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Conte Crayon Mammal Art 2010
San Diego Rains and Vassily Kandinsky Watercolors 2010
Conte Crayon Desert Tortoises 2010
Self Portraits 2007
Degas & Rumpelstiltskin 2007
More Art ... 
1st & 2nd Year Students: Immersion Into Expressive Writing
3rd Year Students: Personal Essays from Junior Great Books 4th Year Students: Personal Essays from Junior Great Books 5th Year Students: Personal Essays from Junior Great Books Poems based on studied poetry of Langston Hughes More Poetry ...
1st & 2nd year Students:
Journal Today we went to the William D. Cannon Art Gallery to see the exhibit of teapots: "Object to Subject". We saw so many teapots (49 actually) from all over the nation. We saw functional and decorative teapots. We saw a teapot that would try to trick your eye, And there were two hands with rings on the hands. There were also teapots called "Bridge Tea" and "Stacked Crates."
The spout of "Stacked Crates " was made of three can and the handle was a small tire. The top where you put the tea was a Coca Cola bottle.
There was a teapot that the artist wanted you to think that it was metal, because of the texture of the clay and the color of it too.
Another teapot was called "Tulipomania. The lines on the teapot were just amazing. And the "Let's Go" teapot #21 was so realistic that the clay that they used made the teapot actually look like real rocks. The ringed finger teapot tried to fool my eye.
I agree with Daniel about the "Figs on the Orange Twist" teapot. Tea is good for you and so the artist made a teapot with fresh fruits to show the pot is health and something healthy should go into the teapot, That is what I think of the teapot.
After the Gallery we made a small teapot made of self-drying clay. We carved faces on the teapots. I made a brown dog with a big snout and a yellow nose. After that we colored pictures of teapots. Gabriel's dad made my face out of clay. I put it on my colored teapot, but it did not stick at all.
Reading Logs support each student's engagement with comprehension and self expression.
"Incredible Reptiles" by John Townsend Quote: Reptiles have been on Earth for more than 250 million years. Scientist think that dinosaurs evolved from the early reptiles. At one time they were probably the biggest animals to ever walk on Earth. Today there are almost 6,000 kinds of reptiles. They all have something in common.
Response: I like this part, because to find to find out that reptiles have lived here for such a long time.
Quote: Most lizards have pointed teeth that are alike. They do not have special teeth for grinding, so they cannot chew up food very well. Instead they crush it in their mouths and then gulp it down whole.
Response: I like this, because I have a hard time chewing because I HAVE FOUR TEETH MISSING, ALL IN ONE ROW!
"Abe Lincoln" by Kay Winters Quote: Abe aimed his words at wrongs he would like to right. People said he should run for public office. First fhe tried for Congress, then Senate. At last he ran for the highest office in the land.
Response: I think it was good that Abe was against slavery, because SLAVERY IS WRONG AND I MEAN IT!
Quote: Abe Lincoln, born in a cabin, child of the frontier, head in a book, elected to 16th president from the wildness to the White House. He learned the power of words.
Response: I am glad that Abe brought freedom and we both like to read.
"Rosa Parks" by Edith Hope Fine Quote: Good things happened too. Rosa received thousands of letters thanking her for what she did. Streets, schools and libraries all over the country were named for her.
Response: Rosa Parks is very special, because things are named after her. Naming things after Rosa Parks helps people remember the special person. People were inspired by Rosa Parks. She was a very brave woman. In 1996 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Quote: Ten seat in front were for whites only. Ten seats in back could be used by blacks. The bus drivers were in charge of the middle seats.
Response: Rosa Parks was getting ready to take the bus home from work. She sat in the middle of the bus. When the white people got on the bus, Rosa was supposed to give up her seat. But she did not. The police put her in jail for this. She must have been very scared.
"If a Bus Could Talk" by Faith Reingold Quote: One faithful day (December 1, 1955) Mrs. Parks took this very bus home from work. The bus driver whose name was James Blake told Mrs. Parks to get up and give her seat to a white man. There were other black people sitting in the same section and all of them would have to get up, so that the white man could sit down. Rosa knew that the segregation laws were unfair and, right then and there, she decided to do something about it. She told the driver she could not give up her seat. This was the same bus driver who had wronged her before.
Response: I liked this part, because Rosa Parks did not give up and then Rosa parks refused to give her seat and it had been reserved.
"Seven Miles to Freedom" by Janet Halfmann Quote: As a favored house servant, Robert had an easier life than most slaves. Even so, from the time he was a young boy, he witnessed the evils of slavery.
Response: Robert said that everybody has to be nice to each other.
Quote: In the evenings, by candlelight, Hannah sewed garments for the wealthy women of Charleston while Robert studied charts and maps of the harbor, rivers, creeks and channels.
Response: Robert studied hard to become one of the best boat handlers to earn big money for his family He is an inspiration to others.
Quote: Robert Smalls's dreams of freedom began in his hometown of Beaufort, South Carolina, the largest town on a cluster of plantation islands down the coast from Charleston.
Response: This reminds me of when Martin Luther King, Jr. did his "I Have a Dream Speech".
