Happy Summer!

Greetings from vacation land! I hope all of you are doing well, though I imagine some of your are really bored by now and can’t wait for school to start again. =)

I’ve loaded a bunch more PICTURES from the field trips we took in May and June, so you can look through those and keep busy if you’re bored, at least for a little while.

Oh, and in case you lost your copy of the yearbook already, you can click on this link to download it: 2010-2011_Room14_Yearbook

Well, I’d love to hear about what you guys have been up to! You can respond to my nicenet message or write me at my e-mail address (mr.jeung@gmail.com)!

Reuse Art Projects

As we wrap up our unit on the 4 Rs and prepare for our trip to Camp Arroyo, here are pictures of Room 14 students with their reuse art projects!

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Also check out pictures from our Rot lesson and landfill excavation!

Spring Time!

Hey folks! Below are some pictures of what we’ve been doing in Art with Ms. Debbie. Be sure to check out our Pictures page for pictures of our recent trip to the Oakland Museum, and more!

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March Madness!

We did a lot of great things in March! Click here to see the landfills we built in class, or click here to see pictures from our visit to the Davis Street Transfer Station, or click here to see what we recently did with our 1st grade buddies! You can also click on the “Pictures” tab to see other things we’ve been doing throughout the year. Below are some more news reports from our Neighborhood Clean-Up (check out the post below this one for more details).

Olivia & Fahina:

Download: Olivia%20%26%20Fahina%20-%20Neighborhood%20Clean-Up%20Report%20Take%202.mp3?w=db02f049&dl=1

DaJanique & Ahnyah:

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Julian & Ibrahim:

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Karina & Anhar:

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Kyree & Andres:

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T’Kiah & Maricela: 

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Neighborhood Clean-Up!

Last week, Room 14 went for a walk around our school to do a little community service and clean up the neighborhood. We kept track what kind of pollution we found. We were aghast that in the short distance we traveled, there was so much garbage! In the weeks to come, we’ll be learning about what we can do at home and at school to take better care of our environment. Enjoy the news report (by Ruby, Serina and Ethan) and the pictures!

Download: Neighborhood%20Clean-Up%20Report%20-%20Ruby%2C%20Serina%2C%20Phillip.mp3?w=f4eb3d88&dl=1

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Germs!

For the past couple of weeks, Room 14 students have been transforming into Germ Experts! Here are some pictures from our germ science experiment. We made hypotheses about which place in our classroom was the germiest of all, then used petri dishes with agar to observe and conclude which hypothesis was correct! The nominations for the top 5 germiest places were: soccer ball, trash can, keyboard, name sticks, and hand sanitizer top. And the winner…. the trash can! Enjoy the pictures!

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D.E.A.R. Day

Wednesday, March 2 was Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day! Oakland Councilmember Libby Schaaf came in as a guest reader as we celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday together by listening to a read-aloud of The Sneeches and enjoying reading time in our PJs. Enjoy the slideshow!

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Super Science!

This week, we began our new science unit, Solid Earth, and we’ll be taking on the role of geologists as we learn about different kinds of rocks and minerals! Here are some pictures of the students investigating “mock rocks” and taking them apart. Enjoy!

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Painting & Real World Division

This past week, we finally painted our CA Salt Dough Maps (click here to see the pictures). We also worked in our groups on some real world division problems – how to split different amounts of money equally among our group members & how to share cookies equally so that no one complains of unfairness!

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California Region Reports

Click here and check out these great reports – researched, written and recorded by Room 14 students!  You’ll also want to check out the other great Projects we’ve been working on this year!