Graduation Pictures

Enjoy these graduation pictures.

Fourth Grade Graduation

Enjoy these pictures of the fourth grade students. We wish them well next year as fifth graders.
We will miss you all.

Heifer International Project

Thanks to all of you for your generous donations to the Heifer International Project. Our last class activity was to decide on what animals we would like to purchase for families in other countries. Here is our choice of animals.
1- Llama share
1 Flock of chicks
1- Trio of Rabbits
1-Share of a pig
1- Hive of bees
I think the kids selected a great group of animals.
Thanks so much for doing this. It was a wonderful gift to receive.
Jane

Fun Day June 2009

Biking At Catamount

This is a video of us riding our bikes on the bike trail at Catamount. We had so much fun and wished we could have stayed longer.
by
Trenton

Students Create Powerpoints

As part of the student research, we created Powerpoint presentation to share the facts we researched.

Below is a sample of our work.

Mother's Day Tea 2009

In May we had a Mother's Day Tea to celebrate Mother's Day. We shared the special poems we wrote to our mothers, sang a song, and served our mothers food. This was a special time for all of us.
Joe

Student Work

Literacy- Small reading groups, reading nonfiction books related to the space program

Math- String Comet

Making Brochures using Publisher

NASA's Signature in Space

As part of our study of the space program, the Astro Team participated in the Signature in Space project. The program is sponsored jointly by both NASA and Lockheed Martin Corportation. The students made presentations to the students in the other teams in school about this program. The purpose of the program is to develop an awareness of what is happening in the space program. In the fall of 2009 NASA will be sending another shuttle into space. As part of the ship's manifest there will be the signatures of thousands of people that were collected by students who participated in this project. The students at Allen Brook School who signed the poster will have their names on this manifest.

Getting Ready for the Milky Way Cafe Opening Night

Students planned how the room would look for the night of the reading restaurant. They made table decorations, organized the room, and collected and organized their writing pieces.

The Milky Way Cafe is open!

Students shared the writings they had completed over the course of the year at the Milky Way Cafe. Parents and friends came to the cafe to read the students' writings. The Astro Team members, dressed as aliens, served our guests.

Star Burst Fraction Math

Our math class did fraction problems using Star Burst candies. We had partners and we recorded how many of each color Star Burst that we had and wrote the answers as fractions.
Then we combined groups to create larger fractions. by Joe & Mark

Milky Way Cafe Menu

Reading Restaurant Menu at the Milky Way Cafe

April Book Reports

The April book report project was to make a quadraram. On each panel of the quadrarama some part of the story was told through text, pictures or 3D objects. Enjoy the slide show of the students presenting their projects to their peers.

Projects & Activities

Research was started in the library with a discussion on how to use the library and internet for researching.
Parents helped in the classroom with the hands on projects.

"The Clickers"

Our math class used the clickers to play a math game. They were multiplication questions that we made up. We invited Mr. Bolgers class to play with us. Paige and Julia

Indoor Sled Park

Students solve the problem of creating a safe sled board park. Different materials are used to test the best sled for the park.

Mission Control will be Out of School

Mission Control will be out of school for two weeks. You will be checking your email daily for your Astro Team assignments. Email

Astro team members participate in three projects that require them to visit the NASA web site. Visit the Space Agency blog.

Tiny Chat- Astro Team members participate in an online chat with Mission Control.

Report work is sent to Mission Control via email attachments. Mission Control will read and comment on your work.

Space Alphabet Book

Open publication - Free publishing - More space

Astro Team's Open House

We would like to thank all our parents for attending our open house. We hope you had a great time, because we certainly did. We would like to share these pictures with you.
Julie

Astro Team vs. Parents

The Astro Team creates a list of space related questions and challenge their parents to answer them. The parents have the opportunity to try the classes' new personal response devices (clickers).

Astor Team Breakfast Brochure

The Astro team has produced a brochure for the parents outlining the work the students are presenting at the open house.


Click on the Astro Team Logo to see our brochure.

Green Breakfast & Open House

At our Green Breakfast we shared our research work on space. We dehydrated food to share, parents signed in under their zodiac sign, looked at our projects and read the reports and stories we had written.

Meet the Astro Team

Meet the Astro Team!
This PhotoStory is about meeting the Astro Team. We are astronauts. We have been studying space. We hope you enjoy the show! By Paige

Ham, The Space Monkey

Ham is the new member of the Astro Team. Ham's mission is to go home with a different student every night. His nightly adventure is recorded in the Astro Journal by his astronaut friend.

