Making Pasta Salad

This week for our "marbleous" celebration we participated in a cooking class! We made pasta salad! Every student copied down the recipe, so it should be home already.

First we chopped assorted vegetables:

Then we mixed it with pasta, cheese, and dressing and poured it in a bowl:

Then we gobbled it up:

DELICIOUS!



Week of 12/13/10 to 12/16/10 by Druti and Sanjana

         Hi guys! We had so much fun this week. But, we also did work. In math, we are learning how to make various graphs to collect data. In language arts we are reading Esperanza Rising and The Christmas Eve Mystery. On Wednesday, we started book clubs. We are still continuing our fictional stories in writing. We’re also learning how to improve our leads. In social studies, we are learning about the Revolutionary War.

        On Wednesday, the fun began and we made pasta salad for our marble celebration! Since it was Reindeer day in Mrs. Lubonski’s class, we decorated yummy gingerbread men. Mmmmmmmm!! Shreya’s b-day is tomorrow, but we celebrated it today. Happy birthday, Shreya!

    We have a math quiz on Monday. Next Friday, it’s going to be Christmas Eve, which means no school!!!!!! Bring $5 in by next Monday for the exciting holiday party on the 23^rd.

Week of 12/6/10 to12/10/10 by Shayon and Santos

          In our school subjects we are learning a lot. In math we are learning long division. I n social studies we are learning about the colonists in the old days. In reading we are reading Esperonza Rising and The Christmas Mystery and we are writing two or more Thinkmarks about them. In writing we are writing fictional stories

 This week a special event in our class was on Thursday we had a game day where we brought board games to school to play.

Looking ahead to next week we are going to make ginger bread cookies with our buddies and make pasta salad in our class for our marble celebration.

Week of 11/29-12/3 by Oliver and Malavika

Hey, everybody! We are very excited about long division in math. We are reading and learning about non-fiction in reading, and typing our persuasive in writing. And in social studies, well, lets just say its off with your head if you don’t pay your taxes.

We got our report cards this week. Also, we are full of joy to start the holiday season. Only 22 days till Christmas, but who’s counting? 22..21..20..19..18……..

We are looking forward to the half day on Tuesday. We have a math test next Friday. Study, study, study!!!

Week of 11/15-11/19 by Shreya and Ameya

This week in math, we are learning about factors and divisibility. We had a math quiz on Thursday. Our teacher is showing us how to synthesize in reading so we can understand our characters better. We also finished a book named “Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days”. In social studies, we are learning about colonies and colonial maps. Now in writing, we are working on persuasives.

Next week are going to make toilet paper roll turkeys for our kindergarten buddies. Remember to bring in your toilet paper roll!

This week was Ameya’s birthday. He turned eleven.

Next week, Tuesday and Thursday are half days and on Wednesday we’re going to make home made cranberry sauce in class!

Week of 11/8/10 to 11/12/10 by Harsh and Mukhtar

In social studies we are learning about colonial life. In math we are learning to divide with remainders. In reading we have started reading groups again after a 1 week break. We are also learning to synthesize. In writing we are working on fact and opinions.

We had a Walk Two Moons test this Friday. We are also celebrating Keertana’s birthday. We are also having the veterans come to our school and we are having a social studies quiz on Friday as well.

We are having two half days on Tuesday and Thursday. Ameya’s birthday is next week on Wednesday.        

Week of 10/25/10 to 10/29/10 by Sanjana and Jahmir.

            This week we had a great time!!!! In math, we had our chapter test on decimals and went on to the next chapter, division. In Language Arts, We published our personal narratives and made our own covers. In reading, we discussed adjectives. We finished science and began social studies. On Thursday, we had kindergarten buddies. Mrs. Cardoso baked fruit cookies and we had juice with cookies as a snack with the kindergarteners. Mmm!!!!! I hope we have a good time next week too.

            This week, on Friday it was Halloween day. We wore our costumes, had a Halloween Parade, and a Halloween party, with lots of food and games

            We look forward for fall recess. Happy Halloween!!! JJ