This week I am writing a post about my color poem,

I think Raspberry’s look red

I think alarms sound red

I think red berry’s smell red

I think red feels hot

I think red makes me feel sad

I think raspberry’s taste red

I think red experiences are the world spinning around

I think red places are the desert

That is my poem I hope you like it.

This week I am posting about Mother’s Day. This is my poem:

Mom is . . .

as sweet as a banana split,

as pretty as a hydrangea,

As lovable as a bunny.

I love my mom.

That is my poem, but mothers do a lot of things for us. They give us food and and take care of us. What is your Mother’s Day poem? Comment and tell me.

This week I am writing a post on leadership.Leadership means to me that people look up to you. In school that means you are always following directions and and you are always listening. At school we have leaders at our table groups. I am the leader for my table group right now. that means I help them pay attention and I lead by example. My mom and dad are the leaders in my home. That means I look up to them and can follow their example.

Last year we studied great people. My great person was Queen Elisabeth.She was the leader of England. She did a lot of great things for her country.There used to be Queen Elisabeth I but she past away. So now there is Queen Elisabeth the II.They are really important leaders. They have to be able to a lot of things to be a queen.

This week I am reporting on Africa Bridge. This is an organization that is helping children in Tanzania. Tanzania is in East Africa. The classrooms are very small. And they have about 80 kids in a classroom.The classrooms are made out of brick and mud. The children are between 6-15. Tanzania has a lot of nature and is very beautiful. We have 2 sister schools there. We are writing friendship letters to the students at Katusyo Primary School and will be sent them to Tanzania.The children like to play soccer and a lot of the girls like to play volleyball.

Today our class wrote spring couplets in our composition books.

This my couplet.

spring is nice

spring is cool

it is the right time for a swimming pool.

This week I am reporting on national happiness day,

Our class surprised are class councilor with a dance party.We did it because it was her birthday. It was very fun. It made me feel happy because we where doing something nice for somebody. And that is what our class did for national happiness day. I hope you enjoyed my post.

This week I am reporting on smolt. Wold you like to learn about smolt? Smolt look like small adult salmon. Most smolt are between 1-6 inches long. Smolt are getting ready to go out in salt water. They are practicing swimming to get strong. Smolt are going to the ocean where salt water is. They need to go there because that’s where the cril and plankten are. Smolt like to eat plankten and other fish eggs. Some preditors of salmon are seals, birds and fish. Smolt follow the curent and that’s how they get to the ocean. I hope you liked learing about smolt.

This week I am reporting on fry and parr.

Do you want to learn about fry and parr? Fry are twice the size of alevin when the yolk sac is used up, and the bottom of the fry is silver. They are about 3-4 cm. They have teeth, scales and fins. If they develop black marks, they are called parr. These help to camouflage them. They swim away from the redd to find food. They eat insects, plankton and fish eggs. Birds and large fish eat fry and parr. Fry use their swim bladder for the first time to move in the water. Now you know about fry and parr.

This week I am reporting on alevin.

The next stage in the life cycle of salmon is alevin. Do you want to learn about it? Alevin are about 1 inch long. They have a tiny tail and no fins when they hatch, and a yolk sac attached to their belly. They live in a redd with rocks and woody debries because they need to hide from predators. Do you know how alevin get there food? Alevin get there food from the yolk sac. The alevin grows quickly as it gets its nutrients from its yolk sac. Fish and birds are alevin preditors, like trout and blue heron. Different types of salmon have different looking alevin. I think alevin are really cool.

This week I am reporting on salmon eggs.

The first stage in the life cycle of salmon is egg. The egg is about the size of a pea. It is soft and orangish-red color. The eggs have 2 black dots that are the eyes.

Habitat: The eggs need to be in cool clean water. They are laid by the female in a redd. Trees along the stream provide shade to keep the water cool and to help stop erosion. The eggs are hidden under rocky gravel to protect them from predators.

Food: Each egg contains an embryo. There is a yolk sack attached to each embryo. The yolk sack holds yolk, wich is the embryo’s food.

Predators and threats: Predators are birds like ducks and fish like trout. Humans also eat salmon eggs.

Interesting fact: Only 3 out of 3,000 salmon eggs survive to be adult salmon. I think salmon eggs are really cool!