Our Digital Footprint - Challenge 6

We have spent a lot of time in class talking about how to be safe on line.  Here is our list of things to remember:
1. Keep your private information private!
     *Don't give out your last name.
     *Don't give out your phone number.
     *Don't give out your address.
     *Don't give out your birthday.
     *Never share your passwords.
2.  Check your privacy settings.
3.  Only go to sites your teacher or parents say are okay.
4.  Be nice and say kind words.
5.  Be yourself.
6.  Be truthful.
7.  Think before you post.
8.  If you see something bad online turn it off and tell your parents.
9.  Remember not everything on the internet is true.
10. Once you put it online it is there for good.

We hope this video makes you think about your digital footprint.  

Are you leaving a positive mark on the world?

Creative Writing - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Challenge 3

Student Blogging Challenge 2013

Challenge #3

The challenge this week was to get creative and write about reducing, reusing, and recycling.  Mike wrote a great story!  

There was a  boy named Bob he likes to go swimming, and play soccer in the summer but  his favorite thing is to make art. He got inspired from his art teacher and he started to make art when he was 4 years old. One day there was  nothing to do he was bored. But suddenly! Bob got an idea he was going to make a art project. So he went upstairs to his room he grabbed all of his art supplies. Then he went down stairs he looked for some things he could used for his art project he found popcans, water bottles, plastic, and glass. Then he started on his project he threw the extra stuff in the recycling bin. He glued the pieces together finally he finished. Next day he tooked the project to school he showed it to everyone. One kid said  how did you made this ? thats a very good question Bob said. I used popcans for the eyes, some newspapers for the body, water bottles for the arms, and glass for the mouth,  and a cap for the nose. the art teacher said can I bring this to the museum Bob thinked about it then he said sure! So every year he would visit the museum  even when he became a adult he would still remember that  day working on it.

Top 10 Jobs We'd Love to Have - Challenge 2

Student Blogging Challenge 2013

Challenge #2

The challenge was to write about our top 10 jobs.  10 of us each gave our top pick to develop this list.  Check out our individual blogs for our complete lists!

1.  Train driver - Andrew

2.  Fix trains - Carlito

3.  Work at a funeral home - Madisyn

4.  Auto mechanic - Byron

5.  Work as a model - Noel

6.  Be a pop star - Brianna

7.  Take care of dogs - Brooke

8.  Movie actor - Shaun

9.  To be a Doctor - Makayla

10. Designing video games - Mike

Top10 People We'd Like to Meet - Challenge 1

We are participating in the Student Blogging Challenge 2013.  

This is challenge #1.

Here is our class list of the top 10 people we'd like to meet, and the questions we would ask them.  Some of us have complete lists on our individual blogs.  Feel free to visit us.
1. Billy West (voice actor for Ren and Stimpy) Did you hang out with friends when you were younger? - Mike
2. Ringo Star (voice actor for the old Thomas the Train and a Beatle)  Why did you go from drumming to narrating? - Carlito
3. Kelly Clarkson - How did it feel to win American Idol? - Makayla
4. Justin Bieber - Are you coming to Buffalo for a concert soon? - Brooke
5. Kendall (from Big Time Rush) What is your favorite song? - Shaun
6.  President Andrew Johnson - What was your favorite food? - Andrew
7. John Deere - Why did you pick the color green for the tractors? - Byron
8. Alice Green - Is there going to be another Twilight movie coming out? - Brianna

9. Big Time Rush - Can I have a backstage pass/ - Dannielle

10.   Ben Roethlisberger - What does it feel like to win a super bowl? - Noel

World Read Aloud Day

March 6^th was World Read Aloud Day.

We learned that 793 million people cannot read!  We spent extra time reading that day.  We also thought of some ways that we could help people that don’t know how to read.  Here are some of our ideas:

We can read for them.

We can read to them.

We can help someone when they get stuck on a word.

We can give them a book that’s easier to read and then keep pushing them with harder books.

We can show little kids the pictures in a book..

We can give books away that we don’t read anymore.

 We can teach someone how to read.

We can be a good friend and not make fun of someone who can’t read well. 

We can record a book for people to listen to.

