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Matt's Genius Hour Project!

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Will be performed here at Parker School on June 18th at 6:30pm.

Here are some shots of the students hard at work preparing for the production.





THE AMAZING MATH RACE

We just completed our yearly Math scavenger hunt designed along the theme of the tv show The Amazing Race. The students move around the building answering math problems and solving puzzles etc. in order to open locked boxes that provide instructions to find their next clue. We had great fun preparing for the test with this activity this year.

AMAZING RACE







PEMDAS Songs... We wrote some education PEMDAS parodies and created short music videos using still photography.

Check out some of the videos below. (You may need to enable plug-ins to make these work)

Our Safety Patrol!




 * Feb 12th **

We have been investigating Electromagnets in science. Here we are building electromagnetic buzzers!




 * Feb 3rd **

Today we were comparing the myth of Cronus with the myth of Perseus and Acrissios. Both Cronus and Acrissios tried to escape their fate as was told in their prophecies. Fate and prophecy are a recurring theme throughout Greek mythology __and__ also in Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief. We used the carousel method to align quotes from both myths. This is when we move around the room and write our thoughts on posters underneath the quotes.




 * Feb 1st **

Kaleb entered the Class beat box tournament! Bayn was our beat box winner!




 * Jan 28th **

Genius hour presentations!

Bayn - Favorite TV Shows Rhylie - The Evolution of the Soccer Ball.


 * Jan 20th **

Today we have been working on stories from __ The Odyssey. __ We have been reading different episodes from Homer's epic and we are re-telling them in graphic form. Next we will be preparing dramatizations of the stories. I'm sure we will have some good photos from that project. We have been studying Odysseus as the archetypal (model) hero in the Ancient Greek world.




 * Jan 7th **

The girls are working together to prepare a play about water to perform to Ms. Baranski's Kindergarten class.




 * Jan 6th **

Today we were working on building reading stamina in class. Just like athletes build their stamina for running we need to build stamina for reading. Everyone worked super hard, reading articles about the Great Depression for 50 minutes straight! We annotated the texts for the gist as we read to help us when we write essays about the topic later.

Nice Work!


 * December 22nd **

We have been learning about the different Greek Gods. The students wrote some amazing plays to retell the story of their chosen gods. The plays were very funny and informative.







In E.L.A we have working on the Heroes Journey posters with our expert groups. Good luck to whoever is in the all bands concert tonight. You are going to do great.
 * 12/9/14 **

In science we have been have been learning about stress. What do you know about stress????

Homework~ Reading for at least 30 minutes and math homework

News flash~ We are supposed to be getting at least 16 inches by the end of the week.

Have a nice day and stay safe!!!! :)

- Maddie, Katie, and Alecia


 * 12///1/14// **
 * //We learned how to break dance and practiced Qi Gong!!!!// **
 * //Learning new skills was a part of our unit on Mental Health.// ** ** //We are learning all about the 6 domains of health.// **


 * //Here are some pictures of the activities in the morning.// **



Homework hand in for this week...

Reading Sheets - 8/21 Story Works - 10/21 Spelling Sheets - 15/21

Doing homework is very important. Be sure to keep your agenda updated and to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for your homework!

11/24/14 - Literature Circle - Discussing the book __ Flipped __

Class Debate - Should we adopt Screen Free Week here at Parker School?



So, yesterday we wrote in Cuneiform. It didn't have to be anything specific so it was very fun. We wrote on clay tablets. We also learned our Jedi Names.
 * 11/18/14 **


 * ~ Homework: Read 30 Minutes **
 * - Katie, Maddie, and Alecia. **

Good news! We are going to be painting a mural in the hallway about Mesopotamia with Miss. Tartaglia! Don't forget to do your spelling packet. It is due on Wednesday because there is no school on Monday or Tuesday.
 * 11 **** /6/14 **

~Homework we will have some math homework tonight

~ We have no school on Monday or Tuesday ~Alecia Katie and Maddie

//** 10_28_14 **//
// ** Today we played scrabble. We are going to be practicing ready for a class competition! ** //

// ** WE also worked on our horror stories today. Publishing this week! ** //

Math tonight and bud not buddy. Ask people if ** Screen Free Week ** is a good idea! ~Maddie's Words Of Wisdom~: Be careful what you put out there, in the digital space, it can never be erased and it will be in peoples memories forever. Pobodys Nerfect Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * Good luck to our final 4! Posters will be up by this Thursday. **
 * How are the speeches going? **

From Kaite, Maddie, and Alecia

Conservation Field days >^_^<
 * 10/23/14 **
 * Today we will just be showing you some pictures of previous activities. **
 * //HOMEWORK~__Bud not Buddy__ there is also math.// **

How are your Isabel poems going? Are you proud of it? I am.

- Maddie and Katie

**We have new vocab and spelling words this week. Also don't forget to hand in any homework or reading sheets you have not handed in yet.** Make sure you finish __ Bud not Buddy __.
 * 10/20/14 **

- How are your horror stories coming? We hope your story is horrifying. **~** **We have the pacer test tomorrow. Make sure you eat a good breakfast to have plenty of energy. We hope you do well and try your best. :)**


 * We thankfully have no math homework tonight. So all we have for homework is reading for 30 minutes and you should get a start on your vocab worksheets. **


 * Tips for the day **


 * **To help you learn new words or our vocab words, you should write the spelling words and vocab words on an index card.**
 * Maddie's words of wisdom for you are: Life's too short to be ordinary, so be yourself. Stars can't shine without darkness. **


 * - From Maddie, Alecia, Katie **


 * 10/17/14 **

We are working on our horror stories. I will tell you just one thing about them. THEY ARE HORRIFYING. Hence the name. Don't forget to study your spelling and vocab words. Also make sure you read this weekend. I don't know about you but there are a lot of good books out right now that I really want to start.
 * "The Fault in our Stars"
 * "The Maze runner"
 * "The giver"
 * "If I Stay"
 * "Upside down in the Middle of Nowhere"

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// Homework~ **Possibly math tonight, and** // // **__Bud not Buddy__ if you want.** // ===== Movie night is tonight: ** AIR BUD!! ** Keep going on those AR tests!
 * CFW GAME TONIGHT!!!! Be there at 4:45 For giants game and 3:45 for midgets game. **

Don't forget to do the Vocab sheet and the spelling sheet also. Movie night on Friday ** 10/ **** 17/14. ** Make sure you take AR test to get you points up!
 * 10/14/14 **

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 * 10/9/14 **

At Orenda Spring, we learned many lifeskills. Such as (being) initiative, trust, caring, common sense, effort, patience etc.

Maddie and Hailey W. jump shot!

Lowered down, FINALLY!:0 Together in the nest!

It was a day full of fun and learning. Everyone had lots of fun and tried new things. And most of all people made new friends and learned to work together.

- Katie, Maddison, Alecia

10/5/14
Did everyone get to try something they wanted to do at Orenda Springs? What was your favorite part? Photos coming soon!

Alecia

Yesterday we flew kites to see if air was really there.
 * 10/2/14 **



Every day we have been working on our memory.

Some of the games that are great for building working memory are:

Word flash Kim's game - When you have a set of objects, take one away and guess what is missing. Backwards spelling Word basket.

10/1/14 === Don't forget to turn in your Orenda Springs slip so you can go!! === Today for homework:Math + Reading

9/30/14

__ **~DAILY NEWS~** __ -Orenda Springs field trip on friday. ~What has 4 legs, then 2 legs, then 3?~ A person who crawls, then walks, then walks with a cane! -Maddison,