HSS Olympics

6/18/15
It's Olympics Day!Yhaaaaaaaaaaaa! Olympics Day was awesome. The girls won tug-o- war. At the carnival they had a thing that tells you how fast you throw a ball. I got up to 33 mph. Also we had the sundae challenge. Some people didn't get everything, but I hoped that everyone did get everything.
Love,
Colby

Sundae Challenge Week

     Last week we were trying to wrap up the sundae challenge. Unfortunately, a lot of people didn't  finish. Some people are on eights, which is the last one you have to do. Then you're done. If you finish early you have to do mixed, then elevens, then finally twelves.  A lot of people got stuck on nines. It must have been annoying. Tyler M and I are on twelves. Jon was the first one done! I'm not surprised.
Grayson  

Lots of Testing and Variety Show

     We had lots of tests, spelling, Socrative testing, and the talent show my favorite was Uptown Funk You Up. YAY!!!!!!. People told me they missed somebody. The chicken was funny. Travis was awesome with the feather. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KOBE -  Yay!           
Love, Martin

Lots of subs

       Last week we had a lot of subs because Mr. Brake was in the hospital. We made a get well card for him. We all wrote our names in the card. Some of us wrote get well messages. All of the subs were very nice. The next week Mrs.Brake got back.
                                                                                           
                                          Love,
                                                 Audrey  

Ellis Island

    
    This week is Ellis Island week. We have been getting ready for this day! We have been getting prepared for it by bringing: pillows, snacks, and stuffies. We have been having a lot of fun preparing; we have been so excited. This week we have also been learning about time and shapes during calendar time.

    We are almost at Ellis Island. We are all from different countries. Many of us were upset that we can't talk to our friends today, because they are from a different country of origin. Today we all dressed old style with perfect choices of clothes. When everyone walked in, I loved the choices of clothes. Many of them were so unique.

     First we went outside and hopped on the ship (Bus) with excitement. I sat next to Sumner and gladly he had a pink dot, so I could talk to him. Many of the people missed their friends, but some people did not follow the no talking to other colors rule. It was really annoying me and many people in the class keep shushing classmates everywhere. Everyone got so mad, because they wanted to talk to their friends, but those really nice people followed the rules. I was really upset because some of us got a color that was not close to their friends, but some people got a weird color and said they could speak to anyone when we arrived.

     We all laughed in surprised because Ms. Nary was posing as Miss Liberty when we got off the ship (bus.) We made one big line; first class in the front, second class in the middle, and the worst class, steerage where people had to squished each other with three to a seat. They were last when we walked. We saw friends, parents, moms, and dads. When we got inside we got our little list that we put on our necks. It had our color and the stations on it. I think everyone's favorite station was the last one where we became real citizens.

       I got mad when I had to stand at the girls’ bathroom for 5-10 minutes waiting, but it had stalls. I thought it was just one bathroom with a toilet and never opened the door until some adult told me I could go in. So I did and I was mad and the only reason was because I did not want to walk in on someone, so I wasted a lot of time.

       All of us went to the judge for weird reasons. Mine was because no one was here to pick me up at the Kissing Post. I was confused that I could not go out on my own and what I though was really funny. Azhelia got sent for looking too serious. We had so much fun, but some kids' parents kept coming over to see what was going on, like my mom. At the stations, some of them were fun, like the puzzle one and the flash cards.

         Now we are at the last and final inspection. I got a little confused about the questions, but I passed. I felt so awesome when I got a sticker and I felt like a champion. Then I went to the station where me and many people became citzens. When we were done everyone was so happy and tired, but we did it. Then we waited and some had snacks and played with beanie boos. Then we sung. We also did the Pledge of Alligience. After that we left. We all had a amazing time and were so tired and sleepy. I heard someone had lice during the lice check. One of the parents found it.We all had a fun time and wanted to do everything over again.
                                                                    Love,
                                                                Kiana Peau

Getting Ready for Ellis Island.

We have been getting ready for Ellis Island. We had to pick out 5 things to take with us. We had to prepare our birth certificate, our passport, our money, and our letter of recommendation. We had to talk to the ship officer about what we were doing in America. I hope I am ready.

Cheridan

Earth Day

Friday, April 24th, was the day we celebrated Earth Day. The first activity we did was to learn about lobsters in the cafeteria.  After eating our snack, we went to the gym and heard three presentations from the Seacoast Science Center. They taught us how to put rubber bands on lobster claws, and what to do if we found a seal washed up on the beach. we also got to see starfish and other sea animals in the touch tank. After recess and lunch, we went to clean the front garden. The tools we used were rakes, shovels, wheel barrows, and hoes. We planted flowers and spread out the mulch in the garden. Our last activity was making rain sticks in the music room. We covered cardboard tubes with foil then put rice in the tubes. Earth day was an amazing day to have fun!                      

