Friday, March 20, 2015

Update from Ms. Luriua

NO homework this week

Important Dates

3/23 - Spring break
3/30 - Turn in Run for the Arts forms
3/31 - Last day to turn in forms to receive a prize

5/6 - First day of our Artist in Residency program! (Thank for supporting Run for the Arts!)

Dear Families,

Happy Spring Break! It has been a very exciting week. As part of our IB unit on bridges, we read about different bridges in Portland. Students studied the Burnside bridge, and learned some geography related to Burnside street.

Then, we did a bridge testing challenge! Students were challenged to come up with the strongest bridge possible using one piece of paper. At first, many students were able to come up with bridges that would hold 20-30 pennies (rules - no glue, to attaching, but you can rip it, fold it, etc.).

Then . . . after some experimentation, students designed a bridge with one piece of paper that could hold 180 pennies! We have some future engineers in our classroom. That is a record that has not been beat in any of my classes.

We continue writing narratives and learning to use Google Drive. Please check out some of the writing on the blog. Students would love comments on their writing. If nothing else, please try to comment on your own children's writing. They love reading their comments in class and knowing that people are reading their writing!

You will notice that some students have more stories published on the blog. This has to do with how quickly students are able to write, revise, edit, type and then submit a final product! I am proud of everyone for their hard work. 

Have a wonderful Spring Break,
Sacha

Ian

The police officers ate breakfast. Officer James ate toast with jelly on it. Officer Bob ate a pancake with syrup on it. Officer Ann poured milk into her cereal bowl. All of a sudden officer Bob hit the jug of juice with his elbow. The juice went all over officer Ann!!!!!!!!!!!! Officer Ann stood up and got in her car. She went home and got new clothes. Then she drove back to work and finished her breakfast.

Kaimen


The police officers ate breakfast. Officer James spread jam on his toast. Officer Bob cut his pancakes. Officer Ann poured milk in her cereal. All of  sudden officer Ann spilled milk on her clothes. Officer Ann went  home and change her clothes.

Tyonna

The officers ate breakfast. Officer James spread the jelly on his toast. Officer Bob cut his pancakes with syrup on it. Officer Ann poured  milk into her cereal. All of a sudden officer Ann spilled the milk on herself. So she ran to the bathroom and cleaned herself. Then when she came back officer James spilled the jelly on his new uniform. Officer Ann and officer James went home to put on something else. When they came back they were all cleaned up.

Wren

Mr. and Mrs. Iverson were a couple that were both 65 years old. They decided to go for a hike in the forest.  They ate breakfast and got ready. They finally after what seemed like 1 hour went for the hike.

They were walking in the forest. They heard a rustling it was the wind.  Then they saw an egg it was ENORMOUS it was as big as a big yoga ball. Mr. Iverson’s jaw dropped open.

Mrs. Iverson said, “What the chicken egg.”

They heard a noise they turned around and saw a very big bird.  Mr. Iverson fainted and fell back BONK 1 minute later he saw stars.

The Iverson’s tried to  grab the egg and roll it home. It was too heavy. Mrs. Iverson went home to get the truck. When she got back, they some how got the egg in the truck. They went home in the truck immediately. When they got home, they realized it was 11:00 pm. It had taken all day to get the egg into the truck. They decided to go to bed. At 3:00 am they heard a noise. They jumped out of bed (which is probably not what you should do when you're 65).

They went to the garage and saw the egg had cracked. It was a pterodactyl.  The Iversons saw their rake had been destroyed. They saw their garage was a mess.

Mr.Iverson said, ”What the world happened here?”  

Mrs. Iverson opened the big garage door and the pterodactyl flew away. Then they both went back to bed and got some more sleep. The next morning when they woke up the pterodactyl was circling the house. They decided to go look at what was the matter. Mrs. Iveson got Mr.Iverson up. They ran outside and saw a robber. The pterodactyl was protecting the Ivesons house. The Iversons wanted to “adopt” the pterodactyl, so they did.

