Pruzin's Cubs News

The cubs didn't have time to write for our blog because it was a three day week and they were so busy.

We finished up our learning about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag People and the first Thanksgiving.

The children have been taking home Tom Turkey as a book buddy for the month of November. There's a great book for them to read and then they write a fiction story about Tom. We've been enjoying the stories. When everyone has had a turn, I will publish the stories on my website in the Writing Den.

We read the script to the play that we'll be performing on Tuesday, December 15th. The play is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".

We had 5 centers that were either about the Wampanoag's or the Pilgrims. One of them was making a table top turkey. You can see some of the finished products at the top of this post.

The turkey calling contest was fun, as always. It was especially great because Tiffany won first place in the contest for first grade. We are very proud of her!

Happy Thanksgiving from Bear Country!

Make a Smilebox greeting

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of Nov. 16.

Jumana wrote: We had a marble jar party. It was fun. We laid down on blankets or sleeping bags.

Lauren wrote: We had a marble jar party. We laid on sleeping bags or our favorite blanket. We read books.

Phoebe wrote: We had a marble jar party. We read books at the party. We laid down in our sleeping bags. We brought a stuffed animal.

(The children earned this party and had many choices as to what the party would be. They voted and 15 out of 26 children chose this to be the party. They played with their stuffed animals during recess and read to them at the party. Many of them brought flashlights or little book lights. I turned off the lights and opened the blinds so they could read. )

Megan wrote: Art is fun. We made fun stuff. We had a piece of paper. We had a white crayon and we painted the paper.

Jonathan wrote: We made clay pots. We had to let them dry. It was fun.

Alexis wrote: Art is fun.

Alex wrote: In art we used crayon and painted on the crayon. We finished stuff.

Alicia wrote: We made clay pots. First we mixed the colors together. Then we took our finger and poked a hole in it. Then we formed the pot. It was fun. (These are the pots that the Wampanoag People made and still are making.)

Caleb wrote: We voted for a turkey caller because we have a turkey caller contest. Tiffany is it.

Ethan wrote: A couple of days ago at school Alex was the Star Reader. He read the book, Little Shark.

Katarina wrote: We did our Poetry Folders. We read it. I learned it. It was fun.

Zach wrote: In music we created a train. We played sandblocks, too.

Branden wrote: I can do division and I'm only in first grade. I sometimes need a calculator to find out what the answer is. (The children do their math first, and then they check their work with a calculator.)

Shareya wrote: We are going to type in the computer lab. It will be fun.

Ben wrote: We made a Venn diagram about a Pilgrim child and us. It looks like two circles touching each other.

Mikayla wrote: We made and Indian pouch. It got hung on the wall. I think parents will like it.

Madison wrote: At P.E. we had a substitute. His name was Mr. Koch. It is fun because he is awesome the whole P.E. We did not talk too much and we got a 5 in P.E.

Madeleine wrote: I'm a Ready Reader! It was good. I like you persons. You are good.

Reis wrote: We made clay pots. They were delicate. We had to put them in a bag.

Breydan wrote: Tiffany won the turkey calling contest. She got 7 marks to win.

Chloe wrote: We wrote letters for my aunt. She's in Afghanistan. We made a picture on the back. I brought some pictures to show what she looks like. I had three pictures.

Noah wrote: We are going to the computer lab. We are going to type.

Hayden wrote: We have read 2,085 A.R. books. I have 9 A.R. points.

Tiffany wrote: We voted for the turkey calling contest. I won.

Zachary wrote: We made a Wampanoag pouch. We colored it to make it look like wampum beads.

Colton wrote: We read 2,085 books. We worked together.

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of Nov. 9th

Jumana wrote: We wrote with a goose quill on a horn book. First we wrote our name on a small paper that had the Mayflower on it. It was fun.

Breydan wrote: Quills are fun. I wrote with ink.

Reis wrote: We wrote with goose quills. We made horn books with the alphabet.

Phoebe wrote: Mrs. Pruzin taught us about Pilgrims. She read a book.

Alicia wrote: We made a birch bark basket. We stamped it and then we formed it.

Alexis wrote: I wrote with a quill.

Alex wrote: In art we painted. In art we wrote.

