Our McDonald School Community

Chapter 1: City of Seattle

Famous Buildings and Popular Buildings by An-Mei

We have many popular buildings in Seattle. Some of the popular buildings are the Space Needle and Safeco Field, CenturyLink Field and “Columbia Tower,” said Theo, and “the Smith Tower,” said Cannon. And I went to the Space Needle. I went to the top when I was little and I can’t remember. The Space Needle has a restaurant in it. To get to the top you need to take the elevator. CenturyLink Field is a football field that the Seahawks plan on and Safeco Field is a baseball field that the Mariners play on. There are some games coming up. The year for them to play is over and the Super Bowl is soon. The Columbia Tower is another popular place in Seattle. My dad has been on the “top floor before,” said Oliver. The Space Needle was built in 1961 and it was built 605 feet tall and it was for the 1961 World’s Fair. Smith Tower was built in 1914. It was 489 feet tall. A fact: Smith Tower is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle. Do you have any popular buildings, and what are their names?

Famous Things About Our City by Isabel

What are some famous things about our city? Well, there is the Space Needle! “I like the Space Needle because at the restaurant, it spins around and you can pass notes,” said Sebastian. Pike Place Market’s mascot, Rachel the Piggy Bank, weighs 550 pounds. People started to put money in her belly since 1986. In 1909 they held the World’s Fair on the U-Dub campus. Millions of people came. The Columbia tower was finished in 1985. It took 3 years to build it. It is the tallest building in Seattle and the second tallest building on the west coast. Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle. He started playing guitar when he was 15. He was a songwriter. His band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He died way too young when he was 27.

Fun Things to Do in Seattle by Hugh

A really fun place to go in Seattle is the Space Needle. I have gone to the Space Needle 2 times. And it is really fun. There are 3 elevators. There is a person that is helping you get up to the top of the Space Needle. Another good place to go is Subway. It is a really good place to go in Seattle. Subway is really fun. I enjoy Subway “my favorite drink there is orange Fanta, and my favorite sandwich there is ham sandwich.” It is really good in my opinion what is yours? Another good place to go in Seattle is the Museum. They have lots of art and famous art. Another good place to go in Seattle is to the movie theater and m.r. popcorn. The movie theater is a really fun. “My favorite animated movie is Big Hero 6.” What is yours? Another good place to go in Seattle is the Lego Store. “I love the Chima Set.” They are so cool, you really need to get them.

Weather Most of the Time by Oliver

The weather here in the winter is gray and cold and rainy. The weather here in the spring is hot and sunny. The weather here in the summer is so hot and sunny. By the way the weather here in the spring and summer is the same. The weather here in the fall is cold and sunny and we have misty rain too.

Chapter 2: School

Our School Mascot by Atticus

Our school mascot is stored in the Parent teacher Association room. Once in a while the Scottie Dog will come to our assemblies. In the month of February and March we have an IA’s donation. At 95 percent participation we get a class photo with the Scottie! This is very fun! My dad has been in it! “Our school mascot is big not small like others,” said Hiram, a McDonald student. Scottie Dog Fun! The Scottie is very funny he comes running from class to class on the last day of school! Do you have a Scottie as your mascot? Do you have a mascot too? If you do, what is it?

What is Famous About Our School? by Kina

The Scottie is our mascot. And we have not only English but we teach Japanese and Spanish too! Here is a quote, “Our Principal is Mr. Golosman,” said Amy who is Cannon’s mom. We have science and math Japanese class. Room 207 is our class number. Almost everyday we have a volunteer. “The PTA (Parent Teacher Association) are nice,” said my daddy. We also have a teacher named Emi Sensei. Sensei means teacher in Japanese. Emi Sensei is one of my favorite teachers in the whole world. Do you have a special way of saying teacher? 

Our Playground by Hiram

Our playground has monkey bars, slides, stairs, woodchips and concrete. We are safe, kind and responsible. “Racing has no skipping, no galloping, no hopping on one foot!” says Kai. I say, “I disagree. There are lots of ways to race.”

