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The end of Give Me Liberty!

December9

Studying our freedom has come to an end. After winter break we will start studying the amazing human body and how it works.  We will also study different animals by dissecting a sheep’s lung and heart. It will start in January and go through to February. Mrs. McGuckin said it is one of her favorites, […]

Pictures!!

November17

Colonial life….. it sucks!

November17

Hey there!! On Friday the wonderful Mrs.Veronica (not Victoria) came to give us a taste of the colonial lifestyle. It was HARD!! You got a bath once a month, shared a toothbrush with everyone in your family, and even had to spin the yarn to make your own clothes. It was fun for an hour, […]

Upcoming: PBL project

November10

Hey guys! It’s been a awesome week, we changed up our schedule, now we go to guided reading groups in the morning, we also got Tuesday off, and as you all know, Trump is our new president! We have an in school field trip this Friday, and we are almost done with our ‘A Little […]

Welcome to the McGuckin Crew Blog!!

November3

Hey guys!!! Welcome to the McGuckin Crew Blog, this is Sami and Morgan reporting, and we’re your class bloggers! Here on the blog, we will be updating you on what we have done this and what we will be doing in weeks to come. We will keep you updated if you have missed weeks or […]

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Forensic Lab

May2

On Wednesday we had the Museum of Nature & Science set up a Forensic Lab for us to solve a crime. We had such a blast! We got to test blood, measure bones, look at and match up fingerprints, compare signatures to see if they were fake, and test powder. Each “CSI Detective Group” got […]

Professor Plum, in the Library, with the Candlestick

April21

Yesterday we started our new project Professor Plum, in the Library, with the Candlestick. Our Pizza Party/Murder Mystery Lunch was so much fun! We had lots of fun trying to figure out who the suspect was, it was pretty hard. Today we solved the case of the hotel break in, this one was not as […]

Last P.B.L. Project of the Year: Professor Plum, in the Library, with the Candlestick

April19

Tomorrow we will be starting our last P.B.L. Project of the Year, Professor Plum, in the Library, with the Candlestick. In Professor Plum we will be starting with a murder mystery lunch. During lunch we will eat pizza and find out clues to who the suspect is. We will have to use our inferencing skills […]

Class Picture with Patients from Dr. Dr.

April4

Here is a picture we found from when we went to go visit our patients during Dr. Dr. Give Me the News.

iDesign

March28

We’ve started our new P.B.L. Project, iDesign. In iDesign, we will be learning about different energy sources and taking that information to help make improvements and upgrades on our school’s Chicken Coop. We have three main tasks that we got to choose from and have to complete. The first one is finding a power source […]

Our Opinions on Dr. Dr. Give Me the News

February3

In the blog I’m going to ask each student in our class what they thought of Dr. Dr. Give Me the News. Cooper- It’s a good project. Chuck- It was good. Logan- It was awesome. Aidan- It was fun. Caitlin- I think it is so much fun getting to have a patient and getting to dissect. Easton- It was good. […]

Update:

February3

Here’s an update on what’s been going on lately. Our school is participating in a event called Make a Wish. We’re doing this event for a boy named Jacob that is about our age and he lives here in Castle Rock. He has Brain Cancer and wants to go to Hawaii to see where Jurassic World […]

Upcoming P.B.L. Projects: Dr. Dr. Give Me the News

December24

On January 4th we will be starting our new project called Dr. Dr. Give Me the News. In this project we will be earning our “Medical Degree at The University of Sage Canyon.” To earn our Medical Degree we will have to participate in an orientation, research human systems in order to diagnose and treat a patient, and […]

Young AmeriTowne Field Trip

December14

Today we went to Young AmeriTowne and was AMAZING!!! Everything was so realistic and everything looked and worked like everything does in the real world! I wish it was it was longer though, like a week, or something like that. It was so fun getting to do transactions with our debit cards and I loved […]

Denver Aquarium Visit

November27

The Denver Aquarium came for a visit on Tuesday and showed us four stunning animals. The animals were so prodigious in what could be accomplished, it was so amusing to watch! Here are some pictures I took, I also took some videos, they are on Google Classroom at the moment. I’m sorry that the pictures […]

Ameritowne Project

November24

After Thanksgiving Break we will be starting our Ameritowne Project. We will do this project up till Winter Break, which is two weeks. We will be learning how to write a check, use a credit and debit card, what the difference is between a credit and debit card, and more things related to banking. We […]

Class Picture

November23

Here is a class picture that I just discovered from the day of Boosterthon!

Give me Liberty or Give me Death Plays

November16

Our Give me Liberty or Give me Death Plays are coming up and we are all very excited. We have worked very hard on them and think they are great! The plays are on Friday the 20th of November. We will perform in front of the school during the day as like a dress rehearsal, […]

Star Student Interviews

November16

We will be posting the Star Student Interviews on Google Classroom instead of YouTube because it was very annoying and inconvenient. I will be sending out the link if it works so that you can view the videos, every student also is on Mrs. McGuckin’s Google Classroom page so you can view it from there […]

Cardboard Carnival

October27

We had a blast at our cardboard carnival! There was a lot of neat and creative games. We had lots of kids come. It was very fun, I would do it again if I could. I look forward to going next year and playing some games.

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