Room Five Productions
on these pages you may view some of our activities and creations
Room Five Home
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Towers
cooperative groups compete to build the highest tower
REEF
field trip to the Redwood Environmental Education Fair at College of the Redwoods
Salmon Release
we journey to Redwood Creek near Redway to release salmon fry raised in Science Lab
School of Sharks
results of chalk pastel art lesson by storyteller-artist (and wildlife biologist) Ane Carla Rovetta
Lafayette's Regatta
big boats and small
Oceans Night
an evening of ocean-themed activities
Beach Clean-Up
pitching in to help restore balance in our local environment
Bay to Dunes field trip
courtesy of the Friends of the Dunes
sailing simulation
crews learn geography skills and lessons of history
fish dissection
a science lab favorite
Musical Theater Club
Lafayette Musical Theater Club presents "A Celebration of Rain"
sailing ship field trip
a field trip to an 18th century sailing ship and the Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum
tulip watercolors
experimenting with the wet-on-wet technique
Petroglyphs
while reading the novel Pasquala, Story of a California Indian Girl, we made "petroglyphs"
March miscellaneous
from District Spelling Bee to Crazy Hair Day it was a pretty crazy month
Chess Club
Thursday lunchtimes in Room Five
Valentines Day
Readers Theater play about the day a.m. and a popcorn party and movie p.m.
4-corner soccer
a favorite game at P.E. time
Zane Jazz Band
at an upper-grade assembly
Fish Hatchery Field Trip
a visit to Mad River Fish Hatchery
literature-inspired art
selected drawings about two stories
MLK portraits
in connection with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday
Kanji
trying out Japanese calligraphy after completing the novel The Big Wave set in Japan
Flags
a math unit incorporating symmetry, measurement, and atlases to construct a pictograph
chess tournament
following the winter break
Puzzles
Santa had brought one for everyone in Room Five in the wee hours of the last morning of school
Student of the Week
Every week we celebrate one student...
Rubber Chicken Launch
the Canned Food Drive finale
Learning Chess
in preparation for a tournament and starting a chess club
lump of coal
an art lesson inspired by a Christmas story, "The Lump of Coal," by Lemony Snickett
Season's Greetings
decorating our classroom door for the season...
Winter Sing
PTA sponsors our annual Winter Sing Along
video clip
of Twelve Days of Christmas at Winter Sing
Veterans Day
4th graders interview veterans for Veterans Day and get videotaped reading their speeches
Halloween
costumes, games, and some serious science
Pumpkin Pastels
drawing from life
TITANIC
our TITANIC coloring contest
watercolor sunsets
artwork inspired by children's artist Tomie de Paolo's book, The Legend of Indian Paintbrush
Indian blankets
artwork inspired by that of children's author Paul Goble
Personal Narratives
A Time I'll Probably Never Forget
Barn Dance
just after a Harvest Moon
"Swing Your Partner"
a QuickTime movie
Dance Lesson photos
Michael Mulderig teaches us to contradance
Families
some family portraits
Black & White Ties
each of us designed our own to pose in for photos for a bulletin board on the first day of school
Personal Narratives
I time I remember...
Veterans Day
interviews with Veterans
Black & White Ties
a first-day-of-school
ice-breaker