BEAR COUNTRY

Valentine Fun (2012)

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Healthy Heart Day Fun (2012)

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Day 100 in Bear Country

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Our Holiday Party (2011)

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Our Grinch Play (2011)

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Thanksgiving Centers

2011-12-03T20:29:00.001-08:00

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Field Day Fun (2011)

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Harvest Party (2011)

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Our Trip to Buckelew Farm (2011)

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Bee Kind (Peace Rally)

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Our Apple Eating Contest

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Root Beer Floats

2011-09-24T22:39:00.000-07:00

Our class won a Root Beer Float Party from the school's Hawk Walk. We had the most participation. You can see from the pictures that the cubs loved their treat. We send a HUGE thank you to the PTO!

Our Day with Mother Goose!

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Our Labeled Monsters

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The cubs had a great time creating these monsters!

Each monster was created after listening to a rhyme. The cubs made the body part after hearing the rhyme. They were able to add some of their own features. The last thing they did was add some labels.

Teddy Bear Creations

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The cubs made their own teddy bears. You can see how creative my cubs are by looking at their teddies.

News from Mrs. Pruzin's Cubs

2011-09-05T21:19:00.000-07:00

When we were in Art, we decorated square papers. (Will)
We made squares and we decorated the squares in Art. (Tanner)
I like Art because it is my favorite classroom. We made Kachinas. We like Art. (Phoebe)

Math is important because it is fun and super fun. (Jacob)
In Math we do number sentences. We write in our math journals. (Kaitlyn)

We learned the rules on the first day of P.E. We play games and do the parachute. (Maegan)
I went to P.E. We had lots of fun! I love P.E. I did the parachute. (Sophia)

Music is fun. We dance. I love music. (Nevaeh)
In Music we got to play one of the instruments. (James)

We like recess. (Dominic)
We saw a tarantula spider. It ran fast while I was on the swings. (Lucas)

We use a word muncher to munch words. (Reed)
Word Munchers eat words. Word Munchers lose their teeth. (Brysen)
We like the Word Muncher because it's fun. We feed it words. (Bella)

Mrs. Pruzin give us presents when it is your birthday. It was my birthday. I got a book. (Tyler)Birthdays are fun. Today is Tyler's birthday. We had donuts. Tyler has a snake book. (Cadence)

We read a lot in class. I have a new book in my book box. It is a fairy book. Reading is fun. (Lainey)

At Bear Day we played with our bears and made them do a poem. We had a picnic with our bears. (Sophie)
I read with my bear. (Casey)

In the Hawk Walk the children got wet because the big people sprayed the children. (Kriti)
At the Hawk Walk we walked around the field and we got otter pops. (Jack)
In the Hawk Walk they squirt us and they squirt us with silly string. (Claire)
At the Hawk Walk we got wet and they silly stringed me. (Daniel)

THE HAWK WALK (2011)

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Bear Day (2011)

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Book Clubs

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These cubs are working together to read about bears. They took turns reading the book.

These cubs all read their book together. One cub held the book and pointed while the others read with her.

These cubs took turns reading the book. Everyone listened to the reader.

These cubs are reading this non-fiction book about bears together. Everyone was choral reading it. Then they told the group two interesting facts that they learned from the book.

The Tenth Day of School

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Our First Day in Bear Country

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Our Last Day of School

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Newest 1,000 Club Members

2011-05-27T07:33:00.000-07:00

Splash and Fun Day

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Mad Science Lesson---Dry Ice

2011-04-30T07:51:00.001-07:00

Here's what the students wrote about this lesson:

Dry is so cold it burns you. There was gas called carbon dioxide. Gas is air. He talked about gas. My favorite part was shen he went around and got smoke on us! Carl put a balloon on a science bottle. It blew up. In Mad Science we learned about carbon dioxide. (a.k.a. smoke) It is like the stuff in soda. A gas is the oxygen we breathe. Dry ice is so cold. It is colder than your refrigerator.At first if you pick up dry ice, it will feel hot. I learned we should never touch dry ice with our bare hands. There was a little bottle called Peter the Penguin because it has like a little beak. Smoke came out of the beak. When I came to the rug we were like chemicals. First we were squished. The we got a little squished. Finally we weren't squished. We got to learn about solids, gasses and liquids. We learned when you put dry ice in a big bucket, it makes a lot of fog. The particles in solids are very close. Liquids are spread apart. Air is very spread apart. Dry ice is carbon dioxide. Regular ice turns into a liquid, then a gas. Dry ice doesn't. It just turns into a gas. One kind of gas is air. When we were close together, it's called a solid. When we were a little apart, it is called a liquid. Science is very dangerous. Franny K. Stein is a Mad Scientist, too! I learned that gas is very easy to walk through. I loved it. It was fun!

Marble Jar Party with 4th Grade Buddies

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Another 1,000 Club Member & The Newest Honors Reader

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We went to the Desert Museum.

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The Newest 1,000 Club Member

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Reptile Rally

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1,000 Club Members

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The International Wildlife Museum Comes to Bear Country!

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Our Newest 1,000 Club Members

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The Cubs Reached their A.R. Club Goals!

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What Will You Do? (23 Different Stories)

2011-03-13T15:01:00.000-07:00

These are the stories that will be in the published book the students made. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

A Goalie By Hector
     I want to be a soccer player. I will be a goalie. A goalie’s job is don’t let the other team make a goal. Goalies need gloves. I want to be a soccer player because I like it.

A Sculptor By Peyton
     I want to be a sculptor. I want to do it in a sculptor building. I will learn it at a sculptor teacher place. I will use a miner to mine rocks to mine it into a robot. I will have to train for it. I will build a sprite robot. Not all of them will be a robot. I like building sculptures. It will be fun!

