Lil' Indians
Cambridge Elementary School
December 18, 2019
In This Issue:
- Flag - 3rd Grade Student Work
- Card Contest
- Weaving in the Library
- Special Time is Special
- Giving Tuesday
- Snowflake Facts - 5th Grade Student Work
- Snowflake Bentley - 5th Grade Student Work
- 1st Grade Toy Stories
- Earth Club
- 4th Grade Thanksgiving Feast
- Aceera - 3rd Grade Student Work
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Mrs. Esposito and Mr. Waite photo bomb their classes on Halloween
Flag
A mosaic made by Nola Marotta, 3rd Grade, after reading a book about American Culture.
Card Contest
Mrs. Bell's class decided to enter a contest about a Christmas card. We all made a card that we designed our own way and we all had a lot of fun together. We mailed all of them to the Times Union newspaper. Even if we don't win we still had fun all together!
Elementary Associate Principal, Mr. Gibson, and 5th Grade Teacher, Mrs. Wiltey
Weaving in the Library
Elijah Watkins and Nora Carroll (2nd Grade)
Jordan Taft and Max Ungeheuer (5th Grade)
Dani Harrington and Kennedy Petell (2nd Grade)
Special Time is Special!
On Election Day our class had to vote on what their favorite special is. The majority of our class voted for Library. Ellery said, "I like library because we can go on computers, color, and pick out books." Ben said, "I like library because you can sit in the library to read books and colors." Carson said, "I like library because I like to read books." ~ Mrs. Record and Mrs. Trinkle - 1st grade
Giving Tuesday
Snow Flake Facts
By Philip Nichols, 5th Grade, Mrs. McKeighan
Snowflakes can come in many different shapes and sizes.
The weather conditions can affect how the snowflake is formed
A snowflake is born when water vapor rises up and hits a dust particle, then more water vapor collects up and the snowflake grows its 6 branches, etc.
The more moisture in the air the more details the snowflake will have.
The colder it is, the more complex the design is going to be.
Below, 5th Graders with snow flakes made in Art with Mrs. Liu-Gorman
Snowflake Bentley
Summary by Sadie McMillan & Kira Mullin, 5th Grade, Mrs. McKeighan
Book By Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Snowflake Bentley is an exceptional book about a boy who loves snowflakes. Wilson was born February 9, 1865. Wilson loved snow so much he even said “snow was as beautiful as butterflies, or apple blossoms.” Wilson netted butterflies and picked apple blossoms, yet he could not give his family snowflakes. Wilson’s mother gave him an old microscope.
So when the other children were playing Wilson was studying the ice crystals. He found no two snowflakes were alike. Wilson tried to save the snowflakes by drawing them, but they melted before he was done. By the age of 16 Wilson heard of a camera with its own microscope. His parents finally saw he would not be happy without it. So they spent their savings on the camera.
After many trials and failures he got photos of the ice crystals. The neighbors laughed and called “Snow in Vermont as common as dirt.” Wilson, no longer a boy, studied dew as well. He even tied grasshoppers so he could study the moisture in the morning. He also made slide shows to sell. Wilson published his book and was known as “ the Snowflake Man”.Wilson died two weeks after a 6 mile walk in a blizzard to get more photos. Then a monument was built in “Snowflake Bentley's” name.
1st Grade Toy Stories
Earth Club
Earth Club is working on a project to recycle broken crayons and dried out markers. We are creating “receptacle boxes” for these items which are being placed in classrooms. Once a month, Earth Club members will come around and collect the items and then ship them to the Crayola Company where they will be recycled.
Also, Earth Club will again be partnering with the High School Environment Club for the Clynk program through Hannaford grocery stores. Once a month, Earth Club students will be collecting redeemable bottles from classrooms. Thank you so much to CCS staff and students for supporting Earth Club's efforts to take care of our environment!
Earth club making crayon collection boxes, below.
Liam Fonda, Gabby Austin, Fiona Keith
Paxton Griffith
Emma Parker, Isabella Holcomb, and Sayde Wulff
4th Grade Thanksgiving Feast
4th Grade students hard at work, below.
Aceera
by Mazzy Wassink, 3rd Grade, Mrs. Lathrop
Final project after reading "Ancient Greek and Roman Gods." Students had to design their own goddesses.
Aceera (u-c-ear-u) is the goddess of the scare. She was about five years old when she started edge scaring. She always sat at the Olympia and looked down at Earth's graveyard. One day, Zeus came up to Aceera and said, "You can go down to the graveyard. Actually, that's where you can rule." "But I do not have a disguise," said Aceera. "You do not need a disguise, you look almost like a human except you're always pale and you wear black every day. Just keep your bat wings down and still and you will be fine," said Zeus. "Ok," said Aceera. So she went down to the graveyard and it became Aceera's domain. The end.
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