tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450406279543811312024-03-13T12:02:26.485-07:00GES 6th GradeCSmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13277252124171660663noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-40673264836221709012018-09-21T11:53:00.001-07:002018-09-21T11:54:14.523-07:00Outdoor ClassroomThis year in sixth grade, we are pleased to announce that we are participating in the outdoor classroom. When we are there, we will be studying science topics outdoors.<br />
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When we first get to our outdoor classroom, we find a quiet spot to write in our weather proof journals 10-15 minutes.<br />
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Most recently, we played a game called Survival that reinforced our ideas about how ecosystems function. To play, we all assumed the roles of predators and prey and were faced with the task of finding food, water, and avoiding predators. Players also had to beware of fire, disease and human.<br />
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When we are there, we love that we can learn about our environment first hand, have time to reflect in our journals, be outside, play games, be loud, and examine wildlife.<br />
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We are so fortunate to live in an area were we have unlimited access to such a beautiful and teeming environment.<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Sixth GradeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-49541275744536023202018-08-30T09:58:00.002-07:002018-08-30T09:58:36.480-07:00Our First Day!Our first day of school was AMAZING! We transplanted baby kale plants into a larger tray and are enjoying watching them grow. We also played Taking Sides, Fortunately/Unfortunately and Four Corners. These games got us moving and helped us learn more about one another. It was fun. Soon we will be adding critters to our fish tank. We also have a cactus that is growing rapidly. We had a great first day and are very excited for the rest of the school year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-22654739587257339982018-02-28T07:34:00.001-08:002018-02-28T07:34:09.402-08:00In sixth grade we are fundraising for camp Keewaydin by selling Little Caesars products like cookies, pies and multiple different kinds of pizza kits. We have sold over 20 pizza kits and hope to sell more before March 7. Our next fundraiser will be the Chili Cook-Off on March 10 at 12-2pm. There will be a silent auction for a hedge trimmer, an artisan cake and a hand-painted chair. If you want to enter the Chili Cook-Off ($20 to enter) or for more information contact Kathyrn.st.george@wnesu.com . It will be held at the Grafton Elementary school gym . We are approaching our goal of 4,000 dollarsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-38689407481343310552017-12-01T11:19:00.000-08:002017-12-01T11:19:55.156-08:00Longitude and LatitudeThis week we have been working on longitude and latitude. We used Google Earth to find NFL stadiums with coordinates. We've learned about the hemispheres. We also learned how to find places with coordinates and how to write coordinates. We even learned how to read coordinates. We also learned about how longitude and latitude is split up into hours, minutes and seconds. The four hemispheres are Eastern, Western, Southern and Northern.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-74584112772197172202017-10-25T06:32:00.000-07:002017-10-25T06:32:03.739-07:00On Monday our class made eco-bottles. It was three bottles taped together. One bottle {bottle A} has dirt and leaves like what we have in the forest. There are crickets and worms as animals. Then we have bottle B, it has nothing in it. Bottle C, it has rocks and water with some water plants. We have two fish and one snail in there as well. It represents symbiosis, a relationship where at lest one organism is benefiting. They provide nutrients for one another and the plants provide oxygen.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-59068015989381457172017-10-04T10:22:00.001-07:002017-10-04T10:22:33.020-07:00The sixth grade went apple picking at Hidden Farms (Grape's orchard) for our apple pie bake sale on Oct. 8th at the Grafton post office from 10-2 pm. We picked honey crisps which are a favorite for most of the class. We ate a lot of apples! We picked over 20 bags of apples! We want to thank the Grape family for allowing us to pick at their orchard.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-69996712168907150472017-08-31T12:42:00.000-07:002017-08-31T12:42:18.012-07:00PurposeWe created a vision for our class on our first day. We did this so that we will have confidence in ourselves and have trust in each other. We believe this will make our classroom a better place and enable us to focus and learn.<br />
