Thank you!

Thank you so much for paying attention to our blog this year. We loved posting things for you to see! By: Cheetah 

We liked to post stuff on our blog. It made us feel special that people were reading it each week. And we are glad you liked seeing what we did. By: Roly Poly

We liked seeing all your nice comments and we hope the first graders enjoy posting things next year too! They are going to be lucky to be in Second Grade. We can't wait to see what they'll post! We are excited to go to Third Grade! By: Leopard

Pentecost Doves

We learned the story of the Pentecost and created these little projects. At Pentecost the apostles were scared to do what Jesus did and share God's word because they were scared of being killed like Jesus. All of a sudden the Holy Spirit burst through the door and flames appeared over the heads of the apostles. They suddenly scared and they can speak to anyone. They could even speak to people who spoke different languages. By: Parrot

We made doves because we were learning about Pentecost. The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. We have doves on our shirts because we go to Holy Spirit School. By: Cobra 

On my way... to multiplication

We read a book called, "Each orange had eight slices" and the main character was on his way to different places and he kept running into multiplication. He'd ask us questions and we'd have to solve them using multiplication sentences. They were really fun. By: Cat

Then we made our own pages and our own stories with questions. By: Roly Poly 

Making these were really fun. My partner and I wrote a page where we were on our way to the mall and we ran into mommy ducks with baby ducks. We asked our reader to use multiplication to solve how many ducks and baby ducks there were and how many little eyes the baby ducks had. It was fun writing multiplication stories. By: Hamster

It was really fun. My partner and me wrote about going to a carnival. We wanted them to solve how many people and how many balloons and how many cars. We enjoyed it. By: Humming Bird

Our Final Book Report

For our last book report we had to read a book about an animal and write a paragraph with lots of facts about the animal. Then we had to make the animal that was 3D and looked like a stuffed animal. I did a puppy. There were lots of cool animals and everyone worked really hard. By: Penguin

It was fun reading about all the different animals and learning about different animals and their habitats. I loved watching my friends present. We got pick a friend to hold our stuffed animal up while we read about our animal and answered our the questions our friends had. I did panda and he was so cute. By: Bunny

I read a book about a cheetah and I had to get paper and draw a cheetah. I cut it out and stuffing in it and stapled it closed so it was 3D. It was hard to do but it was really fun at the same time! My favorite animal is a cheetah so I liked the project. By: Cheetah

First Communion Mass

Last Wednesday, we had a Communion Mass. We had to wear our First Communion suits and dresses and we had to do the "Here I am to worship" song in two different languages. After we finished the mass, there was a big party. By: Rhino

Learning sign language was very hard but fun. There are so many different signs. We had to learn all the signs for the song, "Here I am to worship." We got to stand on the alter and sing it to the whole entire school except for the 8th graders who were gone. We got to wear our First Communion clothes, but afterwards we had to change back into our school clothes. By: Parrot

We said the words in two languages at the same time. It was hard to learn, but lots of fun. My favorite part of the song was when we signed, "King of all days" during the second verse. It was fun to make a K with my fingers. By: Penguin

Fractured Fairy Tales!

Fractured are very fun when you get to make them. You get to fracture stuff like the elves and the shoemaker. It's pretty easy if you understand the regular story and know how you want to fracture it. First, we had to pick a fairy tale we liked and then we had to brainstorm how we would change it. We had to change the setting, characters, events or perspective of the main character. We then had to look carefully at the original story and the words that repeated or the things that happened in it, so that are story would be good! We took a long time to write them and we finished this week! By: Python

Here are two of our class stories. We hope you like them! By: Grizzly Bear

The Three Little Hikers and the Big Bad Volcano

By: Tiger

Once upon a time, there lived three little hikers. The first hiker was small but loved hiking big mountains. The second hiker was curious about everything and the third hiker was great at reading a map. One day they were climbing a huge mountain in a forest in Northern California. When they got to the top of the mountain, they realized the mountain was no mountain. It was a volcano! The hikers ran down the mountain looking for anything they could use to build shelter. The first hiker found a pile of sticks for his house. After he was finished he took a nap because he was so tired. He was woken up by a loud noise. “Rumble, Tumble! The volcano has exploded!” The hiker got out of the house at the right time just before the lava came and melted the house down. He ran to his brother’s house. His brother had made a house of bricks. Once they were inside, they saw the lava was still flowing. It came down the mountain, “Rumble, Tumble! The volcano had exploded.” The lava began to melt their house. The two brothers screamed and ran out of the house to the third hiker’s house. It was made of ice! They all heard, “RUMBLE, TUMBLE! The Volcano had exploded again!” The lava started flowing even faster and the mountain started to crack. The hikers were very scared. The flowing lava got closer and closer. It almost had touched the house when it suddenly froze. The icehouse had stopped the flowing lava. They lived happily ever after, using the frozen lava as an awesome basketball court. People came from everywhere to play on it. They sold tickets and made lots of money. Just enough money to buy mountain bikes so they can ride down mountains after they hike up them. They plan to someday hike to the top of Mount Everest!

Little Blue Running Shorts 

By: Leopard

Once upon a time, there was a girl, who lived with her mom in a giant sandcastle on the west side of the beach. Whenever the girl went out to run she wore bright blue running shorts that had dark blue stripes. So, everyone called her Little Blue Running Shorts. One day Little Blue Running Shorts’ mom asked her to take a basket of medicine to her grandma on the south side of the beach. “Grandma isn’t feeling well. I’m sure she will love to see you.” So, her mom drew a map, so she would not get lost. As she was leaving, her mom said, “Remember to watch out for the Giant Crab and stay on the path!” Little Blue Running Shorts skipped away and took the basket of medicine to her grandma’s. On the way she saw some beautiful seashells. She thought her grandma might like them so she picked them up and put them in her basket. She didn’t realize someone else was on the beach. It was the Big Giant Crab. “Hello, little girl,” said a deep scratchy voice. “Where are you off to?” “I am off to my grandma’s house. She is sick,” said Little Blue Running Shorts. “Where does your grandma live?” asked the Crab. Little Blue Running Shorts said, “I just need to follow this path and it will take me right there!” With an evil laugh the Giant crab suggested she collect more seashells for her grandma and took off down the path. When the Giant Crab arrived at grandma’s he quickly gobbled her up. Then he climbed into her bed and put on her spare glasses and nightcap. When Little Blue Running Shorts arrived she looked at grandma and said, “Grandma, what big hands you have!” The Crab responded, “The better to hug you with.” Little Blue Running Shorts replied, “Grandma, what big eyes you have!” The Crab said, “The better to see you with!” Finally Little Blue Running Shorts said, “Grandma, What big teeth you have!” “The better to eat you with!” screamed the crab as he gobbled her up!  The Giant crab was so full that he fell asleep in grandma’s bed. Luckily for grandma and little blue running shorts, a very young teenage crab catcher came walking along. He knew grandma very well and knew that she would never leave her door open. He walked in and found the giant crab sleeping in the room. He noticed the big tummy and realized what happened! He used his sharp knife to cut the crab’s tummy open. Out jumped Grandma and Little Blue Running Shorts! They were so thankful that they gave the young crab catcher a huge hug. He and Little Blue Running Shorts became great friends and fell in love. He asked her to marry him, and she said, “Yes!” They all lived happily ever after!

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