You know, I think people might be a little excited about the Alaska trip on Monday. Being as how Elizabeth is fidgeting and crooning over sled puppies (one of the places we will go is a kennel for sled racing dogs), and Alaska is the main topic of conversation, and everyone is readying Tigger (the class mascot) for a trip – well, you get my drift. We have been preparing a lot for our trip, from the Alaska Presentations we did last week to the all-day pre-trip on Monday. After lunch today we’ll do another pre-trip, so a fair amount of cramming is happening to get our portfolios done. Max says if we’re uncurrent on the trip, he’ll give us salmon backpacks and make us surround the group as bear bait. I don’t think that’s true, but with Max, you never know. All in all, people are fidgety and excited. This includes me.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday-ish
OK, well I will admit, it is not Tuesday. But this is the blog for Tuesday! So...yay!
We are all buzzing with excitement here in Max's class, awaiting our departure to Alaska! We leave on the 19th, so the date is coming quickly! This week we are all wrapping up our mini units, and doing final portfolios. Lots of people are in a rush to finish their final unit projects before Friday, when everything is due. For final portfolios, we are working on a very long "To Whom It My Concern" letter. As always, it is a long and slow process.
In other news, we're going to Alaska! Oh wait...I already said that. And yet, WE'RE GOING TO ALASKA!!!!!!!!!!!
If that isn't the coolest "field trip" ever, I don't know what is.
We are all buzzing with excitement here in Max's class, awaiting our departure to Alaska! We leave on the 19th, so the date is coming quickly! This week we are all wrapping up our mini units, and doing final portfolios. Lots of people are in a rush to finish their final unit projects before Friday, when everything is due. For final portfolios, we are working on a very long "To Whom It My Concern" letter. As always, it is a long and slow process.
In other news, we're going to Alaska! Oh wait...I already said that. And yet, WE'RE GOING TO ALASKA!!!!!!!!!!!
If that isn't the coolest "field trip" ever, I don't know what is.
Friday, May 9, 2008
The fantastic-est Friday EVER!!!!
Today was quite a fun Friday. We kicked off the day with presentations! We finished learning about various topics relating to Alaska, our destination in ten days, and we learned about assorted unit topics. Those ranged from the physics of trampolines, to Alaska in popular culture, to Hunting in Alaska. They were quite informative, interesting, and enjoyable to watch. These presentations took up a large part of the morning, so soon enough, we had a mere hour to work, before lunch.
After lunch was pretty much like any other day, besides a tuesday, wednesday, or thursday. We had A BUNCH of worktime, which was good for finishing projects. Also, it was a good afternoon to write a BLOG!!!!!!
But it was kinda a slow week, so unfortunately there's not much to write about.
We leave the school looking forward to next week, and exciting pre-trip festivities.
Written by Ben Lamport
After lunch was pretty much like any other day, besides a tuesday, wednesday, or thursday. We had A BUNCH of worktime, which was good for finishing projects. Also, it was a good afternoon to write a BLOG!!!!!!
But it was kinda a slow week, so unfortunately there's not much to write about.
We leave the school looking forward to next week, and exciting pre-trip festivities.
Written by Ben Lamport
Long time no read
It has been a very long time since the last post, and a lot of stuff has happened. We are a week and a half away from ALASKA!!!!! Next weekend is battle of the bands up in Aspen and I am REALLY excited. We have been working a lot on our units. Today I brought in apple pie for the class! It was really good and everyone liked it. We have had lots of fun art assignments. We made puzzles paintings and figures.
Well thats all for now
ALEX!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tue-sday, or not Tue-sday! 4/29/08
As we get closer to our trip to Alaska, the weeks seem to be getting busier and busier, what with pre-trip, and units, and the second week of a two week art assignment. The good news, is that we are all kept busy, and seem to be quite productive.
I personally enjoy the art assignment immensely. I would think that others would as well. It is one of the more hands on assignments we have had this year, and can get messy. The assignment was to create plaster figures expressing a word to go along with our class unit. We started by making a frame out of foil and cotton balls, and then plastering those. My figure is showing the word relaxed. I made him lying back, with his hands supporting his head.
We then had to decorate the figures. We could use paint, or cloth, or whatever we needed to show the word that we chose. As my word is relaxed, I am painting my with different sections, of a variety of greens, and purple. I think that these colors convey relaxed, and thus far I am extremely pleased with how my figure is looking.