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Our vision: To learn we need to challenge ourselves to do our best at trusting and respecting each other.<br />
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Our mission: Pay attention to what you are doing and saying and communicate when our vision is threatened.<br />
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During our trip to Keewaydin we had tons of fun. In this photo one of the counselors was telling us a story about a Native American named Gustave. We ate brownies while he told us this wonderful story among Vermont's beautiful mountains.<br />
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On Thursday, we had choices about what activity we wanted to take part in. We were allowed to fish at recreational time. Throughout the week we did a lot of cool things like night walks, town meeting simulations, rock climbing, gardening and canoeing. At night time our cabin counselors read to us until we fell asleep. We also had jobs like hopper, dish washing, composting, recycling, wood carrying, sweeping, weather watching and prepping the tables.<br />
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We feel lucky that we were able to go on such an amazing trip. We are proud that we raised all that money. It was good to make new friends but it was sad to leave them behind.<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-65974716939347939622017-04-06T11:51:00.001-07:002017-04-06T11:52:33.461-07:00Tumbling in P.E.We just finished tumbling in P.E. Here are some of the awesome tricks we've been practicing. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a2frPy63E_s/WOaODNklpCI/AAAAAAAAACU/WdMmKNQDpeA/s640/blogger-image--1512173821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a2frPy63E_s/WOaODNklpCI/AAAAAAAAACU/WdMmKNQDpeA/s640/blogger-image--1512173821.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-azHcAIPkBvk/WOaN21DnobI/AAAAAAAAACQ/Yr7TJFeofG0/s640/blogger-image-1458140355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-azHcAIPkBvk/WOaN21DnobI/AAAAAAAAACQ/Yr7TJFeofG0/s640/blogger-image-1458140355.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Zg5GR494FK8/WOaODoGPcDI/AAAAAAAAACY/PiOab_-Z0VY/s640/blogger-image--360734937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Zg5GR494FK8/WOaODoGPcDI/AAAAAAAAACY/PiOab_-Z0VY/s640/blogger-image--360734937.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ur_DrC-s208/WOaN1oGRtWI/AAAAAAAAACM/pJAuZejHxCg/s640/blogger-image-551571434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ur_DrC-s208/WOaN1oGRtWI/AAAAAAAAACM/pJAuZejHxCg/s640/blogger-image-551571434.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dcX7t6P1HWU/WOaOE3156OI/AAAAAAAAACc/Ed8n3cpULl0/s640/blogger-image-1110979818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dcX7t6P1HWU/WOaOE3156OI/AAAAAAAAACc/Ed8n3cpULl0/s640/blogger-image-1110979818.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u_izKc1e5Co/WOaN0OCJhNI/AAAAAAAAACI/kwTmLtX7b7k/s640/blogger-image--1345395939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u_izKc1e5Co/WOaN0OCJhNI/AAAAAAAAACI/kwTmLtX7b7k/s640/blogger-image--1345395939.jpg"></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-58230723374925253982017-01-12T09:07:00.001-08:002017-01-12T12:46:02.107-08:00Winter SportsYesterday we had our first week winter sports and a lot of people did ice skating, down hill snowboarding, down hill skiing, cross country skiing, and bowling. In sixth grade ten people do snowboarding downhill at Stratton, four people do ice skating at Keene Ice, one person skis at Grafton Ponds, and one person bowls in Springfield. We had a FUN time at Stratton, Keene Ice, Springfield Bowling, and Grafton Ponds.<div><br></div><div>-Raiford</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-32818836327193251542016-12-01T05:57:00.001-08:002016-12-01T05:57:54.372-08:00Birds of Pray at Grafton<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_dY0ZD7ndkU/WEAsYCfzVsI/AAAAAAAAABo/2Lyc4tDmUho/s640/blogger-image--242619404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_dY0ZD7ndkU/WEAsYCfzVsI/AAAAAAAAABo/2Lyc4tDmUho/s640/blogger-image--242619404.jpg"></a></div>Souther Vermont Natural History visited Grafton Elementary School the week before Thanksgiving. They brought a a few of their exhibites from their museum. Some of the birds of prey they brought were the Red Tailed Hawk, a Barred Owl, and a Kestrel<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">. The picture you see above is of the Kestrel. