Week of November 12th

It was so wonderful to meet with all of you for conferences. It was nice that your children got to share their Portfolios with you and show you some of the work that they have worked hard on. Thank-you again for coming in. This week we finished up our Unit on Chemical Engineering. We worked to improve a playdough recipe. (check out the pictures below) Unfortunately we did not have enough time to really perfect it but students now know the process they need in order to do this. They were given some optional homework in their Friday folders if they would like to work on this at home and then bring in a recipe to share with the rest of the class. It will be neat to see if there are similarities between the work that students do. When we return from break we will be starting a Long ago and Today unit which focused on Native Americans. Last year our focus was on Colonial America. I hope that everyone has a restful vacation and a Happy Thanksgiving! Nancy