Parental Influence

Tonight is Open House, and it is a time where you and your family can visit and reflect on your schooling here at Boulder Ridge Elementary! Use this blog post to write some dreams, hopes, and wishes with one another! What do you see yourselves doing with your family, academically, and personally in 5 years?

How can we help our animals...

You task is to find 5 facts about animal shelter statistics...

1. What is the best way to help animals in the shelters?
2. Why do animals end up in the shelter?
3. How can we help with animals not making it into the shelters?
4. How can we be responsible for taking care of our own animals?
5. Any other interesting facts.

You will use these facts while you create a poster for your persuasive poster on Humane Animal Education.

http://animalfriendsofthevalleys.com/

https://www.aspca.org/

Our Journey into the Past - The Thirteen Colonies and the American Revolution

Our experience recently at Riley's Farms was amazing! We were able to reenact the Colonial era lifestyle and partake in a mini American Revolution scenario! Complete fun!

Now, think about if you were to go back in time to live in this era. What do you think the challenges would be to be a part of a new world? Would you want to be a rebellion and partake in starting a new country or would you rather stay loyal to the country you were once from? How would you live your life during this time?

Pizza & Fractions & Figurative Language

Ms. Hilz made a pizza for her family. She first started cutting it in 1/2's, then 1/4's. If she continues the pattern of cutting how many different fractions could she create? Give at least four other fractional units.
Then write a simile, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, and an onomatopoeia about how the pizza tasted.
Example post set up:
Fractions: 1/2, 1/4, ___, ____, ____, ____
Simile: The pizza was _____________as _______________.
Metaphor: The pizza is/was ____________________.
Hyperbole: ____________________________.
Alliteration: ________________________.
Onomatopoeia: ______________________.

Little Lost Piggy

Here's Forest my pig enjoying being able to wander around... What if he were to get lost though? Can you come up with a fictional story of what would happen to Forest, if he were to get lost!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u12EzlPlB0&scrlybrkr=4ea4e184

PRETZELS!!!!

Pretzels are currently a major fundraiser at our school! Write a story about yourself, selling the most pretzels out of the entire school!

What would happen, what prizes would you win, and how would you feel?