A Spy and Work on Computers By Charlie
     I want to be a spy because my mom was a spy. I want to be a spy because I can spy on people. I need a black costume to be a spy.
    I can work on laptops. I need a screwdriver. I want to work at Right Networks, too; but what should I do?

Art Teacher By Amanda
     I wish to be an art teacher because you get to paint stuff and you get to teach, too. I need paint. I need tables. I need glue. I need chairs. I need people. I need to be old. I need water. I need a computer. I need paper. I would learn to make paintings. I would try to learn art at art class.

Artist By Abby
     What I want to be is an artist, because I love to draw and color. I draw beautiful things. I am in Kidz Art. I am an amazing artist. Some of the things I need are: a paint brush, paint, and paper. I LOVE art. Do you like art? I will put it in stores. I will make money.

Artist   By Adriana
     I want to be an artist. I have really good coloring. Coloring is fun. I will need a brush, and paint and a board. I want to paint people. You make paintings. Then you make money. I want to have money.

Artist By Cristian H.
     When I grow up I want to be a sculptor and an artist because it is fun and there is no right or wrong way! I’ll need bottle caps, glue, paint, paint brushes, and paper. Also, I will sell my paintings. I’ll have a place to work. I want to be them because I love art.

Boson By Gavin
     I want to be a boson because my dad does it and because I like it. He goes to sea and fights bad guys.

Consultant   By Spencer
     When I grow up I want to be a consultant. I will work with my computer. I work in an office. I need a computer. I help other people with their work. I come home, and then I do some work. I want to be a consultant because they make a lot of money.

Different Things By Diego
     I want to be a dinosaur maker because dinosaurs are cool. The name of my place is Jurassic Park. It will have a sign and it will say: “Welcome to Jurassic Park”. A dinosaur maker needs fossils, tools and shovels.
     I also want to be an art man, and a teacher. Art is nice and I like teachers. Those are the reasons I want to be those three.

Football Player By Christian
     I want to be a football player because it’s fun, and because I earn points for my team. Football players tackle each other and keep them from getting a touchdown. I will need shin pads. I will need a football. I will need shoes. I will need a shirt. I will need a helmet. I will need socks. I will need pants. I earn money. Also, it’s exciting and cool!

I Want to be a Paleontologist   By Ed
     I want to be a paleontologist when I grow up. I want to be a paleontologist because it looks cool. When I’m a paleontologist I will study dinosaurs. I will need a brush. How will I be that? I will work very hard in college. I will work at a museum.

My Job By Desirae
     I want to be an artist because I like to draw and color and I think that it is fun. I need paper, paint, and a brush, and then I would paint a beautiful sunset. I would do art all day. I would sell it to my teacher and my friends.

Scientist By Collin
     I want to be a scientist with my own lab. I want to be a scientist because a scientist can make cool experiments. I will make a book that shows all of my experiments. I need a scientist uniform. I need special glasses.

Scuba Diver By Ryan
     When I grow up I want to be a scuba diver. I will go deep diving. I’ll need an oxygen pack. Then I will look for a blue shark. Next I will look for a puffer fish and a crab. Last, I will swim to shore. I want to be a scuba diver because it sounds cool.

Singer By Shreya
     There are so many things I want to do, but the best thing is singing. First I get a cone.     Then I get a hair band. Last I get a ball and then I start singing. I will practice at my house in my room. I will sing good songs. Why will I sing; because I want to sing. Why I will sing good songs is because I am in my room on my bed and that makes it better. I love singing because it makes me happy.

Umbrella Maker By Syd
     I am going to be an umbrella maker. I will cut out a blanket. I will make the topping and find a stick for the spokes. I will make patterns on my umbrellas. Then I will sell it at a store. People pay me money. I think that is fun.

Vet   By Nikolas
     I want to be a vet because I like animals. It is fun! I will need medical tools. I will go to vet school. I like helping people with their pets.

What I Want to Be   By Claire
     I go outside. I look at some beautiful things and look at the things. Then I paint on papers. Some of the things I need are paint brushes, paints and paper. I want to be an artist because painting is fun.

When I Grow Up By Jonas
     When I grow up I want to be somebody who will work on computers. I will see what is wrong. I will tell them what is wrong. Some of the things I will need are pliers and screw drivers. They will give me the tools to fix it. I will fix it. I will get paid. Why I like to do that is because I am interested in computers.

When I Grow Up   By Adam
     When I grow up I want to be a spaceship builder and an alligator and crocodile keeper. I would build any kind of space ship. I would keep any kind of alligator or crocodile. I will need a habitat and some tools. I want to build a space ship because they are cool. Alligators and crocodiles are also cool.

Wii Game Designer   By David
     I want to be a Wii game designer because it sounds exciting. It sounds cool. I want to make a Wii game so much. I want to make a Star Wars game. I need a computer. I need a shipping box. I need a shirt and clothes and underwear so I don’t be naked. I have to have a creative mind. I’m going to work in a computer lab. I want to make money because I want to get paid.

Worker   By Mason
     When I grow up I will work at Funny Things for Kids. I just made it up. I want to work there because I will get $75.00. Some of the things I will need are a stand, an open sign and water to sell. I will need a funny brain. The first thing I will do is I will put the stand up and wait for people to come. Then after that I will go home and rest.

The Cubs Love Making Funny Faces!

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Three More Cubs Earn Their Honors Trophy

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Mrs. Walker gives the cubs their Honors trophies in Bear Country.

A.R. Celebrating!

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These cubs were dancing because one earned 100 A.R. points and the other one became an Honors Reader.

Reciting the Alphabet Backwards

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Listen to the Cubs recite the alphabet backwards!

