Weekly Update by Alden and Colin

In science we have been very busy measuring our trees. We are seeing how many of “us” would measure the height of the tree. We marked on a piece of paper how tall our tree is and then we measured how tall we are and found out how many “me’s” fit in the tree using multiplication or addition. Then we estimated how tall the tree is by knowing how tall we are in centimeters. There are numbers all over the place! Click on the play buttons below to hear about how we figured out the height of our trees.

In Social Studies Workshop, we are starting to make designs for our tunics. We brought our iPads to class and used a website that let us bead different colors of our wampum. We liked using the technology in SSW and put the design we created on our iPads onto a piece of a paper.  We’re not sure if we’re going to put this design onto our tunics or if we are going to do  something else.

In art we are painting pots we made out of clay. We are making large coil pots and we glazed them last week. We will be able to take them home after the winter break. We used red clay to make the pots. We like making things with our hands and getting messy!

Today we performed Native American dances and songs at the Winter Assembly. It was really fun.

Happy holidays! Have a great vacation!

CBB and APH

Weekly Update of ALR and HAK

On the fifth of December we figured out how to develop good sportsmanship by having a class kickball game.  The way we made teams was by making kids with even numbers on their mailboxes/iPads on one team and all kids with odd numbers were on the other team.  It was fun and people showed good sportsmanship.  We learned to develop sportsmanship by playing one game, which is crazy.  Everyone said, “Great job!” and shook each others hands.  We also didn't bring up the subject of who won the game.  For the most part, we all had fun and supported each other.

In the middle of December, all three math groups (Jessica and Harry, Jamie and George, and Alexa and Rosemarie) had our first assessment of the year.  This was our first assessment and it was new to us.  Some people were nervous at the start, but while they were doing it they felt a little better.  The math assessment was about place value and what we did during the year so it was a reminder for us.

In science with Michael, our tree study this week has partly been about Latin names for the trees and partly about what uses of the trees there are.  One example of a tree’s use is that the Native Americans used Tulip trees to make dugout canoes.  We used an app called Popplet to brainstorm uses of the trees that our groups are studying. Henry's popplet is of the Redbud and Annika's popplet is of the Tulip Tree. You can see them below.

These are the trees we are studying:

Tree 1: Norway Maple

Tree 2: Sweetgum

Tree 3: Tulip Tree

Tree 4: Eastern White Pine

Tree 5: Eastern Redbud

Tree 6: Northern Red Oak

In Social Studies Workshop we made dessert dumplings out of all natural ingredients and just a little bit of sugar.  When we were making the ingredients everyone had two things to do.

Have a good winter break!

  

THIS WEEK’S NEWS

• WINTER BREAK IS COMING UP...BE READY!

• THIS FRIDAY IS A HALF DAY

• REMIND YOUR CHILD TO BRING SNOW BOOTS AND SNOW PANTS FOR RECESS.

• PRACTICE YOUR RECORDER!

• STAY WARM :)

• BRING YOUR BOOKS FOR LIBRARY!

Weekly Update from the week of December 1st by AG and JS

Weekly Update by ACL and JHH

We had visitors in 3S named Louis Mofsi and Raymond.  They are Native American people from the Thunderbird Dance Troupe.  They came to teach us The Robin Dance and they told us a story.  3S enjoyed learning the dance and hearing the story.  Later in the year we will be performing the dance.  Click below to see a video of 3S dancing The Robin Dance.

For SSW, we finished dying and sewing our tunics.  Most people are done.  In Art, we took home our pinch pots.  Corinne also hung our still life drawings of tree branches in the hallway.  You can see them outside our classroom

Some people’s parents came on Friday for the book fair.  You could get books, make your own books, or you could buy Fieldston clothing and accessories.

Every Friday we have a dance party at the end of the day.  We play freeze dance and if you get out you could go pack up to go home or stay and watch until the end.  If the song ends and you are still in, you win!   It’s really fun!

Last week we baked Corn Squash Bread for a Thanksgiving Gathering.  We will have the gathering with Harry’s class on Tuesday.  We are excited to eat the corn squash bread and play Native American games!

There will be no school on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for Thanksgiving.  Have a happy Thanksgiving!

From,

ACL and JHH

Weekly Update by BJS and KBS

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Weekly Update by the Weekly Bloggers, LJG and BCB!