We can do a lot of things to help, what can you do?

Dignity For All

Here is our class project from February.  We hope you enjoy it.

The Juggler by Michael

A very special talented person came to our school last Friday. His name is Nells, he is a  juggler he's been juggling since  he was a kid.  He has been to my school 3 times, he is a fun person. He shows us a lot of tricks and he tells us to enjoy life.  He  even lets us do some tricks. He  juggles at the circus and he got married. He learned it from his mom also from his wife. He told us to live life, learn a lot, laugh a lot, and to love a lot. He also does stuff in slow motion  he is a funny person to visit.

Energy by Mike, Byron, and Carlito

We have been learning about energy in Science. Did you know that energy is not created or destroyed? We learned that everything can have potential energy or kinetic energy. Potential energy is energy that is stored. Kinetic Energy is the energy of movement. Our class has a lot of kinetic energy. There are a lot of different kinds of energy. A few examples are sound, heat, light, and electric energy. We also learned an object + force + motion = work. Energy is the ability to do work!

zondle - games to support learning

Merry Christmas!

What We've Been Learning

We have been learning a lot lately that we wanted to share with you. Mike, Makayla, Madisyn, and Mrs. Tharp wrote about what we have been studying, learning, and doing.  We have been doing a lot of writing.  We had lessons on dignity for all and writing assignments that made us think about how the characters in the book we were reading were responsible and showed respect for each other.  We wrote about a respectful or responsible person we know, or a time when we acted responsibly.  We wrote about our 12 favorite things and participated in a Day of Blogging on 12.12.12.  We worked hard to reply to all of the comments on our blog.  We did lots of writing!

We finished our history unit on Henry Hudson.  We learned about elements, compounds, and mixtures in science.  We did math in a lot of different ways.  We worked on the computer, on the board, and some of us still really like worksheets.  We finished the book " The Boy Who Ran For President".  We liked it a lot.  It was about a boy our age who ran for president and actually won!  

We did Christmas bowling in gym and earlier we had some fun with a parachute.  We also learned soccer and hockey skills.  We finished some cool Christmas projects in Art class.  We used water colors to paint our own Christmas trees, and other techniques to create some unique tiling effects on ornaments and decorations.  Miss Tharp ordered one of our famous cookie platters for students in the YALT program at Daemen College, and so we made brownies and rice crispy treats. In Home and Careers we made some really fun Christmas cards using recycled cards.  We also started a fun Friday where we get to choose which station we want to go to.  We have games, snacks, nail polish etc.

Mrs. Tharp signed us up for 2 new sites, Zondle and Magna High, to help make learning fun at school and home!  We all love working on edmodo whenever we have time.  The apps are fun and we like sending messages to each other.  Some of us were able to join an edmodo group with students from other states and countries that we are working with on a project.  We liked meeting them and sending messages to them.  It turns out we like a lot of the same things - computers, sports, games, TV, and we even like some of the same books.

Monkeys Visit Our School

Mike wrote about our assembly yesterday:

Yesterday at school we had some special visitors.  They were MONKEYS!  We learned a lot from the “monkey guy”.  Monkeys should not be kept as pets.  To get one you have to get a special permit.

New world monkeys are different in shape, size, and color and they can be a pain.  The older one that came would not follow directions, she would throw her food especially mushrooms, and she would take the other monkeys food. 

Baby pygmy marmoset monkeys are small.   We saw one that only weighed 8 oz. and was the size of a pop can.   They don’t get to much bigger than that.  Their body length is between 130 to 370 mm or 5-14 inches long, and their tail is between to 150 to 420 mm or 6-15 inches long.  

Japanese macaque monkeys are medium sized.   They are found living in cold regions of the world. They are the world’s most northern living monkey species.  They adapt incredibly to their surroundings.

It was a very fun assembly (funny too), and we liked it!  

Mike's Day of Blogging 12.12.12

Mike’s 12 favorite things are:

 Super Mario, Computer, Charlie Brown, Frosty, Rudolph, Looneytunes, The Simpsons, Family guy, South Park, Foster’s home for imaginary friends,  Ren and Stimpy, misc favorites: Swimming Pools, My Birthday, and the color red.