Merry Christmas to All the World

In keeping with our focus on global awareness and education, here's a list of Christmas greetings from around the world.  Enjoy! 

Afrikaans: Geseënde Kersfees

Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees

African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats

Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden

Arabic: Milad Majid

Argentine: Feliz Navidad

Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand

Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun



Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal

Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!

Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce

Brazilian: Feliz Natal

Bengali: Shubho borodin

Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat

Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo



Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!

Chile: Feliz Navidad

Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun

Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun

Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito

Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo

Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth

Corsian: Pace e salute

Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo

Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi

Croatian: Sretan Bozic

Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok


Danish: Glædelig Jul

Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak

Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast


English: Merry Christmas

Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!

Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon

Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi

Ethiopian: (Amharic) Melkin Yelidet Beaal

Eritfean/ Tigrinja: Rehus- Beal- Ledeats



Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!

Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad

Finnish: Hyvaa joulua

Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar

French: Joyeux Noel

Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!

Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!

Fyrom: Sreken Bozhik


Galician: Bo Nada

Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!

German: Froehliche Weihnachten

Greek: Kala Christouyenna!

Greenlandic: Juullimi Pilluaritsi!

German: Froehliche Weihnachten


Haiti: (Creole) Jwaye Nowel or to Jesus Edo Bri'cho o Rish D'Shato Brichto

Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!

Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka

Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova

Hindi: Baradin ki shubh kamnaaye

Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!

Hawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!

Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket


Icelandic: Gledileg Jol

Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal

Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah

Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat

Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.

Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie


Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto

Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags


Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha


Lao: souksan van Christmas

Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!

Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!

Lausitzian:Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto

Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus

Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu

Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar

Maltese: IL-Milied It-tajjeb

Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa

Maori: Meri Kirihimete

Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh


Navajo: Merry Keshmish

Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul


Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado


Papiamento: Bon Pasco

Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu

Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!

Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo

Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!

Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia

Portuguese:Feliz Natal

Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha


Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua

Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn

Romanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!

Romanian:  Craciun Fericit

Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom


Sami: Buorrit Juovllat

Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou

Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou

Serbian: Hristos se rodi

Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce

Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou

Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh

Serbian: Hristos se rodi.

Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa

Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok

Slovene: Vesele Bozicne Praznike Srecno Novo Leto or Vesel Bozic in srecno Novo leto

Spanish: Feliz Navidad

Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År


Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon

Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal

Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!

Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai or souksan wan Christmas

Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun


Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym or Z RIZDVOM HRYSTOVYM

Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho


Vietnamese: Chuc Mung Giang Sinh


Welsh: Nadolig Llawen


Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic

South America Adventure

Welcome to South America. This is a continent full of beautiful and interesting places and people. Go to the website:

http://www.fluid7.demon.co.uk/adventures/home.htm

Here you will find a virtual tour of some of the most interesting places in South America. Read the information and examine the photos for each site. Fill in the table that you were given in class as you work.

When you have completed your work, leave a one paragraph (minimum of 8 sentences) comment here explaining what you learned about South America.

Factor Rainbows

Today we began working with factors in math class. We talked about making factor rainbows as a way of developing a list of all the factors for a particular number. This work is foundational to further study of factorization, factor trees, and prime factorization -- just ahead. Definitionally, a factor rainbow is a way of showing factor pairs in a list of all the factors of a number. This can be helpful in checking whether a list of factors is correct. Your student will be working on constructing some factor rainbows for homework this evening.

The Friendship Journey -- Aquifer Sundaes

As students gathered from around the world to study science with us, we made models of aquifers using ice cream and lemon-lime soda.  Our aquifer sundaes helped us to see how pollutants, poured onto the surface, can seep into the ground water and pollute the aquifers.  Our sundaes were good to eat, but we learned how important it is to be aware of our use of chemicals and hazardous products in our homes and yards.  Students devised strategies and plans for protecting the groundwater supply.

