Quashnet School's character word of the week is: "generous". The definition of generous is: Free in giving or sharing; unselfish. Here is what our homerooms think they could do to be generous today:
1. Sit and greet someone new at lunch. - Grace
2. Pick someone`s books up when they drop
them. Ariana H.
3. Play with someone new at recess. Amiyah Peters.
4. Let a new kid join in a game. Jaimes P.
5. Allow a new kid to play with me. David F.
6.Bring someone to the nurse if they get hurt. Kailyn Westgate.
7.Help someone who got hurt. Avani
8.I could help my mom clean the house and not fight with my brother and sister so she can have peace.Erin Smith
9.Help someone when they are hurt or when they are sad.Neil Howard
10. Share my snack with someone who doesn't have a snack. Gigi Cole
11.Play with someone that is alone at recess. Jimmy Perry
12: Help someone if they fall. Harry Dwinger
13.Sit with someone at lunch that is sitting alone.
Melanie Cordero
14. I will help people with their work. Mark Valois
15.When someone's feeling down, I will make them laugh or make them feel better. Bridget Connolly.
16.If someone feels lonely, I will cheer them up. Pukar Sitaula
17.If someone got hurt, I would ask them if they were alright. Caleb Oakley-Robbins
18. I will go to Stop&Shop and donate money to the Salvation Army. Rhiannon Raymond
19.If my sister got hurt I would tickle her and she would laugh so loud her cheeks would turn red. Brady Sutherland
20. I will listen to my mother, and be generous to my family. Annika Lakatos
21. I will play with my dogs and play games with my family. Jenna Barnes
22. I will help other people with the rock wall. Kimberly Lemelin
23. I would like to go on a long walk with my mom and my dog Leo, and I will listen better to my mom. Stella Stecei
24. After school I am going to go on a walk with my friend Samantha and, play legos with my brother. Gabriela Santos
25.I will help my mom with my little brother because he is sick. Kasey Boettger
26.I will help my mom with the babies. Collin Frost
27. I will help my little brother get his after school snack and with his homework if he needs it. Jillian Burdge
28. At recess I could help Chase. Charlotte Bohnenberger
29. Today I will help my sister make sugar cookies for Santa. Alexander Coggeshall
30. I will help my mom take care of my little brother so she can relax.
31.I will help my mom make a cake for my aunt's BIRTHDAY. Caden Harding
32. I'll make a present for my brother today. Nicholas Hemsworth
33.Today I will help my Grandma decorate her Christmas tree. Sarah Landry
34. Today I will help my mom and dad pack all the bags because I'm going to Florida on Christmas morning. Rachel Sanford
35. Help my mom set up the table for dinner and help make dinner. -Victoria Reynolds
36. When my sister is at gymnastics, I could clap when she does her routines right. Emerson Fraser.
37. I could try to pick a good gift for my mom and make sure to say a great thanks to my step dad for taking me Christmas shopping for my mom.-Anna Carroll
38. After school today maybe I could clean my mom's bedroom.Matthew Portentoso.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
Spectacular Spiders
Remember the last time you took a walk through a field of grass? How many spiders did you see along the way? Perhaps you didn't see any spiders at all. But they were there. How many spiders did you see in your home today? Perhaps none. But they were there too. Spiders are very common creatures. They live almost everywhere on earth. Once, when people counted the number of spiders in a grassy field in England, they found that there were more than 2 million spiders in 1 acre.
Spiders are found in deserts, high mountains, grasslands, marshes, and forest. Some live in caves; others live on beaches. Many kinds of spiders live in peoples homes and gardens. There is even a spider that spends its entire life underwater.
The Body Of A Spider
Some people confuse spiders with insects. Both spiders and insects belong to a large group of animals called "arthropods". Arthropods are invertebrates with jointed legs and a tough outer skeleton. The skeleton, called the "exoskeleton", is like a suit of armor. It protects the soft body parts from disease and from drying out. Some spider's brains extend out into their legs! Muscles are attached to the inner surface of the exoskeleton.An insects body is divided into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. A spiders body has only two parts. The front part is a combined head and chest. The back part of a spiders body is the abdomen. Its connected to the cephalothorax it is covered by a large hard shield called the carapace. At the front end of the carapace are the eyes.
Most spiders have eight simple eyes. Insects usually have five eyes: two large compound eyes and three simple eyes. Insects also have antennae, or feelers on there heads; spiders do not have antennae. But don't worry because spiders don't usually hurt you unless you hurt or bother them.
Written and typed by Rachel and Sarah
Spiders are found in deserts, high mountains, grasslands, marshes, and forest. Some live in caves; others live on beaches. Many kinds of spiders live in peoples homes and gardens. There is even a spider that spends its entire life underwater.
