Updates

Hi everyone, and happy October! Take a look at the “Songs” tab for our latest Room 14 studio recording. Also, Monthly Book Report (MBR) forms and directions were sent home today. You can always download them by clicking on the “Forms” tab. Finally, if you’d like to see some samples of dioramas (which is what students will have to do as part of their MBR), click here!

Room 14 Couch

We aim to do a lot of reading in Room 14 this year, and a lot of that will happen on the couch! I think we’re one of the only classes at Sequoia with a room large enough to house one of these. Lucky us!

The Room 14 Couch

Welcome Back!

Hello 2009-2010 Room 14! Welcome back from summer vacation. Today was a great first day and I’m excited to start off the year with high expectations. Go ahead and explore the website to get a feel for what we might be doing this year.

Also, if you misplaced your newsletter, you can download a copy by clicking on “Forms” on the navigation bar right above this post.

Oh, and below is a picture of our class from today. (You can click on it to make it bigger.) Enjoy!  =)

Room 14, 2009-2010

Have a great summer!

Since we’re already into the 2nd week of summer vacation (did week 1 fly by or what?!), I thought it’d be a good time to wish everyone a great summer! I’m not sure how much traffic our class site will get over the summer, but I just want to say once again that it’s been a pleasure being your teacher this past year and I will miss you all over the summer!

Here’s the cover of our class yearbook. If you lost your copy, just send me an e-mail and I’ll send a copy to you via e-mail so you can print it out again! Cheers!

2008-2009_Room14_Yearbook

Sequoia Stomp

Today, hundreds of Sequoia students took to the streets (well, the school perimeter to be exact) to raise money for our school! Thanks to everyone who participated!

This Is Just to Say

In this week’s edition of our Poetry Slam, Group 4 (Tranay, Bridgette, Clarisse, Izabella, Antwan, Jasmine and Matanda) took home the prize for best group recitation of “This Is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams. Take a listen!

Those Fabulous 49ers!

Hey everyone! Last week we went to the Oakland Museum to pan for gold!  Here are a couple pictures from the trip.

Columbia State Park

We recently took a field trip to Gold Rush country – Columbia State Park to be exact. Here are some pictures from the trip!

When there were fires, citizens would stand in a line and pass the buckets down the line from a water trough down to the spot of the fire.

They used buckets like these to put out fires back in the mid-1800s. Good luck!

An inside peek at a classroom during the mid-1800s.

 

Peralta Hacienda Historical Park

We recently took a field trip to Peralta Hacienda Historical Park and got a taste of what life was like for Californios living on Rancho San Antonio. Here’s a shot of us before heading in. Click on the Pictures link to see more!

*UPDATE* Click on the Podcast link to hear student interviews about the field trip!

More Electricity!

Our latest run-in with electricity experiments was trying our hand at building electromagnets. A huge success!