2nd of 2 Posts: Read the Judges' Comments on Hybrid Animal Entries

Check out this post and the one beneath it to see all the fabulous hybrid animals living in our library! Three were chosen as winners (see post below) and all look GREAT! Go artists!
(Captions here and below are comments provided by the judges.)

"Scary: I wouldn't want to meet this guy swimming!"

WINNER: "Clever, great color and animal combination."

"Great color shading!"

WINNER: "Amazing combination, great detail and texture!'

"Fun combination, humorous."

"Fun combination."

"Texture is GREAT!"

1 of 2 posts: Read the Judges' Comments on Hybrid Animal Entries

"Whimsical: great name!"

WINNER: "Great pencil drawing, nice tonal change"

"Cute pose and combination of animals"

"I like the texture combination."

"Fun combination--great zebra texture and detail."

A dozen hybrid animals are living in our library! Read the judges' comments and come see them for yourself! Winners were the bat/snake/sloth by Xavier, the foxagator by Lexi B., and the hybrid with too many animals to name, by Henry and Shire. Great work, everyone!!

Drum Roll Please…

For all you COMPETITORS out there, I did some preliminary tallying (fancy words for "I counted the points so far") and here's the scoop:

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BOOKS READ SO FAR
Ms. Scott's class: 111
Ms. Herman's class: 130
Ms. Barber's class: 119

PROJECT POINTS
(including cupcake contest but not hybrid animals)
4th:    16.5
5/6H:   8
5/6B:   2

T-DAY TRIVIA
4:       3
5/6H: 9
5/6B: 0

Go ahead--change everything over vacation! Read, make projects, enjoy!
And don't forget to let me know which books you've finished!

Thank you all of you who participated in the Design Your Own Animal contest!  The contest will be judged by B.Z and Evelyn on Tuesday, December 17th.  Good luck to all of  you!

The Judges

After you've enjoyed the cupcake post (see below), take a peek at our select judges. I asked our chefs if they would be willing to judge--and a special guest joined them! Now I wonder who will judge the hybrid animals contest…Any suggestions? Let me know!

CUPCAKE WARS!

Our first 25 Days of MCBA contest, based on the book Emma On Thin Icing, inspired students across grades 4-6 to bring in an awesome array of cupcakes today! Entrants used a dazzling assortment of ingredients in their quest to impress judges, please friends and family (someone ate those cupcakes!), and earn points for their classes. Here's a peak at the cupcakes (and what the judges had to say):

Alison's Orange Ginger cupcake, "Best Tasting"

 

Lexi's Sweet Potato Surprise cupcake, "Most Creative Recipe"

Shire's Van Fluffer Choclapinacakes, "Wildest Ingredients"

Aila's White cupcake, Chocolate frosting, "Most Decadent"

Ms. Ingram and Peter's Dark Chocolate with Peppermint Crunch "Most Holiday"

Kendall's Blue Green Velvet cupcake, "Most Colorful"