Read Across America Day

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Healthy Heart Day Fun

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Newest 1,000 Club Member

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Our Valentine's Day Exchange

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The Cubs' Future Jobs

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I read the Dr. Seuss book, Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should be a Vet to the children. I asked them to write down what they want to be when they grow up. Some children wrote more than one job. We'll be making a class book out of their writing and illutstrations and then send it to be published. Here are the future jobs of these wonderful children:

An Umbrella Maker
A Goalie on a Soccer Team
A Bosun
A Vet
A Football Player
An Art Teacher
An Artist (4 children chose this.)
A Dinosaur Maker
An Art Man
A Teacher
A Sculptor (2 children chose this.)
Work at a place called "Funny Things for Kids"
A Scientist
A Spy
A Scuba Diver
A Wii Game Designer
A Computer Person
A Spaceship Builder
An Alligator and Crocodile Keeper
A Consultant
A Singer

LOVE IS.......

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I asked the children to finish this sentence: Love is....
This is what Collin, Syd, Adam, Cristian H., Charlie, Shreya, Peyton, Claire,
Christian F., David, Mason, Hector, Jonas, Ryan, and Diego wrote. (Many of the Cubs had the same ideas about what love is. I will only write the idea once, but I'll put an asterisk after the word each time was written.

LOVE IS.....

cool***
love
laughing*
kisses***********
hugs************
sharing**
valentines
playing*
being kind****
giving candy
getting money*
my mom and dad taking care of me
before I go to bed I take kisses
my mom and dad give me food
taking care of your pets
giving out valentines
you can be nice*
doing something with your friend
helping someone
rad
a valentine dance

More 1,000 Club Members

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Science Fair Participants

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This project earned the first place ribbon!

We had two cubs participate in the Science Fair. They both did a great job!

Book Characters

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New Members of the 1,000 Club

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Number Scrolls

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Once you become a 1,000 Club member, your scroll hangs in the hallway. The cubs keep adding to their scrolls.

2 More Honors Readers!

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Love Bugs

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1,000 Club Members

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The cubs started writing a number scroll on the 100th day of school. These two cubs have already become members of the club! Congratulations to them!

This cub has actually written
his numbers to 2,000! Who knows
how long his scroll will be?

This cub is still adding to his number scroll, too.

Day 100 in Bear Country

2011-02-05T08:27:00.001-08:00

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Our Newest Honors Readers

2011-01-17T12:18:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to these cubs! They have earned an honors trophy in our school's A.R. club. We are very proud of them!

The Cubs Holiday Wishes

2011-01-09T15:24:00.000-08:00

Each cub's homework before our winter break was to write a holiday wish for themself, their family and the world. Here is what they wrote:

My Holiday Wishes by Peyton
My wish for my family because my mom makes me dinner and she helped me with the Christmas lights, I wish that I had an X-box. I wish that the world would be bigger.

My Holiday Wishes by Spencer
My family wishes to be safe this year. I wish for presents. A wish for the world is peace.

My Holiday Wishes by Charlie
My wish is that I can see Saint Nick. My family wish is to get a new dog. My wish is for is for peace in the world.

My Holiday Wishes by Hector
I wish for Santa to give me a robot monster and a DS and a robot. I wish for my family to get a dog. I wish for the world to be kind and to have everything they want.

My Holiday Wishes by Claire
I wish my family to always love each other. I wish for a very, very pretty, pretty glass slipper for myself. I wish for the world to be happy.

My Holiday Wishes by David
I wish for my family to have a good time and eat cake. I wish for myself a toy. I wish for the world to have peace.

My Holiday Wishes by Abby
My family wishes for love. I wish for a monkey. I wish that the world to be a better place.

My Holiday Wishes by Adriana
Me – I wish to have an American girl doll on Christmas. I wish for my family to care for people who need help. I wish for everyone in the world to be happy.

My Holiday Wishes by Cristian H
My 1st wish is for my family to have a great holiday. My 2nd wish is for me to get my presents. My 3rd wish is for the world to have a very merry Christmas!

My Holiday Wishes by Collin
I wish for holiday fun for my family. I wish that my family would buy me a dog. I wish it would rain food for the world.

My Holiday Wishes by Adam
I wish to be with my family forever. I wish to win the science fair. I wish for the world to stay clean. I also wish for world peace and harmony.

My Holiday Wishes by Christian F
I wish for my family to stay healthy. I wish for lots of presents from Santa. I wish for the world that people pick up their trash.

My Holiday Wishes by Amanda
I wish my family a Merry Christmas. I wish for a great Christmas girl from Santa Clause. I wish for all the poor children to have a good Christmas.

My Holiday Wishes by Syd
I wish my family has fun on our cruise. I wish for presents! I wish all kids have a nice Christmas.

My Holiday Wishes by Ryan
I wish our family wouldn’t be busy. I wish I could fly! I wish that the world was bigger.

My Holiday Wishes by Mason
My wish for my family is that we would always have money to do fun stuff. My wish for myself is to earn my A.R. trophy. My wish for the world is to be a peaceful place.

My Holiday Wishes by Ed
My holiday wish for my family is that my grandma gets better. I hope I do not have strep-throat ever again! I wish that the world will no collapse.

My Holiday Wishes by Nickolas
I wish my family would get a new car. I wish I got a new bike. I wish the world is always sunny.

My Holiday Wishes by Diego
I wish to go to Disneyland with my family. I wish for a ToyThor. I wish to see Jesus to come to the world.

My Holiday Wishes by Shreya
I wish for a purple squirrel. I wish for my family happiness, health and prosperity. I wish for the world peace and harmony.

My Holiday Wishes by Jonas
My wish is my brothers would be nice. My family wish is we can move and that magic was real.

My Wonderful Wishes by Desirae
One of my wishes is for me to get a trampoline. My mom wishes for us to have our own place. I wish for the paradise to come and good dead people get risen.

Tom Turkey Stories

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The children take turns taking home different book buddies. One of the book buddy's this year was Tom Turkey. There was a book to read and then a journal for the children to write a story about Tom Turkey. The stories that they wrote are very entertaining. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did as they shared them during class.