Square of Grass

Continuing our study of environment and ecology, we moved out to the front lawn of the school to study communities in the grass.  Students measured out an eight-inch square of grass, and then studied the plant and insect communities they found there.  Many were surprised by the number of organisms they found living in this small area:

Plant Sketches

We began our study of the environment and ecology by looking closely at plants and their adaptations for their habitats.  Students brought house plants for us to observe and compare.  Here are some of the sketches they made of their various plants:

Newly Discovered Dinosaur

I like it when the news brings us reports of new and interesting things that we didn't know before -- new animals, new chemicals, new ideas, new ways of understanding the world.  Here's one of those:

A bizarre dinosaur with 15 horns is one of two new close relatives of Triceratops that scientists found in southern Utah.  The dinosaur, named Kosmoceratops richardsoni, had a horn over its nose, one atop each eye, one at the tip of each cheekbone, and 10 across the rear margin of its bony frill. Its head is the most ornate of any known dinosaur.  
The name comes from the Latin "kosmos" for ornate, the Greek "ceratops" meaning horned face, and the latter part honors Scott Richardson, the volunteer who discovered two skulls of this animal in 2007.

Student Poems in the Style of Wallace Stephens -- Someone Puts a Pineapple Together

Our study of life science began with an activity that helps students to observe carefully, and communicate vividly about their discoveries. As part of that work, we studied Wallace Stevens' poem, "Someone Puts a Pineapple Together." Students then used that piece as a model for their own observations of simple, everyday objects...


The posts that follow are their original poems.

Globe

1. Told where you are
2. Earth in your hand
3. Shaped round
4. A basketball sphere
5. Spinning in circles
6. A beach ball or rock
7. Bouncy balls, but hard
8. A basketball, baseball, soccer
9. A basketball, bouncy ball, or a bullet
10. A map test
11. A round, hard watermelon
12. Circled things

by Jake

pink crayon 1.Stiff like a pencil. 2.Smelly like a skunk. 3. Imagination drawn to your paper. 4.Smooth like silk. 5.Color like a flamingo. 6.Bad taste as if it were a Brussel sprout. 7.Silent as a mouse. 8.You can apply it vary easy like lipstick. 9.A color like fresh lemonade. 10.Short and stubby like a turtle. 11.Pointy like a sharp pencil. 12.Creative like a teacher of art. ellie

A Bouncy Globe

It sounds like a earthquake hitting the earth It looks like a volleyball Bounces like a soccer ball Smells like a big balloon of rubber The lines on it look like weaving The places look like yummy foods A hump on your back A circular backpack It also looks like a huge bouncy ball Melissa

Someone Puts an Eraser Together

1. 
   
   It is a time to start over.
2. 
   
   The field of dirty snow.
3. 
   
   The metro bus screeching to a stop.
4. 
   
   A creeping, crawling, black beetle comes by.
5. 
   
   The big limos that ride past.
6. 
   
   Down the street, comes a street sweeper.
7. 
   
   A smell emerges from the black box of kitty litter.
8. 
   
   I walk across the bridge over the rough waters.
9. 
   
   A file cabinet full of my papers.
10. 
    
    The rake for all the leaves of autumn.
11. 
    
    A relaxing, hot, bubbly black bath tub just for me.
12. 
    
    The Zamboni that makes the ice glassy.

Soneone puts Ms.Daniel's Sun Hat Together

1. 
   
   A dune in the desert miles away
2. 
   
   An empty race course waiting to be used
3. 
   
   On my way to Japan on an airplain i see a field of wheat
4. 
   
   As a baby i see a big basket
5. 
   
   Beanbag chair in my room
6. 
   
   Uneven tire on a 1970's car
7. 
   
   fell the hot sun on your back
8. 
   
   a deserted hut on an island
9. 
   
   when I'm in time of need an easy button is the way to go
10. 
    
    spiders creeping out of the desert floor
11. 
    
    hard work and pain for me
12. 
    
