Showing posts with label Ezra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ezra. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Special Report #1

Kim’s Wedding by Evelyn and Sid



As some of you know Kim got married, and we are very happy for her. We are excited that she is back in Soleil teaching, and we have a few questions for her about the wedding.

  1. Sid and Evelyn: Where and when was your wedding?
Kim: My wedding was October 3rd, 2015 at the Pacific Towers on Beacon Hill, Seattle. The owners of the venue own the Fair Start organization, which helps homeless people get job opportunities.

      2. Sid and Evelyn: What kind of cake\cupcakes did you have at your wedding?
Kim: At the wedding, there were stuffed cakes and cupcakes. There was a chocolate cake with peanut butter and buttercream,and the cupcakes were salted caramel chocolate mocha.

      3. Sid and Evelyn: What was your favorite part of the wedding?
Kim: My favorite part of the wedding was saying the vows, and seeing all my friends and family.

      4. Sid and Evelyn: What was the theme of your wedding?
Kim: It was art deco, 1920’s style, which was also around the time the building was built.

      5.Sid and Evelyn: What did you wedding dress look like.
Kim: The dress was floor length, and it was dark blue, with sequins all over it.

      6.Sid and Evelyn: What kind of music played?
Kim: It was a mixed kind of African music, using an instrument called the kora, which is like a harp. Africa has always been a special part of my life, because I have been to Africa.




Liam and Joshua’s Special Report on Instrumental Music
  1. Why did you choose to play your instrument ?
  2. Is it fun learning to play an instrument ?
  3. Is it easy or hard to learn the new notes ?
  4. How often and how long do you practice ?
  5. What is your favorite thing to play ?
                          Answers to our Questions
collins  interview
1” I originally started out practicing at kennelly keys we stopped going because my instructor was always late.”
2”Yes  I like playing drums because I get to hit stuff.”
3” Its medium because we’re learning new notes like  flams .”
4”And I practice every other day.”
5”My favorite note is paradiddle.”

henry's interview
1” I play trumpet because I got one at a yard sale”  
2”playing trumpet is sort of annoying because I also play the piano but all in all I like it.”
3”it is easy to play the trumpet because I play the piano “.
4”it depends what I have to do that day but I praksis all I can.”  
5”my favorite note is c my least favorite note is “g”

isabella's  interview
1” I chose to play the violin because it looked fun.”
2” Playing the violin is fun because you get to use both hands.”
3” Sometimes it's hard to play certain notes but is fun sometimes.”
4” I practise for almost 2 hours every day.”
5” My favorite song is mozart melody .”

abbeys interview
1”I chose my clarinet because I like the sound it makes”.
2yes it is entertaining to play clarinet .”  
3” It's just a bit easy and a bit hard playing clarinet .”
4” I practice every day .”
5” I don't play songs yet but my favorite note is E’

lowatas interview
1well I chose to play cello because it's big and i like big stuff and my sister can help me”
2 “yea its fun learning to play because since i play  the piano it makes things easier”
3”well it is kind of easy because it's like playing the violin”  
4”  every day for 1 hour”
5”I like to play jingle bells

Soleil Agreements Interview by Ava D and Chloe
Q. how do you think these agreements are working for you?

Q. do you think there is a different way to work these agreements so it could be better?

Q.  How would we show the soleil agreements to represent the class?

Q.  Why do we have the soleil agreements?

Q. Are you happy following the agreements?



In Soleil we have our 5 agreements.  These agreements keep our classroom safe and fun.  We are perseverant, helpful, safe, patient, clean and green, and we take initiative to do what has to be done.  Soleil has these agreements because it keeps our class calm and mindful.  These agreements keep us mindful because these are the qualities of mindfulness and safeness.  Our class on field trips tries our best to represent the madrona/soleil agreements.  Stay with our agreements!~Chloe and Ava D.  
Birthdays
By Grayson and Aaron



In the soleil center we celebrate birthdays by singing songs, dancing, and doing actives.  First, we don’t sing your normal birthday songs we sing Happy Happy Birthday and We wish you.  We also use instruments, while the birthday people dance in the middle of the room.  Second, the birthday people get a plastic compass as a birthday gift.  Finally, in soleil  we play games so that everyone has fun.  Some of the games are museum, geiko, and triangle tag.  To wrap it up, the soleil  center has a different but fun version of a birthday.



