Begin with the End in Mind

Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind

The best habit is Begin with the End in Mind. To begin with I will tell you why using habit 2 helps you accomplish more. When you set goals you are using habit 2.Goals help you accomplish something you wanted to get done. For example I began with the End in mind by setting a goal to go from typing 13 words a minute to 20 words a minute. I DID IT! Another reason Habit two is the best is it helps you get  your mission. Setting a misson helps you leave a legacy. A legacy is how you are remembered.If you are nice that’s how you are rememberd. If your mean that’s how your rememberd. That is why habit 2 is the best!                                      

BY: Julia

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Synergize

The Best Habit of them All

The Best Habit of them All.

Habits 5 seek first to understand then to be understood is the best habit ever. Seek first to be understood teaches you to understand people. To understand you need to listen with empathy. Empathy means to feelwhat that person is feeling. To show empathy you can parrot back what the other person is saying and use good body language. .Another reason why you should use habit 5 it helps you have a good relationship with someone. People love people who listen to them. By taking time to understand them shows you care about them. In conclusion that is why you should use habit 5.

By Cali

Habit Five

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand then be Understood

I will tell you about habit five and how it is used. First I will tell you that you can use habit five all the time. For example, when you have a parent conference this habit will get you to have a good conversasion with your parent. This habit will make youhave correct body language and have eye contact. When you talk with adults they will be so impressed that they will say, “Wow.” Next habit five will help you get to habit six.  Habit five will make it so you have a good conversation with different people then you. Habit five will also help get to habit six by building trust with them. As one can see habit five is a habit that is amazing.     

By  Harlie    

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

I will tell you about habit 7 Sharpen the Saw. First you have a healthy body, mind, and heart. You eat healthy food to be healthy. You get plenty of sleep so you are not grumpy. Learning new things can sharpen the mind, spending time with friends and family can sharpen the social saw. Next Habit 7 is important because it lets the other habits work. Habit 7 is like the sun and water for the other six habits. If there was no habit 7 the other habits would not work that good. In conclusion habit seven sharpen the saw is an important habit to have.

By Mady

Habit 5

I will tell all about Habit 5, Seek First to Understand. First Habit 5 teaches us  to be kind to others. You need to listen to teachers or others. You listen before you talk. Next habit 5 helps you have a good conversation. When you talk, I listen and when I talk, you listen. We will talk happy thing and solve problems. Everybody talks so they should use habit 5.

By Angel

North West Coast

North West Coast Tribes

By Cole Borden

The North West tribes were mighty. As you read this you will find about their amazing culture.

The north west coast has an interesting home named the plank house .To build there plank house. we used cedar logs.cedar split easy into the boards that covered the house.In these houses we had 4 corner posts that held the wall.Anther intresting fact is how huge they were.The plank house is one spacious room and it is 160 square feet.This enourmous room can hold 100 people.Since this is a gigantic space they had weddings and other  celebrations. Now you now how the plank house was made.

I’ll tell you  about our clothes. To begin with the North west coast people wore cedar bark .They got the cedar bark by cutting it from a cedar tree .If they took to much the treewould die. The strands of bark were woven in a clever way. The North West coast natives also made a cedar cape. Goat hair or fur was used to make the bark comfy. These capes were water proof to. They also wore hats of spruce roots .  The hats  were waterproof too. The spuce roots were heated up.Then they wove the spruce roots and  desighned them And there you have it. I told you all about our clothes.

The North West Coast ate lots of sea food I’ll tell you about it . We caught and ate lots of salmon .We caught millions of salmon. Salmon is our main food . The salmon returned every summer. They used harpoons and nets to catch the sea food . They dried the salmon and smoked it and gave it away. They did not just eat salmon they ate other ocean creatures like whales. We used blubber for fire wood because it bured a LONG LONG time. How they caught these massive animals was they dug a HUGE hole by the beach.The men went into a large whale canoe and tried to find a whale. If they found a whale they would drive it into the hole they at the beach dug up then they would of threw

spears at the whale till it died.  That’s what the North West coast ate.

We had cool tools and weapons I will tell you about it . To begin with we had canoes. We had a freight canoe. It was designed to carry lots of weight. The length of this canoe was forty feet. We also had a whale hunting canoe it was seventy feet.Thirty men could fit in it. We also had large harpoons. We used harpoons for caching salmon .As you can see the North West Coast had useful tools.

