Happy Earth Day

Yes, Happy Earth Day and welcome back-I hope you all had a great, relaxing Spring Break. I know I enjoyed mine enormously having lots of family around. Watching two 3 year olds play soccer and doing an Easter Egg Hunt had to be the most entertaining. Was so fun to be outside and enjoy the beautiful spring weather. Even squeezed in a little yard work. To celebrate Earth Day today, if your child picks up some trash in the neighborhood, write Earth Day in the planner for free money. This week is going to be a normal week for us with no testing and no school-wide activities going on outside of the ordinary. Some of the Hankins' Happenings this week are: Lead 21-we are continuing with our Ecosystem unit and reading Selection 4 which is about how ecosystems can be changed or interfered with due to natural disasters or human destruction. Writing-each student chose an a large, colorful animal picture today and they are going to do some story writing about it starting tomorrow. The stories will depict the animal in its' ecosystem and can be either fiction, non-fiction or realistic fiction, but will have to have some science/writing related components intertwined into the stories. Ask them what animal they chose and write it in the planner. Montana History-we are hoping to finish the section on trapping/trading. We are moving from trading beaver furs to buffalo skins and then we will see what effect that has on the buffalo population and what happens to the buffalo as only the furs are taken. Spelling-Unit 32 word list Math-we are spending a good portion of this week in preparation of next week's SBAC math test. It will consist of lots of problem-solving and writing to explain answers to the problem. Science-this is an extension to Lead 21, but more about animal behaviors, adaptations, 5 animal kingdoms, 5 groups of animals, etc. rather than focusing more on ecosystems and food chains/webs. Ask them something new they learned in Science today and write it in the planner for free money. Remember Library books tomorrow. Have a great night.