Whew, we have gotten a lot accomplished within this first week of the quarter! We started out this week by reviewing and "focusing" our Social Contracts. Each class worked through a process to pick out the 5 expectations from their Social Contract that they thought were the most important and that we should focus on for this second quarter. We also learned about the reproductive structures of a flowering plant (see my copy below). Your child's homework this week was to review these notes each night for at least 15 minutes. We will have a MINOR quiz on this next week. The date has not yet been determined. It will not be open-note, but will be very similar to the notes page. We will also be dissecting a lily next week to get a better look at these different flower parts. If you are able to donate, we would love to have at least 5-6 lilies per class. Please send in donations Monday or Tuesday. Our first grade for this quarter was due in class today. It is called the "Mystery Missing Flower Parts." This was an in-class assignment from Wednesday, but was able to be taken home if students didn't finish in class. If your child did not turn this in and does not have their copy at home to work on, they can pick up an extra copy on Monday. If it is turned in Monday, there will only be a 5% late deduction. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the deduction will be 10%. It cannot be turned in after Wednesday. You may have heard that we are starting a VERY EXCITING project this quarter. We are partnering with the TomatoSphere project to collect data about the germination rates of tomato seeds if they have been sent to space. We have received two packets of seeds: one went to the International Space Station and the other is a control, but we don;t get to know which is which! Yes, this is a very REAL project. We will be submitting our results back to the project manager and the data will be used to help with future space exploration! Your child started their background research today in Google Classroom. Feel free to have them add you to the class so that you can stay up-to-date with what we are doing with the project. We will need supply donations for this project, but I do not have the list yet. It will be posted later this week. Students will be responsible for determining and creating our final supply list. We would also LOVE to have your help with this project! If you'd like to volunteer to help with ANY part of this project or if you are an expert in any of the topics we are exploring, please send me an e-mail and we'll see where we can work you into our schedule. Homework for parents? One of the most common concerns that parents are voicing during conferences is that of our communication. We are frequently hearing that there is just too much communication happening in too many different places, which is a little overwhelming. I hear your concern. If you have a free 10-15 minutes, please fill out the following survey about our various forms of communication. *Because it is a Google Form, it may require you to log into a Google account. If your e-mail is not through Google, fret not. Your child can sign in under their school account. Then, once in the survey, there is a place to put your name and an alternate e-mail address. Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5d2xIAbXdrwGTHEnbL4B0GqYVCW9Hc9pfeqgenWqyxBwzyA/viewform
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