Mrs Altenburg's Amazon Adventure

Lexi's Rock Glogster

2012-02-09T14:28:00.000-06:00

Kyler's Rock Glogster

2012-02-09T14:25:00.000-06:00

Hope's Rock Glogster

2012-02-09T14:19:00.001-06:00

Judd's Rock Glogster

2012-02-09T14:17:00.001-06:00

Andrew's Favorite Place

2012-02-02T11:50:00.002-06:00

Owl Adventure

2012-02-01T11:23:00.004-06:00

Final Update on Hooters! Thanks for sharing this journey with me.

Dan,
I'm sorry I don't have better news, but Dr. Shipman and I put Hooter down this evening. I drove him down to Topeka to see the vet as planned.

The humrous bone in the wing was shattered as well as a bad break at the elbow. This is a devastating enough injury that we possibly could have pinned, HOWEVER, when the humorous bone shattered, it severed the radial nerve that gave Hooter all feeling and control of his wing. Even if we managed to repair the bone damage Hooter would have never again flown.

The sad side of wildlife rehabbing is that a non-flighted and fully functioning owl will never be releasable. Dr. Shipman and I made the decision to go ahead and put him down as per state laws and regulations. It's never an easy decision and I'm very sorry.

Know that he was well cared for and died peacefully with a full tummy and no pain. I wish this had a happier ending. If I end up with a baby or releaseable screech owl this year, I would be glad to bring it to Holton for release. I know it's not the same, but it would be something to offer the kids who had their hopes up.

With my sympathy,
Sherri McNary, CWR

Not really school related...but wanted to share this!

Last night, the family was headed up to the Holton High School basketball game to watch my daughter perform in the cheer clinic. We had just turned onto Hwy 16 going through town and drove east a bit when we heard a loud clunk on the top of my trailblazer. Darin and I were trying to figure out what had happened, thinking that something had been throw at us etc, or a branch fell off a tree and hit the roof of the vehicle. We continue driving east when we get to the stop light I thought I heard another sound on the roof. So we continue to the HHS gym and park about a block away. I get out of the car and step up so that I can see on the roof when I see what appears to be an animal towards the back of the roof…caught by our luggage rack. I tell Darin to look, thinking it is a dead bird..when all of a sudden one of the wings starts to flap and Darin says…Ummmm, I think that is a baby owl. So now we are perplexed as to what to do….I don’t want to leave it suffering on the roof of our car, but we have to get Taygen to the game and really aren’t sure how to go about picking up an owl from the roof of our car. Obviously the baby owl fell from the tree when we drove past. Darin and I both decide that we hope one of the local vets is inside at the ballgame.

So once at the game, Taygen goes off in search of Dr. Dan Degenhardt or Dr. Parks. Darin and Taygen find Dan. He is willing to come and look at see if he can help us. We find a box to put the animal in and they head out towards the car. When Darin returns, he tells me that it is a young owl and Dan is sure the wing is broken so he was off to the clinic with the owl to fix the wing and see what can be done. Later, we find Sarah (Dan’s wife) and ask her to take a picture of it for us when she goes home and checks on the owl. Thanks Sarah! So the 1^st picture was taken last night….the owl was in shock from landing on our car and a broken wing…then being at the vet’s clinic with other animals. So it is lying there with its eye closed…kind of hard to tell.

This morning, Sarah and Dan send us another photo that shows the owl with its wing taped and feeling much better. It is now standing on its own and probably headed to an Wildlife Rehab Center.

Wow…..I mean really who has this happen to them. What a fun night and a great story to tell. The kids were so excited about having rescued this owl….but in reality we owe a huge thanks To Dr. Degenhardt.

UPDATE from Vet:

UPDATE: Hooters just left for Northeast Kansas Wildlife Rescue. His certified rehabilitator said he was a Burrowing Owl and thought he was probably a juvenile, as owls are nesting this time of year and the circumstances of falling from a tree. She will know more about him when she gets him there and she plans on having his fractured wing pinned soon. She said she will keep me updated on his progress and I will pass any news along. Thanks Altenburgs for your act of kindness.

