Reading Day!

As a special reward, we spent a lot of today reading.  We read on our desks, under the tables, with lanterns, and in other special ways.

Cooking and some Presentation on Native American Tribes

As a class, we studied the Wampanoag from Massachusetts.  Earlier this fall we harvested beans and corn from the school garden and then dried them.  Today we took the dried beans and corn and cooked them with some squash and onions into a stew.  We also tried to grind the corn into cornmeal but it was really difficult!

How to make sobaheg (without meat):
Put dried beans and corn in a pot with water and cook it for 2 hours.  Then add chopped onion, garlic, butternut squash and cook until everything is soft.  Add in some ground cornmeal to thicken it.  Lastly, season with salt.  Then eat!!!!!!!!!  ;)

Yum!

During the past few weeks in book groups, we've been studying a different Native American tribe: the Nez Perce, the Cheyenne, or the Pueblo.  Today we presented our findings to the rest of the class.

Comic Books

We just finished a huge project that required a lot of reading, learning new vocabulary, taking notes, discussing, defending our opinion, and writing.  Finally, we condensed our thoughts into some short comic books.  Enjoy!

Christa's Last Day

 Thanks, Christa, for being a great student teacher.  We'll miss you a lot!

Taking Notes in Book Groups

Researching Native American Tribes

In our book groups we are researching different Native American Tribes.  We're reading, learning new vocabulary words, and taking notes using our ipads.

A Scuba Diver Shows Us Things She Has Discovered Under the Connecticut River

Mrs. Walior's friend Annette visited last Friday.  She loves to scuba dive and she does it almost every weekend here in Brattleboro.  She is looking for rocks that were carved by Native Americans hundreds of years ago.  So far she hasn't found them, but she has found some very interesting things under the Connecticut River and near the Retreat Meadows.