"A Picture Book of Frederick Douglas" by David A Adler Quote: Frederick Douglass believed that people are not property to be owned by others.
Response: This reminds me of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Quote: Poor white boys he met in the street helped him learn to read.
Response: The white boys did not see color.
"Whales" by Seymour Simon Quote: A whale has a tail with horizontal flukes, which are different from the vertical tail fins of a fish. The upward stroke pushes the whale thirty miles per hour. From tip to tip, the flukes of a great whale are larger than a tall person.
Response: Whales' flukes are horizontal and the fish's tail is vertical. This reminds me of what we learned about line in Geometry!
Spelling Stories "Legoland" by Cameron Hickerson
I remember the first time I went to drive a car at Legoland. I went very slow and then I asked the man to please fix my car so it could fly. I won't sleep behind the wheel. I felt like a train and then I looked and I was going super fast. Then I rushed into a tree. I got a bad grade. Next time I will have to come back, but not for free. My car was not clean.
I can fly in the sky and bump into the wall. Then I fall to sleep. I drive and crash, then climb up a tree then I am free. Then I say, "Please." I can be very slow. I can clean myself and go on a train.
"Star Party" by Siena Haustein The Friday night we had a star party at our school. We had a presentation from the computer in our classroom. The person who gave the presentation was Mr. Chris Hendron. He knew a lot about the stars, because he told us that we were going to see the Orion Nebula that night.
We had three telescopes positioned to different points in the sky. I saw the moon in the sky. The craters in the moon looked interesting. The moon looked like yellow cheese. I had never seen it that close(ly) before.
We looked at the sky with binoculars.
In the telescopes I wondered if I would see the planets of Saturn or Mars or the (constellation) Seven Sisters. There were a lot of stars at the star party.
Last night I saw the moon outside my bedroom window. I had never seen it outside my bedroom window before. We saw four beams of bright light. It was shining in the window. My mom thought that I wouldn't be able to sleep, so she closed the window.
3rd Year Students:
Being Prepared ... Being prepared is a skill or a quality that I have and is noticed in Ivan the Fool. Ivan got ready to do his task of looking for the thief. He got things to eat, kept warm and whistled to himself.
My goal in life is to have rich experiences in areas of music, art and Spanish.
Being prepared is important to accomplish my goals. Being ready with supplies and my ideas will help me create new artwork. Being prepared with my recorder and music folder will help me learn better.
At gymnastics class I always get dressed quickly, do stretches and a run around the square, then I can focus on my new skill. When I practice the Spanish vocabulary, I can remember what I have learned and go on to the next goal.
Kaleigh Rodriguez
Taking Advice ... Taking advice can help me achieve a goal. Ivan took advice from the Humpbacked Horse to try not to grieve by trying to get the mare. He took the challenge and then took the advice to rest. This is what I would do. I would try my best; and if I failed, I would relax. If I felt better, I would try again. My goal could be to help my friends solve problems. The problem could be solve a puzzle or how to train a pet to sit.
If I could not figure it out, I could get advice from my neighbor who is really good at solving problems.
Reece Chow
Trust ... The quality of trust would help me accomplish a goal. Little Fool Ivan trusts the Little Humpbacked Horse. When Little Fool Ivan was crying, the Little Humbacked Horse said, "Don't cry. Tsarita will come back tomorrow." And so she did.
Tsar wanted her too, but Tsarita said to the Tsar that he was too old for a girl. She was only eighteen years old and the Tsar was much older than that. Little Fool Ivan asked the Little Humpbacked Horse what to do.
I can accomplish my goal to get a college education and choose an interesting profession of teaching or doctor. I can accomplish my goal by trusting my "nona" because she has been through a lot of things. I also trust my papa. He went through a lot of things too.
This quality will help me achieve my goal, because I trust my nona and papa. They have been through a lot and my papa was about to be a doctor. By listening, I will have their support.
Morgan Rooney
Taking Risks ... The quality of taking risks can help me accomplish goals. Little Fool Ivan road 10,000 versts and finally found the girl Tsar. In the end Ivan takes a risk to jump in boiling water then hot water and then cold water. When the Tsar saw Ivan he came running down the stairs and jumped in the water, but it did not work on him.
I would like to get my black belt in karate. However, I sometimes I am scared. In the past I was struck in the stomach by an opponent. Then I was afraid to go up against him the next time. Coincidently, I forgot to take my gear. Then, I could not reach my goal.
I was instructed to "belt-spar" which gave me some time to think. I pulled myself together and decided to go for it. I decided to take the risk and try again. I haven't done it yet; but if I don't take the risk, I know I won't get it.
Alexis Friedman
Being Adventurous ... Ivan is adventurous when he jumps on the thief's back, when he talked to the Tsar, and when he took the mare with seven manes and seven fierce stallions. I would like to be adventurous because being adventurous is risking. I would like to be adventurous because it would help me accomplish many goals.
