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Ashlee's Medalby Sean Crowley5th grade Ashlee won a bronze medal in a Nordic ski race. She finished in third place. When she won the medal, she was happy and excited. Ashlee says, "I like the medal because it was my first medal." She won it between November and March at Tamarack. She says: "It's fun going to ski practice with my friends." Ashlee likes skiing because she can race and do competitions. MSRTby Hallie Tucker5th grade MSRT stands for McCall Ski Racing Team. There are six coaches: Kat, Richie, Liam, Bob, Nancy, and Chuck. The coaches split racers into age groups: Nancy, Bob, and Liam take the little guys. Kat, Chuck, and Richie take the big kids. Ski racers speed down courses called "slalom" and "GS," or "Giant Slalom". Slalom requires skiers to be quick and hit gates. Gates are big sticks made of rubber. Coaches put gates in the snow so racers can hit them with poles and the gates won't fall down. Slalom is different from GS because Slalom gates are really close together, and in GS the gates are spread farther apart. A racer must tuck, bending down and putting his poles in his armpits. Poles are for hitting gates. The slalom poles have guards on the front to protect a skier's hands when she hits a gate. In GS, skiers don't hit gates so GS poles don't have guards. MSRT is really fun. Dodderby Ashlee Robinson5th grade Elsie glows red-brown.
Skating Harnessby Emma Sabala5th grade In skating I am working on an axel. An axel is a jump that is one-and-a-half revolutions in the air. When I am in the jump, I have to cross my feet together, and cross my arms and hands to my chest. While I am in the air I squeeze really tight, until my toepick hits the ground and I fall, or I freak out and let go of everything and in my head I say, "I can't do this!" To help me land the jump, there is a harness. A harness has two ropes on each side: one of the sides has a regular rope that the coach pulls up to make the skater high, and another side -- that has hooks on -- is to put a safety belt on, which is strapped really tight on the skater. An axel is the first big jump that a skater can ever learn in figure skating, so it is the hardest jump to land. I have been really focused on this jump, but it is just so hard to land! I have landed it and gotten all the way around on the harness without my coach pulling on the rope, but off the harness, it is so hard to get. I have landed an axel off the harness and fallen after I land on my toepick, but I can never land on one foot and check out! An axel is as annoying as hearing a pot on the stove squeak! I hope I land it soon! Sluggishby Hallie Tucker5th grade Shiloh, at night,
Sean's Crossby Ben Crogh5th grade Sean has an iron cross that his grandpa gave to him when Sean was nine. He said that while his grandpa was a sergeant in World War II, he got it from a German soldier. Sean says, "It is really cool and is from around 1910." When Sean's grandpa was in the war, he went to Normandy and other parts of France. Sean says, "He is still alive, but all he does is sit around." The cross is painted black, and is worth about $3,000, Sean estimates. Sean keeps it in an old desk with a bunch of other German war stuff. Spring Kaleidoscopeby Emma Sabala5th grade Sun rises over the calm spring meadow,
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We have a VERY hard-working group of writers in WW this year -- having started research reports in the week after the Winter Break, most students have completed all of their research and webs, and are now working on formal outlines and bilbliographies for their reports. We will begin writing paragraphs this week -- writing and revising and editing and revising again -- until the five-paragraph research reports are finished. We have also been finshing poetry exercises, drafts of free verse or metered poems, and Fibonacci projects -- the hardest element of Fibonacci is being precise about writing Math explanations! However, students stay with the assignment, and patiently reword until all is clear... Feel free to visit and write with us any morning! Writing Workshop students are listed below. Click on a name to send a message to that student... (3rd - 6th graders):
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