Reindeer Fun!

Today we listened to the story of Rudolph the red nose reindeer. Next we made our own reindeers with special noses and wrote about our special reindeer. We hope you enjoy our pictures and writing!

Guest Blogger: Kelsey

For fall break I went to the Los Angeles natural history museum and there was a mummy exhibit and it was cool.  

We also went to the dinosaur exhibit and it had real dinosaur skeletons. It was so fun. 

Then we went to the gems and minerals exhibit and it had real gold! 

We also saw a real space shuttle, the Endeavor, at the California Science Center next door.  It was so big and cool!

We had so much fun at the natural history museum!

A Fun Week with Coding in 1st Grade

This week we had a hour of code with different devices for learning how to program.

Beebots

Minecraft code

Star Wars code

drones!

Guest Blogger: Aabha's Diwali Festival

In October, it was Diwali. It is an Indian festival, happens once  a year before thanksgiving. It is very exciting. We had a lot of family over and had lots of yummy food. 

There were 3 days of Diwali and we celebrated on all  of them.

On first day, we prayed to God and put on bright lights all around our house. Diwali is supposed to be the festival of lights.

On the second day, we had a lot of treats and also some light fireworks.

On the third day, my I got lots of gifts from my brother. He also gave gifts to my sister and my cousins.

It was great to have my family over. It was great fun!

Aabha

Writer of the Week

Our first Writers of the Week! We hope you enjoy our Penguin writings!

If I was a Penguin by Peyton

If I was an Emperor Penguin by Justin

If I were a Penguin by Erik

Mentor text used: If You Were a Penguin 

GLAD pictorial & chants (Emperor Penguins)

Guest Blogger: Peyton- My AWESOME Surprise Trip to San Diego!

Over fall break I flew to San Diego. On the first day I drove to the airport and I took a plane to San Diego. We stayed at a hotel.

On Tuesday I went to the San Diego Zoo.

The first animals we saw were the koalas.

My sister got a face paint of a koala.

I saw black bears and giant pandas. I went on a bus tour and I also went on a sky tram. The zoo was so much fun.

On Wednesday I went to sea world. At sea world we saw lots of shows. We saw a seal show, a dolphin show, a killer whale show and a show with cats, dogs and other animals.

I also saw two cute white Beluga Whales.

I watched an animal helper feed penguins.

I brought three toys home. The three toys I brought home were a Beluga whale, a giant panda, and a penguin. 

It was such a AWESOME surprise that I got to go to San Diego with my family!

I hope you enjoyed my blog.

From,

Peyton B.

Hanging with the Emperor Penguins in Antarctica

We are now on our third continent and taking the plunge into Antarctica with the Emperor Penguin. We are freezing just thinking about how cold it is in Antarctica and the weather the dad penguin has to withstand... as he holds onto his baby in its egg all winter long.

 

Imax Born to be Wild Field Trip!

Today we had an exciting morning! We rode the bus to the Imax in Downtown Sacramento to watch Born to be Wild.

Here are a few of our favorite things from the movie:

-Nev/ Zachary- "It was fun to wear the glasses!"

-Timothy-"It was cool because what ever they do came close to you!"

-Aabha- "I liked it when he elephants put mud on their backs."

-Isaac B- "I liked it when the elephants were playing soccer."

-Akash- "I liked the whole movie!"

-Erik- "I liked the big screen."

-Maribel- "I liked the part when the elephant was running."

-Justin- "My favorite part was when the orangutan was swinging and he made the tree fall down."

-Sydnee- "I liked the part when the orangutan was taking the spaghetti off of the girl's plate."

-Izaac V.- "I liked the part when the orangutan had the fat cheeks."

-Anshika- "My favorite part was when the orangutan was drinking milk and he spilled it all over him."

Mackenzie- "My favorite part was when the person was climbing like the orangutans."

Rafaele- "My favorite part was where the orangutan was swinging in slow motion."

Abbi- "I liked when the orangutan was washing himself."

Alisha- "My favorite part was when the elephant was drinking milk."

Creepy 1st and 3rd Grade Carrots

We had fun today making creepy carrots with our third grade buddies! Creeping 1st and 3rd Grade Carrots on PhotoPeach

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China on PhotoPeach

Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers Writing

Our Version of: Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers on PhotoPeach

A Letter from the President!

I wrote a letter to the president Barrack Obama in June because bad guys shoot good guys and I dont like it.

Last week I got a reply back and I am super happy, above are the pictures that he sent with the letter.