The North West Coast  had  a fantastic enviorment. To begin with the weather was moderate. The warmest month is July. The coldest month is Decemeber. The rainest month is November. We also lived in a forest. In the forest we had lots and cedar, lakes, rivers, and lots of animals. We used cedar for clothes and houses. The rivers were full of salmon and animals were good for food. As you can see the North West coast had a fantastic environment.

You should now see that the culture of the Northwest tribes was very interesting

Sioux

The Mighty Sioux Tribe

BY CALI DEFORD AND NALANIE PECORA

The Sioux was a mighty tribe who lived in the plains.

The Sioux built an interesting shelter called a teepee. I am going to tell you about it. To begin with the teepee was made out of buffalo skin. For a huge teepee you need about 18 pieces of buffalo skin. The men and boys hunted the buffalo. The women weaved the skin and scrapped it. The women also put it together. Another cool thing about the teepee is it was easy to put up and take down the Sioux travel a lot and it was hard for them .Tocarrey the teeppe a dog or a horse can hold the teepee on the travel , one family could fit in the teepee.As far as one can the teepee was a grate

The Sioux had interesting food. I am going to tell you about it. First there was pemmican.

Pemmican was made out of fat, dried berries, and bison meat. The men got the meat .

The women got the berries and mixed the berries with fat .Another food is buffalo. It was cut up in pieces then put into hot boiling water.T o boil the water they put hot stones in the water As far as one can see the Sioux had great food.

The Sioux wore inserting clothes. First on their feet they wore moccasins. Mccasins were made out of fur and deer skin. The men wore moccasins when they were in war. The men also wore buffalo skin made into a robe. The men wore the robe in winter when they where hunting.   It kept them very warm in the harsh freezing cold winter. In conclusion the Sioux had interesting clothes.                                                                      

  The Sioux had interesting weapons and tools. The first weapons I am going to tell you about the bow. The bow was used for hunting mostly. The bow is super short. The bow had a small sticks and string. Another is a bone flesher. The bone flesher was made out of  bison and elk bones. The bone flesher took fat off of hides. As far as one can see Sioux had great weapons and tools.                                                  

Hopi Tribe

The Hopi Tribe

By Mady Regallie and Greenleigh Harden

This paper is about the  Hopi tribe. They lived in the south west

desert.

I will tell you how the adobe house was made. First it was made with mud, sticks and stone. The mud was formed into bricks.Bricks were put on top of each other to build the house. Secondly it was built like an apartment. There was a hole on a kind of balconie with a ladder to get in. There was many levels like an apartment. In conclusion the Hopi had an interesting home.

I will tell you what the Hopi ate. First the Hopi ate corn and made it into cornmeal. Corn was the most important food for the Hopi. The Hopi ate foods such as squash, bread and meat. Secondly they ate fruit like prickly pear fruit. The Hopi had prickly pear fruit but they had to be careful because it was prickly. Prickly pear fruit tastes similar to watermelon and raspberries. In conclusion the Hopi had interesting food.

I will tell you about the clothes the Hopi had. One of the clothes the Hopi girls and women wore was the manta. It was made of a black cotton blanket. There was a short sleeve on their right shoulder. Next I will tell you what they wore in winter. To keep warm long sleeved shirts and pants were worn. The shirts and the pants were made out of cotton picked by the women.  They had a blanket made of deerskin. In conclusion the Hopi had interesting clothes.

          By reading this paper you have learned what the Hopi lived in ate and wore.

Iroqoius Tribe

Iroquois Tribe

By Harlie Zones

The Iroquois lived north east woodlands. They were a strong tribe. By reading this you will learn some information about the tribe.

The Iroquois had clothes that are interesting and I will tell you about them. To begin with they had shirts. That shirts can be yellow, red and blue. The colors are made from berries.  The Iroquois wore long sleeved shirts that where made from buck skin. The girls made them. Secondly our skirts are long The girls have skirts thair  are made from buck skin. And they are go to their ankels. And know you can see that are clothes are very interesting

The Iroquois had interesting food and I well tell you about them.  First I will you about the vegetables.  We had a lot of vegetables like corn, squash beans, tomato’s and cucumbers. We can grid our corn with are corn grid with are corn grinder we can make corn bread. The Iroquois ate many types of meat. Our meats were deer, beaver, bear, rabbit, squirrel,and turkey. The men hunted them. We did not eat it raw.We cooked the animal. Now you can see Iroquois have interesting food.

The Iroquois have good tools and weapons. First I will tell you about a tool. The tool I will tell you about is snow shoes they were made from wood. the snow shoes were big so they would not sink in to the snow. They had a strap so you can slip your moccasins in. Secondly we have bows. Our bows are made from a 4ft limb of cedar and sinew. Sinew was from the animals tendons and the sinew was the string. One can see that are tools and weapons our interesting and good.

I well tell you about two interesting facts about how the longhouse was made. To begin with are house was huge! Our house was to fiveteen to tweenty ft high. Tweenty ft is the height of twoof our class rooms. It was onehundred-fifty ft long and thirtyfour families could live in one. One hunderd-fifty ft is as long as the elementary hall. Another fact about the long house is how it was formed. The wood and poles would make the framed.. The poles would keep the house up. In conclusions the Iroquois made an interesting longhouse.                                          

Now you can see the Iroquois are an interesting tribe.

What we are Thankful for 2013

Photo Stream From Leadership Screen

Dear Parents,

We have had a very busy week. Read on to learn all about it. First we have been writing paragraph drafts about our native tribes. We have been researching facts on the computer and in books. Paragraphs have topic detail, explain and a conclusion. As a class we are starting to get very good at writing paragraphs. Another thing we have done is we finished Robinson Crusoe. Robinson was shipped wrecked. He went to an island and had many adventures. He was stuck there for 28 years. Finally we have learned about the Emotional Piggy bank. We learned that we can make deposits and withdrawals. We can make a deposit by saying "Thank You", being polite, being respectful and doing small acts of kindness. IT is important to understand so we can work better together. As you can we have had a busy week!

Sincerely,

Your Third Grade Leaders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ScareCrow Contest for goal celebration

 Claire Leading during the Goal Celebration

Native American Halloween and Other stuff

 Cody Relaxing in his mask

 

 

 Painting Begins!

 

 

 

Zoey made it out of the plaster 

 

 

 Listening to 4th graders Halloween stories

 

 

 We built our native american homes in our classroom

 

 

 

 Northwest coast dwelling

 Adobe home Hopis

 All ready for the parade

List 1st week Nov.

Spelling PreTest

bow

mice

women

coach

deer

throw

roast

teeth

crow

oxen

low

loan

grow

float

fish

cacti

pillow

Letter Home

Dear Parents,

This week as always, has been very fun. To begin with we have been making really cool Native masks that match our tribe. To make our masks we researched using Rex kids on the internet. We typed our tribes name and masks and we then printed out the mask that we wanted. Our class went to Mr. Smith's and used plaster to make our masks. Some of the masks didnt come off our faces which kinda hurt! But the pain was worth it because the masks are going to be awesome. Anther thing we did this week is we finished Gulliver's Travels. This book was about a guy who crashed and went to Lulliput land. In Lulliput he was giant. Then he escaped and went to the land of giants. The book was wonderful. Now you can see we have been working very hard.


Sincerely,

Your Third Grader Leader


PS We are looking forward to our Native American Day!

Native Masks

Students began to create their Native American masks today!

Poetry experience

We had a wonderful time today listening and learning from a published poetry author from Seattle. She helped peak students interest in the writing process.

Class Mission Statement

We are respectful, responsible, considerate, leaders who empower others. Together we synergize and work hard. We are thankful to people who help us. We are problem solvers who  are masters of the 7 Habits. Our class makes our own weather and loves to have fun!

Human Body Skeleton

 Students are starting to learn about the human skeleton

 

 

 

 

Spelling Words 9-30 Oct 6

she'd
we'll
haven't
wasn't
aren't
would've
doesn't
that's
page
cube
moment
strike
basic
human
cellar

Spelling Words 9_23

shipwreck
huge
twice
homework
bulldog
gentle
range
city
since
notebook
decent
waterfront
germ
logic
agent
exchange
garbage
distance

Link to My Plan Book

Link to My Plan Book

Salmon Festival!

 The trip up to Leavenworth is always a favorite. Full of new learning and interestesting experiences!