Focus Minute by Alec and Austin

when we do focus minute we use are brains to focus  and also sometime we look down or close are eye and  also we use a bell.

special report









Dr.Kaboom!


On October 22 we went to the Edmonds center for the arts to see a documentary put on by Dr.Kaboom. Every intermediate center from Madrona came. We learned about electricity.
Before the show we had lunch outside and many people visited with friends from the other centers.  
          Dr.Kaboom was very funny and loud, and everyone enjoyed his show.  He had a German accent and made us yell “YA!’’ Dr. Kaboom had crazy mad scientist hair, goggles, and  white lab coat.
          We could all tell that he loved big entrances. As we were sitting the lights suddenly turned off. Then lightning came out of nowhere and a booming voice shouted KABOOM!!!
          In conclusion  Dr.Kaboom’s show was very interesting.
By: Lucy and Saki                                                                                                                                                                                           


                                     

Student Led Conferences by Ezra and Aaron


For conferences this week, we have something different than what kids from primary are used to. For your intermediate years, you will be doing your conference with your teacher. in fact, you will be leading the conference. Everybody has a file of their past work they have turned in, and we choose two things that we are proud of, and then show your parent(s). This picture is a student at his conference getting ready with his file.  


Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Soleil Student Blog - Week of March 2nd - 6th


BG Writing by Livia

This week in writing we are writing about our endangered species   

Student planning out paragraphs for a non-fiction piece. Photo by Bam


BG Science by Naomi

In Bubble Giraffes science we have been working on our infographics about our endangered animals which are the Leatherback Sea Turtle, Woodland Caribou, and the Northern Spotted Owl.  

KFC Reading by Giselle

In KFC (Kool Fun Cookies) we are reading and learning about the Revolutionary war, and what it was like. We have also been studying a new form of note taking, called and named the Cornell note taking system. So far, we have organized it so it will be easier to find information, and have tried it out with a few different topics.

KFC Writing by Ezra

In KFC Writing, we just finished up writing our last essay for endangered animals, and our new project is making a giant round poster. These posters are about our endangered animals, and every group is going to make their own. These will probably be shown in the Art Walk, so everyone who comes can see the beautiful art of Room 12.

Collaboration is key when students work on Endangered Species Posters. Photo by Bam

KFC Science by Charlotte

In science this week we are working on our endangered animals species posters they’re for the art walk sadly I can’t give you any more information except that we are doing seven different species the red fox, the dugong, the loggerhead sea turtle, the bald eagle, the saola, the snow leopard, and  the galapagos giant tortoise. I guess you just have to find out more information for your self at art walk night 2015.

5th Year Math students are using cubes to calculate volume.

6th Year Math by Athmar

This week in 6th year math we have started a new subject, algebra. We have not completely started it but M has notified us that we will be taking out test soon and after the test we will start our algebra lessons. We have just about finished up our ratios. M is helping us review what the 4th years are doing to so we can help them out with there homework.


Students reflect on their Hopes and Dreams for the school year in a card to self. Photo by Bam

Art by Amy

In Art, we are writing cards to ourselves and decorating them. These cards are to check on how we're doing, since at the beginning of the year, we made our Hopes and Dreams. We wanted to see if we achieved our Hopes and Dreams. You should make some Hopes and Dreams and check on how you’re doing once in a while! :)  
Jazz Band 2 by Charlotte

In jazz band II we are working on 3 songs. It don’t mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, Inside Out, and Killer Joe. For these songs I play the piano and so I play the bass line in my right hand and the saxophone part in my right haNd. These can be extremely hard because there can be swing rhythm in the right hand and a steady beat in my left hand.

