"What's Happening in Room 12?" by Sofia and Kennedy

Hi! Its Kennedy here and I want to talk to you about what we have been doing in Language Arts this week. In the back of our room we have three desks set up as stations. Think and Write station, ABC word study, and the Comprehension and Fluency Work station. In science we are studying the hay infusion. Ms. Ahlers opened it for just a little bit and stunk really bad! Sofia and Rose were sitting right next to it and they had to hold their noses. In science we are also studying micro worlds. In the computer lab we are looking at videos and activities that help us learn and study microbes.

  

    Hi! It’s Sofia and I’ll tell you what we’re learning about in Social Studies.  In Social Studies we are learning about power and authority.  We also got to study different rocks to try to figure out what purpose they were used for.  We came to the conclusion that they were part of a fire ring.  In math we are working on estimation and different methods for addition, subtraction, and multiplication.  WARNING: MATH TEST ON THURSDAY!  The things on the test will be: lattice multiplication, story problems, estimation, and different methods for addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Now we have a little quiz for you.

Quiz!

1.       Who invented the telephone?

2.      To race in the Indianapolis 500, do you need a car a horse or a bicycle?

3.      Name the two capitals of the Roman Empire?

4.     In Israel what kind of farm do people live and work together?

5.      Which did King Asoka of India help spread in Asia: Buddhism or Hinduism?

6.      In 18^th century England, 6 year olds worked in coal mines. True or False?

7.      In Hawaii, are most people Catholics, Buddhists, or Moslems?

8.      Who created Garfield the cat?

9.      Which country used to be called Rhodesia: Zimbabwe, Chad, or Zaire?

10.    What are the Roman numerals for 90: IX, XC, CV?

                                                                                          Answers!

1)  Antonio Meucci

2) A car

3) Rome and Constantinople

4) A kibbutz

5) Buddhism

6) True

7) Buddhists

8) Jim Davis

9) Zimbabwe

10)                  XC

 Hey it’s Kennedy. I’m back! This time I’ll be telling you about our studies this week. We are going to be smelling and examining our “hay infusion.” Like I said it smells pretty bad. It basically smells just like a boiled rotten egg. I think even outside we will have to plug our noses!

                        -KENNEDY

    Hi! It’s Sofia here and now I’ll tell you about our Spanish lessons.  Right now we’re working on weather and seasons.  For example, right now the season is el otoño, or fall.  We are also learning new phrases, or frases. One of the frases  we are learning is “what’s up?” or que onda?  

                -Sofia