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Busy Year!!!

Wow! We have been so busy this year we have had little time to post. We are planning some fun activities for the next six weeks. Be looking for updates on our podcasts and poetry notebook. We are excited about them. We are also counting down the days until the TAKS test. We have been working double hard. We plan to ROCK THE TAKS!!

Salt Map of Texas Regions

This week we learned how to make salt maps of the Texas Regions.  Mrs. Nelson gave a bag of salt and flour.  Then we put in 110 mL of water in each bag.  We mixed it up until it made a dough.  Next, we molded it into the shape of Texas.  Finally, we added lines to separate the four regions of Texas.  The four regions of Texas are Coastal Region, The Great Plains Region, Mountain and Basin Region, and Central Plains Region.  We were surprised to find out we are in the Coastal Region.  This is surprising because we are not near the coast.  We will finish them next week when we color the regions to match our map key.

Miner's Digging in Cookies

This week in Mrs. Nelson's class we dug coal.  Our coal was chocolate chips inside of cookies.  We wanted to eat them but we couldn't.  We made miners hats out of cups and black construction paper.  Some of us thought they looked goofy.  Some of us thought they looked like they had real flashlights on them.  We learned that it is hard to replace coal and other natural resources.

Current Events by Jamaal, Kevin, Johnny, and Darwin from Mrs. Nelson's Class

Hey!  Do you ever have that dream where you wake up and go to school in your pajamas?  Well we lived it.  Today, from being so good on TAKS testing days we got to wear pajamas!  Also, we had so much fun we got to watch a movie about a kid that got involved in gangs.  It was called the Buttercream Gang.  We learned that you have to be thoughtful about your friends.  Fighting is never the answer.

Also, we have learned about the Swine Flu this week.  Mrs. Nelson told us to cover your mouth when you cough.  The swine flu is highly contagious.  Some reports about the swine flu have reached Dallas.  So be sure to cover your mouth to protect your self.

Lastly, we feel like we beat the TAKS!  Our big goal was to get commended and we feel like we have done that.  We want to make our teacher, Mrs. Nelson proud.

Book Fair by Korryn

This week our school had a book fair.  There were pet books, cook books, and even books about spiders.  There were how to books also.  There were some pens, wallets, and more.  All purchases benefit the school and it was open at conveniently times.  There was one book there we all recognized-Canned by Alex Shearer.  We have been reading Canned for the past month and we aren't finished yet, as it is relatively long.  Now some of us are done with Canned because we purchased copies of this great book.  Canned is about a boy named Fergel Bamfield who collects...you guessed it, cans.  But not any cans...cans with no labels.  Can you guess what he finds?  Body parts... read this awesome book to find out why.

Korryn's Blog from Last Week

We decided to let all students write a blog then we selected our favorite.  This blog was submitted by Korryn from Mrs. Nelson's Class:

In Mrs. Nelson's Class we have been reviewing math so that we are ready for the math Texas Assessment of Knowledge and skills, or TAKS test.  Mrs. Nelson expects us to receive commended on the test, and I think if we try really hard we could do it.  We take this test quite seriously here, and we already know the math, so we should be able to.  Mrs. Nelson is a good teacher and has prepared us very well.  So bring it on state of TEXAS!!!