European Country Reports

Congratulations to all the boys and girls in my class!  Today we concluded our 4-day long celebration of European countries.  We learned a great deal about different cultures by watching Powerpoint presentations, and we tremendously enjoyed sampling so many delicious treats.    

Turkey

Hungary

Belgium

Ireland

Symmetry

Give symmetry a try!

http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/4_Line_Symmetry/index.html

Trash Treasures

Character Traits

Willy Wonka 

Willy Wonka

Character Traits

John Midas from The Chocolate Touch

India Opal and Winn Dixie from Because of Winn Dixie

India Opal from Because of Winn Dixie



Fiona from Half and Half



Character Traits

Judy from The Homework Machine

Reading - Character Traits

Margaret from Voyage on the Titanic

Jack from Magic Tree House 

After reading their partner books, students have been working hard on representing their characters through recycled materials/found objects.

Diwali

Diwali is being celebrated throughout the world.  We learned a little bit about the celebration today in class, but students are encouraged to research more tonight.  They can obtain interesting information on the site below.

http://www.kidsgen.com/events/diwali/

Measuring Long Jumps

Hard at Work Doing African Landform Projects!

More Pictures from the Darien Nature Center!

Field Trip to Darien Nature Center