Tom Turkey’s War by David

Tom Turkey has a brother. His brother is evil. They wanted to fight. Each team had 200 turkeys. For their weapons they had forks and spoons and turkey legs. They fought a big battle. And Tom Turkey’s team won. Tom Turkey’s team had 10 turkeys left and his brother had 1 turkey. Tom Turkey’s brother turned good. The End.

Tom Goes Surfing by Ryan

Tom went surfing and soon Tom saw a shark. The shark ate Tom’s surfboard. Tom fled away.

Tom Turkey Goes to the Forest by Hector

One day Tom Turkey went on a trip to the forest. On his way there he found a gingerbread house. The gingerbread man came out and he saw Tom eating his house.

Tom Turkey Goes to the City by Collin

Tom Turkey went to the City to buy his little sister a golden ring. But the store was closed. So he thought his sister would be mad at him. He saw another ring store. He went into the store but a golden ring that was 100 dollars he did something Cungragadid to his sister. The end.

Tom Turkey at the Desert by Peyton

He went down the hill. Then he found a snake. He went to the Wall. He was nervous. Then he found a lion asleep. He wasn’t nervous. He was happy. He went back up the hill. The way out was blocked. He was sad. He found a rock. He had an idea. He threw the rock at the wall. Then the wall was broken. He was happy again. He went home to eat dinner. After dinner he took a bath. Then he went downstairs to get his Teddy Bear. Then he went back upstairs to go to bed. He snuggled up. The end.

I Was So Happy by Abby

I was so happy I got Tom Turkey. I went to P.A.L. and played with Tom and I played with Alexandra too! Then I went to the store. Then we went home. I took Tom on my wagon ride and we ate dinner. The Tom fell but he did not get hurt.

Tom’s Bug Adventure by Adam

I like bug hunting. Tom likes bug hunting. We tried to catch a moth. Tom tried to catch it but he fell because it was too high up but he fell on my backpack. I gave him a kiss and he felt better. I will miss him. Happy Thanksgiving.

Tom Turkey’s Day at the Forest by Spencer

Tom is walking through the forest. Suddenly a wolf jumped out. The wolf chased Tom. Tom is scared. Then Tom chased the wolf. More animals joined the chase. Three javelinas and two bobcats and one mountain lion all chased the wolf. Tom is happy. He has friends to help. Then the wolf ran to his den. Then the animals had a party because Tom is safe.

Tom’s Night by Ed

At my house Tom Turkey has a surprising adventure. His adventure was a dinner catastrophe. Tom had eaten too much. Then he eats more, and more, and more, and more. Then he gets to fall and then he wants desert!! He wants pumpkin pie and pumpkin seeds. I will sure be sad when Tom leaves. We had so much fun playing and eating.

Tom Turkey Goes to the Zoo by Claire

Once upon a time there was Tom Turkey. He went to the zoo with his family to see a giraffe. He was so excited to go to the zoo. At the zoo he saw a giraffe and then he saw a peacock. He thought the peacock was his cousin because the peacock looked like him. Tom ate a cotton candy at the zoo. The cotton candy looked like Tom because it is fat and white.

Tom’s Visit to San Diego by Christian F.

Tom went to San Diego. He walked to the beach to look for a sea shell. He picked a sea shell but the sea shell had a crab in it and it bit Tom. Tom called for his Mom and she got it off. Tom was happy. His Mom took him home.

Tom Turkey Goes to Hollywood by Desirae

There once was a turkey named Tom. He lived on a farm with lots of animals. There were cows, chickens, horses, sheep, pigs, and turkeys of course. But Tom Turkey was not happy. He wanted to go to Hollywood to be a star. Tom loved to sing in the shower and have plays with his friends. One day the farmer left a gate open and Tom ran away! He made new friends when he got to Hollywood. He got a job doing a turkey commercial. Everybody loved how fat and juicy he was. His dream finally came true!

A Kiss for Tom Turkey by Shreya

One day Tom found a kiss. He gave it to his mother. She asked where did he find it. Tom told her it came with the rainbow. He wants his mother to keep it because he loves her. Next day Tom gave another kiss to his little sister. His sister asked “where did it come from”? Tom told her it came with the wind. Tom wanted her to keep it. He gave one more kiss to his father because he loves him. This kiss came from the moon. Tom and his family lived happily ever after.

Tommy Visits Earth by Diego

Tommy lives in outer space. He wants to visit a new planet. He found a planet and its name is Earth. He wants to visit that planet. He went to the planet. When he hot there it was a Hullabaloo. Tommy had fun at Earth but he had to go. He said, “By friends!” The end.

My Bike Ride with Tom by Amanda

Tom Turkey came to my house. We both went on a bike ride. He ran into a tree. A wolf popped out and a bull and a hawk and a lion and a tiger and a giraffe. Tom Turkey was so scared, he ran all the way to the house. My Mom said to Tom, “Are you OK?” I ran all the way to the house too. I was tired of riding. Tom was tired too. And we sat down. My Mom gave us supper. The end.

Superb Tom Turkey by Mason

Tom Turkey was in the crowd. He was going on a rocker ship to outer space. He was going to land on the Moon. When Tom Turkey get there, aliens chased him and shot at him. The Moon shook and the aliens fell off but Tom Turkey did not fall off. He was delightful he did not fall off. He stood up there and he got hungry but he lived and stayed safe. He was happy to have privacy. He lived through a 100 and 20 more Thanksgivings. Tom Turkey was the oldest turkey to ever live in the entire universe. The End.

Tom’s Adventure by Syd

Tom Turkey wanted to give his mother a present for Christmas but there was not enough time to mail it. After he did his homework, he was excited to hear Santa’s sleigh and see Rudolph’s red nose. He flew up to the sleigh and had Santa deliver it for him. Santa delivered the present and Tom Turkey’s mom was very happy!