Sadie

One day, Mr. and Mrs. Iverson were taking a walk in the forest because they had to look for their lost dog Bee-Billie. He had been missing for two whole days! They kept walking and walking until Mr. Iverson saw something strange that made a rustling sound!

He said, ”What`s that?! It`s huge!”

Mrs. Iverson said, ”Let`s take it back to the house.” Mr. Iverson went really fast to get the car. They were going to take the egg back to their house. Finally, Mr. Iverson got back to the egg. They took it back to the house. That night, Mr. and Mrs. Iverson heard some strange noises coming from the garage.

Mr. Iverson yawned, ”What`s going on?” Then they both walked sleepily to the garage. When they got there, neither of them could believe their eyes! It was a giant reptile, a pterodactyl! Mrs. Iverson screamed and then fainted. Mr. Iverson poured a barrel of water on her. She woke up just in time to see the strange reptile (that they thought was extinct!) fully hatch!

Mr. Iverson said, ”Oh, what a beautiful sight!”

Mrs. Iverson said, ”Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

Mr. Iverson walked over to the garage door and pressed the button that opened the garage door. Very suddenly, the giant beast jumped out of the garage and started to fly up into the night sky.

Bibi


Mr. and Ms.Iverson were going on a walk after dinner. They were walking in the forest near their house. It was a very sunny day, not a day to watch TV.

Mr.Iverson said, ”Why don’t we ever find something unusual these days while we are walking?”

Mrs.Iverson said, ”I don’t know why we never find things unusual these days.”

Mr.Iverson said, “I wonder if we’ll find something unusual?” I guess today was their lucky day. Guess what they found.

“Hey look Mr.Iverson it’s an egg.” The egg was about as big as a tire. It was green with big spots all over it. The egg was behind a tree, sort of hidden.
Mrs.Iverson said, “What, this can’t be true!!!” They kept on yacking about the egg and decided to take it home.

She said, “How about we get the old pick-up truck from when we were kids.”

Mrs.Iverson said, “Well just go get it.”

Mr.Iverson went on a trip to the garage to get old Mary Jane, the pick-up truck.

He went on singing, “ Oh Mary Jane, Mary Jane little old Mary Jane.” Oh there you are, I missed you Mary, my truck.” Mr.Iverson hopped into the front seat of Mary and opened the garage door. He went zooming, (at least that’s what it felt like), out of the garage ar 2 miles per hour. (Yeah I know, slow right.)

As soon as Mr.Iverson got to Mrs.Iverson it was 9:00.
Mrs.Iverson said in anger, “ Where were you!”

Mr.Iverson said, “I - I was starting the engine.”

Mrs.Iverson said, “Oh, I guess I can believe that, she is getting old.”

Mr.Iverson said, “Yes finally you said she!!!”

Mrs.Iverson said, “Ok let’s get back on track, (the egg).”

Mr.Iverson said in an excited way, “Yes!” Mr.Iverson said, “I’ll pick it up.” Mr. Iverson picked up the egg. It was really heavy, as heavy as an elephants foot. As soon as Mr.Iverson put the egg in the backseat, he went in too. Mrs.Iverson got into the front seat and started to drive.

A couple of minutes, okay hours later they arrived at the garage door. Mrs.Iverson stopped the car and got out to push the garage door opener. Mrs.Iverson yelled, “WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD!!!!”
Mr.Iverson woke up and said, “WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!”

Mrs.Iverson said, “Nothing you sleepy head.”  He woke up and got out of the back (or the trunk). Mr.Iverson and Mrs.Iverson headed towards the door that opened into the house.

They heard a loud crack that sounded like, “crick crack crick crack.” They turned around and looked at the same exact time. They made a swoosh sound because their heads turned so fast. They saw something really really really unusual that they all thought was extinct.

It was a dinosaur!!!!!! The dinosaur was about as big as a Great Dane. It had yellow wings.

