I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving however you may celebrate. This is the first year Mr. Sary and I will host Thanksgiving at our house. I am very thankful we have friends to celebrate with in a warm house with plenty of food to share. I am thankful for my wonderful students who teach me new ways to think everyday. I learn so much from you. It is a pleasure to come to school everyday. Thank you!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Suggestions
The King County Library System has excellent suggestions for fantasy and science fiction books. Check them out!
Fantasy: http://www.kcls.org/goodreads1/kids/view_category.cfm?category_id=8
Science Fiction: http://www.kcls.org/goodreads1/kids/view_category.cfm?category_id=191
You can also use the Scholastic Book Wizard Leveled Search to find a just right fantasy or science fiction book. http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/viewCustomSearchForm.do#top_of_page
Science Fiction: http://www.kcls.org/goodreads1/kids/view_category.cfm?category_id=191
You can also use the Scholastic Book Wizard Leveled Search to find a just right fantasy or science fiction book. http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/viewCustomSearchForm.do#top_of_page
Friday, November 19, 2010
Kids Against Bullying
Check out this great website supporting our anti bullying campaign at school!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Trader
Today we had a surprise visit from a trader. In our studying life of the Coastal Native people of the Pacific Northwest in the 1800’s, we have been learning about daily life, jobs, culture and art of the Native people. We have read about explorers to the region in 1800s. Our trader walked around and traded his goods for items we have made in the classroom. Thank you Peter Wihman for your enthusiasm as a trader. Check out pictures on our classroom website (https://sites.google.com/site/mrssarys4thgrade/photo-album)
What items were valuabe to the trader?
What items were valuable to the Native People?
How did you feel during the experience? What did you think? Do you think these were the same thoughts and feels of the Native American's during the 1800's?
What items were valuabe to the trader?
What items were valuable to the Native People?
How did you feel during the experience? What did you think? Do you think these were the same thoughts and feels of the Native American's during the 1800's?
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Harry Potter Exhibit- Guest Post
My friend's son Jack toured the Harry Potter Exhibit at the Pacific Science Center. Here are his thoughts...
Hi. My name is Jack and I’m 9 years old. I’m a 4th grader at Lake Wilderness Elementary (Maple Valley, WA about 40 minutes from Medina). I play sports, basketball and soccer. I like to play video games, especially Mario on the DS and Wii. I like to listen to music. One of my favorite bands is RunDMC.
I went to the Harry Potter Exhibition today, and I thought it was a great experience. It was very interesting to see all of the cool props and stuff. The beginning I walked into a dark room after being sorted into a house. The sorting hat chose Gryffindor for me! On the wall was a bunch of videos showed up from the movies, from the not scary parts to the scary parts. Then the Hogwart train appears. It was really weird, seemed like it came out of nowhere. And then you start the tour.
I really enjoyed seeing all the Quidditch uniforms. I also like the school uniforms and the other clothes of the characters. There was a fun game where you can throw a quaffle through the hoops, just like in Quidditch. I saw wands from some of the characters too, my favorite was Voldemort. The dark forest stuff was cool. I really liked how the showed a lot of the scary things that Harry has fought, like the gigantic spiders. Hagrid’s chair was insanely giant and his clothes were so big. The Tri-Wizard cup was so cool to see, it’s hard to describe.
I would recommend this to kids my age and other Harry Potter fans. And in case you buy the Harry Potter wand, it’s really noisy.
Thanks Jack!
Hi. My name is Jack and I’m 9 years old. I’m a 4th grader at Lake Wilderness Elementary (Maple Valley, WA about 40 minutes from Medina). I play sports, basketball and soccer. I like to play video games, especially Mario on the DS and Wii. I like to listen to music. One of my favorite bands is RunDMC.
I went to the Harry Potter Exhibition today, and I thought it was a great experience. It was very interesting to see all of the cool props and stuff. The beginning I walked into a dark room after being sorted into a house. The sorting hat chose Gryffindor for me! On the wall was a bunch of videos showed up from the movies, from the not scary parts to the scary parts. Then the Hogwart train appears. It was really weird, seemed like it came out of nowhere. And then you start the tour.
I really enjoyed seeing all the Quidditch uniforms. I also like the school uniforms and the other clothes of the characters. There was a fun game where you can throw a quaffle through the hoops, just like in Quidditch. I saw wands from some of the characters too, my favorite was Voldemort. The dark forest stuff was cool. I really liked how the showed a lot of the scary things that Harry has fought, like the gigantic spiders. Hagrid’s chair was insanely giant and his clothes were so big. The Tri-Wizard cup was so cool to see, it’s hard to describe.
I would recommend this to kids my age and other Harry Potter fans. And in case you buy the Harry Potter wand, it’s really noisy.
Thanks Jack!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Forgot your HR book?
Forgot your Homework and Remember book at school?
Need more examples?
-Math
-Math Expressions
-State (Washington),-District (Bellevue School District)
-School (Medina)
-School (Medina)
Login: medinastudent
Password: medina
Password: medina
-My Library
-Student Activity Book
-Select Volume
-Student Activity Book
-Select Volume
Information on how to access the HR book and student pages is also on the class website under "Math".
Monday, November 1, 2010
Thankfulness
"Thankfulness is to be grateful for what you have. It is also being grateful for the little things which happen around you and within you everyday. To be thankful is to have a sense of wonder about the beauty of this world and to welcome all of life as a gift. Thankfulness is a path to contentment."
-excerpts from the Virtues Cards from The Virtues Project™
Questions for reflection:
-excerpts from the Virtues Cards from The Virtues Project™
- What am I thankful for today?
- How can I express my thankfulness to others?
- What beauty have I noticed today?
- When have I felt contentment in my life?
- How can I recreate that contentment on a regular basis?
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