Ben's Crabs Came to Bear Country!

Ben brought his crabs to school.  They were named Moon and Hermit.  They were awesome.  Moon was shy. (Jumana)

Ben brought his crabs over for us to see.  We got to pass one around. (Mikayla)

I got to look at Ben's crabs. (Zach)

Ben brought his hermit crabs. (Colton)

Ben brought his hermit crabs.  There were two.  Their names were Hermit and Moon. (Caleb)

Ben brought his hermit crabs to school.   Moon is very shy. (Alicia)

I learned that hermit crabs only live for 3 to 4 months. (Megan)

Ben brought his crabs to show.  (Lauren)

I brought my pet crabs to school. (Ben)

I learned about Ben's crabs. (Reis)

Hermit crabs live for about 29 months. (Tiffany)

Ben brought his hermit crabs to school.  I learned that hermit crabs live in shells. (Branden)

We got to see crabs. (Katarina)

Ben's crabs are a little friendly, but if you touch the pinchers they will pinch you.  (Phoebe)

Ben brought his hermit crabs to school and people kept looking at them. (Chloe)

Ben brought a hermit crab.  Ben said Moon is shy.  We passed Moon around. (Hayden)

Ben brought hermit crabs.  Hermit came out, but Moon did not. (Meikelo)

Ben brought his hermit crabs.  I saw Moon for the first time. (Zachary)

The crabs were funny to see. (Alexis)

Today Ben's mom brought two hermit crabs.  Do you want to know their names?  One is Moon and the other is Hermit.

The Cubs are "Mad" About Science!

We had Mad Science come to our class on Friday.  This is what the children wrote about the lesson:
Breydan:  We learned about carbon dioxide.
Madison:  In Mad Science we learned a new word.
Alexis:  Caleb was fun to see.
Zachary:  In Mad Science Caleb put a cork on a bottle with dry ice and water in it.  The cork flew off.
Meikelo:  Today Mad Science came and he mixed dry ice with water. 
Hayden:  In Mad Science we made week acid.
Chloe:  The scientist showed us a bottle and put cool liquid in it.
Alex:  I learned that if you put dry ice in a bottle with a steel top, it would break the bottle and the bottle would be a grenade!
Phoebe:  From the Mad Science guy we saw dry ice and we found out what dry ice is made of.
Katarina:  We learned 3 words from Mad Science.
Ethan:  In Mad Science we learned about dry ice.  My favorite thing that happened was when the cork on the bottle popped off.
Branden:  The scientist taught us about dry ice.  Dry is -109 degrees.
Tiffany:  In Mad Science we learned about dry ice.
Reis:  I learned two words in Mad Science.
Ben:  In Mad Science we learned about dry ice.
Lauren:  Today in science we learned about dry ice.
Jonathan:  I learned about do not touch dry ice.
Megan:  I learned that dry ice is made of water.
Alicia:  In Mad Science he poured fog all over us.
Caleb:  Mad Science came today.  Caleb taught us about dry ice.
Zach:  In Mad Science we popped a cork of a bottle.
Colton:  In science Caleb brought dry ice.
Mikayla:  In Mad Science the science teacher put a lid on a bottle and it blew off the bottle.
Jumana:  Caleb was in our classroom.  He was funny.  He taught us about dry ice.

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Honors Reader and Double Honors Reader Dance!

Bear Country celebrated with these two children because they reached their goal.  One became an Honors Reader in the school's A.R. club.  The other earned 70 A.R. points  (Double Honors).  The whole class has earned an Honors trophy now.  Their teacher is very proud of all her cubs.  The class has read 5, 272 A.R. books this year!

Bear Country Pride

These children proudly show their number scrolls.  They all wrote their numbers to 1,000!
Mikayla went Above and Beyond by writing her numbers to 2,000! (Click on each individual picture for a better look.)

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A Busy Week!

The cubs were so busy this week that they didn't have time to write about their learning.  They were writing their reports about the animals they gathered research about on their Desert Museum trip last week.  Mad Science came to Bear Country to teach them about earthquakes and rocks.  They read books all week.  They now have read 5, 000 A.R. books!  Three more cubs became Honors Readers.  They measured during math and made Venn diagrams. 
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This Week's News

I got my A.R. trophy.  Breydan and Phoebe got their A.R. trophy.  (Jonathan)

I got an A.R. trophy!  I felt very, very, very happy!
I saw some friends there.  My mom, dad and Nanya
were there. (Phoebe)

When I got my trophy I felt proud.  We almost got our goal.  (Breydan)  (Mrs. Pruzin:  The class has reached their total books read and points earned goals.  They also have a goal that every child earns an honors trophy this year.)

In A.R. I have 119 points!  Shareya is almost to her trophy.  We are so proud of her. (Alicia)

I danced on the table with Mrs. Pruzin and Chloe.  I almost fell down. (Madeleine) (Mrs. Pruzin wants everyone to know that Madeleine was safe as she danced and didn't close to falling down.  I'm sure it just felt like that. :))

Yesterday we went to the Desert Museum.  We saw a rattlesnake with a gila monster.  We also saw a deer.  (Meikelo)

I got sick on Monday night.  On Thursday was the field trip.  Mom and dad said I could go.  (Caleb)

In Music we got a 5!  We learned a new song.  (A Rig a Jig Jig)  We learned another new song that you rock and gallop. (Madison)

At recess I like to read and play tag and play Duck, Duck, Goose. (Megan)

We read the big book.  We found the hidden picture. (Alexis)

We read about weather.  We did a science experiment.  We made a volcano.  (Mikayla)

We made landforms.  It was very fun.  Then it was recess.  I made a volcano during recess.  (Zach)

At music we got a 5.  We got to sing a lot of songs.  We had fun. (Colton)

We spelled something about a special person.  Mine was my uncle. (Jumana)

We went to the Desert Museum.  Me and my dad were doing hummingbirds.  We saw lots of  them.  Mrs. Pruzin let me see snakes. (Chloe)

In math we are measuring.  A paper is 11 inches across.  A checker is about 1 inch. (Alex)

We made desert landforms.  I made a mesa.  Then I made a landslide by pouring water on part of it.  Now I am trying to make it blow up. (Ben)

We measure stuff in math.  We measured stuff that was real and stuff that was not real.  We measured with blocks.  (Tiffany)

We got a 5 in music.  We got to have 5 more minutes of recess.  We got more than 5 minutes. (Reis)

We saw a snake.  Then we saw a rattlesnake. (Shareya)

At recess I play football or war.  In war there are animals.  There are 8 people in war. (Branden)

We made desert landforms in groups of three.  I was in a group with Ben and Zach.  I made a butte.  It was fun. (Zachary)

In library I got a book. (Hayden)

We read a big books about animal clues, hidden animals and coyotes.  (Katarina)

This week we watched a movie about the Desert Museum.  I liked it! (Lauren)