Poetry

Douglas Creek Work Trip One

Third and Fourth grade students working together to prepare for our first Douglas Creek trip. In these pictures they are labeling their stream reach with the correct items which will help them as they fill out the stream reach survey at the creek.

Students are completing field guide pages and mural work for the Biodiversity project.

Student's Studying Animal Prints

Rain

Rain

Rain is as cold as ice.

Rain splashes down like snow.

Rain is as blue as a blue coat.

Oh how I hate rain

My Sister

My Sister

My evil sister is a pain like a nail in your foot.

She hates me like a thunder storm that claws at your window at night.

She is as bossy as your mom when she’s angry with all her might.

She’s as gentle as a porcupine on your back.

Who knew that a three year old can be this much trouble like an evil little genius.

The Roman Bath Houses

Do you know that Rome has a bath house that is humongous? To keep the bath warm there is a furnace. The furnace is under the floor. Because it is under the floor it is able to heat the pools and also heat the floors and rooms. The people who keep the fire going are slaves. The walls are hollow so the heat will not come out from the bath house. Eventually the heat will go out but not for a couple hours. The bath houses are so huge it’s amazing! One tub in the bath house can fit 1,000 people. Imagine two tubs that would equal 2,000 people. That is a lot of humans. In the bath house there are three different tubs and they all have names, so I will tell you what they are called. First there is the Frigeadium, which is a cold pool. Then there is the Tepadrium, and that is a medium warm pool, and finally there is the Caldarium. The Caldarium pool is the very hot pool. Because it is so hot it allows you to sweat. Boys and girls, don’t worry, the girls have a different bath house then the boys. If you sweat this allows you pours to open up so the dirt and stuff will come off and out of your skin. Definitely now you know how awesome and huge the bath house really is.

Letter April 18

April 18, 2008

Dear Parents,

We have the most tiring week of the year! Our class has been WASL testing the entire week. Each day the test last for about two hours and afterward our brains are exhausted. Unfortunately Mr. Grillo made us do math after the second session of WASL math but then we got to do a Bio Blitz outside. Our class also got a new students named Isaac. So now our class is up to thirteen. Because on Friday we didn’t have WASL we spent a lot of time working on many different activities. We worked on Roman writing, some started a mural, finished field guide pages, discovered plants that would work in our new school garden and helped design and display case. Our class also started working on learning vocabulary for Douglas Creek and many of us finished our plant experiment procedure. As you can see we had a very busy week.

Sincerely

Your Amazing Test Taker

The Building Goes On!

Plant Cell Observations

Fun With Bugs

Roman Roads

Would you like to know about the Roman Roads? I am an archeologist and I’m going to talk about the roads found in the Roman Empire. To begin with roads were made with layers. First they dug a ditch for the road. Then they put sand in for the first layer. The second layer was rocks. Their third layer was kibble stone. And the last layer is trash. Now I’m going to tell you about how people got across the road. All the people had to walk they couldn’t drive. They couldn’t drive because they didn’t have an engine to put under the hood. They also needed metal for the doors but they didn’t have that stuff. But they did have chariots, pulled by horses. I’m now going to talk about how old the roads are. The roads are 2000 years old, which is why they didn’t have cars. A lot of the roads are still there because they were built very strong. Now you know how exciting the Roman Roads are.

The Colosseum

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I am going to tell you about the Grand Colosseum in Rome. First it was a giant structure. It is so huge it had 80 doors. It was 144 feet tall and it had a diameter of 1,788feet. The Colosseum can hold more fans then Safeco field. Safeco field is where the Marines play. The Colosseum could hold 50,000 people. Safeco field can hold 47,000 people. Wow!!! In the Colosseum there was fighting. The Gladiators are the most entertainment especially when they kill people. Some of the shows lasted a long time like 117 days with 10,000 Gladiators. I wonder how many people were left? Now you now what goes on in the Colosseum?

The Roads of the Roman Empire

Topic The roman roads are so cool that I am going to share them with you.

Detail I am going to tell you how the roads were made.

Explain First they dug a ditch. Then they put sand in the bottom of the hole. Next sand and rocks were layer on top of the sand.

Explain The other two layers were rubble and gravel.

DetailTons of people helped make the roads.

Explain The army was one of the people who helped make the roads. Only the men worked on the roads.

Explain The men and slaves helped make 53,000 miles of roads.

Conclusion Now you should know that the roman roads are cool.

WASL Comments

Students continue to work diligently on the WASL. It amazes me the concentration and skill which is involved to take this test. Students are working an average of two hours a day in order to complete the reading and math sections. I am extremely proud of their determination, focus and hard work. The tests your student is taking could be compared to a final in college because of the time and effort it takes to complete. Please be sure to congratulate your students on their efforts.

