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