Still The Best School Year

This week we will finish The Best School Year Ever by reading one chapter each day.  Students can earn three AR points by getting a 100% on the book.  This would help everyone's goal of 10 AR points for the first quarter.  Even though we are already halfway through the quarter, only two of our classmates have earned 5.0 points or more.  Please remind your child to read a little every night.  They also have time during the school day to read and earn these points.

In science we are practicing the scientific method a.k.a. the design process in Ohio education terms.  Watch the video below for a quick review:
The Scientific Method

Our math unit is a review of addition and subtraction with regrouping.  Lots of people need to practice the WITH REGROUPING part.
Subtraction Math Basketball
Hands-on Game Ideas

Our first Chef of the Week was Grace Thompson.  She made Butterfly Bounty using lots of delicious fruit.  Everybody loved it!

What you'll need

• Clothespins
• Glitter glue
• Glue
• Googly eyes
• Small crackers, fruit-dried or fresh, trail mix, or your choice of snack items
• Snack-size ziplock bags
• Pipe cleaners

1.  For each bag, decorate one side of a clothespin (we used glitter glue). Glue two small googly eyes near the gripping end of the clothespin and let the glue dry.

2.  Put small crackers, dried fruit, trail mix, or whatever else you'd like into a snack-size ziplock bag until it's about half full. Seal the bag, cinch the middle with your fingers, and clip it with the clothespin.

3.  Fold down the tips of a 4-1/2-inch length of pipe cleaner, then bend the entire piece in half. Clip the pipe cleaner in the clothespin.

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