    Saturn got cut in half
    Meg

The Silver and White Fan

1. A silver full moon sparkling in the night.

2. A wizard's orb glowing the future.

3. A big silver eye staring you down.

4. A bottle cap laying on the ground.

5. A meatball sitting in a plate of spaggeti.

6. A perfect circle drawn on paper.

7. A throwing star hurled into the night.

8. A light bulb just switched on.

9. A silver egg on a white pedistal.

adam

the string

WIRE

#1IT IS STRING coming from the next floor #2 it is blue pasta #3 it is water fall #4 it is a stick with a big lump #5 it is the difierice between big and small #6 it is a big flood #7 it is the worlds smallest tube #8 it is a bridge for aunts #9 it is the worlds longest string

Samantha

White Board Eraser

White Board Eraser By Claire

1. A colorful mist of past assignments.
2. A replacement for all hands.
3. A gliding race car on a new shimmering white track.
4. An ending and a sigh of relief.
5. A new type of rain washing away ancient paintings
6. A frozen snake coming up only when commanded
7. A sponge absorbing everything it touches.
8. Yarn weaved so tightly by a skilled weaver.
9. Strange cultures forming one .
10. Plain colors erasing a masterpiece.
11. A sun set of colors fading into a white night.
12. A symphony of words coming to an end with one simple movement .

Water Bottle

1.A confinement of liquid. 2.A cell to drinks. 3.Slowly fractions of its insides are leaving. 4.It has no name and its purpose is to hold things. 5.It has no idea whats inside it. 6.it is empty and cold. 7.A repetitive process. 8.It does not speak. 9.It helps and hydrates. 10.It never knows its visitors. 11.It never speaks. 12.It's the keeper that is kept.

the selling fane

The Selling Fan

1. A U.F.O soring through the sky.
2. Some one waring earrings waking down the street.
3. A gun turretready to fire.
4. A lamp waiting to be light.
5. A hat waiting to be bot.

By Ian

A Book

A BOOK by: Christina :)

1. A fog in our memory after a year. 2. A day dream in our minds as we read. 3. An ancient perfume sweating off a lady's neck. 4. As flexible as an 8-month-old baby. 5. The sound of a small crackling fire. 6. An unswalloable texture but can be tasted. 7. A tree with a story behind it. 8. Everyone's imagination with better detail. 9. An "it" that can be marked. 10. A saga of many words. 11. A computer's baby which is a million. 12. A shape that may be opened or closed by choice.

Christina

Someone Puts A Fan Together

1. The helicopter blades spin as if they would take off. 2. The tail curves and twirls then stops at a face. 3. The different names identify each one. 4. Its friends stop at the same kind of face. 5. The blades push smells of different things around. 6. Some like to work harder than others. 7. They come in different shapes and sizes. 8. Some make a lot of noise during there job and some make a lot. 9. The friendly blades gives you a nice breeze to cool you off. 10. Some shine brighter than others. 11. One side likes to suck while the other side prefers to blow. 12. At the end of a hard working day, it stops to take a brake.

Someone Puts A Pen Together

1.A ripping noise like a piece of paper. 2.A juicy blackberry 3.A stick I throw to my dog 4.A tree stem 5.Drawing exotic animals 6.Homework not the best thing in the world 7.Drumsticks I would use to make a song 8.Very bland not colorful 9.As stiff as a tree stem 10.An arrow that the Hopi Indians would shoot 11.A bow that the Hopi Indians would use 12.It rolls like a log down a hill By: Sam

Someone put Paper Towels together

1. A doughnut that is long and glazed.
2. As soft as a blanket ( sometimes ).
3. White clouds in the patterns.
4. A fat telescope that has no glass.
5. A white carpet ready to be rolled out
6. little seat so babies can sit on it
7. bubble letter "o"
8. Tastes like paper out of the worst book.
9. A very fat log.
10. "rip" the sound when i need to clean up.
11. the pieces left behind when rubbed on a carpet
12. layers of a big white wedding cake

Someone puts together a tape/tape dispenser

by: Carson

• It's like Wonka's famous Taffy being stretched.
• It's so sticky it can hold anything together.
• bad tasting tape spread all over.
• Like a mouse squeaking for help.
• A tape measurer that goes on forever.
• It has a rectanguler shape to it.
• Dull and gray it is.
• clear and see threw.

