Wormology

This week our fifth graders will start their study of worms. They will learn how red worms can be used to recycle food waste. Students will take the food waste from our kitchen (only the food that does not reach the students' trays) weigh it each day and find averages. This food will be added to our worm bins for the hungry little guys to eat. The resulting Vermicompost is an excellent additive (natural fertilizer) to your garden. Later on we will harvest the vermicompost and put it 5 pound bags to sell in our garden sale. I am anticipating of a shipment of worms to arrive on Friday.
Mr. S.

Long weekend

How many of you  went somewhere? Where did you go? I hope you had a nice weekend without school on Monday or President's Day!!! Happy weekend!!!

How To... Presentations

Has everyone done their How To presentations? What did you all do for your presentations? Witch ones did you like better, the ones where you got food, or the ones without? Did you have a favorite presentation?

Dinotopia

We had a great time at the Woodson Art Museum learning about the glass exhibit and of course Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney. We got to draw our own dino-art using water color pencils. I encourage you to visit with your family. The paintings are fantastic and will keep the attention of even your youngest. We talked about an early live action/cartoon animation film made in 1914, Gertie the Dinosaur. The whole film is about 12 minutes long and can be seen online at the link below. The piano accompaniment is similar to what audiences would have heard when they went to the theater to see this "silent film." I hope you get a kick out of seeing where we were almost 100 years ago in our film technology. Remember, in 1914, this film was cutting edge animation.Students let me know what you thought about our visit.

Mr. S.
http://www.archive.org/details/Gertie

Valentines Party

Who is excited for the Valentines Party... it will be so much fun. What do you guys think about the Party?

Portfolios

Portfolios, portfolios, dont you luv portfolios? Isnt that an interesting word? So how is everyone doing on their portfolios? Are you having fun creating them? Give me some feedback people!!! 

D.A.R.E. Graduation

D.A.R.E. graduation was awesome. we are all now D.A.R.E. graduates! We all got our own certifacates. There are a couple videos of the kids who read their essays. I'm sure that when i say this, all the fifth graders will agree with me, the best part about graduation was...   CAKE!!!!!!!

Colossal Colonies

In social studies we are learning about colonies. So far we have been focusing on the colony New Spain, and the New England. The spainish wanted all the gold they could get and the english wanted all the furs they could get. Do you remember how the king got people to settle in the new world? And who were the first explorers to explore the mississippi? If you did your homework you should know!

KNITTING

Hey guys and girls!!!!! Today, in knitting, we made 101 hats! It is really amazing! All the hats we've made, goes to Aspirus Hospital. If you have a loom and want to knit, you better hurry on up because we only have one month to go, and if you have any extra looms to lend to the people who would like to knit please bring them to Mrs. Seefeldt or the kids who would like to knit. Please hurry to lend them (if you are going to) to the people that want to knit because we only have ONE MONTH LEFT. Our target is to get over 150 hats. Good luck knitters.

Maggie & Abby

Mtric System

In math we stared the metirc system today!
Do u like the metric system?

School Forest from your view

The 5th graders went to the school forest. They stayed there for 2 nights and 3 days. It was probably scary away from parents, but we had lots of fun. Were you scared being away from parents? I was scared the first night, but my friends were there for me, they made me feel better so I wasn't scared. Write how you felt when you over at the School Forest.

Do You Like Dinosaurs?

We travel to the Woodson Art Museum this Friday to see their exhibit: Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney. If you would like to join us to help chaperone a small group of 5th graders, let me know.

Mr. S.

School Forest

I hope you are hearing great things about our school forest experience. Mrs. Maas and I are so proud of our students. They were outstanding in behavior. They listened well, and asked great questions. The T.A.'s had nothing but good things to say about their cabin mates. Remember, you can respond to the blog about the things you heard from your child or if you were the child at the school forest you can add your thoughts as well. Thank you for raising such wonderful students.
Mr. S.