Week of Monday, October 31

Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Fall Party
When we came in from recess everything was set up, and we were excited.  There were  black streamers and pumpkins up on the lights.   There was a dancing pumpkin about 34 inches high.  There was a big spider web in the corner with a spider on it.  In another corner there was a hay bale and corn stalks.  

There were lots of parents here.  Some of the parents were dressed up in costumes.  We put on our costumes, too.  Then Mr. Kurtz put us in stations and we had to stay there until it was time to move to the next one.  The parents were at the stations helping the kids do the stuff.  

At the counting seeds station, we got up to 899 seeds, and there were still more.  When we took out the pumpkin seeds, our hands were all gooey.  We used chalk to decorate wind socks at table 5.  We used a scale to weigh the pumpkins at table 4.  At station 5 we had to see if the pumpkins would float, and all three of them floated, and you got to get some food.  There were some Kit Kats, Oreos, twisty Cheetos, m&m’s, pretzels, juice, chips, cupcakes, carrots and dip, pumpkin muffins, and pumpkin seeds.  A parent took pictures of everyone sitting on the hay bale, one at a time, and we got to take the pictures home.  We also got to take home treat bags that people brought.

By the time it was done, we were tired, full of food (including seconds and thirds for some, with more food to take home), and some people even had stomach aches.  


Thursday, November 03, 2005
The Hole Thing
Savannah lost a tooth.  She lost it in the bathroom.  Then she came back into the room and said, “I lost a tooth!”  And then everyone was crowding around the door.   It was the second one out on the top left.  She likes the hole because she thinks it looks funny.  She hopes another tooth will not grow in that spot.  


Friday, November 04, 2005
Science Fair
The science fair was in two places.  One was up on the stage, and one was in the library.  There was a lot of cool science.  First we went to the library and then we went to the stage.  

In the library, Lukas’s was about “Why Do Barn Owls Puke?”  We learned they puke because they eat the animals and the animal have bones inside.  So the owls puke out the bones and the fur.  It all comes out in a little fur ball.  The owls don’t have hands, so they pick it up with their feet, and later they spit it out.  There are two places.  One is the place where the meat goes, and the other is the place where the bad stuff goes.  And later they puke up the stuff they can’t have in their bodies.

We saw things other kids made, too.  We saw things like a bottle rocket with an air presser to make it fly off, volcanoes, “what is sour,” a rocket, blue water, this thing that picks up litter, this little car pulling a big wheel thingy, paper airplanes, boats in the water, and a mouse trap with a magnet.  All of these things will be on display again tonight for those people who are coming to the western dance.  Yee haw!