Poems for Global Change

 

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I send my words out into the air listening for yours from everywhere.

 

I hope to change theworld some day

 

to see the people happy to say, what good place to stay.

 

I see the men cutting the grass.

 

I see the women driving past.

 

See the boys saying yes

 

See the girls wearing a dress

 

I see the dogs playing with a stick

 

and see the cats having a pick.

 

I hope to see a happy world

 

Not a world in a swirl

 

So welcome to my world

 

By: O.K.

 

 

 

 

 

Constellations

Please use this website to help you complete today's activity.

constellation website

 

 

World Read Aloud Day

World Read Aloud Day was a huge success. Thank you students for your hard work today. We read aloud with Mrs. Conrad's class and did partner reading (via Skype) with Brook Forest Elementary in Oak Brook. We also read poetry aloud to students at Van Meter Community  School in Iowa. One highlight of the day was Skyping with Donna Gephart, author of How to Survive Middle School and other books. Mrs. Gephart even wrote about her experiences Skyping for World Read Aloud Day on her blog. You can see what she wrote here.

 

Donna Gephart discusses World Read Aloud Day

 

Iditarod

 

We have been learning all about The Iditarod. 5K students have become quite the experts. I am anxious to see who will win the race. Do you think a new record will be set this year? I am beginning to think it is a real possibility. Wouldn't it be amazing if Martin Buser broke his old record? We had a great time playing SLEDO (Iditarod vocabulary and trivia bingo) with the Van Meter students in Iowa.

 

 

 

World Read Aloud Day will be here soon!! I look forward to sharing this exciting day with you again this year!

 

 

 

 

 

Create your own Hugo Cabret story at this website. If you create one I'd love to see it!! - Ms. K

  

Create your own Hugo Cabret story.

  

 

  

  

Look at what we have been up to in our classroom this quarter!

 

We were visited by colonists during our living museum. Here are some of the colonists who visited us.

 

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Guess what?

I just found out there are some Ramona books by Beverly Cleary that I have not read. I AM SO EXCITED!!!!! When I was in elementary school I read every Ramona book I could get my hands on. I just found out that there were three books published after I was in elementary school that I never read. Can you guess what I am buying at the bookstore tomorrow morning? (The photograph above was taken at the Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden in Portland, Oregon. Which character do you think it is?) I would have rushed to the store tonight but it was already closed. 

 

 

EDMODO

 

We are having fun connecting with the 5th grade students at Brook Forest Elementary School. Click below to go to the Edmodo webpage.  

 

Edmodo Website

 

 

Check out these Origami Yoda's Joey made!! I started an Origami Yoda page to share our art.

 

 

 

 

Rahadi suggested a space where we could share book suggestions. This is a great idea. Please use this wallwisher to share what you are reading.

 

Book Suggestions