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Open House

Tonight is Open House from 6:30-7:30. We have so much that we have learned this year.

What was favorite part of Open House?

Our Trip To Underwood Farm

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Africa

Jambo! (that's hello in Swahili)

Today we continued our tour of Africa.  Miya's mom, Lisa came in and shared some wonderful stories about her trips to Africa and also shared some interesting souvenirs from her travels there.  She brought in wooden statues of African animals.

This is an African chief wisdom stool.

We took turns sitting on the stool. 

The wisdom stool must have worked because wrote amazing facts about giraffes!

What facts do you know about giraffes?

Facts We Want to Learn About Africa

"I want to learn how people survive there," babbled Nina.

 "I want to learn what language they speak in Africa," roared Noel.

"I want to learn what type of foods they eat," roared Luke!

"I want to learn what kind of music they listen to," dictated Amy.

"I want to learn how people dance in Africa," babbled Jakob.

"I want to learn how hot it is there," explained Natalie.

The past two weeks our class traveled to Antarctica and learned many facts about the  continent and the penguins that live there.

Our Trip To The Science Center

Our Trip To The California Science Center on PhotoPeach

Challenges

Whew, I made it!  Today was my last day of the February fitness challenge.  For the past 28 days I set my personal goal to swim everyday, and  complete  60,000 meters total.  I can happily say that I my did it: 28 days, 70,000 meters even.  I admit some days I did not want to swim, I would have much rather stayed home and watched T.V. or read a book, but that is the thing with challenges - they are a test to see what you are able to do.

At school I see boys and girls challenge themselves all the time.  In Room 125 we just started adding three numbers together, and for some students that is a big challenge.  For others, writing more than one sentence in our journal is a challenge. But each week I see more and more students write longer and longer journal entries. Some people at our school are challenging the old hula hooping records, or jump roping records.   

It's fun and exciting to see what you can do, if you challenge yourself.

Have you ever challenged yourself?  

What is your biggest challenge?

The Reader

When Lincoln was just a lad,
To borrow a book, made him glad.
He'd read night by night,
By the fires glowing light,
What a fine time reading he had.

By Leland. Jones