Rules on the playground:

1.    No running on the woodchips

2.    Stay off the roof of the south playground structure

3.    No climbing on the blue slides

“We have a very cool banana slide!” said Atticus. Kids can play tag, jump rope, four square, soccer, kickball, and made up games. On rainy days we have recess in a covered playcourt.

Our School Rules by Cannon

Our school’s rules are safe, kind, responsible and the Golden rule and be patient.

Our lunchroom has some rules too. One rule is if we get to loud we have 3 minutes silent time in the lunchroom.

Our classroom has a few rules. One rule is to wait until the teacher is done talking, use tools properly, be patient. Patient means you wait until someone or the teacher is done talking.

Chapter 3: Our Classroom

What is our Classroom Like? By Django

Our classroom has no pet in it but the school has a mascot. Our classroom has lots of tables, chairs and much more! There are lots of posters on the wall like: What is our environment, how are we all taking action, what is global warming, how do our needs and wants impact the environment and what can we do to make our planet better. There are lots of books in the classroom and library. Do you have art and library and music too? We have two teachers [ILLEGIBLE] awesome! I live in Roosevelt. P.S. This book is looooooooonnnnnnnnngggggg if you can’t tell. Another P.S. Was this book good? If not read it again and it will be better. P.P.P.S. It’s about to END. The End. Just kidding, this is another page!! This is hard to write, by the way.

Our Teachers by Elsa

Our teachers’ names our Keiko Sensei, Emi Sensei, and Ms. Kathleen. They are pretty and nice. The things we do are really fun. Ms. Kathleen can be called Ms. K. After Keiko Sensei’s class comes Ms. K’s class. Ms. K teaches us to read and write stories in English. And Keiko Sensei teaches us to read a little bit of the time and some science and some math in Japanese. Emi Sensei teaches sometimes too. She teaches when Keiko Sensei needs a drink. The first class is Keiko Sensei’s class. Keiko Sensei’s room number is 207 and Ms. K’s room number is 206. And Ms. K is different from Keiko because Keiko teaches Japanese.

The Kids in our Class by Jules

The kids in our class are smart, nice, beautiful and good friends. We get along good together and play very well. Elsa said, “The kids in our class are nice,” and it’s true! The kids in our class work very hard and when we concentrate we are very smart. We help each other and are kind to one another. On 3-2-2015 at recess Elsa gave me her coat because it was really windy and I forgot my coat and Elsa had thin sleeves! It was really nice and Elsa is also my 1^st best friend. The kids in my reading group are fun, work together very good, and have great ideas. Everyone supports each other. Most help others focus by showing them the peace sign. On days when we celebrate we go a little crazy, we are supportive and kind and a Swiss sandwich from Dick’s, it’s a long story. Do you have people in your class that are this nice, this smart and as good friends as we have here? I hope so because it is really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, nice. We have a great community!

Our Class Rules by Kai

I think you should really follow these classroom rules. Do you have classroom rules too? The rules in our class are be patient, do your best, be safe, kind, responsible and use tools properly. We have to follow these rules in our classroom or we will get in trouble. If the teacher tells you to follow the classroom rules and you don’t you will get in big, big, big trouble. So you should follow the classroom rules. If you are waiting to be called on and without complaining you are being patient. If you are in a test and you’re thinking really hard, you are trying your best. If you are in a fire drill and you are quiet, you are being safe. All the other classroom rules are important too!!!! There are many rules in this International School. [Definition: International School a school that you learn lots of languages.]

Chapter 4: Student Life I

Music by Theo

Let’s start with our teacher Mrs. Stone (she really likes the Seahawks!). We use a lot of instruments like: mini cymbals, drums and sticks. It’s really fun! We listen to music, we’ve learned a few notes too, we also have to draw pictures of what it makes us fell like and we also have to fill out really hard work sheets like: we have to make a beat with only 2 notes! Here is 1 quote from 1 of my classmates, “My favorite class is music,” says Jules. Would you like to be at music in McDonald International? And do you have music?