Updated 2-1-2012 at 4:00
Hi Dan,

I looked him over a little more closely, and he is a Western Screech owl and not a burrowing owl. The ear tufts sealed the deal. Sorry about that. He is a first year juvenile and very small. A baby would be a mass of down and would not even have it's eyes open yet. I'm betting this guy is a late fall baby that is not finding enough food to sustain him through the winter. We see a lot of late baby owls fail to thrive. It is also a HE so he is appropriately named.

Hooters is resting quietly. He did take a pinkie mouse and has made a mess with diarrhea. So things on that end are working :) The diareha is most likely from the milk. Owls get their moisture from their food source.

Sherri McNary, CWR
NE KS Wildlife Rescue Group

P.S. Here are some fun facts to pass along to the kids:

Hello all, I am doing everything I can for your owl. Hooter has a broken wing and head injury. I will be visiting with a vet tommorrow evening to see if his wing can be fixed with surgery. The medicine the vet and I gave him has reduced the swelling in his brain. Say a prayer and enjoy these fun facts while you wait for news...

* Hooter is a western screech owl.

* This type of owl is known to try taking prey larger than itself, including cottontail rabbits and Mallards! They are very aggressive especially if defending their nest.

* When threatened, Hooter will stand erect, slick down his body feathers, hold their ear-tufts up, and draw the feathers around his beak forward. This allows him to blend in with the tree branches.

* Like most owls, Hooter mates for life and once babies hatch, his job is to bring food to mom and babies. Where he is a first year juvie, I’m not sure if he has met his mate or not. Let’s hope not – but if so, it is really important that we release him back where he was found!

* Hooter likes to live in open woodlands, along forest streams, suburban areas, and parks. His favorite nesting place is in a cottonwood or big-leaf maple tree.

* Hooter eats mammals, birds, worms, insects and crayfish. Yummy!

* Western Screech Owls can grow to be 7.5-10 in tall and have a wingspan of 22-25 inches long and weigh 100-300 grams (Female owls are always bigger!)

Epsom Salt Crystal Discusion

2012-01-31T11:41:00.003-06:00

Click here to display the discussion board.

Hanna's Favorite Place

2012-01-30T11:38:00.000-06:00

Kenny's Favorite Place

2012-01-30T11:17:00.000-06:00

Grace's Favorite Place

2012-01-30T11:14:00.000-06:00

Borax Crystals

2012-01-30T10:45:00.002-06:00

Romy's Favorite Place

2012-01-27T12:42:00.000-06:00

Colt's Favorite Place

2012-01-27T11:54:00.002-06:00

Trevor's Favorite Place

2012-01-27T11:53:00.000-06:00

Garrett's Favorite Place

2012-01-27T11:49:00.000-06:00

Mason's Favorite Place

2012-01-27T11:45:00.002-06:00

Shelby's Favorite Place

2012-01-27T11:44:00.002-06:00

Erika's favorite Place

2012-01-27T11:24:00.000-06:00

Xavier's Favorite Post

2012-01-26T11:55:00.001-06:00

Kate's Favorite Place

2012-01-26T11:27:00.003-06:00

Mrs. Altenburg's Favorite Place

2012-01-23T12:37:00.002-06:00

Finish the Story

2011-12-20T10:52:00.000-06:00

It was three weeks before Christmas as everyone in the North Pole prepared for Santa’s upcoming journey. Then suddenly the elves in the toy factory stopped working when they heard…

Monster in the Closet Video

2011-11-22T15:52:00.002-06:00

Invertebrate Glogsters - Wick's Class

2011-11-22T14:24:00.004-06:00

Click on the Student Name to see the Glogster that child created over their invertebrate.

Invertebrate Glogsters - Altenburg's Class

2011-11-22T09:46:00.009-06:00

Click on the student name to see each individual Glogster.

Monster in the Closet

2011-11-21T15:11:00.001-06:00

Students have been working on technical writing skills to build a monster and have their classmates build an exact replica of their monster.

Ricky's Animals.....Fun Assembly

2011-11-14T12:35:00.001-06:00

English Assignment

2011-11-09T12:35:00.000-06:00

Click on this link and complete
Please go to this site and answer the questions. You MUST show your final results to Mrs. Amon so she can write down your grade. If you do not SHOW her your grade, I will make you redo this assignment. You may use your packet of rules to help answer the questions.

