Arboretum

This fall our class went to the arboretum and we learned all about trees and different plants that the native people used. For example the Douglas fir tree, they used this tree to make many different things like clothes and they also used it to weave baskets. Another tree we learned about was the cedar tree, for example they used the bark to make medicine.  They also used it to make canoes because of the straight logs. In our group we walked past a big leaf maple tree. When we saw it, we decided to jump in and play with the giant leaves. After a while we decided to bury a fourth grader in the leaves. We buried him so deep we could not see him. We had a fun time there and hope to again soon. 

By,  ACE & Jswag

Art

In art with Ms. Baker we are working on drawing what we see.  The first exercise we did was drawing our hands without looking at the paper.  It gave the class a laugh, but most kids said it didn’t turn out so well.  But the main hand thing we did was… drawing our hands.  First we put our hands under a clear 3 by 4 picture plane (clear white board) and traced all the contours (lines) that we saw with a black expo pen.  Next we gridded and shaded a 9 by 12 piece of paper. Then we drew what was in each unit on the picture plane in one unit on the piece of paper.  After the whole class was done with the drawing process we got to add highlights and shadows.

Art is a lot of fun!!

The Kite Fighters

Ms. Van is reading us a book called the” Kite Fighters” by Linda Sue Park.. There are two main characters Young-sup and Kee-sup. This book takes place in 1473 Seoul, Korea. Kee-sup and Young-sup are brothers. Young-sup is the younger brother. Young-sup has a very interesting talent in kite flying and Kee-sup has a talent in making kites. Kee-sup experiences a capping ceremony which shows he is coming of age. Young-sup suddenly feels so much younger than Kee-sup. This book shows how Young-sup and Kee-sup overcome their differences. Together the two brothers create a tool that might just win them victory.

A Visit From Jamie Pederson

                               

In our class we had a visit from a state representative Jamie Pederson. When he came we learned a lot about what he does as a representative, like how he works for the 43^rd district in Washington. We also learned that the schools get half of the state’s money that they earned from taxes.  Jamie works in the capital of Washington State, Olympia. In the capital they vote about laws. We also learned that there are 49 different districts and that there is about 137,000 people living in each district. We had a great time learning all these cool facts and we hope he comes to visit again soon.

- A and J  

Student Interview/Profile Questions

                  Student profile/interviews

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Today we will be interviewing student J.A.

Question#1 What is your favorite subject in school?

Answer#1 Reading

Question#2 When did you get to Seattle?

Answer#2 born in Seattle

Question#3 What school where you in before McDonald Elementary International School?

Answer#3 John Rogers

Question#4 Do you have any pets? If so what kinds?

Answer#4 Two, parrots

Question#5 Do you like school?

Answer#5 Yes

Question#6 Do you have any special talents?  

Answer#6 Unicycle

Question#7 Do you have any sisters or brothers?        

 If so do you like them?       

Answer#7 yes one brother two sisters likes them                           Question#8 do play any Instruments?                                                 Answer#8 plays saxophone, piano , clarinet and the recorder           Question#9 do you know any codes? b                                                Answer#9 No                                                                                      Question#10 How many Schools have you been in before McDonald international School?                                                                            Answer#10 Two 

I will do a interview about every 1-2 weeks.

So you can learn about different students in our class.

Please comment below and keep tuned in.

Book recommendations week 4 kinda

Week 4 of book recommendations

Book 5: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s library is about 12 6^th graders that won a writing assessment contest and got spend two whole days in the library. The library turned into a game because Mr. Lemoncello is a famous game maker.
Book 4: Stories to solve is about a bunch of stories that have tricks in them and its really cool to read them. Book 3: The Candy Shop War is about 4 kids who go to a magic candy shop and eat magic candies that give them powers, like super strength or being weightless for a while. Book 2: A series of unfortunate events is about three kids who become orphans and are being chased around everywhere they go by count Olaf who is after their family’s fortune and they have to go from house to house as count Olaf seeks them out. I’ve been reading this series and I’m on the 3^rd book. Book 1: Calvin Coconut is about Calvin (the main character) directing a movie called zombie zumba. His baby sitter Stella is very mean to him. And this boy Benny Obi was gone for a year. I didn’t write this one sorry. That wraps up my latest installment of BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS HAPPY HALLOWTHANKSCHRISTMAS! P.S I'm having trouble with the pictures so sorry about that.

 

Book recommendations 3

Book Recommendations week 3 in a way

soooo I haven’t been writing weekly posts about book recommendations so it won’t be weekly but whenever I can so yeah.
Book 5: My Teacher is an Alien Is about a teacher that is an alien and two people in the class he teaches are trying to help him stop people from going on his home planet.
Book 4: Loser is about a boy named Donald Zinkoff who is clumsy and loud is starting first grade and you get to see his story in this book and how he goes through life and deals with bullying.
Book 3: The Magicians Elephant is about trusting the unexpected and making the extraordinary come true. Note: I didn’t write the description for that last one so that’s all I can give you guys sorry.
Book 2: The Fault in Our Stars is about a girl with cancer and her dealing with it. I also didn’t write this one so yeah.
Book 1: The Kite Fighters is about two brothers who fly kites and I’m not sure what happens later in the book but so far both brothers like flying kites and the younger one is trying to get his hands on a new reel and line for himself.
Soooo HAPPPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEEN