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Thursday October 10

I am so sorry that I have not posted anything on the Blog this week.

On Wednesday we went to the Fish Creek Library and we were looking at different things that caught our eye (GA).  We noticed that the shape of the library is a broken a part pyramid (JS). When we came into the building we got to watch a slide show of old pictures of when the library was being built. After we got to explore the whole library (AF). Some students read, some students played, some students crafted and some explored. One of the things we learned is there is an amphitheater hidden under the floor and this is where they store things. They couldn't finish this part of the library because there wasn't enough money (DS).  I never knew they had so many offices (ST). The library was built in 1983 (SC). Today we sketched the Fish Creek Library and answered some of the questions we had about the story of that building (TD).
 


Today we finished our read aloud called "A series of Unfortunate Events". It is about three children whose parents have dies in a house fire and are sent to live with a near relative. The relative only wants the money that the children inherited. The events in the book share all the mischievous plans Count Olaf (the near relative) have to try to get the fortune of the children. This series has multiple books, and we have decided to start the second book of the series.

One of the students in our class brought in moss from their alley. He challenged us to try to grow the moss ourselves. We have decided to start an experiment and were trying to make it grow on each table group (JV). Each table group has decided on what they want to try to grow their moss on. Some groups are trying just rocks, some are combining woods chips with soil, and groups are using sand. It was suggested that students see what they have at home to put into the container to support this experiment. Not much is needed - no more than a small baggie as the containers are small.


Reminders
Field study on Wednesday. - 3 students still need to bring back their forms
No school on Monday

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