Good afternoon!

Today students started researching their climate projects in computers. We discussed some different ways to search for information, as well as the importance of citing your sources. Students have been practicing recording where they find information, and creating reference lists for projects that include the websites, books, etc. that have used. This is a topic that we will continue to discuss, and will expand upon throughout the year. We have students doing places as far away as Australia, Korea, China, Tokyo, India, and Russia, and are going to have a great variety of climates to examine on January 10th!

Students also finished their Rocky Mountain sculptures today. Everyone did a wonderful job, and I loved hearing everyone’s explanations about some of their choices. We had students include the Columbia Ice field, glacial lakes and rivers, grizzly bears, black bears, mountain sheep and goats, rock deposits, glaciers, jagged mountains, caves, mosses, trees, and coal deposits! It was great to see and hear all of your creative responses!

In Art today we completed our final 3-D project. We constructed candles that match our concert song (“Shine a light for Peace,” and “Rise Up Oh Flame”), and made some decorations for the gym. This is the final project we will be doing on form this year. We have one more shape project in the new year, and then we will be moving on to line and texture.

Homework: Read for 20 minutes

                         Language Arts: Quiz! (Topic Sentences, verbs, nouns, end punctuation) – use your pink book to study

                         Math: Gr. 5 – pgs. 90-91 #1-7, 10-12

                         Science: Climate Project – January 10th

                                            Weather Watch Unit Test – Wednesday! (review glossary terms this weekend!)

                         Health: Home Activity #3 (relax for 10 minutes)

                         Winter Concert, Division 2 – December 18th @ 7:00 pm