Our Final Curtain Call

The end of the two year loop cycle is coming up fast and we are getting ready to say our good-byes. This is a bittersweet time for all of us. I wish you all a wonderful summer and thank you for sharing your children with me everyday.

Been a long time

My how time flies! We are busy working on our Maine Historical Society projects which will be on display throughout the summer at Maine Historical Society in Portland. Some of the students are creating book covers and magazine covers while others are recreating broadsides and still other students are working on manuscripts, photographs and ephmera! This has been a great experience and one that the children are sure to remember and be proud of for years to come.

Science

We are working really hard in our Earth Movements unit. On Wednesday we have a test on what we have learned so far in this unit. Mrs. Albert has a cool experiment set up for us on Thursday so we can learn about subduction. All she has told us so far is that it involves chocolate frosting...

Making Cookies

Making Cookies
Dyllan

My mom was just getting ready make cookies. She just had a little more cleaning to do. I helped so it would be faster.We finished cleaning and got ready. First we washed our hands.Then we got the dough out and shaped them. I put reeces pieces in mine. And mms to. Then we were done with the shaping So we put the cookies in the oven. And waited 15 minutes. After that we frosted them and put sprinkles on. And like every person does ….. we ate them. And it was fun because it was just me, my mom, and rylee . And we only do that twice a year.
Only on birthdays and chrismas so that’s why.

Points

Points
By: Tyler

There was one minute left, they have eight point and we have zero. It was our first game and we played the hardest team, the Scorpions. They were the best team. I told my coach that we needed to practice and we did. We had two practices a week. I was the goalie but I still had to do all the shooting drills. It was the next game, it was hard but we won! Ya! 5 – 3. We got confident that we could win every game.

The next game was against one of my best friends’ team. I was sweating like I was underwater in a pool. They had some big kicks but I stopped them. They were talking smack but I showed them. It was my teammate’s birthday and if we won we would get cupcakes. We won! The other team, the Tarantulas, was not that good. The cupcakes were good!

The next practice my shoe was coming off and I said, “Time! My shoe is coming off!”
My coach got mad and I learned my lesson. The next game I was on defense and my shoe came off. My coach was yelling, “Whose show is this? Whose shoe is this?”

We got to the tournament after we lost one game. There were three games in the tournament. We won the first one and the next one. We played kickball on breaks and that got us tired. It was our last game and we were tired. We beat this team so we had a good chance. We tried and tried but we lost. The good thing is that we got the trophy and I had a good time playing soccer.

We Skyped!

Today we Skyped with a multi-age 2/3 class in Allis, WI. We learned that those children have only 300 students total in their K - 5 school and we have about 800 in our 3 - 5 school. We thought that was kind of crazy. The kids from WI asked us if we liked pie, which of course we do! We also found out that their teacher dances on the table just like Mrs. Albert - what a strange thing to have in common. The other interesting fact is that both classes have boys named Dyllan - so we had them talk to each other.

Here Comes the Sun!

The weather outside is finally good! At recess we don't even need to wear our jackets - how cool is that? The sun is shining brightly here in Maine. There is no snow left and the brown grass is starting to get green. The ground is starting to dry out from all of the rain we received over the weekend. It is easy to walk around and see our friends at recess without all the snow and ice. Plants are starting to grow - we love that because it means summer is coming! This warming trend started about three weeks ago, normally in Maine March is the snowiest month of the year. The animals are starting to come out from their winter sleeping places.

Have a Happy St Patrick's Day!!