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Above is the slide show of the Dino Lab field trip. You can see that we had a blast. I can't wait for the next one!!!!
This week, we will start a bunch of new units:
Science: We are starting worms. We will look at habitats, decomposers, ecosystems, and the parts of a worm. Mrs. Hankin's and I did this unit a couple of years ago, and at first we were like...really? But, we ended up LOVING it!!! I have a ton of fun labs that we will do with worms, and we will make a HUGE worm farm and watch them tunnel the soil. We have a super fun contact with a person that owns an actual worm farm. She has agreed to come out and show us a bunch of fun stuff. Cool!
LEAD 21 (Reading): Ecosystems. We will play some more fun games online to work with some of the key concepts in our book. The kids really enjoyed the ones we played last week and trying to out wit the sneaky snake from eating up all the prey! We will also take a closer look into all the parts of an ecosystem. For homework this week, kids will be bringing home their leveled books and reading a chapter each night. The following day, we will pull out information that they learned. The following week, they will be doing a project with these selections. This is where those toilet paper and paper towel rolls come into play. Please continue to save and send these in throughout the week please. I will pay $10 for each one brought in. With all this ecosystem, food chain, food web stuff happening, I predict that a field trip to see our good friend Jeff the Zoo guy will be in our near future!!!!
Math: We will review decimals in pictures and then turn them into percents and fractions (quiz on this last week didn't go very well). We will also learn to convert time and compare it.
MT History: We will be finishing up the fur trade era, and move into the buffalo trade and the almost extinction of the animal. Then we will hit the gold rush, and finally into ranching and farming. We will wrap up the year with a field trip out to my ranch and see some real live ranching and farming in action. (Can you say...branding???) We will also see many animals, and learn how to take care of them. We will also head to out to Pompey's Pillar for a day to see Lewis and Clark in action! Soooooo much history about so many people there! It is always one of my favorites. This year however, it will be extra special because the kids have learned so much about it already that it will be like going back in time!
SS-We will begin our tour of the our last region, the West. Hopefully kids studied over the break. Their states and caps test will be in a couple of weeks.
NWEA/MAP testing will be April 10-12. I can't wait to see how much each child has grown. This is the last test of the year! If you mark these dates on your calendar please write LAST TEST in the planner for $20.
Above, I have talked about three different field trips before the year's end (and that might not be all). That is $1500 right there. It is IMPERATIVE that each student save ALL of their money from this point on. They won't want to miss out on any of them!!! Each and every student has an equal opportunity to buy into each of these. It is TOTALLY up to THEM!!! Positive Choices!!! Ask your child how much money they think they have right now. If they can give you a ball park figure, write MONEY in the planner for $20
Well, I sure hope you enjoy the rest of your night! I will see all students tomorrow, whether we are ready or not. :0)
