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December Update

12/04/2013

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I hope that everyone had a restful and fun filled Thanksgiving break!  December is going to be a busy month as we finish our unit on Chemistry in the Kitchen.  Students enjoyed the visit from Chef Brown and our field trip to HPU.  Today we made salad dressing and set up an experiment using the scientific method to answer the question - Is the salad dressing a mixture or a solution?    After we shared our observations, we enjoyed a salad complete with homemade salad dressing.  
In the upcoming weeks we will focus on Chemistry in the Kitchen by making butter, popcorn, and cookies.  These experiences will help guide students toward the summative assessment task, to follow a recipe at home and explain how the ingredients work together scientifically.  You will receive a hand out next week that  includes suggestions on how to help your child with the summative task and a copy of the rubric.
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Reminder that our Concert is set for this Friday from 6-7.  The students are busy practicing their songs and are showing enthusiasm and commitment!   
This Friday we are off to the Theatre to see a live performance.  We leave school at 8 and return by lunch.     

Curriculum Update-  
Language Arts-  Students are reading fantasy books that focus on change, one of our key concepts with this unit.  The week before Winter Break students will be creating a presentation  to share with their classmates.  Students are choosing the format in which they want to present.  
Writing-  Fantasy Stories- Focusing on Organization, Ideas, Writing a Strong Lead and a Strong Ending 
Art-  Transforming/Changing a stuffed animal and creating a short comic strip piece to accompany their "new" animal.  
Math-  Fractions/ Percents-  Please have your child study math facts or log on to  Khan Academy for 15- 20 minutes a day.  *If your child doesn't have an account we will set one up in class.  Khan Academy is another way for students to practice/learn math concepts.  

*Thank you for your support with our BYOwn Device Day.  Students were thrilled to share their favorite apps, games, music and videos with their friends.  
We are already starting on our new goal of 100 more books!  
Check out the pictures below to see highlights of the last few weeks.
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