Tom Visits the Antarctica by Charlie

Tom got bit by a polar bear. Tom got pecked by a penguin! This made him very afraid! He wanted to go to Hong Kong. He felt safe. He never wants to go to Antarctica again!

Tom Got Bit by a Spider by Cristian H

Tom got bit by a spider. He turned into spider turkey. He got married. He had kids. But white! Kids were his weakness! So he died but he came back to life. The End.

Tom Turkey at California by By Adriana

At California Tom Turkey got a van. He drove the van to the Band in Arizona. On his way, a car crashed into him and he found a treasure in the trunk. The treasure had a trumpet. He used the trumpet in his Band. The end.

Me and Tom Turkey by Nikolas

He learned Karate. He went to the store. Me and Tom Turkey watched TV. The End.

Tom and his Friend Wolf by Jonas
One day Tom Turkey was fascinated by a baby wolf. Tom wanted to help the wolf but he did not know how. So he asked to get a book about wolves. When the wolf was grown up, it wanted to eat Tom. Tom sprinted to the back of the forest. The wolf was stranded but Tom was safe. He ran back home but the wolf didn’t.

Our Holiday Party

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Our Grinch Play

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We Love Mrs. Schwartz!

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Mrs. Schwartz read to the cubs on Pajama Day. She is retiring after being the librarian at Copper Creek for 11 years. We will miss her. She always helped the cubs find the books they wanted and recognized them with her magic wand every time they got 100% on an A.R. test.

Bear Country's Checker Board Reindeer

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Every child made a reindeer on Reindeer Day. They also read a non-fiction book about reindeer, made a reindeer candle and listened to the book, The Wild Christmas Reindeer.

Two New Honors Readers from Bear Country

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These two cubs earned enough points in the school's A.R. club to become Honors Readers. We are very proud of them!

We've Started Preparing for the Play

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The cubs were too busy to write for the blog this week. We are putting on the play, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The parts are chosen, the practice has begun, and each child wrote a retelling of the book. Here are some pictures that the children made of themselves as Whos. I hope you enjoy them as much as we have.

Our Thanksgiving Centers

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Honors Readers in Bear Country

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE CUBS! We are very proud of them. They are Honors Readers in our school's A.R. club.

Field Day Fun (2010)

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The Cubs' Report for the Week of Nov. 8th

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Our class is participating in the Healthy Hawk Milers. Here's what Mason wrote: "I did the Healthy Milers. I did 4 or 5 laps. You walk around a track." One lap is 1/4 of a mile. The class goal is to have everyone walk at least one mile. Mrs. Pruzin is walking on Tuesdays with the children.

The students have a Poetry Folder. They get a new poem every Friday. Here's what Charlie wrote: " We read a poem about Pilgrim children in our Poetry Folder."

This is what Diego wrote about Art class: "We made penguins. We stuck sticky paper on a sponge and took it off and put it on paper and it stuck. We made rainbows."

This is what Desirae wrote about a Thanksgiving quilt we made: "First we think about what we are thankful for and then we wrote it. Next we traced it with a sharpie and then we colored the whole thing." Mrs. Pruzin glued each square to make a quilt.

This is what Abby wrote about our riddle board: "There are 9 or more riddles. We do one each day."

Syd wrote: "We take turns taking Tom Turkey home." Here are some pictures of the cubs who took him home this week.

Collin wrote: "When you bring home Little Bear you do lots of stuff like watch a movie and you write about him." Here are some pictures of children with Little Bear.

David wrote: In our Scholastic Newspaper we talked in the classroom about veterans. Nubs is a dog that doesn't have ears." Mrs. Pruzin read the children about a dog (Nubs) that was in Iraq.

Spencer wrote: "I did related facts in Math. Ryan wrote: "We fed the word muncher."

Christian wrote: "At recess they played tag. I played basketall with Ed. I played tag."

Peyton wrote: We played with the parachute in P.E. We got in our lines in P.E.

Jonas wrote: In A.R. you read a book and take a test. You type in the title and take the test."

CONGRATULATIONS TO SHREYA! She became an Honors Reader on Friday.

We are conducting an experiment with the left over pumpkins. Adam wrote: "First we put a mushy pumpkin in a pot. The pumpkin grew a plant." We put soil on the bottom of the containers before we put in the rotting pumpkins and seeds. There is mold growing along with the new seedlings.

The children wrote with goose quills and ink. They made ABC hornbooks. Ed wrote: "We were learning about the Pilgrims and we wrote with quills. We had to write our name. We also had to write the alphabet. Writing with quills was fun." Here's a picture of a group of them making the hornbook:

The Cubs Report for the Week of Nov.1, 2010

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Music: In music we sang a lot of songs. One was about a little squirrel. (by Abby) We sang in music about the pumpkin candle. We sang in music about the scarecrow and the tree. (By Claire) We sing in music. (By Ryan) In music we did a song. (by David) We sing songs. (By Hector)

P.E. : In P.E. I did Healthy Hawk Milers. I ran to the end and got a drink. (By Syd) On Healthy Hawk Milers we ran around the track. At P.E. we play. (By Adriana) In P.E. we talked about Healthy Hawk Milers. (By Jonas)

Art: In art we made shapes. (By Ed) I made a penguin. (By Charlie) In art we had some paper and then we put some squares on my paper with the sponge. We also made a pumpkin out of clay. (By Shreya) We made a penguin out of clay. (By Amanda) We made penguins out of clay. (By Diego)

Math: We learned about shapes. (By Peyton) We did a graph. (By Nikolas) We played Halloween math. (By Mason)

Social Studies: We learned about the Pilgrims. Also we learned that the girl sleeps on the floor. (By Christian F.) The Pilgrim dolls weren't that fancy. The boy Pilgrim shot a gun. (By Collin)
We talked about how Pilgrims called dolls poppets.

