we may not.
Soon, you will begin to find student artwork and [...]
