Monday, November 23rd, 2015 – Blogging, Boomerangs, the Beauty of Light and a Bounty of Thanks… YOUR KIDS ARE BLOGGERS! Last week we officially began our roll-out of digital camaraderie, with your kids communicating via the blog in an impressive way. Using Pages in the above menu bar – The Front Porch: The House of Reading and Writing Page (because front porches are where people gather to chat), and the So Whataya Think About? Page — students are writing and sharing their thinking around the books they’re reading, the historical eras they’re discovering, and/or the current events that affect and shape their lives. They will be asked each week to generate their own well-thought out posts, and then comment as well on those of others in a thoughtful and respectful manner. I invite you to check out their blogging on a regular basis. Simply click on to the above-mentioned pages and then scroll down to the bottom to the comments section. I am very impressed so far, and I hope you will be as well…
Look for Boomerang Folders to come home to you next week (most likely on Monday, 11/30). Don’t feel rushed to check out the work and sign the folder – you have a week to peruse, sign and return it via your child, and remember the work stays at home.
In exciting Science news, we are beginning our new unit on Light and the Human Eye. Last week students built pinhole cameras and investigated with them. They discovered something totally unexpected! Ask them to tell you what that was, and how the human eye works in much the same way. As the unit goes on, students will use mirrors, lenses, prisms and color filters to learn about the three ways light can be controlled (reflection, refraction, and absorption), as well as about the spectrum of visible light (remember our dear old friend, ROY G. BIV?) Well if not, here’s a link to a fun little song about the guy…
- The ROY G. BIV SONG! — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf33ueRXMzQ