Tom Turkey Goes Home with a Cub

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The Cubs are taking Tom Turkey home in his special bag. There's a book to read and his journal. Each time he goes home the child who takes him writes a fiction story about him. The cubs have enjoyed listening to his adventures and look forward to the rest of the stories. These are the cubs who took him home last week.

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Our Trip to Buckelew Farm (2010)

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A Very Busy Week in Bear Country

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We went to Buckelew Farm on Wednesday. Here's what the cubs wrote about the trip:
"I rode the bus to the pumpkin patch. My field trip was fun. Buckelew Farm was my first field trip. It was fun riding on the bus with my friends. I liked reading on the bus. I ate my snack. We rode a wagon to the patch. I saw a snake. There were a lot of pumpkins. The scarecrows were scary. I had big fun! It was a nice and warm day. There were orange, green, yellow, striped, red, big, small and cracked pumpkins. I rode a wagon to the pumpkin patch. The wagon ride was fun. I went to the bathroom there and I did not like it because it was smelly! I picked a medium sized pumpkin. I liked picking my pumpkin. I picked a wierd pumpkin. I didn't like that our first trip was cancelled. I picked the best pumpkin! After we got our pumpkins we had lunch. My mom played with us. I liked when my mom came with us. I loved it. It was a fun day. It was a good day. I had a great time at the farm. My trip was amazing. I wish I could go there again. Thank you Mrs. Pruzin."

We had 5 centers for our Harvest Party on Friday afternoon. This is a picture of the cubs and Mrs. Pruzin at the end of the day. As you can see everyone had fun playing candy corn bingo, doing bat bowling, making clay beads for Ben'sBells, making a pumpkin magnet and trying to eat a donut hanging from a string!

Here are some other things that we did this week as written by some cubs: "We got a pumpkin mat and we did everything with our pumpkins. At school we measured our pumpkins. We got a 5 in Art. I played tag with Ed and I went on the swings. We made a pumpkin out of clay in Art. "

We have been learning about autumn, pumpkins and plants. We also made pumpkin glyphs. Below are some pictures that show our learning during the month of October.

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Here's the Picture from the Rally

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Unity Rally

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We are outside ready to take a picutre with the whole school and our visitors.

Authors , A.R. Dancers & Busy Times

2010-10-23T18:46:00.000-07:00

The cubs were so busy this week! There wasn't time for them to write. Our school had a Peace Conference. We did an activity each day. On Friday the whole school had a Unity Rally. There was music, a speaker, a slideshow and the grand finale was outside. A helicopter came to take a picture of the symbol we all formed. Doves were set free and we watched them fly together for several minutes.

Our trip to Buckelew Farm was rained out. The cubs were so dissappointed. We'll be going on Wednesday. Hopefully it won't rain.

Our pumpkin seeds grew into seedlings and that was very exciting! The cubs wrote and drew about them in their plant logs.

Many children took A.R. tests this week. Children who get 100% on their A.R. tests do the A.R. dance at the end of the day. Here are two pictures of the cubs dancing.

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"I got 100% on my A.R. test....YEAH!"

Some children wrote books at home. The cubs always enjoy the books.

Our Apple Eating Contest

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The Cubs Report for the Week of Sept. 20th

2010-09-26T15:10:00.000-07:00

P.E.:
At P.E. we played games. The games were fun. Games are exercise for you. (Adam)
We played dodge ball. We didn't win because we kept touching the ball, so we didn't win. (Claire)
In P.E. we did a game called opposum. It was fun if someone tags me. (Collin)

Math:
We did minus. We did plus. (Charlie)
At math we drew apples. (Adriana)
We made apple hats. It was fun. (Sophie)
In math we learned subtraction. It was fun! I did math! Yes, it was fun! Yes! Yes! (Mason)

Science and Social Studies:
We colored apple trees in all the seasons. (Nicolas)
We wondered if an apple and a carrot was going to change. (Crisitian H.)

Recess:
At recess we played with our reading buddies. (Michael)
At recess we played all day. Recess is fun. On Friday we played jumprope. (David)

Art:
In art we made a sunset. We made practice sunset. Then we made a real one. (Jonas)

In the library I took an A.R. test and I took a book home. Mrs. Schwart read me a book. (Shreya)

Music:
In music we sing and sing and we play a game. (Amanda)
In music we played the old gray cat. It was really fun. We had to hide a mouse and the would try to find it. (Abby)

Writing:
We wrote about apples. We learned about the core and the seeds. (Peyton)

Language Arts:
At the SMARTboard we played "Guess the Covered Word". I liked it. I didn't get a turn, but that was okay. But I liked it still.(Spencer)
At the middle of the day we did "Guess the Covered Word" with apple facts. (Alexandra)
We read to our reading buddies. I like to read. Reading is fun. (Megan)
In Self Selected Reading we read and we read to our reading buddies. (Bethania)
I read Ten Apples Up On Top. I read the Foot Book. I read the book about fish. (Hector)

Hawk Walk:
At the Hawk Walk we walked for a really long time. I got to spray the principal with food except for silly string. (Vincent)
The Hawk Walk was great. The Hawk Walk is a big celebration. In the end Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Skillman get a mess. (Ed)

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Authors, Authors and More Authors!

2010-09-18T22:04:00.000-07:00

Many children decided to write a book at home. When they do that, they get to wear the special glasses or jewelery. We sure did enjoy their books. Look for them on Bear Country Website on the Writing Den link.
http://www.amphi.com/teachers/tpruzin/thewritingden.html

Our Report in Pictures

2010-09-17T21:47:00.000-07:00

The cubs were so busy on Friday because of their Mother Goose Festival, the Mother Goose Hunt and writing a classroom constitution they didn't have time to write. Here are some pictures that show what's been going on in Bear Country.

