Shelburne Farms Field Trip- teamwork and Ecology!!

Leaf Pack Data

We had an awesome time exploring the contents of our leaf packs today!

Yesterday, we studied, discussed and compared our biological, physical, and chemical data with the data Vasanthi's class collected during our field trip last week.  

Today, the leaf packs were collected and we got to spend over an hour just examining the biological data collected.  Our two leaf packs were packed with Macroinvertebrates! Here are a few photos:

We could have spent all evening examining and discussing our findings! Instead, we had to go to PE and then home, so we'll share noticings and numbers tomorrow.  We'll also get together with Vasanthi's class to compare our leaf pack data.  What a way to study ecosystems!

We've also been working on reviewing the relationship between multiplication and division.  

Have you heard about the incredible shrinking carrots?!

We've been reading from Storyworks this week and worked together to create a reading response focused on theme. It was HARD work, but we all contributed good ideas. Students have a copy of it in their reponse journals.

Good to see many of you at conferences this week, I'll see the rest of you next Tuesday!

Cara

Conference Schedule and other announcements

From our Unified Arts teachers:
Please join the Art, Music, Physical Ed., and World Language teachers for our Unified Arts Night. It will be on Tuesday October 200th, from 6:30 - 7:30 pmmm.  Please meet in the cafeteria at 6:30 pm for a brief introduction. Students are encouraged to attend this event with you, and share some of the great things they are learning in their UA classes.

From the PTO

Come out and support a local business and the Shelburne Community School PTO at the Flying Pig Bookstore onOctober 23-25.  The Flying Pig will give 20% of all book proceeds to the SCS PTO over those dates when you mention SCS.

We look forward to seeing many of you there on October 23-25 to stock up on all your upcoming holiday book needs!

From our Wellness Committee

October is the Month of Walking Wednesdays!!  Bus riders will have the option of joining this year too!!

Conference Schedule

October 12th Conferences

Time	Name
12:20 - 12:40	McClellan/Brumstead
12:40-1:00	Williams
1:00-1:20	Levinthal
1:20-1:40	Oppenheimer
1:40 – 2:00
2:00-2:20	Cleveleand
2:20- 2:40
2:40-3:00	BREAK
3:00-3:20	Epstein
3:20-3:40	Machanic
3:40-4:00	Miller
4:00-4:20	Marx/Smith
4:20-4:40	Trapeni
4:40-5:00	Pickard

Tuesday 10/13		Tuesday 10/20
3:10- 3:30	Morris	3:10- 3:30	Dahir
3:30 – 3:50	Halliburton	3:30 -3:50	Gove
3:50 – 4:10	Normand	3:50 – 4:10	Erickson
4:10- 4:30	Allen	4:10- 4:30	MacFaden
		4:30 – 5:00	Connery

Fieldtrip and collecting data like scientists!

Hi Families

We had a fantastic time today collecting physical

Chemical 

And Biological Data

Students got wet and muddy but enjoyed being scientists out in the field!  

We will compile our data, compare it to data from further up McCabes Brook and the Laplatte, and think about what it means about how we impact our local watershed.

Might do a tick check tonight.....

Ps, no school Friday, see you at Conferences next week!!

:)

Our week in review

Watershed educators for UVM came to talk to us about what experiments we will be doing at McCabes Brook on Monday.

Also this week some students wrote the morning message 

We read the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today

We dropped of food at the food shelf

Open House Week

     This week has been a little busy.

Writing: We are currently writing to Shelburne residents about why we should keep the watershed healthy. We are using our science notebooks to help us. We are expected to write four paragraphs and include why we should keep it healthy and how we can keep it healthy. We started with an outline and now are on our first draft.

     Reading: At the moment Mrs.crowther is teaching us how to write 5th grade reading responses. It is difficult. Yesterday she had us work with a partner and first give ourselves scores of either 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade levels. Then we scored our partners by reading their response and justifying why we gave them that certain score. Students did a great job working on this and giving themselves and their partners honest feedback!:)

     Math: Right now in math we are doing a baseline assessment and working on doubling and halving.   The assessment served as a great reminder for why we need to continue to practice our facts! Very few students could solve 20 multiplication facts in 1 minute!  

     Science: Right now we are studying ecosystems and the watershed. We are also learning about the food web and the food chain.

Other fun stuff: We also enjoyed a lovely Open House with our Families, walked our food drive donations to the food shelf, and created precepts with Sam Drazin!

Don't forget Hike for Hunger on Saturday!

Field Trip Monday 10/5! Students will need a bagged lunch and boots! We'll be doing sampling in the McCabe's Brook!

Homework: This week, the goal sheet came home with choices! Students have already chosen which activity they will do for each content area.  Please go over this with them this weekend.  They've also created a work plan for themselves on the back of the Goal Sheet.  

Stay in Touch!

PTO Genevieve Fundraiser comes home today!!

Fundraiser time! Due back by Oct 5th!

Endeavor raised the most money last year and hope to be the team to beat again!!