Lacey and Leslie show us how to tie knots

Edin and Galen.

Edin lives in Room 8...Edin is the one in the Lqallugsusqaq T-shirt. Um? I have no idea what that means...I'll have to ask Edin tomorrow.

Today, these adorable twins' mother, Lacey, and their sweetheart sister, Leslie, came into Room 8 to teach us how to tie knots. Knots are a big part of their life because they fish in Alaska during the summer months.

Room 8 was extremely excited for their turn to learn. Each student is making a small poster with all the knots they're learning to tie.

Before starting centers, (we divided up into 4 centers...each student did 2 centers today, and will do two tomorrow), Lacey gave us a little history of knots and showed us how to make a net. Watch:

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The Knot CenterTile Math CenterMath Paper centerLearning to order decimals center

Jade and her beautiful regalia and baskets

Meet Jade.

Jade is Yurok and she came to Room 8 today to talk to us about her tribal customs. She brought some absolutely gorgeous necklaces - some that she wears in dances, and one that she doesn't.
We learned from Jade that the necklaces all have leather on the part that goes around your neck. I asked her why... What we found out from this question is that the answer is only known by Yuroks close to the dance. It has a special meaning that we were not privy to.She brought 2 minks that are hair wraps - which she also wears when she dances. Most of the females braid their hair and wrap the minks around the braids.Jade comes from a family of skilled basketmakers. She brought one that she passed around for us to look at closer.
We learned so much from Jade's presentation. She left a poster for a couple of days...it shows Jade and some of her sisters in their regalia. Jade, thank you so much for sharing parts of your life with Room 8!

My Dog Ate Kisses...by Casey O.

The chocolate kiss smacked my brother, so he threw one back.

I was laying on the couch with my mom and Corey was playing PacMan on the futon. Our mom told us to stop throwing the chocolate kisses, but we kept throwing. Our mom was furious!

Then my dog, Bear, came in the room. A kiss fell on the floor. Bear ate it. My mom was really furious. Then more kisses fell on the floor. Bear ate those too. My mom was even more furious than the last time.

My brother yelled at Bear. My mom yelled at me. Then my mom made me pick up the left over kisses. I layed back down and pretended to be asleep. Then started to throw more kisses at Corey.

Then my mom yelled at me and she got really furious. I went to watch TV in my room when Corey threw kisses at me. The kisses fight was like the war. Then Bear ate more kisses and my mom was really mad. Then our mom yelled at us. She sent me and Corey to our room and Bear lay down.

Amber's Story...

I got up really early in the morning. I ate breakfast and played a tiny bit with my toys. I packed some toys for the plane, and some for Grama and Grampa's house. I picked out my clothes for the trip to New York. We got in the car and went to the airport to fly to New York.

We got on the plane. It was a very, very long plane ride. Every seat had a TV on it. It took eight hours till the plane landed.

When the plane landed, we got off, got our bags, and took off for Gram and Grampa's house. It had been about one and a half years since I had seen them. We opened presents when we got there. Then we all went to sleep.

The next day, we went to the mall. I got a new Build-a-Bear from the Build-a-Bear Workshop. I got a new jacket, but I don't remember the name of it. We went back to Grama and Grampa's house after the mall.

The very next day we got on the plane to go home. It felt good to be home.

Jack and I at the Snow...by Austin

It was a long trip to Horse Mountain. We took my dad's truck. I was so excited and I couldn't wait to play in the snow.

There was a lot of snow when my friend, Jack, and I got out of the car. "Let's make a fort," said Jack. So Jack and I built a fort.

Once we were finished building the fort, Jack and I made snowballs to throw at the parents. Once we were finished making the snowballs, we threw the first one at Jack's dad, Harold. That's when the snowball fight began.

My dad had a shovel to block the snowballs. He blocked every snowball Jack and I threw. Once the snowball fight was over, Jack and I had a snack.

Jack and I then went sledding. I fell off almost every time. Sledding was the fun part of the trip. After sledding, Jack and I had another snack and then went home.

The End

It's so much fun to paint in Room 8!

For 10 weeks, on Thursday afternoons, we have artline. Mrs. O (not the same Mrs. O who does "Too Good for Drugs," comes and teaches us art. We just finished week 3.

Last week, we looked at an artist and one of his paintings. We looked at all the colors, the spacing, just the overall beauty of the piece.

From there, we painted black circles to prepare for today's painting.Kyle A painting his circles.

Macey's painting...while Edin reads his book (after thinking, "Oh great...there's Mrs. J again with that camera!)This is today while we were painting our colors. You may wonder how my camera took such a wide photo...were you wondering? Well, I stood on top of one of the tables. Emma and TylerMacey and Edin
Branndon, Jacob, KamrenCasey J and MaryDevin and Casey ODanielle, Elijah, and Mrs. OAustin and MadisonDillon and Kyle ACarlo and MaeEmily, Kyle W., and TuckerTrevor, Shawna, and QuinnBranndon, Jacob, and Kamren

While I was standing on the table, I decided to take a little video of Room 8 painting. These are THE sweetest kids...who I absolutely adore...and they just looked so ... so... well, I don't know, PRECIOUS is a good word - as they were painting. Watch:

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Lambert and his proud mama, Mae

Meet Lambert.

Lambert is a Pomchi...or something like that. He is a mix of a Pomeranian and a Chihuahua. Now I think that's correct...Maybe he was part Pekingese??? I'll have to double check his ethnicity with his mama. Regardless, he is adorable!

Lambert weighs...are you ready? 1.5 pounds! Mae told us that when Lambert is grown, he'll weigh a whopping 3 pounds! (Actually, Mae didn't say a "whopping 3 pounds" she just said "3 pounds.")

Lambert came into room 8 IN A PURSE! He is so cute.

So now Room 8 is home to 27 darling humans and 2 canines!

Sadie comes to visit Room 8

Just in case anyone hasn't heard, Devin got a new puppy! Yep, he was so excited last week ... waiting for Sadie to arrive.

Sadie is a TEXAS GAL! She didn't even get scared flying on the airplane all by herself to California to meet Devin. Sadie's grandparents (Devin's parents) brought her to school so we could all see this new Pocket Beagle.



Don't mess with Texas Women...even if they might be a tiny Pocket Beagle!

Doctor Dodge Ball

Doctor Dodge Ball is the name of the game Mrs. W taught us yesterday. Many of us had played before, but Mrs. W had a few different rules that some Room 8ers were familiar with.

At the end of our playing time, Mrs. W asked for a 'thumbs up' if they liked the game. Guess what? There were 27 pairs of 'thumbs up!' They didn't like the game, they loved it!

In this first photo, you can see all the nerf balls lined up on the center line in the gym. That's how the game starts, with two teams on opposite sides of the gym.

When Mrs. W blew her whistle, each team raced up to the center line to grab a ball and start throwing!

The 'Doctors' had a safe square, but they had to be careful not to get hit! There was no 'Doctor's doctor!"BubbleShare: Share photos - Toys Safety