After reading the books, Duck for President and President Squid, the Hoot Owl class held their own election. A voting booth in our classroom gave the children the experience of having a secret vote.
The children and their teachers voted whether the new president should have a dog or a cat for a pet. The vote was 10 votes for a cat and 6 votes for a dog. The Hoot Owls are obviously cat lovers!
Kindergartners read a book called Duck For President. After they discussed the story, they explored the idea of voting for candidates and what an election means.
Later, they compounded their learning by voting for Oreos or Chocolate Chip cookies. Oreos won by a landslide.:-) They took this further in their math by creating tallies and charts with their voting data.
Owl pellet dissection was a big hit in second grade. Thank you Sarah Shaffer, founder of Sarah’s Science, for doing this fun science activity with our students!
Congratulations to 5th grade teacher Lisa Rokas and her husband George for moving their son, James, off to college this fall. James is a Saklan class of 2012 graduate who attended San Ramon Valley High School and is beginning his freshman year at USC in the Thornton School of Music.
Congratulations also goes out to Director of Development, Carol Goldman and her husband, Ron, for moving Mac off to college this fall. Mac is also a Saklan class of 2012 graduate. He attended Bentley High School and is beginning his freshman year at University of Puget Sound where he’s studying Math & Physics.
This time in science, the 5th grade studied space, orbiting objects and space exploration.
As part of their studies, they had to engineer a rocket that could cut though air resistance and gravity, and try to go the highest possible.
Last Thursday, the Owlets and Hoot Owls had a pumpkin hunt and party to celebrate Halloween.
It was a lot of fun!
These creative constellations, fashioned from marshmallows and cotton buds, were made by the imaginative First Grade Class. The first graders presented all the facts and stories behind their individual constellations.
Coming soon… Simple Machines! Look forward to some imaginative inventions!
The Hoot Owls created a vibrantly colorful Gratitude Tree with their buddies, the fourth grade.
The students worked together to make beautiful fall leaves. They also wrote what they were grateful for during this Thanksgiving season. The tree is filled with so many wonderful expressions of gratitude. Here are just a few: gratitude for our Armed Forces, America, family, Saklan, friends, pets, and much more. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
FRIDAY BLOG 
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