Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Vernal Equinox ~ 2016




One sign of spring is the abundance of colorful flowers that start blooming everywhere!


Rose photo by Mrs. Yollis  
Lilac photo by Mrs. Yollis 

Poppies by Mrs. Yollis 
Pink flowers in the eucalyptus tree by Kostaki and Will 

Our tree! by Bailey and Keya 
Pink flowers popping by Karissa

  
The first day of spring is called the 
Vernal Equinox. 
  
Spring started on Saturday, March 19, 2016, at 9:30 P.M. (PDT) in southern California. It is called the Vernal Equinox. There are two times when the sun is exactly above the equator. One equinox is in September and the other is in March. Equinox means equal night and there are nearly twelve hours of day and twelve hours of night.



 
 
 
Here is a video from Discovery Education to
 

help explain the Vernal Equinox!







After learning how to make a web, we decided to make one in our room! How did we make this web?

Photo by Maddie







Which slide was your favorite?

Which character do you like the best and why?

Which character changed the most? 

If you want to be clever, leave a comment from the point-of-view of a character.  :-) Great idea, Michael.

Monday, March 7, 2016

LE HIJAB EST SEXISME, ET NON ANTI-RACISME!

Lorsque j’ai vu l’événement «le hijab comme résistance politique» et lu sa description, j’ai réalisé l’importance de manifester à cet endroit pour que d’autres voix de pays à majorité musulmane soient entendues, et que la propagande présentée à cet événement ne soit pas la seule...