Mrs. Altenburg

FFA Hayrack Ride and Pumpkin find

2011-10-28T14:24:00.000-05:00

Simple, Compound, Complex????

2011-10-24T15:49:00.001-05:00

A simple sentence has two parts - a subject and a predicate, which contains the verb.

A compound sentence consists of two simple sentences joined by a coordinate conjunction -- and, but, so, yet, or

A complex sentence is made up of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. The dependent clause sometimes begins with one of the following key words: though, although, after, as, before, because, since, then, once, until, unless, where, wherever, when, whenever, while

Using what we have learned about simple, compound, and complex sentences you need to write one sentence of each type and label what each sentence is:

Example:

Simple: Kristi ran a 5K race this weekend.

Compound: Kristi ran a 5K race this weekend, and she won 1st place.

Complex: Because the world is so large, Kristi cannot get an exact population count.

This is an assignment and will be graded. It is worth 30 points.

Grace's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:35:00.000-05:00

Garrett's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:31:00.000-05:00

Trevor's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:29:00.000-05:00

Mason's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:28:00.000-05:00

Colt's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:18:00.000-05:00

Hanna's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:10:00.000-05:00

Shelby's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:09:00.000-05:00

Erika's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:03:00.000-05:00

Romy's Name Poem

2011-10-24T14:00:00.000-05:00

Kate's Name Poem

2011-10-24T13:59:00.000-05:00

Kenny's Name Poem

2011-10-24T13:58:00.000-05:00

Xavier's Name Poem

2011-10-24T13:56:00.000-05:00

Andrew's Name Poem

2011-10-24T13:51:00.000-05:00

Braden's Name Poem

2011-10-24T13:47:00.000-05:00

Garrett's Halloween Story

2011-10-06T22:21:00.002-05:00

Braden's Halloween Story

2011-10-06T22:21:00.000-05:00

Andrew's Halloween Story

2011-10-06T22:20:00.001-05:00

Erika's Halloween Story

2011-10-06T22:19:00.001-05:00

Colt's Halloween Story

2011-10-06T22:18:00.001-05:00

Mason's Halloween Story

2011-10-06T20:41:00.003-05:00

Trevor's Halloween Story

2011-10-06T06:29:00.001-05:00

Romy's Halloween Story

2011-10-05T22:45:00.000-05:00

Hanna's Halloween Story

2011-10-05T22:39:00.005-05:00

Kate's Halloween Story

2011-10-05T22:39:00.004-05:00

Grace's Halloween Story

2011-10-05T22:30:00.001-05:00

Shelby's Halloween Story

2011-10-05T22:29:00.001-05:00

Kenny's Halloween Story

2011-10-05T22:28:00.001-05:00

Mike Ford doing a light demonstration.....

2011-10-04T22:24:00.004-05:00

Solar System Glogsters

2011-09-22T22:20:00.031-05:00

Saturn by ______________

Jupiter by ______________

Jupiter by Kyler

Mars by Robbie

Asteroid Belt by Hope

Meteorites by Judd

Venus by _____________

Asteroid Belt by Xavier

Pluto by Andrew

Supernova by Romy

Meteorites by Garrett L.

Comets by Kate

Galaxy by Erika

Mars by Hanna

Saturn by Colt

Neptune by Trevor

Uranus by Garrett

Neptune by Alyssa

Mercury by Grace

Uranus by Matthew

Mars by Tayla

Chemical vs. Physcial Change

2011-09-19T14:10:00.000-05:00

Using complete sentences tell me the differences between chemical change and a physical change in science. Also tell me the 4 states of matter.

Kansas Teacher of the Year Nominee

2011-09-19T14:02:00.000-05:00

I felt very honored to be nominated for the 2012 Kansas Teacher of the Year. I attended a banquet with Ms. McDaniel and Ms. Hufford. I received an award from Dr. Diane DeBacker and Dale Dennis. I was also given a watch to celebrate my success. I feel very fortunate to work in a district that has supported myself and the students. Thanks again.

Solar System WebQuest

2011-09-15T14:17:00.003-05:00

CLick Here

So you have Diabetes.......

