Student Blogger: Emily J.

Hi, my name is Emily J. I love Miss Kloczko. She teaches me many cool things. She teaches us about Antarctica and the Polar Habitat and leopard seals and whales. We have something in common. We both love baseball. This weekend I will be trying out for a new team. I am so excited because my mom will be my coach. It will be cool for my mom to be the coach.

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Student Blogger: Anderson

Hi, my name is Anderson.

The leopard seal’s predator is the orca whale. The leopard seal’s diet is penguins, krill, and fish. It is 1,000 pounds and 11 feet long. It has sharp teeth. It can stay underwater for 15-30 minutes.


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Student Blogger: Kyler

Here are some of the "signal words" or scientific words I learned from Miss Kloczko's class.

• Spyhopping - "when a whale pokes his head out of the water to see what's going on"
• External - "anything on the outside"
• Persuade - "to make someone agree with you"
• Habitat - "food, water, shelter, and space"
• Carnivore - "animals that have sharp, pointed teeth that only eat meat"
• Woodland - "a place that has trees, shrubs, sunlight, and shade."
• Nocturnal - "animals that hunt during the night and sleep during the day"
• Diurnal - "animals that hunt during the morning and sleep at night"

I enjoy learning the quicker words so I don't have to describe it.
                                                          - Kyler

Watch this video of our class doing a signal word!

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Student Blogger: Annie

Glow Girls by Annie 

On Wednesdays after school, I dance as a glow girl. It is one of my favorite things to do. Glow Girls is a poetry ballet class. It is fun! It is at school and my friend, Angela, is in it too. I wear a black leotard with red leg warmers and black ballet shoes. My ballet bag has all my ballet clothes in it. One of the poems I recite is "Rubies, diamonds, cultured pearl, none more precious, than a girl. Girl, girl, girl, celebrate. Self respect is really great!"

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Student Blogger: Tony

Tony and his classmates got to experience what blubber feels like and how it keeps whales warm in cold temperatures!

Blue whales have two blowholes.
Blue whales have baleen to help them eat krill and plankton.
Blue whales weigh 400,000 pounds.
Orcas are black and white. They only have one blowhole.
They are called the wolf of the sea because they hunt in pods.
They eat seals. They have a dorsal fin.

I like blue whales the best because they are my favorite color.

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Student Blogger: Peyton- Music

Here is a little about me that I wanted to share.  I really like country music.  My favorite singers are Luke Bryan, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, and Zac Brown Band.  I like country because I like the beat, voices, and words.  My favorite time to listen to country is in the car and at home.  I like to wear my pink cowgirl hat.  At Halloween I dressed up as a cowgirl.  Someday I would love to have a horse of my own to ride and take care of.  

"...the southern wind sings again, another lullaby"  Zac Brown Band

Peyton

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Student Blogger: Peyton- Whales

Hello, my name is Peyton.  I am in Miss Kloczko's first grade class.  We are learning about Blue and Orca whales.  Whales have blubber to keep warm from the cold water in the oceans.  

Blue whales can weigh up to 150 tons and are 80 feet long.  This means they are bigger than a bus!  They have two blowholes on their back and when they blow water it stinks so bad!  They also have a dorsal fin.  Blue whales have baleen that is black in color.  They eat krill and plankton.  

Orca whales are 23 feet long and weigh up to 12,000 pounds.  Orca whales have their eyes under the white spots on their head.  Orca whales have teeth, not baleen.  Whales are known to spyhop.  Spyhopping is when a whale pokes its head out of the water to see what is going on.  I would like to know if Orca whales eat Blue whales.  I wonder this because Orca whales have teeth.  Some day I hope to see a whale at Sea World.  

Learning about whales is so much fun!  
Peyton

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