Intermediate Orchestra by Athmar

This week in orchestra Mrs. Nelson (our teacher) gave us a new piece called Joust. It starts out small and boring but then the firsts come in and help us do the really hard notes. YAY!
in the middle we get some really upbeat and fun notes then get to the coda and play it one more time. We really have a lot of fun playing with the notes and acutely playing the notes.

Beginning Band by Jacob

In Beginning Band, on are new music book (Essential Elements ) On page 13, 14 and 15 we all have been learning new notes like “LOW G”, “LOW A”!

Advanced Band by Emma C

The quad concert went extremely well. We have begun practicing our songs for our next concert already. The songs we will be playing are, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Classic Overture”, and “Ancient Moon”. Make sure you practice because, we will be missing lots of advanced band practices due to breaks!



Thomas Edison shared about his life during Class Meeting on Friday. 

Albert Einstein also dropped by during Class Meeting! 

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Soleil Student Blog - Week of February 16th - 20th

BG Reading by Livia and Melia

This week in reading we are trying to get 25,000 mins.of reading from the BG so we can get a reading party on Dr.Seuss’s birthday!

P.S read more and write your mins. in your planners  




5th Year Math Calendar February Data on Area of Common Items. Photo by Saki



KFC Writing by Giselle

This week in writing on the KFC side, (Kool Fun Cookies) we are working on the third essay that was assigned to us. This essay was due this Thursday, but M was not yet back from her trip to Olympia, so we discussed the essay on Friday.  Hopefully all of you have the final draft of their third essay done, so you can turn it in fully finished to the KFC writing box. Make sure that you have checked your essay for mistakes, such as talking too much about causes and repeating the same sentence in the same way, over and over again. If have absolutely no idea of what to say, and are at a complete loss of words, you are allowed to write a  only three or four paragraph essay.  


Friendship Party by Ezra

 Friendship Note Boxes. Photo by Ezra


More Friendship Note Boxes. Photo by Ezra


Part of the food table. Don't worry the treats where at the end of the table. Photo by Erza

At our friendship party, we ate lots of yummy food and shared some amazing talents.  We spent most of the time listening and laughing with our performers, and had a great time.  Everyone sharing their talents were wonderful, and we all had fun. Some of the talents were lip syncing, violin, guitar, piano, some skits, and many more. We had a few people drawing and making cards after eating their food. We had lots of volunteers come and help us, (thank you volunteers!) and that made everything possible. We had a fun time, with lots of delicious food and awesome talent to top it off. Everyone made a box and decorated it for the party, and some people brought in candy and cards to pass out in the boxes. All in all, we all had a great time. Hope you all had a great valentines day!

STEM In-House Field Trip by Amy and Emma W

On Wednesday, Madrona had an in-house school field trip! We learned about atoms, touched fossils, and observed rocks.



Students get tuned up for Advanced Orchestra. Photo by Dorothea.

Beginning Orchestra by Isabella and Chloe

In Beginning Orchestra we are learning the A string notes for our May concert.  The last time we went to practice, almost  all we did was test the A string note for our May concert.  We are practicing the Mozart Melody.  Mozart Melody is the head song we are playing for our concert.  Our AMAZING teacher Mrs. Nelson is teaching us so many AMAZING things like how to remember certain notes, and reviewing the D string notes that we already learned.  Beginning Orchestra is SUPER FUN and I suggest to play an Orchestra instrument like a violin, viola, bass, cello, or any other stringed instrument!


BTW, Mozart Melody is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!


We had a few more visitors at Class Meeting on Friday!

Bill Gates shares about his life.


Stan Lee tells the class about his work with Marvel Comics.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Soleil Student Blog - Week of February 9th - 13th

Welcome to another blog post!  This week's pictures were taken by Saki.


