One of our 9-1 classmates shared about his Tae Kwon Do classes today.
How impressive!
In House Tournament:
Breaking wood during his in-house tournament:
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Egg Drop
The boys did an "egg-tastic" job creating their boxes for our egg drop today!
Thank you for all of your help at home, parents!
Check out the video below of our second drop:
Check out the video below of our second drop:
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Fraction Tiles
Today in class we worked with fraction tiles to practice creating equivalent fractions and finding common denominators.
Community Service Planting
The boys spent a very warm and sunny afternoon outside yesterday completing a community service planting project. Please check out the slideshow from the activity!https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gOx-unHGNOgVujTvZUu3b2fUvcAnlbqXdEbx5ocMO6Y?feat=directlink
The World is my Oyster...
As an extention activity for our Chesapeake Bay field trip, the Ninth Age boys opened real oysters to discover their hidden treasure: pearls!
Check out the slideshow below:
Monday, April 18, 2011
Exciting Weekend Adventures!
One of our students spoke with us about his exciting weekend adventures and the book that his mother and grandfather wrote.
Thanks for sharing, B.I.!
Technology Presentations
Below are the final technology presentations based on the boys' morning routines. They did a terrific job!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Virtual Fractions
Our math group worked with virtual fractions today!
Some of our fraction creations are below:
Below is a video of one of our students creating her "fraction pie". https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/--KItCIsc_zGGOmMDUqgwS3Mu_oDofh-IJPiYmY_os0?feat=directlink
Readers Theater
We met with our reading buddies today to perform a "Readers Theater".
Below is a video of the students reading the stories together before performing them. (Please remember to "right click" and select "open in new window" to easily return to the blog).
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qWG9JiCVFfKvKe8-IWmsvIwErAmnJ6GwY8ZdYc_DTs8?feat=directlink
Then we performed the stories together! Below are two quick videos of their performances!
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wgnn3zUZV4jVGVVYgyAuzSA0gVg-ouB1PtH_i2uV4HM?feat=directlink https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iRD9YoAtqDRL4MyMxz1IkkOHRzmax1xk0sVz7D5yy9Q?feat=directlink
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Middle School Composition Buddies
Many thanks to our middle school partners who came over to help us with our animal reports today!
Visitor from Kenya
The boys were a terrific audience for our visitor today. It was facinating to learn how similar, and how different, our cultures are!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Science Quizlet
One of our classmates created a quizlet for the science test coming up! Check it out below!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Technology Class
Our boys have been working on their "Morning Routine" power point presentations in technology class. We were able to see the first half of the presentations today.
The boys did an incredible job!
Here is a link to a video I put together with more photographs from their presentations:
Student Posting
Below we had our newest student blogger post! Check it out!
This week in 9-1 we practiced lacrosse in P.E .We learned about planets in science. About two weeks ago, we had our hopper/cricket game in the middle school gym.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
12 Hour Challenge Winners!
As March comes to a close, our 12-hour challenge is coming to an end. We had a few more boys complete their twelve hours of reading, way to go!
All of our winners will select their two books (one for themselves, one to donate in their name to the library) Monday in school.
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