Friday, December 9, 2011

NUTCRACKER


Ethan said, "My favorite part of the Nutcracker was when the huge Mouse King came out and the Nutcracker killed him."
Callie added, "The Nutcracker ballet had really good dancing in it."
Marcos said, "My favorite part was when the cannons exploded."
David added, "I liked the part when they brought out the white horses and the people had the fake legs."
Lory said, "My favorite part was the snowflakes when all the girls were dancing."
Adriel added, "My favorite part was when they had the war. I also liked the part was when Fritz was commanding his soldiers."
Borain said, "My favorite part was when Clara got older."
Neeraj added, "My favorite part was the war."
Alimurtada said, "My favorite part was when the Nutcracker was fighting the Mouse Atilla."

Friday, December 2, 2011

Reading and Math update

David reported, "This week I learned to write poems: concrete poems, rhymes, onomatopoeia, and alliteration."

Lory added, "We read poems with repetition."

Alimurtada said, "We learned how to analyze poems."

Callie added, "In reading, we learned what onomatopoeia is in poetry."

Ismahan said, "This week we learned what's a stanza. A stanza is a paragraph in a poem."

Jennifer R. reported, "Today we learned how to multiply by one digit."

Hanna added, "Also, we learned how to do 2 digit by two digit multiplication."