By Phillip

Around The World Day Week

This week we had Around The World Day. It was a lot of fun! We had a lot of foods in the classroom. Everybody did a very good job on their reports. It took a lot of work. The presentation was VERY fun. All of the food was great. All of the reports were awesome, and most of all everyone had fun!
      Love,                                   
           Tyler M.

   

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day was the best and I got 2 chocolate gold coins. I think they were left by leprachauns. We set up some pretty cool traps, but we didn't catch any leprechauns. We did get parts of Leprechauns and gold left behind. Some of the traps were destroyed. We made a Lucky Charm graph. It was very delicious. Some people spilt their Lucky Charms.St. Patrick's Day was the best day!

Isiah

Our first week of testing

The first week of testing was hard for all of us. But we kept at it and we did great! Also we worked on fractions. Mrs. Brake was absent on Friday so we had a sustutute, but we did great and got a good report! We have been working on country research as we test. We've worked hard, but it's been fun.

Leah

Thursday's Fun Afternoon - Winter Carnival

I had a fun day today! I had two hot cocoas and they were good! I did snow shoeing on the playground. The awesomest part was that the snowshoes had sharp things on the bottom that kept me on top of the snow. 

Athena

The Week Before February Vacation

It been a very nice week. It was one more week before February vacation. On Friday We had a Beanie Boo holiday for not having Beanie Boo on our desk for 10 days; so that was our prize. We were going to have the winter carnival, but we didn't because the weather was bad. For homework we had to fill out our family tree so we can learn about what country our family was from and for our research. Phillp was the first one to bring his family tree to school. In S.T.E.M. and music we made our instruments and in library we made our poster for our instrument, and we will going to start Jump Rope for Heart. 

love,
Kenneth

Week of Valentine's /Day

   This week was really snowy. My week was staying home because of snow days and being sick, so I stayed home and lay in bed. That is all I did for 7 hours! We had a Valentine's Day party with fruit and cookies. I enjoyed looking at all my valentines. It was also Day 100. We wrote about what we  would be like when we were 100 years old. We even  saw pictures of what we would look like when we are old. Somewhere in there I had a hockey tournament. I think it was on the weekend. We lost the first game, but won the second game. It was the 9th time we beat Rochester in a row!

Bryan

Valentine's Week

This week we had our money test. Mrs. Brake said that we did a good job on the test. We made our Valentine's bags for Valentine's Day. On Monday we had a snow day. A lots of people in our class wanted to go to school because they had a bad snow day. We had no reading group, but some people did have reading groups. We started our the next chapter in math. A lot of people shared  their VIP. We have got a lot of dollars in are column. We can't wait until the Beanie Boo auction. 

Sincerely,
Jon

Week of January 20

Yesterday, the fourth grade had a spelling bee. I noticed a girl named Nikole was in the lead. But, she spelled a word wrong. Other people did, too. I think she did a really good job. Miss Finley gave some hard words that I couldn't spell! The champion was Kelly. She did a good job, too! Congratulations, Kelly!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            By Nevaeh Delrossi 

January 15, 2015

    Last week in science/S.T.E.M. we were making low decimals and high decimals sounds. We also made some new instruments to amplify or make the noise louder.  In Music we got to play some new instruments. We also learned about a new person in Music.
   At reading Phillip and I learned about the continental divide with Mrs. Anderson. She told her if the snow melts on the eastern side of North America, it will go into the Atlantic Ocean. Snow melt on the western part of the United States goes into the Pacific Ocean.
    During Math, we learned about long division. It was hard for some of us, but we figured out a way to solve the problems.
    We learned about new websites to get books in library. It is a good way to get new books. In Art we made pictures of our hands to make our hand pop up like 3 dimensional. We made designs outside our hands to wow other people.
     On Sunday, my family went to a party. My dad had a part to play in the party. He played the harmonica and a funny part. I played many games like Twister and made rainbow loom bracelets. The theme of the party was casino, which is short for cards.
   I had lots of fun and we have been busy.

Sincerely,
Swami

The firstr week of January and right before vacation

Two weeks ago was PJ day. We had waffles for breakfast, and we made a mouse craft. Everyone
had great PJ's that day. So far it was the best day EVER! Then we had snack. We all went to
the Christmas ceremony. Then the whole school sang Christmas carols. When we all got back
we had a book swap. I bet everybody got good or PERFECT books. Then it was time to go home.
It was so much fun, wasn't it?

                  Your reporter of the week, Azhelia.