Get Passionate!

We enjoyed investigating forces and motion this past week. We learned about Sir Isaac Newton and his important laws of motion and  we also got to use the EDP once again to design our own Pendulums. To prepare for our trip to the Flynn next week we read about Helen Keller and wrote strong opinion pieces about whether or not the library should carry braille books for each title or not. The students were very convincing and we shared them with Ms. Hennig to get her feedback on the matter. We also participated in a simulation of what it must have been like to be Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller. We are looking forward to learning more about these two amazing women when we head to the Flynn on Thursday, where a dance company will tell their story thorough their beautiful movements.

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On the day of the field trip we will be eating lunch at 10:45 to make it to the 12:00 showtime. We would like to request that you let us know by Tuesday if your child will be needing a bagged lunch on Thursday since the cafeteria will not have their regular hot lunch option at the time. We are also hoping that we will represent our team by wearing our white Mosaic House t-shirts on that day. Please help to remind your child as the day approaches.

This week we will get passionate about research for our Passion Projects! The students came home over the weekend with the assignment of deciding on a topic they would like to research over the next few weeks. They will learn about note taking and informational writing and then they will have the choice to present their work in another form as well. Kids in the past have done posters, slideshows, boardgames, homemade books, cooking, artwork, collage, etc. We will work on most of this at school and you do not have to buy any additional materials, though kids usually get really into the project and might want to do some extra work at home. We will celebrate the students' hard work with a breakfast the first week in March. More details will follow about the date and time.