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May 31, 2012

Pussy Cat Meets Red Riding Hood - by Rory

Once upon a time the Pussy Cat met a girl named Red Riding Hood. The Cat liked her so they played together. They are BFF's. One day they had a sleep over. They were happy. They played all night. Mom said, "Time for bed." They went to bed. In the morning they ate and then Mom said, "Want to go to the park?" We said, "Yes, we do." We went to the park. "Go play," said Mom. The Pussy Cat said, "I don't feel good". Mom said, "Let's go home." When we got home, Mom said to me, "You have to go to bed," and I did. I woke up and I saw balloons. I see party hats and a cake and presents. "Mom, what are you doing to me?" Mom said, "You fell off your bed. That explains why you are in the nurses's office." Mom said, "Go to sleep. You will see a surprise when you wake up." Red said, "Mom, can we eat the cake?" "Yes," said Mom. And they lived happily ever after.

King Midas and the Gingerbread Man - by Nathan

Once upon a time King Midas went to the Gingerbread Man's house. King Midas knocked on the door. Knock! Knock! Knock! The Gingerbread Man said, "No one is here." "I am King Midas!" "Are you going to eat me?" "No," said King Midas. King Midas touched him and be brought the gold statue of him home. King Midas poured water on him, and they put him in the oven, and they ate him for lunch! They went for a nap, and in the morning they made another Gingerbread Man and he ran away. The Gingerbread Man went back to his home and he locked the door. King Midas went back home from his work, and the Gingerbread Man lived happily ever after.

Little Red Riding Hood Meets Custard, the Dragon - by Emma

Once upon a time Little Red Riding Hood went into Custard the Dragon's story. She met Belinda, and her little black kitten, Ink, and her little gray mouse, Blink, and her little yellow dog, Mustard, and her dragon, Custard. I got to ride on Custard. We went to the woods and back. We flew around a tree fifty times. I loved visiting Custard. It was fun. And we lived happily ever after.

Gingerbread Man meets the Woodcutter and King Midas - by Dylan

Once upon a time there was a Gingerbread Man. He had blue candy and a tie. I visited the Woodcutter. "Don't crush me, Woodcutter," I said. "I'd rather eat you," said the Woodcutter. "Aaaah!" I said and I ran away. I hope I lost him. I did not lose him. "Come back here, I want to give you a prize," said the Woodcutter. "Okay," I said. SNATCH! "Help me! Help me! King Midas, help me! Thank you!" I said. "Now I can finally touch you," said King Midas. "You touch yourself!" I said. "Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!" Here comes more trouble. I kept running and I got scraped and hid. "Huh, huh, huh," I panted. "I'm not eaten. Yay!" I'm so, so, so happy. I have to run away and everyone came to me. "Come on," I said. A fox was chasing me. Impossible! I'm going to have to run even faster. Trip! Ow! Keep running. A hunter? Come on! And they passed out, and I lived happily ever after.

FAIRY TALE DRESS-UP DAY

We have been reading and learning about fairy tales, so we had Fairy Tale Dress-Up Day. We dressed up in fairy tale costumes. We made our costumes out of our clothes and/or cardboard. Here are some of the characters we picked: Witch from Hansel & Gretel, Red Riding Hood, Gingerbread Man, Blink, King Midas, Custard the Dragon, Thumbelina, the Big Bad Wolf, Pussycat (from Owl and the Pussycat). We had to say something our character would say, and then we guessed. Our principal came and guessed too! Then we went to the Superintendent's Office and we sang our Fairy Tale Song and told them which characters we were. It was fun!

May 29, 2012

ART SHOW WITH OUR FIFTH GRADERS

We went to other half of our school for an art show. Our Art Teacher put artwork all over the school. The artwork was about Maine animals and Japan. There was a merry-go-round hanging from the ceiling! There were masks and animals and fish hanging from the ceiling too.

We watched a slide show in the gym about Maine illustrators. We got our faces painted by the Fifth Grade Art Club. We made beaded necklaces with animals in the middle. We went on a scavenger hunt looking for art work. We even had a snack and a story by a Maine author. We came back to our school by bus. It was awesome and we loved the Art Show. Thank you to our Art Teacher and the Fifth Grade Art Club; we enjoyed being with you and seeing all the amazing art.

April 11, 2012

Blue Whale Facts

We have been studying whales. Chewonki came and they brought a pilot whale skeleton. We put it together. It was interesting and fun, and we really enjoyed it. Thank you to our PTA for getting the program for us!

We are going to tell you facts about blue whales. The pictures we picked are blue whales. Blue whales are hard to photograph. We found lots of humpback whale pictures that were labeled wrongly as blue whales!

Our Facts:

Blue whales can be 100 feet long. They are the biggest animal that ever lived! They are bigger than the biggest dinosaur.

A baby blue whale is about as long as 5 bathtubs.

Their flippers are only 5 feet long.

A baby blue whale is called a calf. It can gain 200 pounds a day. They drink mom's milk. The mother squirts the milk into her baby's mouth. The baby plays on mom's flipper. The baby stays with mom for a year.

Blue whales have baleen. They don't have teeth. They swim to Antarctica to eat krill. Krill are like small shrimp, and they are about the size of your little finger. They eat thousands of pounds of krill in a day! Blue whales eat by gulping water and their baleen traps the krill. Their mouth gets so humungous that our whole first grade could swim in it! Throat pleats let their mouth get so big.

Blue whales swim alone. They do not swim in pods.

Like all baleen whales, blue whales have two blowholes.

We want to keep the oceans clean, so the beautiful creatures like blue whales don't die.

March 30, 2012

Art Show

We had an art show at our school. Everyone had work in the show. We had two pieces of work; we each made a songbird out of earth clay and drew bird cages with oil pastels and golden paint. We did our work in art class with our art teacher, and we listened carefully to directions. We looked at photographs of birds to see what they looked like and what colors to use.

The art show was at night. We came back to school with our families. We showed our parents our artwork, had snacks, and got our faces painted. It was fun and exciting!

March 19, 2012

Emma's 100 Project

I used 100 popsicle sticks and made a school house with my mommy and daddy.

Hunter's 100 Day Project

I used 100 eyes and made a 100 with eyes. It looks awesome. Mom helped me.

Jaidyn's 100 Day Project

I used 100 soda tabs and made a fish bowl with fish with hands holding it with a desk. I did it all by myself.

March 9, 2012

wAcKy wEdNeSdAy!

Welcome to Wacky Wednesday! We are celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday. He would be 108 years old!

We decided to wear c-r-a-z-y socks. We made mustaches just like the one the Lorax has. We had a Wacky Wednesday Assembly. Mrs. McGee read us the Dr. Seuss story called Wacky Wednesday. Then we heard The Cat in the Hat. We got Wacky Wednesday stickers too. We planted some flowers and Truffula trees in Weehauken also. It was fun!