Yesterday the 6th graders from Lisa's class came to 4-5. They showed us the iBooks they made about their animal. The 6th graders picked an animal to study, took notes, and built a book to share what they learned. There were some cool animals like the Giant Pacific Octopus and the Ringed-Tailed Lemur. When the 6th graders were done sharing we shared our IPs with them. We liked the visit because we saw old friends. Here is their post about the visit.
Every year 4-5 takes a mystery trip. We don't know where we are going and we find out when we get there. Sometimes we go to the beach or a lake. The teachers kick off the conversation with absurd ideas. Sometimes it is an exotic place or a spot that doesn't even exist. This year they told us we were going to a bean factory, (which was knocked down) a farm that had a rare and elusive invisible sheep called cloud sheep, and that we would be working for the Morton Salt Company picking salt off the salt hay on the marsh. The teachers told us that after we help with the beans and salt we would get credit on the labels of the containers and we would get to bring home the wool of the cloud sheep. Last year's kick off was even more absurd. They told us we were going to a donut farm to plant donut seeds which were cheerios, go to have tea with the late Queen in England, go on a treasure hunt, and visit the cheese museum. After telling us where we were going the teachers gave us a pa...




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