Someone Put a Clock Together

1. A cock is like a bowl with numbers. 2. A clock ticks like a time bomb. 3. It could be a ball you can kick down a field. 4. It is a circle in a math book. 5. It also tells you what time it is. 6. A clock can fit on your wrist. 7. It resembles the shape of the earth. 8. Clocks can be polka dots with numbers. 9. It looks like a CD. 10. It could be a tire with numbers. 11. It looks like a huge period. 12. A clock could be a lense from a pair of glasses. By Moira

The Fan

1. A flower moving by the breeze
2. Buzzing like a bee
3. The motor to a fast boat
4. The jail cell to FBI's most wanted
5. The beautiful breeze from the ocean
6. White snow whirring around on Christmas
7. The sun shining down on the world
8. A blender getting clogged by ice
9. A helicopter blade moving quickly
10. The earrings dangling by a thread
11. The whirlpool for adults only
12. The loudest disposal

As the Time Ticks Away

1. My hands push the time around the clock
2. The whiskers are tickling numbers as they move around the face
3. I'm pitching a fastball as my hands turn quickly in a circle
4. My hands are playing the piano as they move around the outer edge
5. Blotches of black and white on the art palette
6. It tells not just the time but the age of myself
7. The day it dies is when I take out the plug, but it is born again when it meets the outlet
8. The glass is there to protect the face if any harm comes
9. Alerting me to the seconds going by
10. A flattened ball i ran over yesterday
11. I ask myself where has the day gone?
12. As the sun reflects off the clock and onto my face it tells me the day is almost done

Putting Nature Together

1. Colorful they grow from the ground.
2. Like a beatiful drawing in your mind.
3. Spread out across the world.
4. A vulcano of coloracross your eyes.
5. A heaven without death.
6. They smell so sweet.
7. When you see them you don't want to leave.
8. All the bees gatting polon from the flowers.
9. The trees towering over you.
10. The fruit hanging on the trees.
11. Home to so many animals and creatures.
12. How beautiful nature can be.

By:Forrest

A Pencil

1. Thin space ship falls from outer space
2. It bounces like a kangaroo with no flesh or bones
3. A drum is played with a thump
4. It is carved out of the wood of writing
5. A sword is use out of it for the battle of the death
6. the catipult takes out a wall
7. Orange licorish has a good taste
8. It balances lead and eraser
9. A small stick rolls down a hill
10. It has the power to make words
11. It lights a dark cave
12. Its a bear scratching its back By Kwazi

A Calculator

1. It's like a cell phone with a small screen
2. If it made noise it would go beep, beep
3. It's in the shape of a rectangle
4. If I could eat it, it would taste like an apple
5. It's like a robot without arms, legs, or a head
6. It's like a skateboard without wheels
7. Like a concrete wall in a toy version
8. It's almost like a mini sports field waiting to be played on
9. An extra friend to help you when you need him
10. A mini math tutor
11. The cover of a book named, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
12. Something you can wriote with in your spare time

By:Jack

A Ceiling Fan

1. A white sunflower growing from the snow.
2. Pairs of scissors about to cut something.
3. A hanging mobile in an art museum.
4. A small accordion that just stopped playing.
5. Spatulas that are flipping people's breakfast.
6. A windmill being blown by a strong wind.
7. A bullseye about to be shot with an arrow.
8. A frisbee flying through the air.
9. Tons of kids playing on a playground meri-go-round.
10. Smoke detectors getting ready to beep.
11. A planet with rings and shaped like a flat circle.
12. Roving all over the Earth because it is a spaceship.

