Four Winds!

We had a great time learning about ball galls today! Galls are bumps in plant stems where flies lay their eggs. Those eggs turn into larvae and then turn into flies!

We saw the dissection of a gall and observed a real larva!

We pretended to be gall larvae by eating snacks in our protective plant stem coats!

Published Non-fiction Writing

Check it out! Students wrote and read their own non-fiction piece into Seesaw for publishing!

Ayson's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.591e80ce-02e6-4a72-973e-6c26397d95fa&share_token=52s3Ig9LSWeQ0pxBfyVEZA&mode=share

Madison's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.af1558dc-d187-42ef-8824-43f8211bc175&share_token=WRnTqxMzSI259DIZ1nmFXw&mode=share

Andrew's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.1b26dad0-60c0-4fb2-a373-8fd2f338d61a&share_token=jhFhIge8SY-y3pI2tV_vIg&mode=share

Eliza's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.d347d842-8e79-4f3a-a083-05257e7c71ef&share_token=sBqT1aztTbq5HBQfJlRr0A&mode=share

Avante's:https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.7d4108c2-6815-405b-87f0-820171d6783f&share_token=dkGtdLGyRIeYl2FCC-CaIQ&mode=share

Clara D.'s: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.66b0634b-a7bf-4e46-91b0-34a88c3194b4&share_token=TGK_aJv6RWqEdvGDueUTLw&mode=share

Kiera's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.e5c86ad2-327e-45b3-a9ab-60162ff8ca5c&share_token=OE7N9pqGQ_6cL6H1ebyyPw&mode=share

Makyala's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.4b9319bf-cb97-4ba6-8740-0971d2538748&share_token=l_qiWtxOTMm893gEX-Uyuw&mode=share

Tola's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.099b82ab-9ca8-4e39-99ed-c8b8fa1f3a26&share_token=P8mK0_OWRsajAW7daBV5eA&mode=share

Clara F.'s: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.8d4bf9d1-59eb-4bbb-aff7-8624f7ab331d&share_token=YX0nNpKxRq-FAV9SspMv_w&mode=share

Ben P.'s: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.f107b44e-f70d-45d9-8e43-715fcb90f9fb&share_token=gT80D1rGRD2c7El-I5fpwg&mode=share

Alee's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.2f414e9c-f6df-443e-80f3-9cfc5a86c4c1&share_token=R3UQRr6gRcOjK0ReUY8-_Q&mode=share

Jayden's:https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.e9e1043b-3167-46ac-bd26-b4d3a2db0a01&share_token=P68zOjGKRNWjg58IM7ssPA&mode=share

Desmond's:https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.3fcdb22e-7ae0-46d8-b10e-79a6a30f7068&share_token=SV1hia-eTpmX_VW3KNRFhQ&mode=share

Lex's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.db7aa2e8-b266-40b5-a880-513359e685d0&share_token=CmsIRBfZR5iQbFffFm37UQ&mode=share

Brayden's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.9d1fd2a6-c5ac-4310-b536-3b3e2a813462&share_token=hBJmxao6T8C3KMZQo8QWIg&mode=share

Maggie's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.14820396-1dcc-4369-ae21-da2f7db78c35&share_token=UnLKIekeQt6Gdz0j7_NdLw&mode=share

Micah's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.3c5aaffc-d1cf-4c8f-968e-0bf02e001553&share_token=PorN4gf3TSCt3F9CbkAYFA&mode=share

Ben C.'s: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.d234a94e-8a44-4799-8e0f-cb7e85d81808&share_token=lZTxI2qyS8OrEC0l6R8aag&mode=share

Breezie-Lynn's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.9ed793a2-00a9-4abb-8ee1-9187385dd529&share_token=O5lektUWThCVO--mSvISnw&mode=share

Abby's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.9fe22bd0-072a-4476-899f-b56725071980&share_token=1g4kfUB5S12bwJLzxXEWxg&mode=share

Colby's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.c61ce321-394b-4d58-a24a-50cc3a363edf&share_token=buKvqdV1QMOcd4mg-5YnPA&mode=share

Noah's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.7dca7c3a-bf3c-435b-902b-44bb9afb905c&share_token=SxTopspLS2OBF13HR9Ei3w&mode=share

Landyn's: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.2fa02abf-e017-4594-8564-a0f4d80c93b6&share_token=ZxJO-yUWRAelsLqZxUzL8w&mode=share

Animal Experts

Mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects and birds are all categorized into different groups of animals. They all have different characteristics. Some are oviparous and some are viviparous...Parents, do you know what those mean? (Ayson wanted to see if you knew) Some are vertebrates and some are invertebrates... Some are herbivores, some carnivores and some are omnivores. 


Kiera: Elephants are mammals.
Maggie: Chickens are birds and descendants of dinosaurs. 
Noah: All reptiles have scales. 
Desmond: Reptiles have armor for skin. 
Alee: Cats are mammals. 
 Alexander: Insects have an exoskeleton.
Avante: Turtles are reptiles and they have hard shells.
Ben P.: Snakes and crocodiles are reptiles.
Makayla: Sharks have their own category. 
Eliza: Amphibians start to breath with gills then grow lungs.
Breezie: All insects have 6 legs and 3 body parts. 
Brayden: People are mammals!!
Andrew: All reptiles' stomachs are close to the ground. 
Tola: Mammals produce milk for their babies. 
Ayson: Mammals are warm blooded. 
Landyn: If an animal is cold blooded, it will have to rely on the warmth from the sun. 
Clara F.: Whales are mammals!

Nurturing Parent Program

Heather Kelly the behavioral Specialist at Union Memorial is coordinating a Nurturing Parent Program at Union Memorial School this spring. This Nurturing Parent program is geared towards improving communication with your child, developing empathy, practicing self care for parents and empowering your family. It will be on Thursday evening from 5:30-7:30 at Union Memorial School and running for 14 weeks.  It will be starting on Thursday, March 17th.  The is a FREE program.  Call or email to register: (802) 498-0607 or Hniquette@pcavt.org.

Magazines Needed

For our new animal classifications unit, I would love for families to send in unwanted magazines. We will be using them for a art/science project! Magazines that are animal or outdoor related would be best, but everything helps!

On another note, it was great to meet you all at conferences. I'm looking forward to a fun 3rd trimester!