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Week in Review by the Weekly Bloggers

On Tuesday we had a trip to Inwood Park.  It started by hiking over the Henry Hudson Bridge to a part of the forest so we could play and be creative.  A lot of people built bows and arrows and John, our gym teacher came along and helped us climb a tree with a parent named James.  Later on we went to a rock by the water and sat there for lunch.  It was so cool because you literally saw the water wash up on the rock.  The rest of the day we saw caves, tulip trees, held shells (Native American trash) and onion grass.  Look at what our favorite parts of our trip to Inwood Park were by clicking on this link.

This is the cave in Inwood Park.

This is the bridge that we walked on and we took this picture on the rock where we ate lunch.

In Science we measured the circumference of the tree and the crown spread of tree that we are studying.  Last week we each made a list of trees that we wanted to learn about and with those results, Jessica and Alexa made groups for us.  There are two groups with Alexa, two groups with Michael, and two groups with Jessica.  Yesterday was the first day of our tree study.

In Ethics we are learning about stereotypes.  We are collecting pictures of Native Americans and how people sometimes disrespect them by showing Native Americans in funny cartoon pictures.  They do a “play on words” to say things that didn’t actually happen like, “Are you going to do the rain dance when you aren’t camping?”. They also dress the people in ways that aren’t true (like with feathers) or make the people look really strong and fierce.  They also show their homes as teepees but in this area they lived in longhouses and wigwams.  If you see any images of Native Americans, please bring them to our classroom (303). Here are some examples of images we found.

Make sure your Halloween's a scare! See y'all later!

CF and MT

Favorite Moments from Inwood Park

Cassidy - My favorite part of the trip was walking on the bridge.

Andrew - My favorite part was exploring with the nature.

Caleb - My favorite part of the trip was when we were walking on the path and had to be careful of a bike.

Spencer - My favorite part was having lunch on the rocks.

Blix - My favorite part was when we made the bow and arrows.

Natalie - My favorite part of the trip was when I was making the bear trap.

Ava - My favorite part of the trip was when we got to shoot the bow and arrows.

Maya - My favorite part of the trip was when we got to have free time doing different activities and going through the caves and when I found my fish bone.

Sawyer - My favorite part of the trip was probably when I made the bear trap with Natalie and Colin.  I also liked making a bow and arrows.

Taji- I enjoyed making the sling shots

Colin - I liked making the bear trap with Natalie and Sawyer and when Andrew showed me the dying goldfish cracker.

Annika - I liked exploring the caves and making a bow and arrow, even though it broke.

Pablo - My favorite part of the trip was probably making a bow and arrow and also climbing a tree.

Luciano - I enjoyed making a big wigwam with Alden and making a bow and arrow.

Alden - My favorite part of the trip was making the wigwam with Luciano and climbing the trees.

Henry - My favorite part was when we built the bows and arrows.  I broke like five times because I was pulling them too hard.  I also liked eating lunch on the rocks next to the water.

James - My favorite part was eating lunch on the rocks.

Keira - My favorite part was climbing up the trees on the steep parts.

Brie - My favorite part of the trip was going inside the caves.

Arya - My favorite parts of the trip were doing sketches after lunch and when we climbed the trees.

Joss - My favorite part of the trip was making the bow and arrows and having lunch on the rocks.

Zachary - I liked looking at the bridge, playing in the woods, and making traps and bows and arrows.  I also liked spending time with my friends and the class.

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This year we are studying Native Americans and how they lived a long time ago (500 years ago).  We’re reading books, going on field trips, and watching videos to learn about how they lived.  We’ve learned about how they burned down Tulip trees to make dugout canoes and also about the three sisters, which are corn, squash and beans.  The corn would grow straight out of the ground and the beans would wrap around the plant.  The squash would protect it from weeds.  We also learned that the men go hunting. The women take care of the babies and prepare food for their family.  When we went on our trip to Waterloo Village, we learned about the Medicine Man and how he bit his lips to get blood.  He took a bone and spit the blood through the bone and put fire all around the person.  They believed things like this scared away evil spirits.  If a person was sick, you could also see the herbalist.  The herbalist would use plants to cure headaches, stomach aches, and make soup or tea to cure people.

In Social Studies Workshop, we dried up corn and apples.  We started making clothes for our baby dolls that we will make later on in the year.  We dyed the baby clothes by smashing walnuts to get the dye.  We also made corn husk dolls.  Everything in social studies workshop is connected to stuff we study in the classroom.

See y'all next time!

CH and NF

This is dried corn and apples.

Truck or Treat for City Harvest