Thanks

Justin Grillo

Roman Roads

about the Roman Roads? I am an archeologist and I’m going to talk about the roads found in the Roman Empire. To begin with roads were made with layers. First they dug a ditch for the road. Then they put sand in for the first layer. The second layer was rocks. Their third layer was kibble stone. And the last layer is trash. Now I’m going to tell you about how people got across the road. All the people had to walk they couldn’t drive. They couldn’t drive because they didn’t have mechanicals or engine to put under the hood. They also needed metal for the doors but they didn’t have that stuff. But they did have chariots, pulled by horses. I’m now going to talk about how old the roads are. The roads are 2000 years old, whitch is why they didn’t have cars. A lot of the roads are still there because they were built very strong. Now you know how exciting the Roman Roads are.

Roman Schools

The Roman Schools

The Roman schools were so cool! I wish I could have been in the first school ever made. In the Roman school they learned many different things. They learned things like different languages. Two languages that they learned were Greek and Latin. Roman people learned how to write on wax boards and how to read books. Children did not have to go to school in Roman times but some did. The reason that some kids did not go to school was because their parents thought they were too smart. Also some families did not go to school at all because their family could not pay for their education. Defiantly you should have learned some things about the Roman schools.

WASL Schedule

Students will be working through the WASL from approximately 8:30 am until 11:00 am Mon-Thurs of this week and Monday of next week. Please be sure to have your student at school rested and fed. If you can send a healthy snack to go along with the test that would be most helpful. Thank you for helping your child to his/her best.


Schedule
Monday Reading 4/14 Session One
Tuesday Math Session 4/15 One
Wednesday Reading Session 4/16 Two
Thursday Math Session Two 4/17
Monday Math Session Three 4/21

Plants and Soil

April 11, 2008 Letter Home

April 11, 2008

Dear Parents,

On Monday we were so excited about our week because we knew we were going to learn about many things. This week we began to learn about plants. We learned that that plants need certain types of soil to grow. The three types of soil are silt, clay, and sand. Our class did an experiment to discover what types of soil there is. We also are learning about cells found in plants and animals. Today we used a microscope to look at the cells on an onion. We found out plant cells are square and animal cells are circular. Finally we are still working on completing our Roman town. We are getting closer and the movie is complete and on the blog. Remember parents I need to rest for the WASL next week. Monday is the first day of testing.



Sincerely,


Your Child

Roman City Progress

Roman V News

Roman Schools

The Roman Schools

The Roman schools were so cool! I wish I could have been in the first school ever made. In the Roman schools they learned many different things. They learned things like different languages. Two languages they learned were Greek, and Latin. Roman people learned how to write on wax boards and how to read books. Children did not have to go to school in roman times but some did. The reason some kids did not go to school was because their parents thought they were to smart. Also some families did not go to school at all because their families did not have enough money to pay four their education. Another thing that you should know is girls did not go to school at all because they had to learn how to do things around the house. Defiantly you should have learned something about the roman schools.

Roman Villas

Roman Villa

Do you want to learn about a roman villa? Because I want to tell you about what I learned about the roman villa. First the roman villa was a farm. Roman farmers farmed crops differently depending on the weather. Farmers farmed corn and vegetables. Roman people kept their animals for meat and milk. Cows and goats were used for the meat and the milk. Next roman villas are very useful to roman people. People slept in the villas for vacations. Rich people came from the city to sleep in their villas. Everyone that is a slave gets a room to sleep in at night because they worked taking care of the villa. Obviously now you just learned about the roman villa.

Ruins of Acient Rome

Ruins of Ancient Rome

[The Pantheon]

The pantheon was a very divine place. Kids went to the pantheon and worshiped the gods and goddesses. Children went to the pantheon and worshiped the most important god of all. Jupiter was his name. Jupiter was the most important god because he controlled the skies. Adults went with their kids and showed them how to worship the gods and goddesses. They would have worshiped by having a ceremony and sacrificing a white bull. The kids loved to look at the shiny marble statues.

The pantheon was humongous and had lots of space to put gods and goddesses in. Gods such as Mars, Neptune, and Pluto were very meaningful to Rome. But the most important god of all is Jupiter. Jupiter is the most meaningful god of all because his wife gave birth to most of the gods and goddesses. Out of all the goddesses the major goddess is Juno. Juno is the greatest most significant goddess because she gave birth to most off the gods such as Mercury, the messenger. Other goddess such as Minerva, the goddess of worriers, poetry, and medicines are not so major. Know you have learned how fabulous the Pantheon really is.

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