This was written by all the cubs during an Interactive Writing lesson.

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The cubs wrote a classroom constitution on Constitution Day.

The Cubs Report for the Week of Sept. 7th

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Christian wrote a book. He read it to the class. He got to wear the author

glasses (Cristian H.)

I read a book to the kids. Everybody clapped for me. I liked it. (Christian F.)

This is what the children did in Art last week.
(There wasn't Art this week because of the holiday.)

Math: At the calendar we sang the months of the year song because Mrs. Pruzin wants us to. (Spencer)

We did fun math. We wrote a lot of numbers. We did a great job! (Peyton)

Music: In music we played a game. The game was The Old Gray Cat. One person is the old gray cat and one person hides the mouse. (Michael)

Music is fun. I did not be the old gray cat. (Mason)

In music I played The Old Gray Cat and it was fun. I did get to be the old gray cat. I found the mouse. We played the hammer game. We got a 4+. (Claire)

We had very lots of fun in music. We played The Old Gray Cat. (Collin)

I played a game in music. (Nikolas)

Language Arts: We did Mother Goose rhymes. It was fun. We have our Poetry Folder. (Charlie)

In self selected Reading we read with our reading buddies. (Megan)

In self selected reading we read to our reading buddies. I read at my desk. I read nursery rhymes and bear books. (Bethania)

In the Scholastic newspaper we read about the magic words. (Vincent)

We fed the word muncher a lot of words. Mrs. Pruzin was the word muncher. One day the word muncher's nose fell off! (Diego)

We watched a Mother Goose movie. (Hector)

At self selected reading we have animal reading buddies. I have a dolphin. (Alexandra)

We had two more poems. They were Mother Goose rhymes. You get a sticker on your poem folder if you turn it in on time. (Jonas)

We colored our puppets and then we got a stick. Then we taped it and then we did a puppet show. (Desirae)

In Spelling City we were spelling some words. Sometimes they were hard and sometimes easy. Spelling City is easy and the smartboard is the "teddy board". (Shreya)

We learned about big rigs. The big rigs were awesome. Big rigs are trucks. (Adam)

We made little puppets that were about the cat and the fiddle. We got to color them. (Abby)

Gavin's Birthday: We ate cupcakes and I got seven bear hugs. We played on the playground. (Gavin)

Gavin's birthday was perfect because we at cupcakes. We played, too. (Amanda)

P.E.: P.E. was fun in the cafeteria on Thursday. P.E. is cool. Our teacher is Mr. Felix. (David) At P.E. we played Octopus. Later we went upstairs and we played Dinosaur. Zero the Hero came out of his drawer. (Ed)

At P.E. we played games. We played Octopus. (Adriana)

The Cubs Report for the Week of Aug. 31st

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Math
In math we watched Brain Pop Jr. (Michael)
We did lots of math. It was fun. (Collin)
At math we learned about writing. (Christian)

Bear Day
At Bear Day we brought our bears. Mrs. Pruzin read us a story.(David)
At lunch we had a teddy picnic. We showed our teddy bears around the room. (Jonas)
Bear Day was the best day ever because it was the BEST day! (Shreya)
Bear Day was the best day ever. (Amanda)
I liked Bear Day. (Adriana)

Recess
At recess I played. (Sophie)
I made rocks at recess. (Nikolas)
At recess I made rocks. (Christian)
We had our snacks. I had fun. (Mason)

Music
I do fun stuff at music. I got an instrument. I made music with it. (Claire)
At music we played a game. It is called Old Gray Cat. At music we did a band. (Alexandra)

P.E.
We played a game. We learned about rules. We love P.E. (Diego)
At P.E.we played Octopus. (Gavin)
In P.E. we played Octopus. I love P.E. (Megan)

Reading
We are reading with our reading book, and it is fun. Then we get to bring our reading buckets. (Desirae)

Spirit Celebration
At the Spirit Celebration we sang te Copper Creek song.(Spencer)
Michael got a Ben's Bells becaus he was kind and other people were kind, too.
We met Ben's mom and we gotto see Ben's Bells. We got to see pictures of Ben. We sang the Copper Creek song. (Peyton)

Art
In art I did a gumdrop museum. (Syd)
In art we played "Wich Goo".

Bear Day (2010)

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The Cubs Report About the Week of Aug. 23, 2010

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Adam: We do the calendar.

Peyton: I like recess! I like reading! I like lunch! I like Tucson! I like school!

Alexandra: At math we make graphs.

Adriana: I like doing math.

Mason: We wrote a poem. We learned math. (2+2=4)

Syd: I play on the playground. I invited someone over to play.

Vincent: At recess I played a fun game. I really like recess. Josie chased me.

Claire: I picked a book at the library. I caught a moth. I ate at the lunchroom with my friend.

Spencer: We checked out a book. I like to play on the swings with my friend.

Cristian: At recess we play shark tag. I rented a book on newts. A newt eats insects that look like a lizard. Reporter Cristian...at your service!

Michael: I read a book at the library.

Megan: I read a book in the library.

Bethania: I read in the library. I played on the playground. I ate a sandwich.

Abby: In art we colored pictures. Bears live in dens. They eat honey and they eat fish.

Ryan: I did a cave drawing at art. I learned about some bears.

Desirae: We had papes that look like an animal and then we copied t. Then we drew on the papers.

Jonas: Bears have web feet. Bears eat fish. We did cave drawings in art.

Christian: We played a game at P.E. We played a game at Music. I like music.

Ed: We tried to win paints in P.E. In music we sang.

Sophie: I played in P.E.

Shreya: At musicI was playing as the cat. At P.E. I was getting some paints.

Nikolas: I play.

Amanda: We played a game in P.E. In music we played a game. In the lunch room we ate food.

David: We played a game in P.E. In music we played a game. In the lunch room we eat food.

