Here is another voicethread about the Native Americans of this area. Alison and Maggie did a great job learning about how the Pequot, Niantic, and Narragansett tribes made clothing from animal hides. This voicethread was written and recorded by Alison with technical support from Emmett. To get an idea of what it was like to [...]

The results are in from Round 3 of our March Madness poetry tournament and the winner is… I’m Disgusted With My Brother! We have one more round to go until the final four next week. This week’s poems are read by; Tyler (The Sloth), Sean, Autumn, Erik, Gus, Emmett, Jacob and Sam C. (Seal), Sam [...]

This week we watched a playground clapping song by bloggers from Hawes Primary School in England. We enjoyed listening to their song, watching the clapping pattern and noticing their accent. They asked for other classes to share playground songs that they knew. Here is one called “Miss Mary Mack.”  We hope you like it. * [...]

In science we have done a couple of activities about sinking and floating. First we built boats, then we made eggs float in salt water. The floating eggs really got us thinking about what makes things buoyant. We wrote a lot of ideas in our comments to that post. Here are some of our thoughts: [...]

The results are in from Round 2 of our poetry tournament and the winner is… Jabberwocky! We had 141 votes and over half of them (74) were for Jabberwocky. This week we have four new poems to vote on. They are read by Alexandra, Tommy, Alison, and Margot. We have been working on reading with [...]

Here is a Voicethread by Tyler about the dugout canoes used by Native Americans of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. These canoes were an important part of Native American life. They were hard to make but could last many years. To learn more about the Native tribes of this area, visit our wiki page. * [...]

After our boat building activity, we were really wondering about what makes some things sink and others float… At first many of us thought that it was just weight; heavy things would sink and light things would float. So we tested that out with a marble and a ball of wood. The wood was heavier. [...]

The results are in from Round 1 of our poetry tournament, and the winner is: Monster Mothers! Thank you to everyone that voted. We had a total of 55 votes and 30 of them were for Monster Mothers. This week we have four new poems to vote on. They are read by Derek, Sam C., [...]

Our new science unit is all about Properties of Matter. Properties of matter are the ways that we can describe matter. Some physical properties of matter are: weight, texture, color, absorbency, transparency, and many others. We did a science activity to investigate the property of Buoyancy: if an object sinks or floats. Mr. Salsich gave [...]

This is a student post written by Alison I started to play the piano when I was six. Before I took lessons, I taught myself how to play scales and other things. My older sister, who already took piano lessons, helped me learn the notes and key signatures. I have been playing for two years. [...]