** DUE TO ANOTHER GNARLY WEATHER FORECAST, THE SALISH SEA FIELD TRIP WILL BE DELAYED AGAIN. ** Our new date is now Thursday, November 28. The transportation plan remains the same. The program will be the same as planned. We'll get out on the water eventually, and hopefully the sea-state will be nice and relaxed, making for a more comfortable, safer journey.
The Most Magnificent Thing: On Wednesday morning, we'll begin building your Most Magnficent Things. To do this, you will need to bring your building supplies! I will supply hot glue guns and glue, along with cardboard cutters (please don't bring your own). Other than that, you are on your own. How will you remember to bring all that you need to make progress on your build?
Math: This week, we'll discuss "divisibility rules" - little tricks that let us know if a number can be divided easily by a given divisor. We will also begin to look at what happens when things don't work out evenly. We'll chat about the meanings of those leftover bits (are they important? can they be ignored?), and how best to express remainders.
Writing: A new task is now up and running on Classroom. Through the "How-To Comic" piece we will look at building a text with both words and pictures, and do so in a logical, sequential and organized way. I'll set you up with a few tips and tricks for building instructional graphic texts.
Social Studies: We'll explore some ways that people are working to solve problems with commercial and sport fisheries in the Salish Sea. Be prepared to add what you know to your learning log.
Science: Once you've completed your brain "hat", we'll run a mini-lab that attempts to "map" your nerve endings. This relates to the sensitivity and responsiveness of your skin on various parts of your body. Your central nervous system does an interesting thing when it prioritizes touch sensitivity to some areas, and makes other parts less sensitive. We'll attempt to understand why this is the case.
That's all for this week, folks!
