BAKE SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi it's David again. We are going to have a bake sale at the Faulkner on April 6. We will try to earn $650. I hope we can do it! It is for us to live on a farm in Vermont for 5 days. We will learn how to plant and take care of animals. If you get this or read it we hope you can come or be there. We will try to post pictures of the bake sale and the trip. On the farm there will be baby pigs, cows, llamas maybe, and cows. See you soon!

Life in the 1600s in Massachusetts

Pilgrims were the first Europeans to arrive in Massachusetts in 1630. The Native Americans were there before them. Native Americans taught them how to plant crops such as beans and corn. If the Native Americans did not teach them how to plant crops a lot more pilgrims would've died.

Traders from different towns transported many things down the river to the harbor.  Massachusetts had a trade network called the “Triangular Trade.” They traded slaves so they can buy molasses. They used molasses to make rum. They took slaves to the West Indies to sell them.

We read about the first colonies and took notes on the vocabulary and what we learned.

This is a map that was in our book that shows where the first colonies were.

These people were Puritans. They lived in small towns. They dressed in simple clothes, because there was laws against wearing  fancy clothes. The Puritans governed them selves by making fair laws that the others could agree on. People who disobeyed the laws or rules were punished and usually whipped. Puritans disliked those laws and rules. In about 1563 Puritans decided they wanted to live by their own rules and laws and live a life they wanted to live. Mary Dyer was a famous Quaker preacher. She lived from 1611 to 1660. She died because of her beliefs. "Mary Dyer's death led to many protests against the anti-Quaker laws in Massachusetts." (p.26)  Mary Dyer's death made people in other colonies have religious freedom. Mary Dyer was born in 1611 and she died in 1660. Mary believed it was important to accept people of all faiths, this quality is called TOLERANCE. Mary was born in Britain (England).

"In the 1600s, life for many people in Britain was hard.  Thousands of people were out of work and homeless."  (p.8)  A lot of the laws and rules were rules people thought were unfair to live by. The king wanted everybody to have the same religious beliefs and go to the same christian church. That is why many British people came to North America on the Mayflower.

All quotes were taken from the National Geographic book set on Colonial America: "Massachusetts," by Vineeta Rai.

My Popcorn Plants

This is Desiree.  In Science class a few weeks ago, 5th grade planted some popcorn seeds with wet paper towel and some water (underneath the paper towel) in plastic cups.  I put my cup in the classroom window where it's really sunny.  Today I checked it any 4 of the seeds had started to grow!  I showed my Science teacher and she took some of the paper towel out because one of the seeds had started dying.  And then we put some potting soil in the cup and some different soil, too.  Then I came back to the classroom and put it back by the window so it can keep growing.  It needs to be by the window so it can get sunlight to give it energy!  Check back to see how my plants grows!

Decimals

Decimals, they're fun.  My class and I are learning about them, and we're actually pretty good at them.  There are two games we play.  One game is "Fill Two" and the other is "Decimal In Between."  They're easy, but they can get challenging.  My name is Carlos and I'm good at DECIMALS!

Manning Seniors

Hi it's David and I'm going to a say how cool it is to be a senior! It's cool because you are the oldest in the school and everyone likes you. Also because you go on a big trip.  We are going on a trip to Vermont for five days to live on a farm.  You should check back to see how it goes, what happened, and to look at the cool pictures.

awsome mcas and first post

It's Jardel, one of the first seniors to post. We just finished the Reading MCAS and it was easy. It flew by like nothing. The real test is next year during 6th grade.  It is gonna be tough. Yay I am first. Hehe. I will post later.