By Sarah

Someones Notebook

1. Stuffed with information.
2. Blank, but ready for answers.
3. Lined and colored as an American Flag.
4. Rectangles and crosses run across the paper.
5. White, but gently marked.
6. Lives in a dark place, my desk.
7. Brightly colored, collage.
8. Writing appears as my hand glides across the page.
9. What ever i write it says.
10. Speaks its own language.
11. Science and social studies fill the pages.
12. So blank yet so full

By: Sophie

Somebody put a ruler together.

Its a clear glass wall. Its a hard rock stretched by weathering. Its a piece of cold metal. Its a long blade with the blood of the lost solders. Its a hill that nobody has walked on. Its a long tunnel that nobody drove through. Its along snake that's never moved. Numbers float around in air. It has a mark of name. Its a slippery glass carpet. - Blaine

Someone puts a red barrel together

1. It's a defense mechanism. 2.An army of red monkeys wait inside. 3.A barrel of bombs waits in the distance. 4. Silence in the night. 5.waiting watching for the enemy. 6.you can't see them but they can see you. 7.armed their ready for battle. 8.Suspense. 9.the enemy is near. 10.closer,closer,and closer. 11.there. 12.Bam!

By Christopher

Scissors

1.It is sharp like a sward. 2.They are cold like blades in cold water. 3.They are long like a pole. 4.The finger holes are small. 5The blade reflects off of light. 6.The blade closes like a door. 7.The blade is pointy at the top. 8.They can close fast an slow. 9.They are sharp enough to make you bleed. 10.They can spin like a ball. 11.When you open fast they look like a butterfly. 12.When you let it lean it looks like a tower of pizza.

Someone Puts a Glue Stick Together

1.The stick breaks off the tree.

2. someone puts on their lipstick.

3. someone sticks a piece of paper together.

4. someone smells a perfume bottle.

5. the small merry- go-round starts spinning.

6. the experiment tube is used in a big experiment.

7. The dog carries the stick to his owner.

8. The pin roller flattens the dough.

9. The wheel comes to a halt.

10. The top stops spinning.

11. The log floats in the water.

12. The little kid eats the candy.

By Maria M.

Someone puts a Ruler Together

If you flip it over four cradel you will see. It's a carrot standing strong tall and orange. The first letter in the middle has an arrow inbetween. The smell of it is the smell of gum. The "T" on it looks like an upside down sword. Hidden in the M/W is a smaller V. It is also a hand a extention just for me. It is a pointer for the wall. And a wack tool standing tall. On the desk it is a cave. Last but not least a rocking chair for us all (NOT). By: Nathan

someone put a soccer ball together

1. It's bouncy.
2. It rolls.
3. its squishy
4. It looks like it has 8 eyes.
5. It's round like the earth.
6. It looks like someone wrote a essay on it.
7. It looks like a head
8. It looks like a dice
9. It looks like a someone dyed blue dots on a head.
10. It looks like a monsters head.
11. It looks like a bold head.
12. It looks like it has cuts every where.

By Will

Someone puts a dime togather

1. A memory of the old 2. Feels like a delicate masterpiece 3. Pure as the color of the sun 4. Hard as the rocks of Chesapeake Bay 5. Chiseled from a lump of nothing 6. A small disc of metal 7. Elegant as a sheet of glass 8. Flat as a layer of shining water 9. Sounds like metallic symbols pounded together 10. Smells like Alaskan wilderness 11. Smaller than an elephant's toe 12. Water resistant like fish scales.

By Nick

Someone Puts the Lights Together

1. Solar panels hang from the ceiling.
2. I feel the breeze as the heating vents float.
3. Are as bright as the Sun.
4. Are as long as bridges.
5. The sections look like children laying down.
6. Are shaped as if they are rectangles.
7. Are longer than three boardwalks all together.
8. The strains holding them look like kids eating spagghetti.
9. Up close they look like little tiny eggs.
10. They look like railroad tracks.
11. They smell as if they're white chocolate.
12. Wails as loud as a siren.

