Peregrine Press
November 3-7
Schedule
Monday: Italics Class; Running Club
Tuesday: Out and About (nature and animal adaptations study)
Wednesday: PE
Thursday: Art
Friday: Outdoor School Preparation Activity
Last week:
Last week was both productive and fun. We spent a great deal of time working on the heritage project. Students have written unforgettable memories involving their families, they wrote a diary entry pretending they were leaving the country, and they finalized their family history interviews. The next couple of steps in this project are: a recipe important to the family, a family tree (as far back as great grandparents if possible) and the collage cover (this part can include family pictures). Please help your children with this information.
On Tuesday our trip up to the Tom McCall Forest provided us with an opportunity to look closely at nature, spend some quiet time journaling, and discuss animal adaptations. We did a fun activity involving tape and button up shirts to remind us how important our opposable thumbs are. (Ask your children to explain.)
The rap the class presented at the All School Meeting describing our community was a success and received a series of applause. This class is so creative!
On Friday, in celebration of Halloween we made slime. The ingredients are simple and safe, and the class did a great job of following the directions for how to make it.
**I am concerned with spelling for several students. Please feel free to practice spelling at home with your kids. If you would like some samples of word lists, I can send those home.
This week:
This week we will continue focusing on nature and animal adaptations. Part of our Out and About will be an In and About where we will be conducting an experiment about blubber and the adaptations of marine mammals. We will also continue working on the heritage project.
I still need recipes from the majority of the class and I am really hoping to get those by Tuesday because we will be working on that part of the project Tuesday afternoon.
Outdoor School Update
Monday November 10th: 6:30-7:30
Tuesday November 11th morning drop off at the school between 9:00 and 9:30. Please have your children wear their raingear and rain boots (not just tennis shoes, or hiking boots, they need to be water proof) on the day we leave for Outdoor School because we will be going directly to a field study as soon as we arrive at camp.
When packing for outdoor school, please pack the sleeping bags and duffel bags or suitcases in garbage bags to prevent them from getting wet during transport. Also, please pack additional garbage bags for the return trip. Contrary to last year, students are encouraged to bring a small flashlight this year for the trips to and from the cabins to the bathrooms. Students are not allowed to bring any electronic devices or any food. The morning that we leave (Tuesday) they can bring a snack because we will not be eating lunch until 12:30.
We will return Friday between 2:00 and 3:00 but we will get confirmation this week as to a more accurate return time.
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