It's Test Time!

SCIENCE MONTCAS TESTING STARTS TOMORROW MORNING!!! PLEASE make sure your child is AT school and on time tomorrow and Thursday. A good nights sleep and a protein breakfast are HIGHLY recommended. AVOID sugar cereals. If possible, bring a hard boiled egg for snack! It is time to SHOW THEM WHAT YOU KNOW!!! Yay!!!!!

It's TEST time! Time to Show Off!!!!!

As you might have seen tonight our rock candy experiments came home today. We waited FOREVER for them to evaporate, but with the cold weather the sugar water just kept freezing. However, today we discovered that they were working the entire time. So, kids got to taste their rock candy treats. Ask them about the video above and the process we went through with the different states of matter. Yum!

Speaking of science, we will be taking our MontCas Science tests this Wednesday and Thursday. It is imperative that your child is here at school on time for these tests. When absent, they have to make them up in a private room instead of their natural environment and studies show that test scores often drop for this reason. It is also helpful that your child get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast full of protein. I also suggest sending a hard boiled egg as a snack this week that they can eat before the test. Again, studies say this really helps. Avoid sugar cereals at all costs. They tend to give them a rush and then they crash!

I LOVED seeing all of you at the carnival last Friday! What an awesome turnout. Over half of the class attended! The fourth grade made over $500 between the cake walk and our Candy basket! Wow!! We could not have done it without you . The amount of cakes was amazing. What awesome parents we have. We are truly lucky here at Bitterroot! Thanks!

Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss' birthday. We will be doing a school wide drop everything and read. If kids wan to bring a Seuss book that would be great. We will also be oovooing in with the Alabama class we met with last week and doing some Seuss activites with them. Should be fun!

March calendars came home tonight. Make sure to note your own calendar with upcoming events. The 4th grade recorder concert is soon and you wont want to miss that. I will most likely be recording it and broadcasting it live so you can tune in from work or home as well. Watch for permission slips soon. Very cool feature!!

Have a wonderful evening! And Happy Birthday to Robert and Jewel! Preston...it is almost your turn!! :0)

Recycling

Star of the Week-Seth Allard

Cakes...Money...Cakes...Money! Thanks!

Oh my what a day! We had a great oovoo session with our Burlington buddies, Mrs. Brucker's class, and three classes from Alabama. We are really getting some great first hand information about our SE states. There isn't a textbook that could do what we have been doing! Technology rocks!! It was great to see Mrs. Davis, Preston's mom, drop in the other day and share the North Carolina skype session as well.

Speaking of SE states. Students have their SE states and Capitals test tomorrow. Most of them know the states and capitals, but need to work on the location of the states. Test will be the same matching format as last time. Study, Study!

Tomorrow is a half day. Kids are dismissed at noon. Don't forget to come back from 6-8 though for our school winter carnival. Stop by the cake walk and say hello. And have you seen the baskets in the hallway? Oh my goodness...I want to win them ALL! Very cool stuff. And, it could be all yours when they draw a lucky ticket that you purchase for $1. It only takes one ticket to win! Could be you...or me!!! :0) Our basket is CANDYPALOOZA! Got a sweet tooth...you are going to love that one!

Don't forget to bring in your donated cakes tomorrow. Students receive $500 for each cake or batch of goodies they bring in. Thanks to those that already brought theirs in! YUMMY!! 4th grade parents ROCK!

Have a wonderful evening!

Wow!

Awesome Honor Choir Concert today Arielle, Jordan, and Abby! Wow!!! Loved the boat song the best...pretty! See you tomorrow!!

Skype with North Carolina.

Yesterday, we had the privilege of using a new "oovoo" type Web 2.0 tool called Skype with our Pen Pals in North Carolina. They are currently studying weather and had fun asking us about our snow and snow activities. We, on the other hand are currently studying the SE states so, we asked them questions about life in North Carolina. Fun and awesome learning for both sides!! Wow!