The Body Of A Spider
Some people confuse spiders with insects. Both spiders and insects belong to a large group of animals called "arthropods". Arthropods are invertebrates with jointed legs and a tough outer skeleton. The skeleton, called the "exoskeleton", is like a suit of armor. It protects the soft body parts from disease and from drying out. Some spider's brains extend out into their legs! Muscles are attached to the inner surface of the exoskeleton.An insects body is divided into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. A spiders body has only two parts. The front part is a combined head and chest. The back part of a spiders body is the abdomen. Its connected to the cephalothorax it is covered by a large hard shield called the carapace. At the front end of the carapace are the eyes.
Most spiders have eight simple eyes. Insects usually have five eyes: two large compound eyes and three simple eyes. Insects also have antennae, or feelers on there heads; spiders do not have antennae. But don't worry because spiders don't usually hurt you unless you hurt or bother them.
Written and typed by Rachel and Sarah
Excellent Evolution
Charles Darwin had thought about the theory of evolution. Animals and plants of the same kind are said to belong to a particular species. For example, dogs belong to one species, human beings to a different species, and White pine trees belong to a different family or species. The bones or imprint of plants/animals are evidence that these species lived long ago and have changed over periods of time. This evidence is called fossils.
Dinosaurs lived here for more than 100 million years on our Earth. 65 million years ago the last dinosaur died and they became extinct, meaning there was no more of them on Earth. Dinosaurs had not always lived on Earth , just like people,roses, and termites. The fossil evidence proves that species change or evolve over time. Species changing over time is called evolution.
Naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace are credited with the theory of evolution, which has united biology, the study of living things.
Here are some of the major ideas that Mr. Darwin had.The individuals making up a population, whether it is a human population, a population of squirrels, or a population of birch trees are not exactly alike. The human population, for example there are different races and some individuals that are better able to fight diseases than others. Some have better eye sight than others. Differences are called "variation." Some differences, such as the ability to fight off some diseases, are helpful and may be passed on to the next generation. The result of such naturally favored people producing more children than unhealthy people do, is an increased number of healthy people in the following family. So nature selects those people of any population who are fittest and against those individuals who are less fit. That is what is meant by the expression "Survival of the fittest." This way each new generation is a tiny bit different from the previous ones. Those differences from one generation to the next, can cause one species to change, or evolve to better survive in its environment.
Written and typed by: Amiyah Peters, Emerson Fraser, and Kasey Boettger
Research from: " From Living Cells to Dinosaurs" by Roy A. Gallant.
Dinosaurs lived here for more than 100 million years on our Earth. 65 million years ago the last dinosaur died and they became extinct, meaning there was no more of them on Earth. Dinosaurs had not always lived on Earth , just like people,roses, and termites. The fossil evidence proves that species change or evolve over time. Species changing over time is called evolution.
Naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace are credited with the theory of evolution, which has united biology, the study of living things.
Here are some of the major ideas that Mr. Darwin had.The individuals making up a population, whether it is a human population, a population of squirrels, or a population of birch trees are not exactly alike. The human population, for example there are different races and some individuals that are better able to fight diseases than others. Some have better eye sight than others. Differences are called "variation." Some differences, such as the ability to fight off some diseases, are helpful and may be passed on to the next generation. The result of such naturally favored people producing more children than unhealthy people do, is an increased number of healthy people in the following family. So nature selects those people of any population who are fittest and against those individuals who are less fit. That is what is meant by the expression "Survival of the fittest." This way each new generation is a tiny bit different from the previous ones. Those differences from one generation to the next, can cause one species to change, or evolve to better survive in its environment.
Written and typed by: Amiyah Peters, Emerson Fraser, and Kasey Boettger
Research from: " From Living Cells to Dinosaurs" by Roy A. Gallant.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
What is hail?
Hail is made of little water pellets that are taken into a thunder storm. These little droplets are lifted into the sky and frozen like in a freezer and made into a bumpy basketball. Then they are dropped like when you jump into a pool. As the hail gets bigger it will repeat. Then it gets bigger and bigger until it will become too heavy and it drops to the ground.
Written by: Alex C
Typed by: Nick H
Written by: Alex C
Typed by: Nick H
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Unusual Creatures Online!!!
There's a new site that I, David Furtado, found for the unusual creatures! The site is found at : http://unusualcreatures.com/ on every electronic device! It doesn't have all the creatures, but at least there's some.You will enjoy seeing videos of real footage of the creatures. The creatures also inspired musicians to compose songs that fit in with the certain animal. My favorite is the video for the Magnapinna Squid!!
Written by: David Furtado
Typed by: David and Ms. Martin
Written by: David Furtado
Typed by: David and Ms. Martin
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