Ms.McLemore’s blog

General News: (1) Don’t forget Tuesday is the last day for money for Invisible Children for the Kiss the Goat Contest. CONGRATULATIONS !!! WE RASIED OVER $ 1,200.00 FOR INVISIBLE CHILDREN. (2) A letter is coming home Thursday about a county wide dress code for next year. It gives you the address to submit a survey & give your opinion. The address is www.scsk12.org then click on the Dress Code Survey.

SCIENCE: THANK YOU to everyone who sent in items we have everything we needed, and the kids had a blast making and eating a landfill! Thank you for helping us!!!!!

Mon. 9/29 CW: Present creature from Adaptation – It’s A Way of Life HW: check edublogs & write a note in agenda of item you can provide for Friday’s lab.

Tues. 9/30 CW: Finish creature presentations. (2) Pollution Solution Project sheet home PLEASE SEE SHEET sent home today called “Making A Difference in the Environment” which explains exactly what we are doing and when we are doing it. Mom or dad must sign off on it, & so must I. Decide what you want to do; you must decide by Monday 10/6, and have a parent signature. We will be in the library on 10/6 researching how much pollution affects us. On Thursday 10/9 & Friday 10/10 we will learn how to make a Power Point slideshow presentation, and each student will make one for their idea for a project. On 10/16 we will write an email or letter to an adult family member or friend encouraging them to do what you did. HW: decide idea for project, get approval, & start researching

Wed. 10/1 CW: Landfills -(1) www.howstuffworks.com/landfill.htm (2) Brainpop on Waste Management. (3) Magic School Bus DVD on Recycling (4) We also took notes – get them if you were absent HW: (1) project idea due Monday (2) We need little disposable cups & plastic spoons for Friday’s edible landfill lab.

Thurs. 10/2 CW: Landfills continued – (1) We saw how a Kimberly Clarke company (makes paper towels) uses methane gas from a landfill to run its factory (2) we put a diagram of a landfill in our notes & made a list of what each food item represents in the landfill (3) finish Science World questions from earlier in the week. HW: (1) bring in items for tomorrow if you said you would & haven’t already (2) your project idea needs to be signed & approved by your parent/guardian & brought to me no later than Monday

Fri. 10/3 CW: Making an edible landfill lab and writing about the experience of what landfills do. HW: your project idea needs to be signed & approved by your parent/guardian & brought to me no later than Monday