Field Trip to Stonewall Quarry Park

As Alyssa said in her T.W.A.S. blog post, we had a great time learning about fossils at Stonewall Quarry Park.  Our guide, Sheldon, was fantastic and very knowledgeable.  Here are some photos from our trip!

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T.W.A.S. by Alyssa S.

T.W.A.S

This week at school we went on our field trip we went to Stonewall Quarry Park.  Our guide, Sheldon, was teaching us all about fossils. First, he taught us about the Ordovician Sea and how it used to be all water there in Stonewall.  He also taught us about the rock cycle and this is how it goes:

 

Oh and igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary aren’t the same.  They’re all formed differently.  On our field trip we learned that limestone makes powder.  They used these building, called kilns, to burn limestone into powder.

At the end of the field trip we got to find fossils.  They were so small that we barely find any! But we did find some.  They were mostly shell fossils and just rocks with bumpy sides on them.  It was a fun day!  And then we got on the bus back to school and still had our recess.

By: Alyssa. S

Rocks and Minerals!

The students were eagerly awaiting the start of our final unit in science, Rocks and Minerals.  They're having fun learning about the different types of rock and how they're formed. 

We have some of our very own "Rock Hounders" in our room.  Rock Hounding is when you look for rocks in the environment.  Of course they all know how to do this safely and to take an adult if they're going a distance.  These rock hounders below shared some found rocks and some rocks that caught their eye in the store!

 Our next field trip is to Stonewall Quarry Park.  There, the students will be Fossil Hunting!  I can't wait to see what we find!

T.W.A.S. by Ariel

This week In school we did ELA. In ELA we did writing. In writing we did a poem called name poem.  It was really cool. Then we did Instagram writing about our Instagram photo a day topics. It was fun. Next we did reading- I love reading. After we did word work. Word work is so fun.

This week in math we did Division. In division we did a math sheet it was easy. Next we did problem solving.  It was hard. Then we did mental math it was hard too. Then we did an equality post-test I think I did well. Then we did equality I like equality.

This week in French we did dans mon  sac a’ lunch  that means what’s  in your lunch. And then we started a paper it was super fun. I really like French. It is fun.