Saturday, December 6, 2014

Mapping our Imaginary Countries

Fourth and Fifth graders imagined their own countries and created a map for them as a part of Ms. Hofmann's geography unit. They turned out AMAZING!

















Friday, December 5, 2014

Cornwall's Next Top Model


We had a little photo shoot to help Ms. Hofmann with her portfolio and had more fun than we anticipated!
Give me: SHOCKED!

Give me: HAPPY!

I have no idea what's going on here. Thomas and Eddie are about to take a serious fall!
 New location...
This is the "normal" picture for Ms. Hofmann's portfolio. 

SMILE!


Happy pic!

Give me: ANGRY!

Give me: SASSY!

Give me: FIERCE!

Give me: SAD! Thomas actually shed a real tear for this picture!

Give me: DEVASTATED! Ms. Hofmann and Alex missed the memo :)

Give me: TERRIFIED!

Give me: CONFUSED!

And finally, my favorite:
Give me: TUNA FACE!

**For Reference**
This is Tuna, our classroom's favorite rescue dog:
He has a slight underbite :)





Tuesday, December 2, 2014

The Dance of the 17 Skeletons

Mrs. Phinney led the fourth and fifth graders in their Halloween production of The Dance of the 17 Skeletons. The link below will take you to a video of the performance! Prepare to be spooked!

Dance of the 17 Skeletons

Harvest Fest Table Decorations: Pizza Town

Fifth graders decided to decorate our Harvest Festival table as a pizza town to match the DELICIOUS pizzas we made with Susan! We put on some music and had a blast creating this beautiful display!

We have fitness pizza!

Sarah's beautiful fall tree.

Alex and Ben's pizza people (Alex is conducting research to make his superhero pizza properly).

Julia and Jack working on their pizza families.

Lilly's pizza family!

Thomas' pizza fountain!

Alex's superhero pizza.

Harvest Festival: Making Pizza with Susan!

In preparation for the Harvest Festival fifth graders made tomato sauce and pizza crust with Susan. 
Some of the pictures are a little blurry, sorry!
Susan addressing the chefs before we begin.  
Eddie and Thomas prepping the tomatoes for sauce. Alex in the background.

Sarah, Ms. Hofmann, Thomas, and Eddie peeling tomatoes. 

Lilly, Sarah, and Ms. Hofmann


It's a messy job...

but somebody's gotta do it!

Eddie's looking a little grossed out by the tomatoes.

The pizza crust crew.

Cady Scout and Julia getting right to work!

Lots happening in the kitchen!

Susan offering some very useful tips.

Very focused. 

Jayden and I measuring ingredients while Ben looks on.

Natasha and Julia getting ingredients ready.

Natasha doing a little measuring.


Stirring!

Alex and Julia: Extraordinary Chefs!

Thomas and Lilly getting right in there!

I think Sarah is trying to tell me how weird those tomatoes feel!

Looks tasty, huh?

Ben stirring.

Jayden measuring flour.

Learning to use the electric mixer.

Ben and Alex stirring; it's harder than it looks!