Chloe wrote: At art we had a blank piece of paper. We made some designs on the paper, and painted it so it's pretty.

Megan wrote: Art is fun. We did painting.

Mikayla wrote: We made a color chart. We followed the directions. It was fun and it was hard.

Zach wrote: In music we played a game. It was very fun.

Lauren wrote: We're learning about Wampanoags. They wear deer skin clothes.

Madeleine wrote: Wampanoags are good at catching fish. That is so cool.

Branden wrote: We got a marble jar party for getting 100 marbles in a jar. We are going to see what we are going to do.

Caleb wrote: We earned a marble jar party. On Monday we are going to vote for our marble jar party.

Zachary wrote: We filled the marble jar. We get a marble jar party.

Tiffany wrote: We are planting a bulb. It's growing.

Jonathan wrote: We are growing a bulb. We do not know what it is.

Colton wrote: We are measuring a bulb so we can see how long it grows before we see the flower.

Katarina wrote: I am an Independent Reader. I like A.R.

Ethan wrote: In school today I moved up a level in A.R. A.R. is when you take tests on books, but not every book. Some books are not A.R.

Hayden wrote: We made cards to my baby sister. I liked it.

Ben wrote: We have a bear skin rug. We get to sit on it.

Shareya wrote: I was Student of the Week.

Noah wrote: Me and Branden played football. It was fun. Branden kicked the ball high.

Madison wrote: We made birch bark baskets. Do you know how you make a basket? You fold a long side; then you fold the other side. Then you turn it and fold both sides. Last you tie each side with leather strings.

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of Nov. 2, 2009

Mrs. Pruzin wrote: I am very proud of these cubs. They have earned an Honors trophy in our school's A.R. club. None of them have stopped reading A.R. books. They are on their way to 100 A.R. points! One of them already has 130 points! I am also proud of my other cubs who are working so hard on reading A.R. books. I am sure they will also get a trophy by the end of the school year.

Madison wrote: At the celebration we had eight peoply have trophies because they are Honors Readers. But we were supposed to have nine people getting trophies, but Alex got his trophy yesterday because he got sick.

Alicia wrote: This week in art we made our own color wheel. In P.E. we did centers and at the Spirit Celebration I got my trophy.

Jonathan wrote: Reis got his trophy. We went to Art. We got a 3+.

Phoebe wrote: We had Art yesterday and it was fun. We had a Spirit Celebration.

Megan wrote: In the Spirit Celebration I got my trophy. In art we did fun stuff.

Branden wrote: I got my trophy in A.R. today for reading. We went to art and made a drawing.

Hayden wrote: In art we made a color wheel. Today nine children got trophies.

Ben wrote: I got an A.R. trophy. some other people got A.R. trophies.

Lauren wrote: We had a chunk word test. There were ten words. We are learning about Pilgrims.

Tiffany wrote: We went to recess. I played Mr. Bee. We are going to the computer lab.

Chloe wrote: At the Celebration I got my trophy. More people got some. Nine people got it. I love trophies. They're cool. I have 44 A.R. points.

Caleb wrote: In art we drew a triangle and put the primary colors in it. And then we put the secondary colors.

Madeleine wrote: I was bleeding when we we in the den on the rug. It was sad. Good day to you.

Zach wrote: I got my trophy. I got my math packet.

Alexis wrote: I like Mrs. Pruzin. She is the best teacher in the whole wide world, but a lot of teacher's are the best teachers, too.

Mikayla wrote: We went to the Spirit Celebration and nine people got trophies. We went to music and we made a color chart and made different colors.

Katarina wrote: We did Art. It was super fun!

Jumana wrote: We went to the Spirit Celebration. We saw a pizza. Nine kids from our class got a trophy. We are learning about Pilgrims. Pilgrims lived long ago.

Reis wrote: I got my trophy. Eight more people got their's. In art we made a color triangle.

Ethan wrote: At school we had our Spirit Celebration. Nine people in our class got a trophy. It was exciting!

Zachary wrote: I got my reading trophy. I got a game player.

Noah wrote: We had nine Honors Readers, but there was eight because Alex was sick. Zach was Honors Reader, so was Branden. Reis was one, too. Zachary was too.

Colton wrote: At art we made a color triangle and we got to color the outside of the color triangle.