Mrs.Iverson screamed ( I didn’t tell you that Mrs.Iverson was the scaredy cat in her family). The dinosaur tried to fly. It was just a new born. It knocked over the paint and spilled it on top of their pick up truck. They it flew over to the gardening supplies and crashed into a rake.
Mr.Iverson ran to the garage opener and opened it. The dinosaur opened it’s slimy new wings again and flapped to get the goop off. The dinosaur started to flap more and lifted off the ground. It flew towards the open garage door and then it flew as fast as it could to get out of sight.

“Well, I never knew we were going to find something really rare,” said Mrs. Iverson.

“I guess we were wrong about never finding anything unusual,” replied Mr. Iverson. They walked to their bedroom and fell asleep, dreaming about having the dinosaur as a new pet.

Eliza

Mr. and Mrs. Iverson lived in a house in the woods. Their dog had just ran away. They went outside to look for their dog. They heard a noise. Their dog ran out of a bush. Mr. and Mrs. Iverson chased their dog. The dog ran around an egg and crossed a bridge. Mr. Mrs. Iverson stopped. There was a big egg that was blue!

Mr. Iverson said, “Wow. That’s a big egg.”

Mrs. Iverson said, “Let’s bring it home.”

Mr. Iverson went home and got their pickup truck. he drove back to where the egg was. Mr. and Mrs. Iverson put the egg in the back of the pickup truck and drove home. Mr. Iverson rode in the back of the pickup truck so the egg would not fall off.

Mr. and Mrs. Iverson went in to the house. They ate dinner. Then got ready for bed. Right before they went to bed, they heard a crash! They went downstairs to see what the noise was. They went inside the garage and there was an orange dinosaur with wings.

“O my gosh,” said Mr. Iverson.

“It must want to get out,” said Mr. Iverson.

Mr. and Mrs. Iverson ran over to the garage door. They hit the button to open the garage. The dinosaur flew out of the garage.

Mr. Mrs. Iverson were happy the dinosaur was out of there garage.

“I’m glad the dinosaur is out of our garage,” said Mr. Iverson.

“I’m never going to take a big home when I don’t know what’s inside of it again.” said Mrs. Iverson.

So, they went back upstairs and went to bed. And they never saw a dinosaur again in their life.

Jesus

It was a really sunny day. Mr.Iverson was sleeping in his tiny bed. Mrs.Iverson was making some of her famous cookies. When Mrs.Iverson was done, she woke up Mr. Iverson she said, ”Wake up. Wake up. Lets hunt for bigfoot.”
Mr. Iverson said , ”Ok but-.”

Mrs. Iverson interrupted, ”No buts or what’s lets go.” So Mrs. and Mr. Iverson walked to the forest . In the way they heard a noise.It was coming behind some bushes.They saw a 10 feet egg it had polka dots  they were black.

Mrs.Iverson said, ” It’s a beauty lets take it to the museum tomorrow in the morning.”

Mr. Iverson said, “sure but how are we going to take it home?” They thought and thought and finally Mrs.Iverson got an idea. It was to call Mr. Iverson’s friend and bring their truck. While they were waiting, they played simon says and imagine that two adults playing that game.They got bored of that game, so they played chopsticks.Then Mr.Iverson friend got there. They pushed the egg on the back of the truck.They drove the truck with the polka dot egg to their garage.

They went to go eat after all the work they did. After they ate, they watched tv, channel 180. after watching tv for an hour, they brushed their teeth and went to sleep. Mrs.Iverson was dreaming that a big ant and a big worm was chasing her. She woke up without a word and went to go get a glass of milk and that would help her to not have nightmares so. She went back to sleep.

Then she heard a noise. She thought it was a dream. So she got some milk again and went back to sleep. She heard it again and woke up Mr.Iverson. She said, ”Wake up wake up I heard a noise.”

Mr.Iverson said, ”It’s probably a dream if it is then get some milk…..

Mrs.Iverson said,” It's in the garage. Come with me.”

