Fascinating Field trip Fun

I would like to thank all of the parents who took time out of their busy schedule to drive on our field trip.This week we got to go visit some very rich local history.  We journeyed back in time to the first Mexican land grant estate.  Along the way, we paused to make nature drawings and create poems about nature using figurative language.

I am excited as a hummingbird-Fallon

I am as clam as a waterfall- Morgan

Rivers and swamps splish and splash, I am a wet frog

a croak, a rib-bit 

like an amphibian exhibit- Mila

Beautiful bumblebees buzz busily-James

I was as calm as the river

My mother, my sister,

the giver...

Boys bouncing boisterously

sometimes missing the subtlety 

life is the flower glistening in the sun-Bill

I am as fast a a cheetah chasing its prey-Brecken

The tree was a tall tall tree and looked like a green breeze-Alec

Today told time...

I was as hot as the sun-Alan

One day goats will die,

rise up high

big and small

tall and all,

they can go 

to know

but crows oh no-D

I popped like a berry

I'm as protective as a wolf for its cubs-Kai

When I walked on the lazy rocks they winced

The wind chimes laughed at me

as they flew back and forth-Mateo

Alden's amazing armadillo acts awesome-Alden

I'm as small as a crayfish and as quiet as a butterfly-Gabi

Tree trunks triumphed like a trumpet-Grant

My mother is as sweet as a berry-Max

I am as small as a bumble bee

as quiet as the wind-Heidi

Julius' jewel jumped joyously on Jack's jackrabbit-Julius

The river rushes rapidly by the bridge-Is'haq

Clouds could cough calmly

water waved warmly

people played playfully-Dylan

Cattails were as soft as tiger's fur-Julia

Paige's purple pigs played in the park-Paige

Tahti's tiger thinks that he is a ballerina-Tahti

The weeping willow spoke to me, 

It made me feel like I can breath

the sunlight shines on the morning dew

a flower bloomed for love and truth-Aidan 

Making Change Possible

This week is going to be an exciting week.  We are planning on going on a field trip this Wednesday, October 10.  We will be venturing down the road to Rancho Penisquitos, which is known for its rich local history.  It is the site of one of the first Mexican adobe house ranch estates.  We will need to have parent volunteers shuttle children and help chaperon. Please use the following link to sign up. Field Trip

In humanities this week, we are pre-writing our personal autobiographical narratives.  Our stories are focusing on a time in our lives when we solved a problem.  We are also studying different uses of figurative language.  Students have been creating posters about metaphors, personification, similes, hyperbole, characterization, and alliterations.  We will be using these literary devices to create a poem that will go along   with the collage that the students have already created.

Also this week we are going to create a family survey questionnaire. This fulfills the "Where do I come from?"component of our My Portal project.  Please take some time this week to answer the questions with your child. The students will be compiling this information into a paragraph about what they learned about their family heritage.

I am please to announce that my book, The Cartoon History of the United States, has arrived!  We will be reading the book for guided reading. Students will be generating questions about the reading, finding unknown words, and writing summaries.  I have used the book in the past and found that my students really enjoyed learning about history this way.