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O4mFThikHPs/WEAsYSGfpqI/AAAAAAAAABs/RfE1TGUZ7UM/s640/blogger-image-1425485389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O4mFThikHPs/WEAsYSGfpqI/AAAAAAAAABs/RfE1TGUZ7UM/s640/blogger-image-1425485389.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">While they where here they were teaching us a lot of stuff about the birds of prey like an Owl. Something that I learned was that an Owl can turn his head all the way up side down and they can do that because they have 14 vertebrae in their necks. Owls in the wild don't even live to see their first birthday, but in captivity they can live for about 30 years.</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-75714838855243168752016-11-21T05:33:00.001-08:002016-11-21T05:33:48.079-08:00GES 6th grade Makes a TerrariumThe terrarium is made out of a fish tank, moss, ferns, rocks and many more objects that you would find in the woods.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XqKk1KFzkSA/WDL3uxOE5hI/AAAAAAAAABY/hv6daMH5fjI/s640/blogger-image--317708617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XqKk1KFzkSA/WDL3uxOE5hI/AAAAAAAAABY/hv6daMH5fjI/s640/blogger-image--317708617.jpg"></a></div>This is our terrarium. Our whole class built it and ,boy are we proud of it! On the first level there are pebbles then we have charcoal, then a layer of mesh, then dirt. Lastly moss, rocks, milkweed, trees and other things went on top of the dirt. We went<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> to the covered bridge to find specimens. </span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-43091081849998604202016-10-31T07:38:00.001-07:002016-10-31T07:44:32.353-07:00Eco BottlesIn the 6th grade we have been working on eco bottles. In the water part there are two guppies. In the dirt part there are 2 red wriggler worms. In the leafy part there is a cricket and grass seeds. How do the animals breath? Well, they can breath because of the plants. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O8ErUOMBfRg/WBdXWQnEH_I/AAAAAAAAABA/YbDZiH_eSGM/s640/blogger-image--1414588139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O8ErUOMBfRg/WBdXWQnEH_I/AAAAAAAAABA/YbDZiH_eSGM/s640/blogger-image--1414588139.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is a fun way to spend your summer. The guppies eat the snails waste and the snail eats the plants and algae. The worms eat the same as usual; dirt and decomposing matter. The cricket eats plants and even meat, on every continent except Antarctica. That is what is in the eco bottles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The pumpkin raffle happened and Tyler won ours.🎃 It is the fifth one over from the white one. We made a football player with a Grafton helmet.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LlkWOIFKkn0/WBdXWDX6LbI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Rrd9JE0hnzk/s640/blogger-image--1771523594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LlkWOIFKkn0/WBdXWDX6LbI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Rrd9JE0hnzk/s640/blogger-image--1771523594.jpg"></a></span><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LlkWOIFKkn0/WBdXWDX6LbI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Rrd9JE0hnzk/s640/blogger-image--1771523594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8nzkdcEGvnw/WBdXWija5gI/AAAAAAAAABE/BxP2SYvMx5I/s640/blogger-image--1455610625.jpg"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;">This is our pumpkin. </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545040627954381131.post-76722543861886661962016-10-06T07:19:00.001-07:002016-10-06T07:19:46.702-07:006th Grade Apple Picking<div><br></div><div><b>On October 4th the Athens-Grafton Elementary School 6th grade went apple picking at Hidden Orchard Farm.</b> <b>We picked 23 bags of apples! We picked these apples for an apple pie sale that will fund our trip to the Keewaydin Environmental Education Center. This Friday we are going to make apple pies for our sale that is on Sunday, October 9th, at the post office from 11:00-3:00. Please stop by to support us. Our sales will all be by donation. We are also raffling off a 300 year old quilt donated by Kathy Metelica. We would like to say thank you to Mr. Lisai and the Grape family for letting us come to the orchard and pick all those apples.</b></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JLJ8pnQH6pQ/V_ZdgYNkXVI/AAAAAAAAAAo/3gf9vvnd71A/s640/blogger-image--1180564089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JLJ8pnQH6pQ/V_ZdgYNkXVI/AAAAAAAAAAo/3gf9vvnd71A/s640/blogger-image--1180564089.jpg"></a> </div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0