The Pledge, Marine Science Afloat, and Laptops

Checking out the sea life on board!
Last week started off on a very high note: students in F3 decided to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day at school at 3:05-- right before they leave for the day. The idea to say the Pledge came after reading Paul's first letter to us and reading that it meant a lot to him that the students said the Pledge the day he left to go to the Middle East.

We went on a FANTASTIC field trip on Wednesday. The only bummer was that a few of us got a little sea sick. But otherwise, we had a great time! We went on the Goodtime II and we were taken from Pier 55 to Alki by Marine Science Afloat. The crux of the trip was learning about watersheds and meet the fabulous creatures of the Puget Sound, and learning what we can do to keep the Puget Sound clean.

As many of you learned on Curriculum Night, fifth graders have access to laptops this year. The students were introduced to the computers on Friday. We'll be using these laptops to type out final copies of writing, to look up information in science and social studies, and to work with some educational programming. We will be using the laptops once or twice a week.

Coming up this week we will start writing the essay portion of the Family Project. All interviews should have been completed by today. We'll be continuing our learning about land and water-- primarily through reading. And in math, we'll continue our unit on estimation.

One last note: please get the camp forms and money orders or checks in this coming week. I am planning for ALL students in F3 to take advantage of this incredible opportunity to spend a few days at Camp Seymour together. Remember, we leave for camp on October 31!

6 comments:

  1. Hi Ms.v I loved the field trip and in scores we lost to Dunlap};But somthing funny happen!

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  2. Oh no Kevin! I didn't know that y'all lost. I wish I could have gone to support you and all the kids in our class who are in SCORES. I can't wait to hear what happened that was so funny.

    Cheers Kevin! See you tomorrow!

    Ms. V.

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  3. my cousin was playing in dunlap ^.^ she told me they won but i forgot we had a scores team and i had no idea until i remember ^.^

    antohny granstrand

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  4. I guess I am happy for your cousin then :) Thanks for writing, Anthony!

    Ms. V

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  5. ms v i didnt really mean to forget my interview because i woke up late (i guess it is kind of my fault) but my mom and uncle were rushing me.

    ^.^ anthony granstrand

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  6. ms v i didnt really mean to forget my interview because i woke up late (i guess it is kind of my fault) but my mom and uncle were rushing me.

    ^.^ anthony granstrand

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