Here’s what students reported they did during our nine days off from school:

I went to ...

• Tahoe.
• a cousin’s birthday and we made ice cream sundaes.
• Dave and Busters.
  
• Palm Springs and I got to swim and me and my friends we got to do all kinds of fun stuff.
  
• Tahoe and went sledding.
  
• Berkeley University.
• My Uncle’s house.
• Sacramento
• Cayucos and I watched Robocop.
• My Uncle’s house and we ate over there.
• skiing in Bear Valley.
• San Diego
• hiking and saw Robocop.
• to a hotel that took 7 hours.
• Disneyland and California Adventure. 
• Disneyland for three days and I went swimming.
• Germany, and I had a medieval dinner and went to my cousins.  

In addition to traveling, some students did the following:

I rode scooters with my neighbors.
I had a playdate with a friend.
I had three sleepovers.
I played my nintendo 3DS and I played my PS4 and my PS 3
I had two sleepovers at my house
On Saturday starting at 7:00 we threw a surprise party for my auntie all the way until 12:00 am.  Midnight
At least 5 students reported they saw the Lego movie.  

What did the teacher do?
I helped a group on a scavenger hunt by knowing the words to  "Amazing Grace." I also had a wonderful time with my family including my daughter (visiting from Irvine), my parents (visiting from Los Angeles) , and my brother's family (visiting from Nevada City). 

Here's a great activity to do on your time away from school:

“Challenging the Space Frontier” offers students the chance to learn the historical impact of space exploration through a time line, quizzes, and various reading and writing activities.

• Starting with a time line, students first learn the history of space travel, including 25 space firsts and three pivotal space missions — Friendship 7, Apollo 11, and STS-7.
• Students will also get to meet several heroes of space travel while browsing the time line: astronautsBuzz Aldrin on Apollo 11, Sally Ride (the first American woman in space) on STS-7, and Mae Jemison(the first black female astronaut).
• Then, using the Tom Snyder ® Productions' Timeliner, students can Make Your Own Timeline of important dates and photos of space exploration, building on what they’ve just learned.

Plus, students can:

• Browse compelling Photos of NASA Tools & Toys and fun Photos of Animals in Space
• Go on a NASA Web Hunt, which gets students sharpening their Internet skills by exploring NASA’s Website
• Read The Moon and the Sun Research Starter, which offers recommended resources to further study space travel
• Watch the Apollo 11 Mission Real Time Recreation, a unique online application that brings the Apollo 11 mission to life in “real time”
• Journey Into Space With the American Museum of Natural History offers another great opportunity to conduct online research on the subject of space

Learning ObjectivesWhile participating in "Challenging the Space Frontier," students will:

• Learn about the history of space exploration in the context of the "space race" during the Cold War
• Improve content-area reading skills, including comprehension and vocabulary
• Reflect on what has been learned after reading by formulating ideas, opinions, and personal responses
• Use discussion with peers as a way of understanding information
• Learn to do online research
• Develop thoughtful, focused questions about their reading
• Create a timeline using information and media from their own research

We had an assembly about science on Tuesday.  We learned about states of matter.  Randall said that matter comes in three states.  One state is a solid.  The molecules are close together, so a solid keeps its shape. Another state is called liquid.  The molecules are loose and allow liquid to flow.  The third state is gas.  These molecules are spread out and travel into the air.  When Randall mixed two things he created a gas.  He mixed baking soda and vinegar.  Then a balloon filled with the gas that the two made.  We discovered that sublimation is a chemical process when a solids turns straight into a gas.  It was an informative and educational assembly.