Diego; We played in P.E. It was Ed's birthday. I played X-Men with Syd. I have a play date with Syd today. I eat in the lunch room.

First Full Week of School

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The children all chose a Reading buddy to read to during Self Selected Reading time. When A.R. Club starts they will earn a bead on a necklace for every 5 points that they earn. The reading buddy will go home with each child at the end of the school year. The cubs love reading to their reading buddies!

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Our Bear Hunt (2010)

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We went on a Bear Hunt on the first day of school. The cubs were great at reading all the clues. This year's cubs are just as grrreat as last year's cubs! We had three wonderful days in Bear Country. The next post will be written by my new cubs. Look for the post on Saturday.

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ADVICE FROM LAST YEAR'S CUBS!

2010-07-24T10:34:00.000-07:00

On the last day of school I had each cub write advice or a note to my new cubs that would be in Bear Country for the 2010-2011 school year. Here's what they wrote:
"We have fun in Bear Country." (Noah)
"You will probably like A.R." (Ben)
"Be nice." (Shareya)
"Mrs. Pruzin is a good teacher and she dances on the table." (Megan)
"I hope you have a great time with Mrs. Pruzin." (Alexis)
"In Bear Country do not be mean. It is a good and fun thing." (Madeleine)
"Mrs. Pruzin likes to dance on the table." (Colton)
"I think you will like when Mrs. Pruzin dances on the table." (Mikayla)
"She helps you a lot!!!!!!!" (Alex)
"Have a good day in Bear Country. Don't make Mrs. Pruzin upset. O.K." (Katarina)
"Pay attention to Mrs. Pruzin. Do your work your Personal Best." (Phoebe)
"Hi. One thing to make Mrs. Pruzin happy is to not talk. She dances on the table. She is the best!" (Tiffany)
"Mrs. Pruzin is funny. If you want to be happy, be quiet. Otherwise Mrs. Pruzin will yell. Have fun in first grade!" (Alicia)
"You need to listen." (Breydan)
"Mrs. Pruzin is nice. She dances on the table when you get an A.R. trophy."
(Zachary)
"You will make a lot of friends." (Branden)
"You will have fun at recess." (Zach)
"Pirate Day was fun." (Madison)
"I like Mrs. Pruzin. Bear Country was fun." (Jonathan)
"First grade is fun. I hope you think it is." (Hayden)
"You will love Mrs. Pruzin. Mrs. Pruzin is very silly" (Lauren)
"You will have fun dancing o a table." (Reis)
"I hope you all get your medals and have a great time!" (Chloe)
"Listen, Read and Learn!" (Caleb)
"All you cubs have a great time in Bear Country. Pirate Day was fun for me. I bet it will be fun for you."

Our Last Day in Bear Country

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Honors Readers and Top Readers for First Grade

2010-05-07T21:25:00.000-07:00

The cubs all earned an honors trophy in the school's A.R. club. Three of the cubs earned the most A.R. points for all of the first grade classes. Their teacher is very proud of all of them.

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Ben's Crabs Came to Bear Country!

2010-04-24T16:33:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-04-24T16:18:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-04-17T08:44:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-17T08:32:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-04-10T08:20:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-03T08:36:00.000-07:00

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)

BEAR COUNTRY

Valentine Fun (2012)

Healthy Heart Day Fun (2012)

Day 100 in Bear Country

Our Holiday Party (2011)

Our Grinch Play (2011)

Thanksgiving Centers

Field Day Fun (2011)

Harvest Party (2011)

Our Trip to Buckelew Farm (2011)

Bee Kind (Peace Rally)

Our Apple Eating Contest

Root Beer Floats

Our Day with Mother Goose!

Our Labeled Monsters

Teddy Bear Creations

News from Mrs. Pruzin's Cubs

THE HAWK WALK (2011)

Bear Day (2011)

Book Clubs

The Tenth Day of School

Our First Day in Bear Country

Our Last Day of School

Newest 1,000 Club Members

Splash and Fun Day

More Honors Readers & 1,000 Club Members!

Mad Science Lesson---Dry Ice

Marble Jar Party with 4th Grade Buddies

Another 1,000 Club Member & The Newest Honors Reader

We went to the Desert Museum.

The Newest 1,000 Club Member

Reptile Rally

1,000 Club Members

The International Wildlife Museum Comes to Bear Country!

Our Newest 1,000 Club Members

The Cubs Reached their A.R. Club Goals!

What Will You Do? (23 Different Stories)

The Cubs Love Making Funny Faces!

Three More Cubs Earn Their Honors Trophy

A.R. Celebrating!

Reciting the Alphabet Backwards

Read Across America Day

Healthy Heart Day Fun

Newest 1,000 Club Member

Our Valentine's Day Exchange

The Cubs' Future Jobs

LOVE IS.......

More 1,000 Club Members

Science Fair Participants

Book Characters

New Members of the 1,000 Club

Number Scrolls

2 More Honors Readers!

Love Bugs

1,000 Club Members

Day 100 in Bear Country

More Honors Readers!

Our Newest Honors Readers

The Cubs Holiday Wishes

Tom Turkey Stories

Our Holiday Party

Our Grinch Play

We Love Mrs. Schwartz!

Bear Country's Checker Board Reindeer

Two New Honors Readers from Bear Country

We've Started Preparing for the Play

Our Thanksgiving Centers

Honors Readers in Bear Country

Field Day Fun (2010)

The Cubs' Report for the Week of Nov. 8th

The Cubs Report for the Week of Nov.1, 2010

Tom Turkey Goes Home with a Cub

Our Trip to Buckelew Farm (2010)

Our Harvest Party Centers

A Very Busy Week in Bear Country

Here's the Picture from the Rally

Unity Rally

Authors , A.R. Dancers & Busy Times

Our Apple Eating Contest

A Mother Goose Day in Bear Country