Birding at Elawa
Tuesday, 5/22 @ 6:30 a.m.
Species seen:
Redwing blackbird
American goldfinch
American robin
Baltimore oriole
Barnswallow
Bobolink
Mallard
Eastern kingbird
Great blue heron
Canada goose
Green heron
Killdeer
Purple grackle
English starling
Tree swallow
Great egret
Great crested cormorant
and a coyote!
Hey, Future Fifth Graders! Here's the summer reading list. You can choose two books from this list to read as well as No Talking by Andrew Clements. I recommend that you read the two list books first and save No Talking for August so that it's fresh in your mind when fifth grade starts!Time Hackers
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine
Hana’s Suitcase
MVP
Eleven Birthdays
All the Lovely Bad Ones
Anything But Typical
Caddie Woodlawn
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
Small as an Elephant
Mrs. Frisbie and the Rats of NIMH The Rubin Family has generously offered their pool and backyard for a Shenanigan Reunion this summer and time to discuss the book No Talking prior to returning to school! Date will be announced later.
The PERFECT Afternoon for a WALK IN THE WOODS
How about class here on every gorgeous day?
We could easily sit out in the soft sunshine all day!
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Of course, we'll build a dam!
Please don't make us leave! Please!
Thank you, Open Lands, for the best field trip ever!
Here they come leaping down the steep stairs without any fear of falling! YeeHa!
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Step 1: Cutting
Here are Pauline, Kaitlyn, Sophie, and Abby cutting out foam hearts.
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Step 2: Twisting pipe cleaners around pencils. This group, Benjamin, Ashley, Andrew, Adam, and Julie wrap pipe cleaners tightly around each pencil
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Step 3: Writing "LOVE" on the foam hearts
Here are Coel and Caroline trying to use their very best writing!
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Valentine
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This is a close-up of one of the foam hearts.
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Step 4: Looping the pipe cleaner through the foam heart, as Abby demonstrates here.
Kaitlyn and Sophie display our finished pencils.
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Adam models for the Kyrgyz children how to use their new fancy pencils!
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