Harbor Porpoise Newsletter
Vol. 3 November 2015
Written by: The Harbor Porpoise Students
Peter and the Wolf
By, Anna and Bennet
Do you want to hear about one thing we did during
November? Did you say, “Yes?” Great! Well, guess
what? We got to watch some people, The Philharmonic
Wind Quintet, but guess what they brought?
Instruments and they played Peter and the Wolf music
and some of the students from Upper El were
narrators. We could imagine the actors dancing across
the stage. It was fun!
Veteran’s Day
By, Yesce and Henry
On November 11th it is Veteran’s Day and every
year we have an assembly to honor our veterans. We
sang songs like; You’re a Grand Old Flag and The Star
Spangled Banner. After we said the Pledge of
Allegiance, the veterans came on stage and said their
name and told if they were in the Army, Air Force,
Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard. They each got an
American flag and a card. We thank them for their
service.
See you in December!
Addition and Subtraction
By, Jaydin and Ava
The first years have been working on addition and
subtraction. The way we do this: we get a card and we
copy the numbers in our binders. For example: 2 + 2 = 4
and 4 – 2 = 2.
Rounding
By, Aydin and Dylan
The third years are rounding to the nearest tens
and hundreds. We will give you an example of what we
mean. Fifteen rounded to the nearest ten is twenty.
Another example: 126 rounded to the nearest hundred
is 100. There, do you get it? If you have 36 and round
to the nearest ten your answer will be 40 because if it
is five or higher you will round up. If it is lower than
five you will round down. We hope you like rounding.
Awesome Geometry
By, Kayla and Katie
We are here to tell you about Geometry! Geometry
can be polygons and quadrilaterals. Quadrilaterals such
as the rectangle, parallelogram, and kite all have four
sides. A very familiar quadrilateral is the square. A
really cool thing about the quadrilaterals is that one
shape is called common quadrilateral! Now, we will name
all the quadrilaterals: common quadrilateral, chevron,
parallelogram, rectangle, kite, trapezoid, square, and
rhombus.
Now, we move onto polygons. Polygons are just like
quadrilaterals except they have many corners instead
of just four. Polygons can have 3,4,5,6,7,8,9, or 10
corners. The polygons are triangles, quadrilaterals,
pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons, nonagons,
and decagons.
Period Key Experience
By, Marley and Raegan
Periods are after a sentence. Here are some
examples: An apple tree has a trunk. We made a
sentence. School has a lot of kids. A sentence is a
complete thought. When we make sentences, we put a
period at the end.
Compound Words
By, Rowen and Leon
We are talking about Compound Words. Compound
words are two root words put together. For example:
pin + wheel = pinwheel or foot + ball = football.
Compound words rock!
Adjectives
By, Aidan and Eleanor
Blue, green, yellow, orange – these are all
adjectives. Adjectives are something that describes
the noun. For example: the white cloud. White is the
adjective. That is adjectives. We hope you love our
article. Don’t forget adjectives!
Collective Nouns
By, Gianni
Collective nouns are not math, not art, not turkeys,
but they are grammar. It is where there are groups
and animals. You are trying to match the animals to
their group names. For example: fish are a school and
dogs are a pack. Maybe you could think of some
collective nouns at home.
Elements
By, Clayton and Xylyr
Boom! Oops…there go the elements exploding and
doing other cool stuff. Elements are cool because they
are the things that make the universe. We all had fun
researching the elements. Have fun researching your
elements!
Sixteen Countries
By, Elizabeth and Sofia
Last week, Mrs. Glenn’s daughter, Susan, came in
and told us about the sixteen countries she went to like
Paris, France, Easter Island, and South Africa. She saw
penguins in South Africa. She went to a church in Paris.
She told us Easter Island was found on Easter. In our
classroom, every time we hear a story from a different
country or a visitor tells us about a place they traveled
to, we add a pin to our map on the bulletin board. We
hope she will tell us about her next trip!
Thanksgiving Poetry and Art
By, Lula and Caden
Do you know what an Acrostic Poem is? Well, I bet
your child will bring one home or tell you about it. Well,
we will, too. So first, get a piece of paper. Next, think
of a topic. Our theme was Thanksgiving. Then write
your topic vertically down the paper. Then, with each
letter write a word but, the word has to relate to the
topic. Now, you’re done. Here are some examples for an
acrostic poem:
Healthy
Amazing
Party
Picnic
Yo-yo
Fun
Unique
Nice
After we wrote our Acrostic Poem, we made a
turkey. We could do it anyway we wanted but we had to
incorporate our poem in the turkey. We all enjoyed our
turkey poem art.