Sports and Physical Education by Caleb

In P.E. we play sports. Sports are games that you move your body. Our teacher, Ms. Fleck, is fun and she knows a lot of sports. We have 6 squads. We sit in our squads to hear the rules of the games. We also learn about safety and healthy foods and sleep. In P.E. we played a real soccer game. We play bar tag and football. In flag football we pass a ball. I like to play dodge ball. I like getting hit by the ball. “I feel happy and tired after,” said Caleb.

Art by Lily

Our Art teacher is named Ms. Baker. We do lots of fun things with her. We learn about different artists and make a similar type of drawing. We use oil pastels, paints, crayons and markers. We learn about different colors. There are warm colors and cool colors. The room has materials like string and paper and lots of other things. There are three tables in the front and the back. There is a screen in the front of the room and there is a white board in the front of the room too. The room number is 205. The art room is right next to our room. Our room number is 206. “We do lots of fun projects,” said Twyla. Some of the projects are painting or drawing from different artists. We learn to do texture and mixing colors. We use texture in our drawings. We make really cool drawings and paintings. Do you have a Art class? If you do, is it like ours?

The Library by Bianca

The library is fun. There are lots of books. It is on the 3^rd floor. Ms. Bliquez is the librarian. She teaches about books and songs. My favorite lesson was about nonfiction. All students get to use the library. We check out two books or sometimes you can check out three books. 

Chapter 5: Student Life II

What is the Day Like by Sebastian

The Beginning

We have three recesses a day. School starts at eight thirty five. In the Japanese class we learn more about science and stuff like that. We have a Japanese class and a English class. On Monday we have Art, on Tuesday and Wednesday we have P.E. and Library, on Thursday we have nothing and on Friday we have Music. What is YOUR day like!?! I wonder?!? Some people buy lunch and some people bring lunch then we go to recess.

The Afternoon

In the afternoon we read and write. That’s all we do. We have blogging on Friday too. We have after school activities, parent pickup, Kids Co. and bus.

Japanese Class by Julia

Hello, you just came to our Japanese class. Meet our teachers, Keiko and Emi. See what we learn in our Japanese class! P.S. Our class number is 207. Also, all Japanese teachers are from Japan. We also have math books. Everybody has their own. Our Japanese teacher asks us questions on our book. We write it on our book. And then answer it on our book. P.S. We have our tools in our own clear box. We use our tools in math and science and our Japanese book. Our Japanese class has a different partner school. “We do a lot of math,” said Luke. In science we balance things and look at insects very closely. The first thing we do is the calendar. 1 of the kids asks us what is the date. We write it down. 1 person does 1 question (there are 22 kids in the class. There are 7 questions on the board). But before we do the calendar on the board we do it on a piece of paper and then the teacher checks it. Do you have Japanese?

Literacy by Luke

We do writing, reading, social studies, and blogging is a fun thing to do. You type on a computer and make comments on pictures and sentences of the blogger. The blogger right now is Theo. He does it with the teacher. In reading we get our book bag and read. We have small groups. I am in group Dick Whittington. My name is Luke. Here are some other people in my class: Kai, Kina, Oliver, Julia and more! Our class number is 206 and 207. 207 is our Japanese number!

I’m a student. Do you have questions? “We do math,” said Oliver. 

Activities by Twyla

Do you want to know what we do when our parents can’t get here? We have after-school activities! They are when you go to the cafeteria and meet your group of activities people. You go to a room. We have lots like…clay, golf, Taiko, art (pastel or water color), yoga, Kids Co., theater and cooking. They are all fun! In cooking, you learn how to cook. We make egg rolls, fish and chips, and many others. In clay we learn how to use clay. In art we learn how to make that kind of art. In sewing we learn to sew and so on. “After school activities are very interesting,” said Julia. “I love sewing,” said Lily. Now let’s talk about in school activities. We have art, gym, music and library. And that is how it works. Do you have activities? If you do, have fun with them, if not, sorry!

Chapter 6: Kids of McDonald Community

Charts of the Favorite Things in our Class by Lauren & Matthew