December Auction

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A couple of days ago our class had an auction. We had fun bidding against each other. People were saying numbers back and forth and it got exciting and funny. There were so many things to choose from like bouncy balls, pencils, hi-lighters, snowmen, and iron on stickers. At the end things started to slow down and people were learning how to be smart bidders. We are hoping to do this again.
BY: Julie and Megan

Our Auction

On December 19th 2008 we had an auction. It was really fun! Instead of money we used clear green bingo chips we earned by having good behavior, bringing our homework back to school, and doing good deeds. Each chip was worth a dollar. Some people did not have as many chips as other people because they got a prize with their chips already. Mr. Nardelli was our auctioneer. We had a lot of fun!!! By Tasneem
PS. Olivia won the bid.

A.B.D.A

Allan Brook Detective Agency is here to save the day. We can solve your problems, but only if it’s a mystery or a crime. Our motto is “Any Crime, Any Time.” Everyday our class tries to solve a mystery story. We have a detective dog named Clue, who goes home with a student everyday to help solve a mystery.
By Julie

Donated Trays

Alexander, Kaitlyn, and Jocelyn donated products to the Fletcher Allen Health Center. They donated four trays from Kalax Creations that had decorations on them. They will go to children in the hospital. By Kaitlyn

Four Winds -Weathering & Erosion

In Four Winds we learned about weathering and erosion. It was fun .We did some experiments with rocks. In one of the experiments we stuck a rock in a cup of water to see if it would float. The other experiment was finding the rock that was magnetized. At first we couldn’t find it but at the end we did find it and that’s what we did at Four Winds. By Spencer

Four Winds- Rocks and Minerals

At Four Winds we learned that rocks are made differently. We did some tests that showed rocks can be magnetic and some are not. We put vinegar on some rocks to see if it fuzzed up. We shook rocks in a jar of water to show how rocks break down when they hit each other. It was a fun time and we learned lots of things about rocks.
By Trenton

Encyclopedia Brown

Joe’s mother came in and read us a story out of the book Encyclopedia Brown Series. We read the story "The Case of Sir Biscuit-Shooter". It was about Uncle Barney and people thinking that he went into Princess Marta’s trailer. At the end of the story Uncle Barney was innocent and they found out that it was a person named Kitty. Kitty went into Princess Marta’s trailer. That was the mystery story that we read! Thanks Alice for reading the story to us. By: Olivia Letourneau

My Big Buddy

Champlain Valley Union High School has a Big Buddy program. The CVU students have a buddy in the elementary school. My big buddy is named Kelsey. She comes to visit me twice a week in my classroom. She comes to have fun with me. I like seeing Kelsey. Here is a picture of her reading a mystery story to our class. By Davis

Mystery Unit

Our class is starting a mystery unit for reading. We created a detective agency called the ABDA. It stands for Allen Brook Detective Agency. We voted on the name. We voted on a motto and it is “Any Crime, Any Time”. We even have a logo. We are reading mystery books, solving mysteries and writing some too. By: Joe

The Dance

On Wednesday, November 19th 2008 a group of girls presented a dance in the kiva in Calliope House. Notice what we are wearing in the video!! Matching clothes. Our name is The Peep Squad! We practiced a very long time and we were scared to do it. We have the best leader in our group ever, her name is Julie. The first part she made up. We had music playing in the back ground. We had a great time. The dancers were Megan, Karlee, Julie, Eva, Claire and Julia. By: Megan, Karlee and Julie. Video taken by Jarett.

Top Room

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I created these pictures in Google Sketch Up. I really liked it but I had to take a picture of each screen and save it as a "gif" file before I could share it as a slideshow.
By Ben

Laptop Computers in Classroom

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Yesterday my class used laptops. We were writing a "Response to Literature" because we had just finished our reading group books.
Photos and writing by Davis

Butterfly Pictures from El Roserio Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Mexico

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The Phantom Toll Booth

The Flynn Theater
My class went to the Flynn Theater, we saw The Phantom Toll booth. It was about a boy named Milo. He didn’t care about anything, and didn’t want to do anything. But he went to a magic place and rescued the 2 princesses. But at the end he realized that learning is important.
By Jarett

What’s In The Bag?

