Weekly Update from Caleb and Zachary

Week of January 15, 2015

In Woodshop we are learning how to wood burn so we can make lummi sticks and to make decorations we are going to wood burn on the sticks. Lidia is teaching us how to wood burn during woodshop. The tools are extremely hot so we have to be careful so we have to wear gloves and the tools are delicate. One is broken but it works well for making circles and different shapes like curvy lines and waves.

In science we are making a document about our trees and how they function. We are also learning the measurements of our tree, like how tall and how wide. 

In math we are learning addition and subtraction algorithms. Some people are also working on a big word problem like the ECFS bicycle picnic problem.

We have two trips we are looking forward to! We are going to the Natural History Museum and Greenbrook Sanctuary to hike. The Sanctuary was supposed to be a surprise but we found out. Ooops! We were told to bring a lunch, I wonder why. :)

In Social Studies Workshop we are starting to bead on our tunics. We already inked our design on the tunics so now we are beading over the design. We made these for the winter assembly.

In Art we are supposed to draw the details of trees and sky. Corinne is helping us think about the details needed of the type of tree we are making. For example, if it’s a climbing tree it needs to have branches in certain places.

In P.E. we are doing a lot of fitness and basketball. In ethics we are going into groups of our race to talk with 4th & 5th graders.

We are learning the names of our body parts in spanish.

In library we are doing book talks about books we have read.

Have a good 3 day weekend!