Officer K & Abo

During Red Ribbon Week (Drug Awareness) we had an extra special visitor come to our class.
Timothy's dad is a K9 Officer for the Holbrook Police Department. He came in with his beautiful dog Abo, to show us what they do.



They did a really cool demonstration for us, showing how Abo can sniff out even the faintest amount of drug odor on an object. The dog alerted almost immediately after coming into the room. He go very excited and let his partner know where the rag with the drug odor was hidden, then he was able to play with his favorite toy as a reward. (In the picture below the rag with the drug odor on it was in the box under the table.)

Thanks so much Timothy for sharing your dad & his dog with us! Also, a big thank you to Office Kishbaugh & his furry partner. We all really enjoyed your visit.

Here's what some of the kids had to say about it.

"Abo is a mean but cute dog, Officer Kishbaugh is an officer who deal with people who do drugs." -Chan

"I learned that there is lots of different K9 dogs, I also learned they are big too." -Emma

"He's an awesome cop & he knows what he's doing." -Julian

"I learned cop dogs have to be trained on 4 to 2 things. Also I learned that some dogs may look nice, but they are aggressive." -Dalton

"I learned you should never do drugs. I also learned don't mess with dogs unless you know that they are going to do." -Karl

"What I learned when Mr. Kishbaugh was here is not to do drugs. I also learned about his dog Abo, he can smell marijuana." -Diana

" A dog can smell one million times better than a human. Dogs can smell drugs in cars and even when it is sprayed with perfume." -Isaac

"What I learned from Officer Kishbaugh is don't mess with drugs and be drug free. Also, don't smoke or drink." - Baha

THANKS SO MUCH

 for visiting our class & teaching us what you do to keep our city safe! :) 

Family Reading Night

Our school went all out for Family Reading Night this fall.
The theme was Fantasy & Fairy Tales.

In the 3rd grade classrooms you could read fairy tales & make crowns & princess hats, the fifth grade team put together a hilarious mad lib version of Little Red Ridding Hood. In the fourth grade hall you could visit the magical land of Narnia to make your own wardrobe with a winter scene, or Hogwarts School for a fun trivia game and some coloring. Enjoy some photos from our fun event!

Yes, there are a lot of pics of the Harry Potter portion of the hallway, but that's because it was my project! Those banners took 3 Harry Potter films to finish.

Aren't they the cutest? I love my coworkers! :) 

Reading Wands by the third graders!

 Through the wardrobe to Narnia!

Remembering 9/11

This picture was drawn by a 10 year old student in my class on the day after the September 11 attacks. I was a new teacher and didn't know how to handle this life changing world event. We talked about it as a class,  about how we felt, and in order to help the children express their feelings about the confusing state of the world that day I let them draw pictures. I love that Rebecca chose to draw the moment BEFORE the world changed, instead of the fiery horrible images that have been since burned into our memories. This was the one piece of art I kept from that day.

 This year after discussing Patriot Day with my current students (none of whom were even born in September of 2001) I asked them to write letters to people who were affected by the tragedy. Many of them chose to write letters to the first responders (firefighters, policemen, EMTS), some chose to write to the soldiers who were called to protect our country, others even wrote notes of consolation to victims' families & friends. All were very heartfelt & poignant. They made me cry with their compassion for these people they never knew, for this tragedy that happened before their time.

Here are the words of one young student today:

Sorry about 9/11/01, it was very tragic for America. It was super sad. I hope everybody knows about that tragic moment in 2001. Every September I remind my class about this tragic day, since kindergarten. Last year my teacher told us about it. Since the day it happened America has been honoring the people who help keep us safe and our country safe also. Those poor people who were on the planes and in the towers. My family always tells me the story of 9/11/01. Last year we built paper statues of the firemen, EMTS, cops, & soldiers.
 ~Dalton~



I've seen many images today posted in remembrance of the victims of 9/11.
I found this one of the most powerful.
Simple, beautiful, poetic.

Photo Credit: http://www.anotherpartofme.com

Parallel & Perpendicular Lines Music Video

From www.klablab.com 
Check out the site for even more fun music videos that teach you things!

For now, watch this one to help you remember the difference between parallel & perpendicular lines!

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Tweets from Room 12

Our classroom door is all Twitter-ified. Once a week each student is asked to share what they learned on an erasable sentence strip.

Recent "Tweets" from Room 12.

"I learned about different angles, like the right angle and intersecting lines. I like learning new things."~ Anonymous.

"I learned about points, rays, angles, and all sorts of lines." ~ Emma

" Today we did angles, it was fun." ~ Caleb

"I learned about geometry terms." ~ Anonymous

" I learned about perpendicular lines." ~ Tim

From Holbrook to Mars

Maybe you've heard that NASA has put a new rover on Mars called Curiosity, but
I bet you don't know one of the people that worked on it was from our hometown!
Aaron Yazzie, who graduated from Holbrook High School, helped to create this awesome piece of technology, that is now 225 million km from Earth.

Here's the first picture of Mars in color, taken by Curiosity earlier this week, it kind of looks like the landscape around here!

Here's a link to NASA's website if you are curious to learn more about this cool project.

Someone from Holbrook helped take a photo on Mars, just imagine what YOU could do in the future!

Miss Jaster's 4th Grade Class

                                     Can you find Miss Jaster in her fourth grade class picture?