Mr.Iverson said,”fine!”so they went to the garage and they saw………….a green reptile as big as their truck. It also knocked lots of things. Mrs. and Mr. Iverson decided to let it free, so they did. They saw the reptile chasing a man. Mrs. and Mr. Iverson said together, ”That was a bad idea.”

Wallace

It was daylight savings and my husband and I were going into the forest for a walk. We  were tired (we lost some sleep you know). So we were walking.I was looking for a deer. I wanted to snap a picture of it. I was so focused on finding a deer I passed it. My husband was right behind me texting! I don’t know what he was texting about.


I was about to ask when he said, “No questions just hide.”


Without waiting for a reply he jumped behind a boulder thingy. I wasn’t sure I should but I followed him and that's how it all began. I was trying to study  this thingy  wall hiding. After a long while, I decided to get the truck and bring this thing home once I was aloud to stop hiding. I don’t even know why I was hiding.


Then someone said, “ Who’s there?”


They jumped on the boulder thingy and said,”Are you going to study this?”


I said,” yesssss.”


Then he walked away. That's when we went to get the car.When we got back I hauled  it onto the car and we drove away. When we got home we parked the car in the garage. I was eating dinner and my husband was texting yes.Then I heard  noises.


I said,”Um what are those noises?”


My husband said,”Don’t worry about it.”

So I didn’t (Which wasn’t a good idea) and some how I got my mind off it until bedtime when: crash, bang, boom the sounds rang off the walls! We went to the garage where we heard the noise.We saw a bright orange reptile.We screamed when we saw the paint on the car, the rake broken and a big mess. I ran over and pushed the garage door opener.The reptile flew out the open garage door. I heaved a sigh of relief.  

Davis

Mr. Iverson asked, ”What do you what to do to day?”

Mrs. Iverson said,” Lets go for a walk. Its a beautiful day today.”

Mr. Iverson said,” You are right. Let’s go for a walk.”

So they went for a walk in the forest. Just then they saw something unusual. It was as big as a yoga ball.

Mrs. Iverson asked, “What is it?”

Mr. Iverson said, ”I don't know but its getting late. We can take it home and see in the morning.”

So they put the thing in the back of the truck. Mr. Iverson stayed in the back of the truck, so the thing  didn't fall out. They parked the car in the garage and went to have lunch. They had chili for lunch.

Suddenly, there was a crash coming from the garage. Mr. and Mrs. Iverson ran to see what it was. They  opened the garage door. The thing was cracked and there was a big reptile, with long wings. It started flying around the room. It crashed into a shelf with paints on it. The paints spilled on the truck. Mr Iverson ran to open the door It opened. The reptile flew out.

Yanci

Mr.and Mrs.Iverson were playing kickball. Mr.Iverson kicked the ball so hard that it went into the forest,which is not so far because it’s right next door . Mr.Iverson and Mrs. Iverson walked to the forest.Then they heard a loud noise.They walked to wear the noise came from.
Then they saw a big egg as big as a yoga ball.

Ms.Iverson said, ‘’It must of been a big chicken to lay that egg.We should take it home but it is so heavy.

Mr.Iverson said , ‘’Hey how about we take it home in our truck.’’

So they went back home and brought their truck to the forest.They lifted the egg into the back. Ms. Iverson drove back to their house.They drove into the garage .It was getting late the sun was down and Mr.and Mrs.Iverson were tired

Then they went to the dining room and ate chicken with ice cream.Then they brushed their teeth and went to sleep.5 hours later,CRASH.
Ms. Iverson said, ‘’What’s that what’s that!’’
Mr. Iverson said, ’’That was so loud that I can’t hear anymore!’’
Then they walked to the garage and what they saw was magnificent!It was a   big,orange,long nose,big wings,and little feet reptile.It started flying all over the place.The reptile crashed into a long lamp the lamp broke and glass flew everywhere.It spilled a big blue paint bucket.It also knocked the trash can.It also broke a rake.

Mr. Iverson said ,’’Oh no this reptile is making a huge mess.We should get rid of this reptile. ’’

Mr. Iverson said,’’You're right.’’