One big goal I would like to accomplish is to have a book published. Sometimes I am unsure I could write and publish a book, because writing a book is hard and takes work. I am adventurous in some ways, but I am not in other ways. Being adventurous is a good thing in ways but not good in other ways. It's not good, because you may get hurt. But it is good, because you go for it. If you make good choices in life, you will accomplish the goal you would like to accomplish without getting hurt too much.
Deklyn Schlassa
Being Caring ... Ivan cares for everyone because he would risk his life for his family, and more importantly he never gives up. Ivan's brothers are very wealthy and he isn't. He does whatever his father tells him to when his brothers don't. I would like to accomplish being caring to everyone in the world.
I think being caring and affectionate is showing love to the world and the people that live in it. When you love and cherish the people in the world they will love you too. I think you should dream and keep moving forward and don't give up. I think you should love the people and they will do the same to you.
Camryn Almada
4th Year Students:
Being Bullied Makes you a Bully ... I think most bullies got bullied at a young age causing him or her to be a bully. Other bullies just want to be feared and respected by others. Also another type of bully bullies people to get attention from his or her mom, dad, teacher, and principal.
I would not be a bully, because everyone would fear me.
What I would do to the bully, if he made a rude comment, like, "Your hair looks stupid or weird", is say "Thank you for telling me". Then I would walk away.
David Schreibman
Bullies want Attention ... Bullies want to appear strong on the outside. Maybe they want to "put others down", so they get the attention. I would not want to be a bully. It is mean, but also being a bully forces others to do things rather than them wanting to do things I want to surround myself with people who care for good reasons not just power.
A bully can be hurt, because he spends so much time 'being tough' that he does not learn other skills like language and math. Maybe the bully could be hurt, because he never learns to love and make good relationships.
The old man is smart how he handles the robbers, because he stands there and does not allow them to upset or disturb him.
The best way to stop a bully is when the bully says, 'I'm going to punch you', you say, "Okay." Since he has no response, he will walk away with no contest. Another way to stop bullies is to be nice to them.
Rhiana Becker
5th Year Students:
Lenny Could Improve his Life by ... Prakesh was feeling badly for a unkempt boy named Lenny, so she invited him over to her house. Lenny was not treating her house very nicely.
One day at school on the playground when it was Lenny's birthday, and they gave Lenny 'bumps'. Nobody celebrated with Lenny, so Prakesh invited him invited him over for tea. He said, "Yes," he would. Prakesh thought she could get a card for Lenny and some cake and ice cream from the shop that her family owned. This helped to make Lenny's life better.
The best things for people to improve Lenny's life is to get some support for the family to improve his mother's parenting and help his self-image with some new clothes. The most important is to make friends with him.
What Lenny could do for himself would be to take care and responsibility for himself. He could try and encourage his mother to take a role in helping around the house. Trying to become neater would help him make friends and his friends would give him support. He would also need freedom. ---Lenny needs a role model like a supportive mother and father or a very close friend that he trusts to show him what is right or what's wrong, and that someone will always be there for him. If Lenny would get the respect that he needs he will respect others like not telling nasty things to little girls.
If Prakash would help Lenny to change his life then Lenny's life would be perfect.
Daniel Rodriguez
Lenny Could Improve his Life by ... Prakesh tries to make things better for Lenny! But when Prakesh took Lenny to her home, Lenny was treating her house like a playground. Prakesh's sister, Nalina, left a postal order with money on the entry table. Lenny took the money and took it to his mother.
In my opinion a person could help by being the best person just like the Golden Rule. I would try to do that towards him. Also, I would need support from a more experienced person.
Perhaps the support would be the police. They could visit the home, and they could try to explain that stealing is an illegal crime. There could also be a reform school or community center near his house. Lenny could get training in life skills by a social worker.
The things that Lenny could do to help himself would be to go to school on a daily basis. He could make choices to take care on himself, resist the bad examples and treat his friends with better care.
I think Lenny would be able to improve his life if he had physical, mental and emotional strength! Also he will need to surround himself by a good support. Then perhaps he could help his mother with the challenges she is facing!
An improved life could make Lenny happy about himself and feel great!
April Vanaria
Lenny Could Improve his Life by ... The easiest thing to do to improve Lenny's life is have Lenny clean himself up and be more social at school. Kids at school did not like Lenny, because of his personal hygiene.
If Lenny's mom would be a little nicer to him, she could help him clean himself up. She could help him by making him get in the shower and wash his clothes.
Lenny could help himself by being more social and going to school more often to get to know the other kids at school.
I think Lenny could change his whole life if he had the right kind of help. His whole life could change, because if he had the correct help, I think kids and other people would like him better. That would make Lenny feel better and have more self-confidence, too.
Ava Sophia Walker
Poems based on studied poetry of Langston Hughes
The Frog
Upon a rock a dead leaf lies. Of the danger lurking there. Straight ahead the stalker stares- Then soars once more into the air After the frog flew though the air. The cricket was no longer there. As the onlookers nostrils flare, A marsh-like scent enters the air. The frog makes no noise at all. To startle the people sitting there The frog moves rarely. It twitches barely. Its eyes set squarely. In its head. Watching, staring, Never daring, To stop looking, Straight ahead. This Land
This land.
Establishing a Home
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