BG Reading by Kelvin

This week we have been reading articles on endangered species. we have read a single article on our species that we are taking notes on. We got to choose from three animals: The Woodland Caribou, The Leatherback Turtle, and The Northern Spotted Owl.

Highlighting nonfiction articles

BG Writing by Ava G and Livia

This week in writing we are learning how to take notes on articles. the articles are about endangered species which we are also studying in science. we we have taken notes on 4 different articles and one of them was a test. We got to pick one of three animals, the Leather Back turtle, the Spotted  Owl or the Caribou. In conclusion we had a fun and productive week in B.G. writing!!!!!!!!!

KFC Reading by Dorothea

For reading we have our olympics. Some people are doing the diamond or ruby medal. Others are working on their sapphire medal. Incase you didn’t know, for the sapphire medal we have to read three books. Two of them have to have movies made off of them. you need to choose one of the book that were turned into and make a powerpoint or prezi comparing and contrasting the book and movie.



Ruby Medal Presentation

KFC Writing by Giselle

 This week we are working on getting our first draft of the 3rd essay done, so we can discuss our essays in class and get feedback on our essays so far. Our 3rd essay is due next  Thursday, on the nineteenth. We moved the due date from the eighteenth to the nineteenth because Wednesday, the eighteenth was too busy with the Friendship party and the Stem in house field trip to discuss our essays. Our third essay is a cause and effect essay, and you can either make it a four paragraph essay or a five paragraph essay, depending on how  much information you have.

KFC Science by Emma C

KFC (Kook Fun Cookies) has started to think about what our endangered species posters will look like. We wrote two essays, and our next one is due on 2/19/15. Our first essay was about one specific animal’s main causes for endangerment. Our second essay was a compare and contrast essay about two animals endangerment. In our third essay, we will write about causes and effects for the endangerment of our original animal and their habitat. For our last essay, which we have not done yet, we will write about a call to action. Our call to action essay will be full of opinion, which the KFC has been desperately wanting to write with since the first essay. All in all, make sure you are ready to turn in your essays!


5th Year Math by Ezra

This week in 5th grade math, we are working on multiplying fractions. We just recently finished up a short quiz about it. Now we are working on finding out the dimensions of squares and rectangles. We just started this with Cassie, and it is already really fun. We got a small slip of paper that is about our new topic, (dimensions for squares and rectangles) and it was given to us as  homework on 2-12-15, which is due after our long break on Wednesday.

6th Year Math by Charlotte

The 6th graders are finishing up the ratio unit and beginning to work on the algebra unit. We have been working out of the expressions volume 2 Homework and remembering book. The remembering questions say “ 4.5*11=n” did you get the answer? it’s 49.5. A question out of the homework side is “7/4=12/a a=___ the correct answer is 6.8 it’s okay that one was much harder. We have been sharing our ways to problems like that Jack talked about cross multiplying and I said I used a factor puzzle.



What would you say?

Poll of the Week by Amy and Amelia

This week, we did a poll on UFOs and what would you say if you saw one! Unfortunately, we didn’t get many results, but here they are!
Choice 1: “I saw a UFO!”
3 classmates would say this choice.
Choice 2: “I saw a martian inside a UFO!”
1 classmate would say this.
Choice 3: “I saw flashing lights on a UFO!”
1 classmate would say this.
Choice 4: “I have no idea what I saw!!”
1 classmate would say this.
Choice 5: Nothing. You fainted.
5 classmates would say this.
Choice 6: Other
15 classmates would say something else!
What would you say?