Ms. Iverson said , ’’How about we open the garage door and it might fly out.’’

Mr.Iverson said ,’’That’s a great idea!’’

So they ran to the garage opener trying not to get hit by anything.They pushed the button. The garage door opened. The reptile flew out and flew higher into the sky. Mr.and Ms.Iverson now know to not bring an egg without knowing what’s inside.

Valynn

Mrs. Iverson said, “You know, we should really start to snap pictures for that nature contest you want to enter.’’

Mr. Iverson jumped up. “You're right!’’ he said. “Its not a nature contest, its a N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L   G-E-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C  contest!” he added.

So they walked to the forest with their old camera. Suddenly they heard a rustle in the bushes. A jack rabbit hopped out.

Mr. Iverson said, “A perfect nature picture!’’

Then the jack rabbit started to hop away.
Mr.Iverson said, “Come back!’’

They started to chase the rabbit. A while later they stopped suddenly. There was a huge white thing the size of a trash can lid.

Mrs. Iverson said,’’What is it?”

Mr. Iverson said, “We could study it at home”
So they decided to take the thing home.

“I’ll get the car, you stay here” said Mr. Iverson.

So Mrs. Iverson stayed with the thing for a while until Mr. Iverson parked the truck by her. They hauled the the thing into the back of the truck. Mrs. Iverson sat in the front driving the car, while Mr. Iverson sat in the back holding the thing. Once they pulled into the garage they stared at the thing.

“ It’s to late to study.” Said Mr. Iverson. So they went out of the garage, ate dinner, brushed their teeth, and went to bed.
“ POUND, KNOCK, CRACK!!!!!!!”
“ POUND, KNOCK, CRACK!!!!!!!!”

Mr. and and Mrs. Iverson woke to the sound of “ POUND, KNOCK, CRACK!!!!!!!”  It was coming from the garage. Mr. and Mrs. Iverson hurried near the garage.

When they opened the garage door their eyes almost popped out! They saw a huge orange reptile rising out from the thing that the Iversons had found. The reptile was so big it made ( what they now found out was a egg) look like a ping pong ball. It was HUGE!!!!!!!

The reptile rose humongous wings and tried to fly but it crashed into the broom. It flew up again, knocked a garbage can over and flew to the garage door. Mr. and Mrs. Iverson stepped away from the garage door and the reptile flew out.

From that day on the Iversons lived a happy normal life, they won the geographic contest and they never knew what the CRAZY reptile was.

THE END                              

Sophia

When Mr. and Mrs. Iverson heard that their friend Sarah and some of the other  workers
from ‘’building bright bridges’’ were going to build a bridge over ‘’toad stream,”  they offered to help .

Sarah said, “Well, could we use your truck to carry supplies?”

Mr. Iverson said , “I guess we could lend you are truck”

So they did , and a few days later they went to pick it up.

As they were walking to pick up the truck, they saw a robins egg as big as a yoga ball!

Mrs.Iverson screamed,”Ahhhhhhhh!!!”

Mr. Iverson just stood there with a big smile on his face. Mr. Iverson used to be a scientist and he wanted to bring it home to study. Mr. Iverson said,” I’ll  go get the truck, you watch the ….. thing! We have to bring it home!!!” So he ran off to get the truck.

Mrs. Iverson didn’t want him to go off on another one of his “science adventures”, so she tried to roll the 1,205 pound egg behind a bush, but Mr. Iverson got back with the truck.



Mrs. Iverson forced herself to help Mr. Iverson to load the egg into the truck.
Mrs. Iverson drove the truck home while Mr. Iverson sat in the back of the truck hugging the egg.

As Mrs. Iverson parked the truck in the garage,the sun started to set.They  got out and went inside leaving the egg in the truck.

They ate  a wonderful dinner, brushed their teeth and went to bed.

They did not have much time to sleep because soon after they got snuggled up,they heard a squacking noise.

