Learning about how to make a law

This week we are learning about the government and how to make a law. We started the unit reading a book from our new dropbox account on the ipads and read about how to create a new law and how some laws are for just states and some are for the whole country. Here is a picture of the book we read:

Next week we will create our own laws in Haiku Deck! Watch for those on the block next Friday...  -2LC foodies
 

President Canvastic reports

We created pictures of ourselves as the next president and wrote about what we would do if we became president. After creating the rough draft and editing, we typed the writing into the computer. We used the canvastic computer program to create our bodies and the white house. Then, we added a photo of our own head on top of the body to make it seem like it really was us as president! -2LC foodies

President Research Reports

Check out our internet research projects on the presidents. We used oil pastels for the final illustration.

 

Chinese New Year Writing

For Chinese New Year we got to learn how to write some words in Chinese. There was a book about a man who loved to draw horses and the horses looked so real! -Donut

We read about the famous  boy who is very good at drawing horses. One day he drew a painting of six horses and the next day there were seven! - Lasagne

We learned how to write the word horse in Chinese. In the book we read, the general thought that the boy was a magical horse drawer.  - Fudge

Chinese Writing is so complicated. The word turtle was hard to guess.  -Gum

Chinese writing is one complicated language to write!  It is fun to learn basic Chinese. -Pasta

 

Chinese New Year Red Evelopes and Fortune Cookies

I liked getting the money in the red envelopes for Chinese New Year. Also, I liked getting a fortune and my fortune said that I would get many gifts this week.  -Smarties

We got a red envelope that had two pennies in it. The first part of the day we got a fortune cookie! -Jolly Rancher

My class got a red envelope with money in it. You would get it on Chinese New Year. We also got to have a fortune cookie. It was soooooooooooo fun learning Chinese! -Brownie

The fortune cookie looked a little odd. I like money and the red envelope was a great idea! - Caprese Salad

For Chinese New Year we got red envelopes with a horse on it and there was money in it! We had fortune cookies and inside each one was a fortune. -Wild and Reckless Ice Cream

The red envelopes had two pennies and I thought the fortune cookie was very good. -Butter Noodles

 

Chinese New Year Parade

I liked racing with the dragon. I also liked eating the fortune cookie at the end of the day. -Lemon Chocolate Chip

The parade was so cool and we even went to kindergarten. Then we paraded back to the classroom. -Jawbreaker

The parade we did was very fun. We also went to kindergarten and they were really surprised! -Bubble Gum

When you are in the parade you are under the dragon. The parade is all about Chinese New Year and it's a big parade. -Cookies and Cream

 

Chinese New Year Celebration:

Making The Dragon

Yesterday in class our class made a dragon and paraded around our courtyard. I had so much fun. We also went in kindergarten.   - Risotto

We made dragons out of boxes and paper. We had to parade and it was awesome! - Chocolate Ice Cream

We made dragons out of boxes and paper. There were five groups and we worked hard.  - Lemonhead

We made the dragon's head out of a box. It was fun making the dragon.  -Grape

We made the dragon out of cardboard with paper. It was really fun. -Pizza

I think the dragons that we made were awesome. It took an hour to make them. -Bacon

Chinese New Year Celebration!

The Year of the Horse!

At the end of the day of our Chinese New Year celebration we drew a horse and it only took one minute! We did the same thing and we wrote the word horse in Chinese.  -Marshmallow

The drawing was quick and funny and we got to write the word horse in Chinese. It was the last fun thing of the day.  -Hot Dog

First, we got paper and it took only two minutes and it was easy to draw. Then, we also made a dragon out of a box!   - Gumball 

It was really cool because it only took less than one minute. We all thought it was very fun! -Gummi Bear

When you drew the horse it takes 18 seconds! The horse is not bog at all. --Pepperoni Pizza

 

Our Class Store to Practice Money Skills

To practice money we used a store with cash registers. We got to use fake money and buy boxes of food. Some of the foods we had were Trix and most were cereal. We also bought oranges, chocolate and gatorade. 

-Risotto and Lemonhead

 

Parts of the Mass

The books too a long time. We made flip books which shows the mass. The four parts are Gathering, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist and Sending Forth. 

-Risotto and Lemonhead

 

Snowflake Creations

The snowflakes look so real. I liked how we made the marker look puffy. They look so colorful. They look very pretty.

-Risotto and Lemonhead

Martin Luther King Junior Movie

Check out our movie we did on the "I have a dream speech" by MLK. The students pictures are the background and the children recite the words. 

Dinosaur Sound Book!
Check out the dinosaur sound book we created in science class! Just click on the link...
http://iphone.childrenslibrary.org/cgi-bin/view.py?b=oi45i4hmtubpy3jlsmck 

Hope you enjoy it!
 

 Cause and Effect Writing
We had to use white paper and colored construction paper to make a snowman. We wrote about it getting melted. 
-Bubble Gum
All of the snowmen are different sizes. Mine has a cute little purple scarf.
-Gummi Bear

Hot Chocolate Writing 
We had to write about us drinking hot chocolate and we had to write what we wore while we drank it, who made it and where we like to drink it. We had to choose different colored cups and we had to brown construction paper and white construction paper. We added marshmallows and some glitter.
-Bubble Gum  

Yummy! My cup is blue and it has polka dots on it. -Gummi Bear 

 Winter Shadow Art

We had to use black and white stapled paper. One was for using for the trees and the other one was for the snowman. -Bubble Gum

Cool to look at! They were fun to make. Mine had a medium sized snowman. -Gummi Bear

 Martin Luther King Jr. Pictures and Fact Writing
We had to use a piece of paper. Also we had to use sharpies. We had to use black paper to make his shirt. We made a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. - Bubble Gum 
He was fun to learn about.  He was fun to make. It was cool how they turned out. -Gummi Bear