THE OREGON TRAIL

Miss Warrens and Ms. Vaughns classes had a HOE - DOWN!! As a part of our Oregon Trail unit for Social Studies. The students brought in challenge projects to share, we sang songs, danced and ate yummy bread and butter treats!

MATH in Miss Warrens 6th grade

Estimating Jar in Miss Warrens room

Hands On Equations - Miss Warrens room

Sixth Grade Algebra

Students in the sixth grade are learning algebra using an amazing curriculum called "Hands-On Equations".  Here several students from Ms. Vaughn's class are modeling two things:  How to show your work using the pictorial method and how to check your answer to see if you are right.

Remember:  You must insert your answer into the ORIGINAL EQUATION!!!!!

Good luck on your final exams tomorrow in Ms. Vaughn's room (packets are home tonight so that students may study)!

La Venture Field Trip

Our 5th and 6th graders will be heading over to La Venture Middle School to hear a demonstration of musical instruments and a short concert by the bands at La Venture.

If your 5th or 6th grader would like to take up a band instrument, this would be the best time to look into which instrument they'd like to play and how you might go about getting an instrument for them.

The band program has a few instruments available but the availability is VERY limited. It is best to look into the lease/purchase programs available at local music stores. Or, perhaps a neighbor or relative has an instrument you can borrow. They are also available in want ads some times.

We will go to La Venture at 1:00 and return about 2:00. Please see that your child's permission form is returned to school in time for the field trip.
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Cooking Demo

Olivia, Francisco, Molly and Quinn showed up to share our amazing cabbage salsa!!!


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More Sky Room Garden News

The Sky Room got a bit behind their garden schedule so cooking was postponed in our room until next week.

We needed to get our experiment set up finished so Friday afternoon we were out in the garden planting cauliflower, broccoli and garlic starts. One of our two beds has had its soil amended with manure, the other not. So we will see if the addition of this material has any affect on the growth of our plants. We'll keep an eye out.

Our harvest of potatoes from last week has been cleaned and is ready for cooking. We will be making Roasted Potatoes with fresh rosemary from the garden, roasted with a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper. What's not to like?

Making Cabbage Salsa from Food We Grew!! Life is goooooodddd . . .

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Our Living Science Lab!

Second week in our garden. We are conducting experiments, measuring growth, studying pollinators and systems, tasting, harvesting and cooking. Come to the Farmer's Market this Saturday at 9 and join us as we make our amazing salsa!!

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Our first harvest

Today the Lower 40 harvested potatoes, cabbage, parsley, rosemary, a few onions, some beans and tomatoes!!! Next week we will be cooking and having a feast!! Fun day in the garden!!!






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A New Year

Welcome parents, students and families of students in The Lower 40 Sky and Earth Rooms. We have begun our 2010-2011 school.

We have lots of activities and projects planned for this year. Come to this blog often to keep up with what we are doing in our classrooms.

We are working in the Lincoln School Garden across the street, harvesting, clearing, preparing and planting. Our winter garden will begin to be planted next week with broccoli, cauliflower, kale and much more. These plantings will also go along with experiments we will do to compare how certain variables introduced into the beds will affect the growth of our plants. This will give our students hands on experiences that they can then apply when taking the MSP Science test next Spring.