Mr. and Mrs. Iverson rushed to the garage where the noise had come from.

When they got to the garage, they saw leathery green wings and a beak poking out of the truck.

Soon they saw a beautiful green dragon fluttering around the  garage.

Mrs. Iverson quickly opened the garage. The strange reptile crashed in to everything in the garage then finally it flew in to the starry black night.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Jesus

It was a really sunny day. Mr.Iverson was sleeping in his tiny bed. Mrs.Iverson was making some of her famous cookies. When Mrs.Iverson was done, she woke up Mr. Iverson she said, ”Wake up. Wake up. Lets hunt for bigfoot.”
Mr. Iverson said , ”Ok but-.”

Mrs. Iverson interrupted, ”No buts or what’s lets go.” So Mrs. and Mr. Iverson walked to the forest . In the way they heard a noise.It was coming behind some bushes.They saw a 10 feet egg it had polka dots  they were black.

Mrs.Iverson said, ” It’s a beauty lets take it to the museum tomorrow in the morning.”

Mr. Iverson said, “sure but how are we going to take it home?” They thought and thought and finally Mrs.Iverson got an idea. It was to call Mr. Iverson’s friend and bring their truck. While they were waiting, they played simon says and imagine that two adults playing that game.They got bored of that game, so they played chopsticks.Then Mr.Iverson friend got there. They pushed the egg on the back of the truck.They drove the truck with the polka dot egg to their garage.

They went to go eat after all the work they did. After they ate, they watched tv, channel 180. after watching tv for an hour, they brushed their teeth and went to sleep. Mrs.Iverson was dreaming that a big ant and a big worm was chasing her. She woke up without a word and went to go get a glass of milk and that would help her to not have nightmares so. She went back to sleep.

Then she heard a noise. She thought it was a dream. So she got some milk again and went back to sleep. She heard it again and woke up Mr.Iverson. She said, ”Wake up wake up I heard a noise.”

Mr.Iverson said, ”It’s probably a dream if it is then get some milk…..

Mrs.Iverson said,” It's in the garage. Come with me.”

Mr.Iverson said,”fine!”so they went to the garage and they saw………….a green reptile as big as their truck. It also knocked lots of things. Mrs. and Mr. Iverson decided to let it free, so they did. They saw the reptile chasing a man. Mrs. and Mr. Iverson said together, ”That was a bad idea.”

Friday, March 13, 2015

Update from Ms. Luria

Homework: Homework

Important Dates

3/16 - Run for the Arts Pledge forms due
3/17 - Run for the Arts
3/18 - Late start
3/23 - Spring break
3/30 - Turn in Run for the Arts forms
3/31 - Last day to turn in forms to receive a prize

5/6 - First day of our Artist in Residency program! (Thank for supporting Run for the Arts!)

Dear Families,

We are enjoying our IB unit on brid
ges and Portland. We were lucky to have two presentations on bridges this week. Wren's uncle Dave came in to talk aout bridge builing. He brought some built that the students could see and shared many pictures of different bridges that he has worked on.  He talked about what types of problems cause bridge failures and how bridges are constructed to be safe.


Here is a picture of one of the bolts that holds together the bridges!

Alicia, a parent of one of my students from last year, came and helped students understand all about suspension bridges. She had students create their own human suspension bridge. Later in this unit, students build their own suspension bridge out of simple materials.

In writing students continue to learn how to use Google drive. Students are learning how to log in with their district account and create a Google document on their own. Every students has an account with Google Classroom through the district. With this account, students can turn in assignments and get feedback on their writing. I encourage you have your child open up their account with you so you can see their first assignment! If you type google classroom into your web browser, the link will come up for the account.

In writing continue to work on using a variety of sentences in their writing. Students are learning about when you need a new paragraph and how to use dialogue in their writing. 

Here is a new, working, link to both the tests and the answer keys to the practice tests: http://kid-writers.blogspot.com/p/oaks-math-sample-test.html

Have a wonderful weekend,
Sacha