Someone Puts a Twilight Book Together

1. The office building with workers inside. 2. The little yellow school bus drives across the intersection. 3. The feeling of enjoyment felt by the girl reading it the story. 4. A beautiful white flowerswaying in the breeze. 5. My sister who enjoyed the books that I enjoy now. 6. The hopeful dream of a writer who will soon finish a story. 7. A little black pen sitting on a desk. 8. You catch a whiff of something that makes you feel warm and content... it's relaxation. 9. the mythical creatures that roam the night and sleep in the day. 10. The tile on my bathroom floor that looks like a book, waiting to be read. 11. I think of the romance between those who really love each other.

by Johannah

Someone Puts a Bottle of Hand Sanitizer Together

1.Frozen bubbles clot in frozen ice. 2.The taste of soap fills my mouth. 3.At the top there is a ducks face. 4. A juice straw drops through the bottle. 5.A squirt gun helps on a hot day. 6. A fter use only 1 germ is alive. 7. On mt plate was clear jello. 8. We shake the jiggly wiggly substance. 9. A substance of wet and stickiness. 10. Makes you feel clean after use. 11. The big bottle of cleanser smells like citrus 12. I look in and see the reflective bubbles. BY:Anna

Someone Puts a Red High Top Together

1. Oozing out stinky-feet smell.
2. Grass and Dirt smudges all over.
3. Size 8 written on the bottom.
4. Really unique- just like me.
5. White stitching starting to fray.
6. Looks like an upside-down diving board.
7. A bug could use it as a slide.
8. Living in a dark closet.
9. Laces zig-zagged up the front.
10. God must have used a red crayon to color them in.
11. They make me an "ALL STAR" (they say it, at least)-
12. Chuck Taylor's fine work.

Janie

some one puts a cottonball together

1. little fluffy dog in the park
2. furriest ear plug in the world
3. the perfect toasting marsh mellow
4. a small town for who people and whoville to live on
5. varies in many shapes and sizes
6. poodle fur
7. a white furry eye ball
8. mini soccer ball
9. comfy bean bag chair
10. a white sun
11. yummy caulliflower
12. a giant pea
13. kelly

someone put glue together

1. If you turn it upside down it looks like a knife.
2. When you look at it it is smooth.
3. You can use it as lip balm.
4. It is sticky when it dries.
5. If you put it on a cupcake it looks like icing.
6. It taste like popcorn.
7. It's color is white.
8. It looks like blood when it dries on a sweatshirt.
9. It is washable and will not stain.
10. It is non-toxic.
11. When dry is very durable
12. It feels thick in your hand BY: Elliot

Someone Puts a Stapler Together

1. A snake peeks his head out of a hole.

2. A alligator opens his mouth slightly.

3. A acute angle I study in my math book.

4. The letter "A" in a book.

5. The letter "V" in a book.

6. The candy dispenser at the store.

7. A catapult in the history movie.

9. The teepe we learned about in class.

10. A piece of black licorice that my mom likes.

11. The diving board I do a flip of of.

12. An elevator going up and down.

Cameron

Someone puts a Ceiling Fan Together

1. The top spins while Captain Hook's hand holds it upside down.
2. Mushu flies around.
3. A pig flies with its helicopter nose.
4. A weed whacker at work.
5. A moving clock gear in fast forward.
6. Inspector Gadget's helicopter hat.
7. The color of a white crayon.
8. A playing CD on repeat.
9. A power tool on a string.
10. A Frisbee ball in flight.
11. An assortment of machetes all the same size.
12. An octopus inking upward.