The Lurking Creature

Young Writer's Project sponsored by the Burlington Free Press.
We would like to share with you Kaitlyn's story that was selected by the BFP to be published as part of their Young Writer's Project.
Great writing Kaitlyn!!
by Mrs. Wilson

Get your own - Open publication

Vermont Haiti Garden Book

Allen Brook and Haiti are sister schools. Calliope students are sending a book to Haiti. We worked in pairs of two. Each grope of two made a garden picture. We have made seed pockets in our book and put seeds for the children in Haitia to plant in their gardens.


By Claire

Get your own - Open publication

Multiplication Book

Our math class created story problems on the Paint program. We did this at the end of our multiplication unit, so the problems are all multiplication stories. We have published this project in an E Book. You can look at the book by clicking on the link below. We hope you enjoy looking at and solving our problems.

by Paige & Joe

Get your own - Open publication

Intergalactic Passports

Astro Team members need to apply for intergalactic passports. The passports are needed as you travel the solar system.
Over & Out
Mission Control

Danielle

An Interview

by Joe and Davis

Danielle
Every Thursday a student teacher comes in to help and she is Danielle from UVM.


Where are you from? Framingham, M.A.
What is your age? 19
What do you like to do? Travel, hang out with friends
Why are you here? I go to UVM and study education. Coming to your class is part of my learning process.
What is your favorite color? Pink
What is your favorite animal? My beagle Chappy.
What is your favorite sport to watch? Baseball.
What is your favorite sport team? The Red Sox.
What is your favorite food? Chinese food
What is your favorite subject? English
What is your favorite book? To Kill a Mockingbird
What is your favorite movie? Clueless
How do many siblings you have? 1 13 year old Brother.

Anna

Anna is our new student teacher in Mrs. Wilson’s class. Anna has 1 chocolate lab named Chester. She lives with her parents but only when she is not at school, her school is St Michel’s College. Her favorite color is pink. She came to school because she loves kids and she wanted to be a teacher. She is currently taking her first education class called Schools and Society.

By:Julie and Paige

Endangered Rainforest Animals

Sophie Bujold and I, Olivia Letourneau, did a presentation in front of the whole Calliope team. We both studied eight endangered rainforest animals. Here are the names of all of the animals. Agouti, Aye – Aye, Fossa, Gray Mouse Lemur, Tarsier, Kinkajou, Flying Squirrel, and Slender Loris. Most of them have longer tails than their bodies. We showed a video and did clay sculptures of the animals. There are about 25 of each animal left in the world. We are now collecting money for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The box to raise money will either be in the lobby or in the front office of Allen Brook School.
By: Olivia Letourneau

Snail Research

Doug, Claire and Paige did a snail research with Mrs. Poirot. We went to her office every Tuesday for lunch and recess. We also went at 1:45 on Mondays so we could practice our presentation. Then in a little group we presented once more before the real thing. Finally, we presented our research in front of Calliope kiva!!!
By Doug, Claire and Paige

Vermont Astronomical Society

We want to thank Ron Anstey from the Vermont Astronomical Society for his presentation on the stars and planets in our solar system. We enjoyed his presentation and learned a lot. Thank you, Ben & Class

The Astro Team

The Astro Team
If it’s space its a race!

Located at Allen Brook School, Williston VT. We have kids that will help you with all your space needs. We have a class pet, our space monkey named Ham. We even have a space helmet. We learn about every planet and are interested in all space related things.
The main person in charge of this space agency is Mrs. Wilson, she teaches her students about space. Each student has their own nick name!

by Kaitlyn

Our Space Unit

Our class is doing a space unit. We have a new motto and name. The Astro Team is our name and “If it’s space it’s a race” is our new motto. We are now a space team. We are going to get passports to all of the planets!!! We are also going to decorate our room as a space theme!!! We are going to make comets out of cotton balls and then we are going to attach tinsel at the end to make it look real. We are also going to make planets to make our class room look like the Solar System.

We can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By Tasneem & Maddie

NASA Web Page

2009 International Year of Astronomy

NASA's Home Page

Projects for Students

Teacher Information

NASA Kids' Club

NASA Gift Shop

Multi-Voting Process

We generated a list of possible names for our space agency. We multi-voted on the name we liked best.(Astro Team) Then we drew logos and made up mottoes to go with our logo. We multi-voted to get our first choices.