clapping?......where?......

Today in gifted we talked about how good our ears are. We played a game called clapping?.....where?... One person is the clapper another person is the guesser another person was the wrighter the last peson is the pointer. The pointer points where the clapper gose and claps. The guesser is the one that guesses where the clap is coming from. The wrighter is the one that wrights down the info. Each person got a turn with each job in the game.
by James and Christian

on the trail!

today in gifted class we made a map of the iditarod trail. we drew out the map and wrote all the different checkpoints. then we designed it with trees. we also drew a river that's in the middle of the trail. the tail starts at Anchorage. and it ends at Nome. the paper was white so it looks like snow. the checkpoints are pretty accurate because we have been studying the Iditarod for about four or five weeks now. the Iditarod has been going on for twelve days and today in Alaska it was negative fifteen degrees Fahrenheit . and negative twenty five degrees Celsius. the mushers (sled racers) are either resting at a checkpoint or shooting through the snow. right now the musher in first place right now is, Lance Mackey. hes already out of the second to last checkpoint. who do you think will win the iditarod sled race for 2009?????? well as you can see we are all having fun today in Mrs. Zawis's gifted class. GIFTED ROCKS!!!!
BY: EMILY W. AND KAYLA ! :) :)
***GO TO http://www.iditarod.com TO CHECK the race and see the qualified mushers for this years race!!!!!!*** :) IDITAROD ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!

Chagall

Mark Chagall was born in Russia in a small village of vitebsk on July 7,1887.His father, Zahar,Worked in a herring packing house and Mark Chagalls mom,Feiga-ita,sold herring,flour,sugar,and spices.He is a painter that paints people floating when he is happy and people on the ground when he is sad.He got married in 1915 ton Bella Rosenfeild and she died in 1944.

top 40 gifted musical!!!

top 40 was a great musical!!!
there were many different songs, parts,dances, and COSTUMES!!!!
I sure hope you enjoyed it. you might recognise some of these songs.
Hound Dog, Material Girl, Uptown Girl, Rockin' Robin,You Really got Me Goin',..... and sooo many more! the Gifted Musical was very exiting to be in,and to watch!
Thank you so much to you parents who helped us with costumes makeup and other things. we hope you enjoyed our Top 40 musical!!!
AND DON'T FORGET "I LOVE ROCK N ROLL!"
bY: EMILY D. & EMILY W.!!!!!!!!! :)
top 40!!! :)

Iditarod

Today we learned about the Iditarod Dog Sleigh Race! We compared a husky and poodle, dachsund, vizsla, chihuahua, or other dogs. We learned that on even years the mushers take the northern trail and on odd years they take the southern trail. We went to these websites to learn about the dogs, www.dogbreedinfo.com or www.akc.com. We had to include the height, weight, origin, and living conditions of the husky and the second dog we chose. The race starts on March 7th. The race is 1150 miles long and last for 2 weeks. We love learning about the Iditarod!



By, Anna and Amanda!

Top 40!

Wow! I am so proud of everbody and what a fantastic job they did in our 3 performances of our Top 40 Musical! The show was outstanding and I was amazed by our fabulous performers. I did not get the chance to take many pictures so I would love to get pictures sent to me so that I can out them together for a slide show. Stay tuned for more about the musical...

Musical is Coming Soon!

Our gifted musical is fast approaching! Please mark your calendars...Evening performance January 22nd 7:00pm and morning performances January 23rd K-2 9:30am and 3-5 10:30am. Please join us for some "Top 40" tunes!