Advanced Orchestra by Emma W


In Advanced Orchestra, the songs we are working on is Dragon Hunter, Cripple Creek, The Voyage, Hunters Chorus.At our last concert, we finished up Modal Festival, which we are not working on anymore.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Soleil Student Blog - Week of February 2nd - 6th


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KFC Writing by Ezra
In KFC writing, we are working on endangered animal writing. We are doing multiple 4-6 paragraph essays that are due throughout these few months. We are supposed to get in small groups of 3-5 people, then all agree on one specific endangered animal, for example, the Loggerhead Sea Turtle is a endangered species. We do research on them for about 3 weeks, then we write our first 5 paragraph essay on why that specific animal is endangered.

KFC Social Studies by Elias
In social studies we have been studying about the 13 colonies and we have been doing pre tests and quizzes. When we did our first little quiz people were very confused and most people got only 3-5 colonies to name. We have been studying hard and are now trying to spell the states and now we know what colony to name pretty well.

4th Year Math by Naomi
This week in 4th grade we working on coordinate planes, we were taught to start with the X-axis then go to the Y-axis or in other words: walk before flying. M is helping so much she is the best teacher ever!!!    



Picture taken by Alec

POLL OF THE WEEK!!! by Amy
If you would eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
I interviewed lots of classmates this week and here are the results of the poll!

Choice 1: Macaroni and Cheese
3 kids chose this option.(I am one of them!)
Choice 2: Hamburgers
5 kids chose this option.
Choice 3: Kit Kats
2 kids chose this option.
Choice 4: Pizza
8 kids chose this option.
Choice 5: Other
21 kids chose this option!!!!!!
What choice would you choose???

Jimi Hendrix by Antonio
This week on friday the 6th, someone did a monologue on Jimi Hendrix came for a monologue (it was me). He talked about his life and what he did with it and how he contributed to the world. At the end he played his guitar that he “stole” from Antonio, but luckily he didn't light it on fire. Heres a little clip of him performing.


Saturday, December 20, 2014

Soleil Student Blog Week of December 15th, 2015

BG Reading by Melia and Ava G
In the Bubble Giraffes ( B.G.s) reading this week, we are working on ACTIVE reading: A: ask questions, C: connections, T: track thinking, I: inference, V: visualize, and E: EUREKA!!
Recently, we have been getting together in small groups with Kim and working reading pages.  At Cocoa House we will be reading are memoirs (see it in writing) or a poem.  Cocoa House is on Friday, Dec.19th. Hope you will come! No, seriously, see you there!   
           -Melia & Ava :)

BG Writing by Ava G and Melia
This week we are typing up are final copy of our memoirs. The memoirs are  our first writing assignment of this year. We have been working on them for about 4-5 weeks, and they are really looking good!  The Bubble Giraffes have been really working hard with this project, and it is due, final and first copy, on Dec. 16th.  At our holiday party, Cocoa  House, some of us are going to be are going to be reading our personal narratives!  Hope to see you there!
   -Melia & Ava :)

BG Science by Josh
Over the past few weeks, we were working on pollution. We were polluting our eco-columns with either 1.Salt, 2.Vinegar, or 3.fertilizer. All three can badly harm the ecosystem. about a month ago, We added animals to our other ecosystems. We  ended our observations on thursday and we will see a science experiment next thursday.  

KFC Writing by Giselle and Ezra
For K.F.C. (Kool Fun Cookies), we are working on poetry. Our teacher, M, is having us look at other poets rather than Shel Silverstein to expand our poetry knowledge. Please encourage your kids to read lots of different poetry books (rather than Shel Silverstein) and memorize poems they like for Cocoa House.( Coming up this Friday December 19, 2014)

5th Year Math by Ezra
Right now in 5th year math, we are working on identifying triangle sides, shapes, and width. We are also comparing fractions and adding different denominators. (L.C.D.) We are very lucky to have Cassie and Kim as our 5th year math teachers.

 Art by Ezra

In art, we just finished doing the sharpie/contrast project. Now we are doing a tree art project, using oil pastels. We make leaves on or falling off the tree, and a brownish black trunk. Our branches are long, thick, and beautiful. Everybody is very skilled and are great artists.