Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Carnaval!

Today we had our last day of Carnaval. Congratulations to our "pregoneros" and everyone who helped make this week special!  You did a great job!!!!

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!

You'd better watch out!

Our Christmas cards for Bolton have been sent!

After we had made the cards, I sent them in the post.

 Here are just a few:

To learn more about the school in Bolton, visit their webpage here.

Negative space pumpkin

Another element of art is Space. It is the area above, around, between, and inside things. It can be positive or negative.



We are going to create positive/negative space pumpkins.



From "Art Projects For Kids"

My Holidays

On my holidays, I visited my family in New York. (The State of New York-- not New York City!)  It rains a lot there and everything is very green.

Here are some pictures!

Do you remember what this kind of plant is called? What type of plant is it?  How does it reproduce?

What are these two things growing on the dead tree? What can you remember about each one?  

What kind of ecosystem do all of these organisms live in?

And, what ecosystem is this?  

What are the living and non-living elements in it?

What type of animal is this?  What ecosystem does it live in?

Fun Christmas games

Would you like to make a virtual snowman?



How about a virtual paper snowflake?





Or a real one?

Thanksgiving song

On November 26th (the 4th Thursday in November) people in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving. We are also going to celebrate at school, but this year instead of sharing food, we are going to share songs!  Here is the song we are going to sing in 5th grade: