3.4: February 27- March 2
Donate a plant or organic matter for our permacultute garden
permaculture principle- Many hands make light work
Plant sign-up page
Volunteer Opportunities:
Drivers wanted for our OMSI field trip!
Volunteer sign-up page
Important Dates:
3.2: Dr Seuss’s Birthday (Read Across America Day)
3.15: Math Alive!, 5:30-7:00
3.20: OMSI Field Trip, cow eye dissection, OMNIMAX
4.17: Spring Musical “Ring Out the Bells of Freedom”
4.22: Earth Day
4.25: Write Night, 5:30-7:30
This week in…
Science:
-Seeds and Germination- recording data and observations of corn and lima-beans in science notebooks
-Seed to seed cycle in Wisconsin fast plants
Wisconsin Fast Plant Cycle
-Aquaponic and Hydroponic design challenges, looking into setting up an aquaponic system in our classroom
Writing
Topic- Biography of a plant
Genre- Expository, research
-Writing a memorable conclusion (Friday)
Best ending choices for nonfiction: summary, final wonders, or reflection
Reading
Johnny Tremain
Chapter 2: The Pride of Your Power
Chapter 3: An Earth of Brass
耳 七 車 手 十 出 女 小 上 森
みみ 耳 ear
なな 七 seven
くるま 車 car
て 手 hand
じゅう 十 ten
で 出 out
おんな 女 woman
ちい 小 small
うえ 上 up
もり 森 forest
Math
Green Team/Math Alive!:
-project work time, perfecting visual displays that include all five math strands
-Stock and Flow Models
Algebra:
1. Coordinate Graphing, Number Tricks and Inductive Reasoning
2. Writing Algebraic Expressions
3. Numbers, Algebra Pieces, and Expressions