Building Bridges Group

Who is in the group? Cy’leek, Ethan, Colin D, Colin W., and Damian (all 3^rd and 2^nd graders)

What do we do?  We learn about bridges by reading books, making them, and testing them.

How do you make bridges? First, you take 2 books and stand them up 6 inches apart. Then, you take 2 pieces of paper and curve it into half an oval which is called an “arch.” Next, you put the other paper on top of the books over the arch.

Some things we do to build teamwork are build bridges and test them to see if they work by putting as many small plastic dinosaurs on top as we can before the bridge sags.

We also made bridges with our bodies! The 2 outsider people pulled and the 2 inside people pushed to show a suspension bridge.

Today in group, we made a bridge with two books. We took a piece of paper and pretended we were making a fan by folding it back and forth. Then we put the fan over the book and put a flat piece of paper on top. When we tested it, it held 106 plastic dinos!  

Ethan and I testing our bridge with the dinos

By: Colin D.

XC Skiing

In gym, the 3^rd and 4^th graders went cross-country skiing.  You need snow clothes, ski boots, and skis. Then you need a big hill. After that you need to climb up the hill and then you need to go down the hill. In order to ski, you push then you squat down. I recommended this to my cousin Tori. I also recommend cross-country skiing at Mansfield Hollow. It’s not hard! 

By: Zach

Trestle Tree

In gym we are doing Trestle Tree. Trestle Tree is almost like gymnastics. We climb big ladders and go on balance beams. Kids also climb ropes. We do summersaults, pencil rolls, cartwheels, and jump off the stage onto the mat. There are ladders everywhere. We play Star Wars on the Trestle Tree. For example, if we are on the balance beam, then we go over or under the light savers. Our favorite thing is when we jump off the stage. There is a lot of action on the Trestle Tree!!       

By: Arwen and Raghad

Valentine's Day at Southeast

Valentine’s Day is on February 14^th every year. This is what Valentine’s Day is like at Southeast School. We give out Valentine’s Day candy and cards. We also see teachers and kids wearing red and pink. We make gifts for our moms and dads. People act nicer and are kinder on Valentine’s Day. We even get special deserts at school. Sometimes teachers get balloons and bouquets of flowers.

By: Fawn

Mystery Club

In Mystery Club, we decode stuff, compare handwriting, and we write stories about mysteries. 3rd and 4th graders can join. It meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Ms. Carbonelle leads it. My favorite part is when we play Clue. I went because I've never solved a mystery before and I've always wanted to! 

By: Tutu

Abraham Lincoln

I’ve chosen to write about Abraham Lincoln because his birthday was on February 12th. He led the Civil War. In 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot and he died the next day. This year, Abe would have been 148 years old. In my opinion, he was one of the best presidents of the United States.

By: Cy'leek

Learning About Mammals

In Mrs.Cackowski’s class, we did animal posters because we were learning about animals. The animal classes were reptiles, mammals, birds, fish and amphibians.  We did mammals.  We used books and computers to find out about animal classes.  We had two more girls in our group named Janaki and Lucy.

We got to color, draw, write and read. Some things we learned are that a baby can come out of its mother. They have fur and tails. Mammals have two or four legs. Some mammals are monkeys, cats, dogs, and bears. Our favorite part of the project was to be in the group with our best friends.  The project took us three weeks to finish. We presented our projects to the whole class. It was the most fun thing ever!!!  

Our poster

By: Raghad and Arwen