Painting our Literary Pumpkins

We read the book More M&M Math today in school. We painted our pumpkins like M&M's using blue, yellow, orange, green, red, and brown. We each got our own pack of M&M's and as we read the book we sorted them in colors and put them in lines (like a graph), and then we divided them into groups before we ate them. On Monday we will be taking the pumpkins downstairs to set up a display. Be sure to stop by the school to see them.

By Jared

Our Rome Day

Today we presented our Rome Reports. I dressed in my toga (actually a sheet tied with a rope belt) and made a wreath for my head. My report was on chariot races. I learned that the drivers carried a knife to cut them out of the chariot if there was a crash. Josh, Tyler, and Kaci brought in food for us to try. There was cheese, bread, grapes, and raisins and we had apple juice to drink. I also brought in some music that sounds like the horses hoofs hitting the ground during the chariot race.
By Nick

A visit from Delaney's Dad and his skinny friend

Delaney's dad came in to talk to us about vertebrates and non-vertebrates. He brought a skeleton with him so we could see what a backbone really looks like. We also saw x-rays and some pictures from his medical books. We passed around a 'real' shoulder bone and foot. His sense of humor kept us all laughing.
By Zaria and Mrs. Metzger

Operator Error

Sometimes my computer is so helpful. It saves me frum luking foollish when it spell checks my writing for me. But sometimes it frustrates me. Last week we had 6 new comments on posts that I needed to approve. I read the sweet one from Preston, Delaney's brother, and another one from AJ, one from Anna, and some anonymous ones too. Instead of hitting the button to approve all of our posts, I hit the reject button by mistake. I soon found out that there was no way of going back and retrieving the posts. Once they've been rejected they are gone forever. I apologize to our friends that read and comment on last week's posts. I meant to accept and publish them all. Let's just chalk this one up to lessons learned.
By Mrs. Metzger

King Tut Field Trip

This morning we went on a field trip to The Florida Theater to see a musical called King Tut. We learned that King Tut was only 9 years old. His uncle and another adviser wanted him to go to war with the communities surrounding Egypt and collect lots of taxes from the Egyptians. When King Tut didn't want to do these things they killed him!
After the field trip it was raining too hard to go to Metro Park, so we went back to school and ate lunch outside in the pavillion.
Next we're going to finish our learning pockets on Egypt.
By Naja and Mrs. Metzger