2011-08-31T15:16:00.000-05:00

Stacy came to school on Wednesday to talk to the 6th graders about Chase's diabetes.
This shows a small clip of what Chase deals with on a daily basis. Thanks for the lesson.

Add this to your favorites.....

2011-08-30T11:40:00.003-05:00

Sitton Spelling Link

Learning About Me!!

2011-08-23T11:36:00.006-05:00

For English my students created an interactive Bulletin Board that told all about themselves. Students used their own photos and well as providing information about themselves that others may or may not know. Please take the time to look at each student's Stixy. We used www.stixy.com to create.

Mrs. Altenburg

Erika

Garrett

Andrew

Trevor

Kate

Romy

Braden

Hanna

Shelby

Kenny

Mason

Grace

Matthew

Tayla

Colt

Xavier

Tyler's Learning Safari

2011-08-18T22:14:00.004-05:00

Tyler did an amazing job with this!

Welcome Back to School Teacher Dance!!

2011-08-18T21:15:00.003-05:00

Jungle Welcome

2011-08-18T13:41:00.000-05:00

Cooper's Limerick

2011-05-14T21:01:00.000-05:00

Abby's Limerick

2011-05-14T20:53:00.002-05:00

Drew's Voki

2011-05-14T20:52:00.000-05:00

Makenzie's Voki

2011-05-14T20:50:00.002-05:00

Southern's Limerick

2011-05-14T20:49:00.005-05:00

Wyatt's Limerick

2011-05-14T20:49:00.002-05:00

Kamaria's Limerick

2011-05-14T20:48:00.002-05:00

Quinn's Limerick

2011-05-14T20:47:00.001-05:00

Mark's Limerick

2011-05-14T20:44:00.001-05:00

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

2011-05-14T20:43:00.001-05:00

Ag Day 2011

2011-05-04T14:51:00.001-05:00

Ag Day 2011 on PhotoPeach

Kansas Kid's Fitness Day

2011-04-28T08:58:00.000-05:00

Yesterday we went to Seaman High School to participate in Kansas Kid's Fitness Day. I want you to tell me what the best part of this field trip was and what the worst part of this field trip was. I also want to know if you would recommend this field trip to next years 2nd graders? Explain why you would recommend or not recommend it.

2011 Honor Flight via Skpe

2011-04-21T21:00:00.000-05:00

Letter Generator

2011-04-13T14:01:00.002-05:00

Click here for letter site

Weekend Fun

2011-04-11T07:49:00.000-05:00

Spring is here. Tell me what you did this weekend. What is your favorite thing about this time of year. Please use complete sentences and lots of details.

Abby - Green

2011-04-07T16:13:00.002-05:00

Boreno Walking Stick - Bobbie

2011-04-07T16:12:00.001-05:00

Praying Mantis - by Southern

2011-04-07T16:11:00.000-05:00

Spring Break Report

2011-03-28T09:09:00.001-05:00

Spring Break is over!! I want to know what you did over your spring break. Please write good sentences to tell me about your Spring Break. Regardless of whether you went someplace or stayed home, I'm sure you enjoyed your time off. I can hardly wait to hear about it.

Toad Bug by Makenzie

2011-03-18T19:38:00.003-05:00

Dung Beetle by Quinn

2011-03-18T19:37:00.001-05:00

Lace Bug by Mark

2011-03-18T19:36:00.001-05:00

Goliath Beetle by Kamaria

2011-03-18T19:35:00.002-05:00

Hercules Beetle by Abby

2011-03-18T19:34:00.002-05:00

Orchid Mantis by Quinn

2011-03-18T19:33:00.000-05:00

Blue Green Sharpshooter by Cooper

2011-03-18T19:32:00.000-05:00

Peanut Head Bug by Drew

2011-03-18T19:26:00.002-05:00

Arizona Blister Beetle by Cable

2011-03-18T19:24:00.002-05:00

Western Box Elder bug by Kassidi

2011-03-18T19:23:00.000-05:00

Gall Wasp by Dalton

2011-03-18T19:21:00.003-05:00

Rainbow Scarab Beetle by Jill

2011-03-18T19:21:00.000-05:00

Water Boatman by Blayne

2011-03-18T19:18:00.001-05:00