Ms. C

I haven't been updating the blog as much...because I didn't think anyone was reading it anymore. Some people commented about the blog during conferences, which made me realize maybe some were still reading!

I need to introduce Ms. C to you. Ms. C is our student teacher for the spring semester. She is absolutely wonderful...and Room 8 is thrilled to have her with us!
Ms. C has been teaching us about Rocks and Minerals...starting with the layers of the earth. When Sequoyah had a question, she was right over there to help.
Ms. C is from Washington...She has one younger brother who still lives at home...actually, he's still in high school!

Ms. C... we're so glad you're part of Room 8!

Sharing on Tuesday

I always love it when Room 8ers bring things from home that have to do with what we're studying. Today, Kaylee brought a book on rocks and minerals!
It's a great book....and Kaylee shared the parts of it that related to the parts we have started learning about.
Going along with our study of Native Americans, Charlie brought a book about the Chickasaw tribe, of which he is a part.

Not only did Charlie show us the book, but he explained some of the pictures...
Then he read us some information about the tribe he got from the internet.

Good job, Charlie and Kaylee!!!

World Shelters

I want to thank all of you again for all the baked goods donated for our Help Haiti Bake Sale. As was previously posted, the bake sale raised $501.42...amazing for one lunch hour! Between other monies donated in room 8, plus $32 from Mrs. K's 4th grade and $58 from Mrs. W/Mr. K 4th & 5th grade, we ended up with $702.

I had said we were donating it to Humboldt Helps Haiti...but that didn't end up happening. For whatever reason, they stopped answering my emails. After 3 weeks, I read about World Shelters and contacted them. They are based in this area...take out no adminstrative cost...and have a team leaving this month. As their name implies, they make shelters!
This past week, Jason came from World Shelters and talked to us about what they are doing in Haiti....along with showing us what and how the shelters are made. He was wonderful! I appreciated how he commended Room 8 for their hard work, for their effort at helping the Haitians.
Mrs. W/Mr. K's 4th & 5th graders joined us to hear Jason...and then Mrs. W took a photo of all of us with Jason. Dallin had the honors of presenting a check for $702 to Jason.
We learned so much...we learned that for $350, World Shelters can completely build a shelter to house a family of 5...so our $702 could house 2 families of 5! That was an eye-opener for Room 8 - for me, too!

On their first trip to Haiti, the main focus is on building medical facilities...four buildings will be built... and one home structure. This will be a model for other homes to come to Haiti.
This is a model of the U-Dome...

I was so impressed with Room 8...for their compassion, for their dedication and excitement to help those less fortunate. I hope they learned that one person can make a difference...especially when we all work together!