Jordan

Someone Puts a Hand Sanitizer Together

1. The hand sanitizer smells like "Tropical Papaya." 2. There was an amoeba invasion. 3. Inside, there are trapped bubbles. 4. The picture looks like the Earth's core. 5. A small person was formed. 6. The top is the snow cap of a mountain. 7. Someone put him in a tuxedo. 8. Frozen rain is inside. 9. The bottom is a T.V. 10. A slice of pineapple has been eaten. 11. The top is a C.D. 12. I am transported to a miniature spa. By: Cara

Someone puts a Candle Together

1. The smell of cinnamon in the air.
2. A Christmas snow on the trees.
3. Cool crisp water falling to earths crust.
4. Compressing crystals into igloo cubes.
5. A dying tree in a grassy field and the remnants of dead trees.
6. A hot air balloon ready to take flight.
7. The morning sun drowning into midnight darkness.
8. A halo for angels to shine at night.
9. The Black Sea whisking away all its fear.
10. A small glass building for seeing and seeing alone.
11. The sound of horses hooves pounding against solid rock.
12. A light in the dark for all the world to see.

Where Can I Find the Homework Assignments?

I have made a slight format change for daily assignment information. I have found that my sidebar assignment space has been increasingly problematic in terms of the format. From now on, I'll post assignments on their own page, linked to this page.  If you check the sidebar you will now find a link to http://msdanielsassignments.blogspot.com

Look there to find the information that you need to keep up with daily assignments, projects, and upcoming tests.

The weekly parent memo will remain in the sidebar here.

Science and Pineapples?

We have begun a project in science that is intended to help students develop a scientist's curiosity and openness to the new and the unexpected. Today, we began by looking at a common fruit -- the pineapple. Students read the Wallace Stevens poem, Someone Puts a Pineapple Together, and then worked to begin developing their own "Stevens" style poem about a common, everyday object. Over the next couple of days, we will share the poems, and then move on to an exploration that revolves around looking at an object "as if we had never seen it before." Someone Puts a Pineapple Together By Wallace Stevens 1. The hut stands by itself beneath the palms. 2. Out of their bottle the green genii come. 3. A vine has climbed the other side of the wall. 4. The sea is spouting upward out of rocks. 5. The symbol of feasts and of oblivion. 6. White sky, pink, sun, trees on a distant peak. 7. The lozenges are nailed-up lattices. 8. The owl sits humped. It has a hundred eyes. 9. The cocoanut and cockerel in one. 10. This is how yesterday’s volcano looks. 11. There is an island Palahude by name – 12. An uncivil shape like a gigantic haw.* *haw = a spring flowering shrub

Happy New Year!

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" That was the greeting that I heard the principal give to a very cute first grader today, and it really is true -- this is the beginning of our new year together. It was a full day as we met one another and started to get acquainted; a day to put away supplies and organize lockers and begin to learn new routines and customs.

I really enjoyed meeting my new classes. Each student seems kind and gentle and interesting. I can't wait to see where the year will take us all as we work and grow together. The weather was kind as well -- cooler than it has been the last few weeks. The new ceiling fans, installed in my room during the summer, kept the air moving and the sunlight filtered so that we stayed pretty comfortable throughout the day. All good. We'll reconvene again tomorrow and dive headlong into new ideas and new things to learn.

Happy new year, indeed.

Remodeling

School will start next Tuesday. I always love the beginning of school. It is exciting to come back together with a whole new year waiting to be discovered between us all. It is my habit to work really hard to get my classroom all set up -- warm and welcoming and clean and shiny for the new students who will find it on that first day morning. This year, however, things are a little different. The classroom has been getting a remodel over the summer. There is new paint and new carpeting. There are new lights and new ceiling fans. The old closets have been torn out to make room for new cabinets and shelves. A lot of people have worked and donated their time and treasure to make it happen. It is going to be wonderful... But it isn't quite done yet. Soon, but not yet. So, all the classroom supplies and materials are stacked in the hallway... The new fans are in and working... The new lights are freshly installed. The space for the cabinets is all ready. The plan, at this point is to meet on Saturday morning with an absolutely wonderful group of volunteer parents and students from my last year's class, and work to get things in and unpacked. I am so grateful for their willingness to pitch in and help. I am not surprised -- they are the very best! One way or another, things will be ready for Tuesday, and we will share the adventure of another year. I cannot wait!