This week we are continuing with pre-trip as well. The mountaineering group gave there presentation this week, and to help us understand just what the altitude would be like on different mountains (as if 5280 feet above sea level wasn't enough) we had to walk, and run across the courtyard, limiting our breathing by breathing through a straw. This was a wonderful way to get outside, in the wonderful weather we have been having. This week is also crunch time for our individual presentations. All of our research has been leading up to this week, where we prepare our visuals, and outline our scripts. The presentations happen next week, which means that the trip is getting incredibly close.
So this week is incredibly full, but that doesn't mean it isn't quite enjoyable. Nearing the end of the school year, and our trip, everyone seems to be in a good mood, keeping Max's class the exciting blend of personality we have come to know all year.
Written by Ben
I personally enjoy the art assignment immensely. I would think that others would as well. It is one of the more hands on assignments we have had this year, and can get messy. The assignment was to create plaster figures expressing a word to go along with our class unit. We started by making a frame out of foil and cotton balls, and then plastering those. My figure is showing the word relaxed. I made him lying back, with his hands supporting his head.
We then had to decorate the figures. We could use paint, or cloth, or whatever we needed to show the word that we chose. As my word is relaxed, I am painting my with different sections, of a variety of greens, and purple. I think that these colors convey relaxed, and thus far I am extremely pleased with how my figure is looking.
This week we are continuing with pre-trip as well. The mountaineering group gave there presentation this week, and to help us understand just what the altitude would be like on different mountains (as if 5280 feet above sea level wasn't enough) we had to walk, and run across the courtyard, limiting our breathing by breathing through a straw. This was a wonderful way to get outside, in the wonderful weather we have been having. This week is also crunch time for our individual presentations. All of our research has been leading up to this week, where we prepare our visuals, and outline our scripts. The presentations happen next week, which means that the trip is getting incredibly close.
So this week is incredibly full, but that doesn't mean it isn't quite enjoyable. Nearing the end of the school year, and our trip, everyone seems to be in a good mood, keeping Max's class the exciting blend of personality we have come to know all year.
Written by Ben
Friday, April 25, 2008
AWESOME FRIDAY!!!! 4-25-08
Hey what’s up this is Max’s 2008. We have done a lot this week, groups for our Alaska trip they had there presentations which were sweet. There was one about Alaska’s native people and the myths behind them. There was one creepy myth were Sedna’s father threw her in the ocean. Then cut off her fingers because he was a mean father. Sedna should have filed for a lawsuit but became the goddess of the sea. With no fingers! Creepy. The second presentation was so awesome it was about glaciers. Did you know that glaciers are on land and they actually move! When they go into the sea they are classified as an iceberg. WOW! Pretty sweet. One girl in our class this week did made a crime scene on Wednesday and we had to figure out who did the crime. It was really hard but some of us figured it out. Then we had to make a profile. The profile was he was tall about 7ft, chronic gambler, foreign, and left handed. Hey I know that guy! Overall everything was so cooooooooooooooooooooooool this week!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Hello everybody, blogger CA here!
The week has only just begun here in Max's class. We had Monday off for a Teacher Work Day, giving us all great long weekends. After a confusing day of Agendas, plaster figures, and matrixes, it's good to finally be done with it all. I am writing to you from home, where homework is going smoothly!
Our art assignment this week involves plaster, foil, paint, glitter, and a random word. What could be more Logan? The project is to create a small human figure that represents a noun, adjective, or verb in some way. You can decorate it to your hearts content, with any materials you choose. I'll make sure to post some pictures once we finish them on Friday!
Apart from units, our other major piece of work this week is our Alaska Lessons. As you may or may not know, our class is going on a 10 day trip to Alaska, and in preparation for it, we are each giving a lesson to the rest of the class. There was a wide variety of topics to choose from, ranging from native people, to mountains, to sea life. It's a big project, but we're all doing great on it!
OK, I'm signing off for now! See you all on Friday!
The week has only just begun here in Max's class. We had Monday off for a Teacher Work Day, giving us all great long weekends. After a confusing day of Agendas, plaster figures, and matrixes, it's good to finally be done with it all. I am writing to you from home, where homework is going smoothly!
Our art assignment this week involves plaster, foil, paint, glitter, and a random word. What could be more Logan? The project is to create a small human figure that represents a noun, adjective, or verb in some way. You can decorate it to your hearts content, with any materials you choose. I'll make sure to post some pictures once we finish them on Friday!
Apart from units, our other major piece of work this week is our Alaska Lessons. As you may or may not know, our class is going on a 10 day trip to Alaska, and in preparation for it, we are each giving a lesson to the rest of the class. There was a wide variety of topics to choose from, ranging from native people, to mountains, to sea life. It's a big project, but we're all doing great on it!
OK, I'm signing off for now! See you all on Friday!
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