Family Blogging Month Winner: Nicolas' Mr. Gallon Video

Nick was one of the three winners for April's Family Blogging Month. For his special post,  Nick wrote a movie that teaches everyone...including Little Madilda, from Geelong, Australia, about 

cups, pints, quarts, and a gallon!

Enjoy!

Matilda, from Australia, learns all about cups, pints, quarts, and gallons.

Nick's bellowing voice was inspired by Mr. Gazazi from The Garden of Abdul Gazazi by Chris Van Allsburg.


 

What do you think of Mr. Gallon? 

Do you know another way to teach capacity?

A Postcard From Yorkshire Dales, England!

By Nick and Lindsay

 We got a fabulous postcard from the Yorkshire Dales in England!

It was difficult to find Yorkshire Dales in our atlas, so we contacted the teacher!


Because Yorkshire Dales is a rural community, it was not listed in our giant atlas. With help from Mr. E., from Hawes Community Primary School, we located the town.

We also learned that they are famous for their cheese! The Wensleydale Creamery is in Yorkshire Dales. This cheese was made famous when it was featured in the movie Wallace and Gromit! The students and their families own the cows used to make the yummy cheese!

We thank Hawes Community Primary School for commenting on our blog, and we think it is cool that they are in a small school.  The waterfalls and the lakes look beautiful! They must be lucky that they have waterfalls. The sunsets in Yorkshire Dales look magnificent. It is a limestone country which we think means there is a lot of limestone to be quarried there. Yorkshire Dales has lush green valley known as dales.

We're wondering: 

What does "limestone country" mean?

How old is Yorkshire Dales? 

How old is your school? 

Audio Poem: Smart

This week, Mrs. Yollis' class is learning about poetry! 

 

When reading a poem aloud it is important to:

1. Practice reading the poem in a clear voice.

2. Change the sound of your voice to help express the idea of the poem.

3. Pause a little at the end of each line. Pause longer at punctuation marks.

4. Look up at your listeners whenever you can.

 

 

Have a listen as we recite the humorous poem Smart by Shel Silverstein

	Smart
	My dad gave me one dollar bill 'Cause I'm his smartest son, And I swapped it for two shiny quarters 'Cause two is more than one!
	And then I took the quarters And traded them to Lou For three dimes -- I guess he don't know That three is more than two!
	Just then, along came old blind Bates And just 'cause he can't see He gave me four nickels for my three dimes, And four is more than three!
	And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs Down at the seed-feed store, And the fool gave me five pennies for them, And five is more than four!
	And then I went and showed my dad, And he got red in the cheeks And closed his eyes and shook his head-- Too proud of me to speak!

Reciters:  Jaden, Nicolas, Miriam, Grace, and Adia


How did you like the poem?

Which was your favorite stanza?