Last Friday Karlee, Alyse, Meagan and I did what’s in the bag. People try to guess what is inside the bag. People were guessing and guessing, they just couldn’t seem to get it. Ben or Brock guessed it was edible and it was. Then Nasser guessed that it is colorful. It was a little bit colorful and finally Maddie guessed candy corn. It was right but before you got the candy corn you had to answer a question about the U.S.A. by Julianna

The Monarchs are in Mexico!

Today was the end of the monarch tracking in our class.
There are so many different colored dots on the Journey South monarch tracking map. That means there are lots and lots of monarchs and it shows the locations of where the monarchs have been seen this fall. This is the end of the project in tell the monarchs come back from Mexico.

by Claire

Fall Harvest Party with Andrew our Gardener

We had a harvest party at school today. The purpose of the harvest party was to celebrate the end of the school garden season. We got to pick the activity we wanted to be in. There was… hat making, food Olympics, square dancing, and making wreaths! We also made a picture and signed our names on it. Andrew the gardener told us to bring in vegetables or
bread. He made a soup with all of the vegetables we brought in. We had a great time!!
By: Olivia

Snow In October, How Can It Be?

Last week our class did a snow day. What we did was we did an experiment on snow from last March. We had to put snow in a cup and we were testing about how fast the snow could melt. We had to mark the spot with a S where the snow level was in the cup. We got three cups and we marked each cup as ether A, B, or C. Then we had to put the cups in different spots. And last we had to write where we put them and observe what happened.

by Brock

You Run Your Own Body

Kids on the Block came to Allen Brook and did two puppet shows. The first was about a boy who had a mom who abused him! So he told somebody in order to get help! The second was about a girl who had been touched in a bad way and she felt bad. The person told her not to tell anyone but she did because she felt uncomfortable. The lessons Kids on the Block taught was that our bodies are our own and that it is okay to yell and tell in order to get help!
By Kaitlyn

Harvest Festival

Andrew came in and talked to us. Calliope is participating in the school harvest festival. There is going to be bread and soup to eat, dancing, food Olympics, singing, face painting, hat and crown making and flag making activities.
We are going to have so Much FUN!
By Alyse

Goggle Sketch Up

I made a playground on Google Sketch Up. This is a 3D modeling program. I made it for a project for our tech lab teacher. This was a fun project. By Ben

Four Winds

Four Winds
This year in Four Winds we are learning about compasses and navigation, and how some animals have mental compasses in their head. Then we went on a treasure hunt. We used compasses to find the treasure which were Starbursts and Four Winds booklets. By Tasneem

Monarch Butterflies Travel to Mexico

Our class made paper monarchs to send to the kids in Mexico and in return they are going to send some paper monarchs backto us! It’s a little like sending a birthday present to another state, but I think its really cool! by Maddie

Bullying

What is bullying? Bullying is when you get teased and called names by someone else. A couple days ago we got to learn how bullying goes. Mrs. Carr and Mrs. Sumner taught us not to bully and they taught us what to do if you get bullied.

by Paige

Visitor from Thailand

A few days ago a man from Thailand came from Thailand his name was First. First taught us about the shape of Thailand. He said it looked like an axe and an elephant. Then he said that there are three flags of Thailand. The king flag, the queen flag, and the regular Thailand flag. After that he taught us about their greetings of respect. There are three kinds of greetings.

by Joe

Fire Department Visit

A few days ago the fire department visited Allen Brook School.
They talked about our safety if you have a fire in your house!

One fireman dressed up in the suit he has to wear when they come and save you.

Then they said that you don’t stop, drop, and roll you stop, drop, cover your face, and roll!!!!

By: Megan

Reading

We are working on reading fluency. Here is Claire reading a butterfly poem.