Sunday, May 18, 2014

Ellis Island



Pretend that you are an immigrant coming through Ellis Island to United States.

From your boat you see the Statue of Liberty for the first time.

 Explain how you would feel about entering the United States and going through the rigorous screening by Ellis Island officials.

Please write a narrative explaining your experience. 

(It can be a fiction story but the facts of Ellis Island have to be accurate)

This assignment is due by June Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Friday, May 16, 2014

Congratulations!!!




Boys and Girls, you all worked very hard all year round and did an awesome job taking the NJASK!

I am very proud of you and I am so glad that I am your teacher!




Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Lisa and Michael Cohn

 Kids book about a kid, his dog, and confidence



Boys and girls, 
Wow, what an awesome experience Skyping with author Lisa Cohn today.  I will set up a date so that we can Skype with Michael too.  Here is Michael's dog blog http://www.bashandlucy.com/blog/  Please watch the videos on the blog. 

For your assignment, please leave a comment about your Skyping experience and suggestions for Mrs. Cohn about ideas for her next book.

This assignment is due by Sunday, February 23, 2014

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Phases of the Moon

The Moon



Investigation 2: The Moon
CycleNew Moon
Lunar cycleFirst-quarter Moon
MoonThird-quarter Moon
Night skyFull Moon
OrbitCrescent Moon
PlanetGibbous Moon
StarWaxing Moon
Moon phaseWaning Moon

                                   Lunar Calendar

Please check out the Vocabulary words for Investigation 2

Foss Website: http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/SunMoonandStars/index.html


The Phases of the Moon Song 
To the tune 
The Wheels on the Bus

Click on the 'wheels on the bus' to get an instrumental version

Written by Myra Lingle


The phases of the moon go round, and round,
Round, and round, round and round
The phases of the moon go round, and round,
All through the month.

The new moon is the phase where you can’t see
Any light, any light,
The new moon is the phase where you can’t see
Any light, any light at all.

The waxing crescent has a sliver of light,
Sliver of light, sliver of light,
The waxing crescent has a sliver of light
A sliver of light on the right.

The first quarter phase is half lit up,
Half lit up, Half lit up,
The first quarter phase is half lit up
The right half has the light.

The waxing gibbous is more than a half
But not quite full, not quite full.
The waxing gibbous is more than a half
The full moon will be next.

The full moon is a circle of light,
Circle of light, circle of light,
The full moon is a circle of light,
That lights up the night sky.

The waning gibbous is less than full,
Less than full, less than full,
The waning gibbous is less than full,
Coming after a full moon.

The third quarter phase is half lit up,
Half lit up, half lit up,
The third quarter phase is half lit up,
The left half has the light.

The waning crescent has a sliver of light,
Sliver of light, sliver of light,
The waning crescent has a sliver of light,
The light is on the left.

                       That’s our song about the phases of the moon, 
Phases of the moon, phases of the moon, 
That’s our song about the phases of the moon, 
A natural cycle of Earth.