How Dogs Can Help Us

Today is Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Today we will read about Jim and his smart dogs. We will read about how the dogs try hard to help Jim before it’s too late. What are some ways for dogs to help people? “Dogs can rescue people,” said Taylor G. Anthony tells us that blind people have dogs that lead them away from danger and protect them. “Dogs can bark and get help from other people,” explains Samantha.

Getting Away From Danger

Today is Monday, September 22, 2008. Fires, tornadoes, and getting lost are hazards. People can often get hurt. What do we do in a dangerous situation? “You could go out the window and step on the fire escape and lower yourself to the ground if there was a fire,” explained Tre. “You could hide under your bed if there was a tornado,” told Samantha. Haley said, “Stand in the same place and someone will come looking for you if you are lost.” Anthony will send an S.O.S. with a flashlight when he gets lost.

Week in Review by Taylor M.

My aunt and me went to the park. The playground opened new stuff to play on. I liked the zip line.

Journal by Haley - Me and My Frins Go Trugtreting Together

Me and Taylor and ethin and Suny and Kuin mabe mit go trugtreting this halyenrey and I am going to be a wich and taylor is going to be a prinsas and sun is going to be a bune rabit and we are going to have the same bags and the same katoos and we are going to have fun

The Shocked Ant

Today is Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Today we will read a fantasy about an ant with a question. Whom does the ant check with to find the answer? Gracie remembers the sun. Samantha remembers the rock. Haley remembers the wind. What does he find out? “He finds out that he and his family are the strongest one,” clearly explained Jake. Why is the ant shocked? “The ant was shocked because he and his family were the strongest the one,” told Anthony. Gracie said it was because he was so small.

Asking Questions

Today is Monday, September 15, 2008. Do you wonder about some things? Do you know why your eyes sometimes water on a warm day? Aubrey says it is because the sun is shining. Jacob says the sun makes your eyes water. When we are searching for answers, whom can we ask? “We can ask a grown-up or a scientist,” Gracie told us. “We can ask mom and dad,” explains Samantha. “We can ask Ms. Cade,” said Jake.

Week in Review by Ron

I learned about the desert. I had fun because I see my cousin in the lunchroom. Treasure math taught me about maps. We ate fruit and my favorite was plum. We made a bar graph with that survey. I feel excited about school.

Journal by Aubrey

if I take a walk on the desert I wood take a bottle of water and a sleping bag and a friend with me and I mite bring another on with me and I mite breng my dog and my dole and my other friend and my other dog Seney.

Learning About the Desert

Today is Friday, September 12, 2008. This week we made many discoveries about the arid desert. We found out that the desert is a landform without much precipitation. Some deserts have sand dunes. Can a cactus be a haven for animals? Taylor G. says that cactuses can be homes for animals. “A woodpecker makes a hole in the cactus,” told Ron.

Ways to Learn About the Desert

Today is Thursday, September 11, 2008. Where could you find out more about the desert? Jake thinks we could look on the T.V. Haley and Taylor G. said we should use the internet. Samantha told us that there are books about the desert that would help. What could tell you that the inside of a cactus feels slippery or that cactus candy is sweet? Adjectives are words that describe. Slippery and sweet are both adjective.

Things to See in the Desert - Journal by Seth

If I was on a walk in the desert I wood see a scorpian. If I ran into a radlesnake I wood yell AAAAAAHHHHH.

In The Desert - Journal by Haley

In teh dezrd you mit see a rattlesnake or a jackrabbit or a lizards and othre amles and I use skerd too win my brother use walking in my pawas yard a snak jump at him

Discovering Desert Animals

Today is Wednesday, September 10, 2008. Many animals that live in the desert sleep in the heat of the day. They come out at night to find food. What else can we learn about animals by exploring the desert? “Some animals leave their food in the desert,” told Alec. “In our book, a woodpecker was pecking on a cactus. He was going to live there,” explained Jake. “We can learn about what habitats animals live in,” said Gracie.

Desert Things

Today is Tuesday, September 09, 2008. Today we will read about walking in the desert. What will we see and hear and feel? Jake says we will see a kangaroo rat. Seth thinks we will hear coyotes. Samantha knows we will feel the sand. What lives in the desert? “Jackrabbits live in the desert,” told Gracie. Anthony shouted, “Rattlesnakes!” What will you spot? Alec spies coyotes. Tre gazes at a Prickly Pear Cactus. A small Kit Fox is what Aubrey finds in the desert.

How Much I Have Learned - Week in Review by Gracie

This week I had fun because I got to learn a whole lot of new things. I learned how to spell some states that I have been wanting to learn. I learned that you need to be respectful to other people and have responsibility. I learned about fact families. I felt happy because I learned a lot of new things.

Things Under Rocks

Today is Friday, September 05, 2008. This week we read about exploring nature. Henry and Mudge found wildlife and a galaxy of stars. If they looked underneath rocks, could they identify fascinating insects? Anthony thinks they could. Keana thinks they could find worms. Aubrey says she might find a fly.

Discovering Star Pictures

Today is Thursday, September 04, 2008. How do stars make pictures in the sky? “It is like connect the dots with stars,” explains Taylor G. “ They made pictures for legendary things like the bear,” tells Anthony. You can see some star pictures during autumn and some others before the fall season.

Lost in the Woods

If i wus lost i would mack a fire. Then i would cimb the tree and fid a spot ot rist. then I would call hlpe.

By Tre

Discovering the Forest

Today is Wednesday, September 03, 2008. There are many things to learn about the forest. Some animals and plants look different close-up and far away. What else can we discover by exploring nature in the forest? Haley thinks we could discover nature. “You could discover worms,” says Samantha. “You could discover where animals live at,” explains Gracie.

The Time I Went Camping

One time me and my ant wint camping it was fun we fuond a lake we jumeped in and then I wint under and I saw a fish it pinched my noss it ticled we had fun. and I got to go Hunting it was cool. me and my ant haf fun camping.
Journal entry by Anthony

Our Class talks about Camping

Today is Tuesday, September 2, 2008. Today we will read about a boy and his dog who explore nature on a camping trip. What do people do when they camp? Jake thinks people have fun. Tre says, “They swim in the lake.” “They have to look for firewood,” says Samantha. Anthony says, “They go on a hike and if they found a lake they would dive in.”