Welcome to Mrs. Vumbaco's Class Page!

Mohonasen Central School District
Pinewood Intermediate School
901 Kings Road
Schenectady, NY 12303

Welcome to Mrs. Vumbaco's Class Page!
Exciting News: Mrs. Vumbaco's Class has just been awarded a $500 grant from The Mohonasen Foundation for Excellence! This grant will allow the students to continue a growing theme that was begun in the class last year. With the assistance from Mr. Michael Klugman, District Science Administrator, our students will construct two raised landscape beds that will be located near the main entrance to Pinewood. Mrs. Vumbaco, the classroom staff and students, along with Mr. Hunt will then fill the planters with soil and plant perennials. Students will use some of the research they did last school year to determine the type of soil that is needed for the plants to grow. Students will also be researching to determine the best types of plants to help beautify our school. We hope to construct the landscape beds by the middle of October. Please check this page again as we get closer to Construction Day!

Mrs. Vumbaco's Class and Mr. Hunt, building principal, scout for the best place to locate new landscape plants.


Members of The Mohonasen Foundation for Excellence and Mrs. Kline after approving our grant request. Thank you to this special group for making this exciting project possible.

	Thanks to Mr. DeLuke for delivering such great soil and Mr. Hunt for supplying the compost for our project!

	Wow! This sure is a lot of dirt!

	We're almost done mixing the soil and compost!

Students take time to plant bulbs carefully.
READING CORNER
The Witch's Stew	Alphabet Activity-listen and hear
Letters and Words	Magnetic Words: http://www.storyit.com/magnets/wmagnets.htm Picture Match: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/ beginning sounds, short vowels, long vowels VALENTINE "V" WORDS WORKSHEET: http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag76.html -print out this worksheet where students must locate and circle all the "V" words.
Stories	Bananas for Lunch.
Math	Counting online. Counting chickens game. Count the Bananas story. Bobbie Bear (math problem solving). How fast can you find numbers?
Keyboard	Alphabet Letters http://teachingtreasures.com.au/k-3only/alphabet.htm
OUR 2005-2006 HABITAT PROJECT
Read a story about bats.	Echo the Bat http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/intro/story.html
Read about the Rainforest	Jungle Journey http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/deepjungle_flash.html
Math	GINGERBREAD MAN MATH WORKSHEETS: http://www.kidzone.ws/thematic/gingerbread/math/index.htm
Audio Books	Book Pop Series: http://www.bookpop.com/bookpop.html The Farm Animals: http://www.magickeys.com/books/farm/page1.html
Zoboomafoo (great habitat page)	Family Fun http://pbskids.org/zoboo/familyfun/activity.html
Thanksgiving	Check out the habitat that our ancestors lived in: http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html# Do you think you would have liked to live like they did? Thanksgiving writing paper: http://www.storyit.com/Starters/stthanksarrive.htm
Holidays	Seasonal starter stories: http://www.storyit.com/Seasonal/season.htm
Quick Links:	Tundra Super Site!--Start your search here! http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/tundra/index.htm Animal facts http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/ict/AAA/polar.htm Tundra facts http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/tundra5/tundra5.html#Animals Arctic tundra habitat http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/habitats.html#artic Reindeer http://www.nps.gov/bela/html/rangifer.htm http://www.themeunits.com/NorthPole_bk.html (Click on the Reindeer/Caribou link, then the Caribou link. When the page opens, scroll down and click on the "FAQ" link. North Pole picture gallery http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/photogalleries/north_pole/ Inuit people http://collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/inuit/people.htm Arctic map http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/arctic/outlinemap/ user name: Pinewood password: Clam75 Geography facts http://www.4to40.com/earth/geography/index.asp?article=earth_geography_polarregions North Pole Weather http://www.thepoles.com/expguide/weathernp.htm Current North Pole Weather http://www.wunderground.com/US/AK/North_Pole.html North Pole Seasons http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np_seasons.html North Pole kayaking http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/chugach/glacier/kayak/index.html Sled dog races http://www.alaska.com/events/dogs/story/4828680p-4767300c.html General habitat information http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/habitats.html Habitat game http://www.activescience-gsk.com/games/index.cfm?module=2
Mountain Habitat	Take a virtual hike through Glacier National Park in Montana. You will need to scroll to the bottom of the page to take the "Power Hike" or "Casual Stroll," depending on your home computer's internet access. Gray Wolf fact sheet. More gray wolf facts, track and sign information. Facts about wolves in Washington state. Still more gray wolf facts!

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(518) 356-8430 or e-mail to kakline@mohonasen.org
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