Archive | 2017-2018

On November 1-3 the fifth graders at Travis Heights Elementary school went to Camp champions. Everyone had a great time. Even though the girls cabin had no air conditioning and no glass windows, everyone slept well. The girls cabin at Camp Champions had screened in windows and no air conditioning. It also had flies, but the teachers made our experience wonderful even if the cabins had lots of problems.

North America, United States, Texas, Camp Champions, The Glob. Camera at the ready, flying in 3..2..1..  Boom!

Ava Goes Flying

On a sunny day at Camp Champions tens of kids lined up for one lakeside activity, The Glob. The camera is trained on one person in particular, Ava Borich

She prepared to be Globbed and Mina jumps, Poof! into the air she goes.

Round two: Jordan Globs Ava

You may be asking what a Glob is, well a glob is a water activity that involves a huge air filled sack resting on water.

One person gets on the end furthest from the dock and the other person jumps on. If the person that jumps weighs more than the other person than the one being globbed flies into the air and falls down to the water.

We stared breakfast in the classroom early September.We don’t have to have breakfast at home any more.  It gets a good start to the day!! Everybody waits in line and grabs there breakfast. In Ms. Villanuevas’ class, while we eat breakfast we watch CNN 10. It is like one time of a day you can relax. There is something  new every day.

4th  Grade is reading the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It’s about a deformed  boy who was home schooled. He never went to another school.  He finally goes to public school and his perspective changes. This is the most heart-touching book ever!  The only way you know it’s good is if you read it yourself.

We had our fall carnival on Friday the 27th of October.  Some of the things functioning were booths. There were many booths, such as beanbag toss, hairspray, fortuneteller, and many others. When you walk into Travis Heights you buy your tickets and go have fun! They also provide a variety of food, such as pickles and nachos. Not just Travis Heights citizens  are welcome, others are welcome too!  THES  REALLY ROCKS!

At Camp Champions there is an awesome archery range. You went with your group leader to the range and waited for your turn. There were three different types of bows you could use, two types were for right handed people and one type were for the left handed. It was hard for most people.  Only one person hit the yellow (the two inner rings), but it was on the WRONG target!

The group leaders made sure that the range was very safe. You could not get your arrows until your group leader said so, and you could not get close to the people that were shooting if it was not your turn.  If you dropped a arrow you had to wait for your group leader to get the arrow for you.

Pam Muñoz Ryan published a book called Esperanza Rising. She published it in the year 2000, the book is actually 17 years old. Esperanza Rising is about a girl that is wealthy and she live in a ranch called El Rancho de las Rosas. Then something shocking happens to her dad then they become poor and move to California to get jobs. She was inspired by real events that happened. The book takes place in Mexico and U.S.A. 

Ms. Friedman is the photo journalism teacher at Travis Heights Elementary. She was a 5th grade and 4th grade teacher  at Travis Heights.  Then she retired and became the photo journalism teacher. What inspired her to be a teacher is she knew she wanted to be bilingual and work with children.  She wanted to teach at Travis Heights because the people seemed nice and open.  She LOVES what she does now and misses the children when school is out for the summer.

Ms. Friedman likes working with the kids in photo journalism. Her favorite kinds of food are Mexican and Italian. She loves her dogs Rafa and Diego. She has also gone whale watching and saw humpback whales. Her favorite season is spring because she likes wild flowers. Her favorite color is green.  Her B-Day is on February 28.

Travis Heights has a new 5th grade dual language teacher,  Mr. Carrillo. He wanted to teach at this school because it was closer to his home and because we are dedicated to having a successful dual language program. Also he came and met the 4th graders (now 5th graders) and really liked us. He has a degree in Applied Learning and Development (Bilingual Education) from UT. His birthday is November 26th, 1988. His favorite place to travel is New York City. He has a big fluffy cat named Igor. His favorite part about teaching is seeing the students excited when they learn something new or achieved a goal the set for themselves. His favorite book is All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and he has three siblings, two younger sisters and one younger brother. Lastly, his favorite joke is: What did the Mexican milk say to his new friend?…¡Hola! Soy Milk.   

For the past 18 years, Ms. Isoline has been the art teacher at Travis Heights Elementary School. In all of those years, the first project of the year has been Square 1 Art. Square 1 Art is a project where students get a theme to draw. The themes change every year so that students will not repeat ideas. Once they are finished drawing, Ms. Isoline sends all of the artwork in to the company Square 1 Art. Then, parents get to order items with their students’ artwork on them, such as mugs, pillowcases, sketchbooks, or even flags.  This year, fifth grade students drew mythical beasts. This opens up to fairies, Egyptian gods or goddess, or even a mythical phoenix. Be sure to order items with your student’s artwork on them as soon as the forms come out in Wednesday folders.

Thank you for your patience as our Photogs work on providing amazing posts for this year.  Here they are working hard today–

Mrs. Freeman lets us use her room during her lunch time and planning period so that we can have a place work.  Mrs. Friedman–THANK YOU!!