Week of June 6 to 10, 2011

Wednesday HW
1. The Camp Wahanowin trip is nearly here. Please return the signed tear away slip at the bottom of the update letter if you give permission to your child to leave from the school to go home directly after our return from the camp on Friday June 17.
2. Eco-art activity on Thursday morning. Please wear (or bring) old clothes as the paints are not washable.

Tuesday HW
1.  Scientists in School Flight tomorrow morning.
2.  Alien Ad good copy is due tomorrow.  We worked on the good copy of the script today in class for 45 minutes.
3.  The Camp Wahanowin trip is nearly here.  Please return the signed tear away slip at the bottom of the update letter if you give permission to your child to leave from the school to go home directly after our return from the camp on Friday June 17.
4.  Eco-art activity on Thursday morning.  Please wear (or bring) old clothes as the paints are not washable.

As part of our eco-art activity on Thursday with Ms. Inwood and Ms. Grenville we are looking at some examples of nature art by artists associated with GreenMuseum.org.  Here is a profile of Ulrike Arnold, who makes works in the field with paints she creates from rocks and meteorites.


Monday HW
1.  Math quiz tomorrow on Unit 10 Lessons 1 and 2
2.  Scientists in School $6.00
3.  Camp Wahanowin is coming.  Please return the signed tear away slip at the bottom of the update letter if you give permission to your child to leave from the school to go home directly after our return from the camp on Friday, June 17.
4.  Alien Ad rough draft.
Today we hosted a visit from Ms. Inwood and Ms. Grenville who are helping our class take part in a school eco-art project entitled "Acts of Green".  The students spent time in the nature garden looking for Treasures and Troubles from the perspectives of different inhabitants of our environment.  We will be painting green leaves in a pathway around the school (depending on the weather) on Thursday June 9.  Students should dress up in old clothes that day as the paint is not washable. 
As a complement to our eco-art activity, here is a video of digital music from underwater sound samples from "The Belly of the Whale", a music project conceived by GreenMuseum.org and InterSpecies.