11/23/19 Biomes

In class we are learning about biomes. Biomes are the habitats and places animals and humans live in. I am doing the Temperate Forest Biome. The reason I wanted the Temperate Forest is because red pandas live in it and I really love red pandas. We get to make our biomes in a cardboard shoebox and use all different materials like styrofoam balls and such. We also have to make a Wix site, which is fun and hard at the same time, because I am not very familiar with. I usually only use Google Docs, but this is good because it spreads my ability to work with sites I am not familiar with.

I will be learning a lot about biomes this year and especially about red pandas. Aren’t they sooo cute? Here are some cool facts I thought I could share with you: Did you know that a red panda can eat around 20,000 bamboo leaves in one day? The second name they have for themselves is Fire Fox because of their size and color. At night, they can keep themselves warm by wrapping their tails around themselves.

Red pandas live in places like China, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma), and in central China. For my biome, I will be studying the Temperate forests of China.

How long do red pandas stay with their families before they leave their homes?

Can red pandas see color?

What is Aidan doing in the background of the picture?

11/4/19 Freddie the Fungus and Snow Day

This week we put on a play for the fourth graders about a fungus named Freddie on trial. It sounds funny, right? Well it was a lot of fun! There were six parts, so it was perfect for our class because we have six kids in our class. I was a flower named Vera Violet, and I got to wear a sparkly sequined purple dress, a hair ribbon, and a pink scarf. I thought being this character was a lot of fun because I had a funny line that I got to say twice in the skit; it was “Aren’t I beautiful?” Clearly my character was very full of herself and always thought that she was the best. Lizzie was the judge, Lars was Widow Sycamore (his costume was great!), Gus was Freddie the Fungus, Alisha was Woody Woodpecker, and  Aidan was the introducer. We are all part of the wilderness. The reason Freddie the Fungus was on trial was because Widow Sycamore thought that he killed her husband, Jeremiah Sycamore. Freddie says that he is just doing his job, but everyone there thinks it is his fault. Freddie gets asked questions by the judge and so does everyone else. At the end the Judge decides that they should figure it out.

I personally thought that this was a great idea/activity for the sixth graders and the fourth graders. I wonder what it was like to watch us?

On Friday this week, we had a snow day! My family went sledding and then we went inside and watched a movie. It was a cozy day. I also got sick on that snow day and so I watched another movie.

Did Shane come up with the Freddie Fungus story?

Do you think the snow will melt all the way?

Why is the sky blue?

11/3/19 Halloween, Bikes, Nitro type, and More!

This week we only had three days of school! This is because there was parent/teacher conferences. I think it was good we didn’t have school on Thursday or Friday because Thursday was Halloween and I think we would have been very tired if we had to go to school the next day. halloween for me was really fun. I thought that I was going to get around 60 pieces of candy, but then I changed my mind to think that I wanted at least 60 pieces of candy. Guess how many pieces I got? I got 112 pieces of candy!! Then I ate like 5 of them so now I have 107 pieces.

The picture that you see here is when we went down to the hoop house and planted lots of seeds. I planted spinach. Did you know that my dad helped put together the hoop house? The year the hoop house was put up, my brother graduated from Pathfinder. It was his class’s graduating gift.

On Tuesday, two men came in to tell us about bikes he makes out of bamboo! Bamboo!! One of them was from Uganda and the other had a daughter that went to Pathfinder. The man that was from Uganda’s accent was super cool. The other man told us about the Hospitals in Africa. The mothers or wives or friends had to take care of the sick person in the hospital because the doctors and nurses were so busy. That was really interesting to learn about.

This week my class discovered a game called Nitro type, and it is sooooo fun! I love to do games like that because it improves your typing skills and it it fun to race against your friends.

Who made up the game Nitro Type?

Who made up Volleyball?

Why are apples red?