Pioneer Farms

Last Friday, the Sharks and Superstars went to Pioneer Farms, to learn how communities worked together to survive over 100 year ago.  Although it was very cold we had a great time.  The Sharks are currently working on a paragraph to describe some of the activities they did.  We started this paragraph by creating a word web.  It was much easier to organize our thoughts and we remembered several details.

 Check email for an invitation for a presentation of our culminating project on communities and citizenship with the Superstars. The Sharks have been working hard and putting several pieces together to create the final product!


The trimester ends the week after Thanksgiving break and we will be moving into a new topic of study for social studies and science.  Keeping with our theme of discovery, we will be learning about the state of Washington, as well as map skills, and learn about different weather patterns.  I hope to have some great projects and field trips for all of you to participate.

What a Busy Week!

Wow!  I can't believe all the things we have been doing this week!  On Monday, we made ice cream in a bag and observed how salt forces ice to freeze at a lower temperature.  Thursday was a great day to visit Theo's Chocolate in Seattle.  We observed how a cocao bean goes from bean to chocolate bar.  It was a very tasty trip :)  The kids loved sampling all sorts of chocolate, and enjoyed a sunny afternoon on the Burke Gilman trail for lunch.  This week we started on a culminating project what we have learned about being a good citizen in our community at Seabury and Tacoma.  We will invite you all to see the final product! On Friday, the entire school met in our classroom and the Explorers room as we made cards for the residents of Frank Tobey Jones Retirement Center. Many of these residents do not have ways to go out and purchase holiday cards, so we made some beautiful ones for the residents to send to families and friends.  A few Sharks will join me with other Seabury students as we deliver them sometime in the next two weeks.
Below are some pictures of our many events that have taken place. Please note upcoming events for no school days and other field trips coming soon!

We have to wear hairnets for the tour!

Yummy!  Peppermint Caramel squares...

How a cocao bean turns to chocolate

CS and an explorer making a holiday card together

Card making!

More card making!

The beginning of our community project.