Social Studies

Dear Parents,

   On Tuesday your child chose a river to research and create a travel brochure or a travel poster. This project is an a- home project that should be fun and educational. 

The due dates are:

Ms. Wetzel’s Homeroom – Monday, October 7^th

Ms. Whalen’s Homeroom - Tuesday, October 8th 

Making A Brochure Or Travel Poster Teacher Name: Ms. Wetzel Student Name:     ________________________________________

 

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Content - Accuracy	All facts in the brochure/poster are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the brochure/poster are accurate.	89-80% of the facts in the brochure/poster are accurate.	Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure/poster are accurate.
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure/poster has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure/poster has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure/poster has well-organized information.	The brochure's/poster’s formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Graphics/Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.

Please feel free to call if you have any questions. Thanks, Ms. Wetzel

Muscles and Bones Study Guide

Muscles and Bones Unit Exam Study Guide

 

 

Students should be able to:

 

• Label 15-20 bones of the human body. (word bank will be provided)
• Identify the number of bones in an adult human body. (206).
• Name the three functions of the skeleton as form, protection and movement.
• Name the largest, longest bone in the body as the femur.
• Describe how bones are made up of four layers: “bone skin”, compact bone, spongy bone and bone marrow.
• Explain the reasons how we know that bone is a living thing. They heal themselves. They grow. They make blood.
• Name the four types of joints and be able to label them on the skeleton.
• Hinge joint- fingers, toes, knees and elbows
• Pivot joint- wrists, ankles and neck
• Ball and socket- shoulders and hips
• Gliding joint- spine
• Identify the largest muscle in your body as the gluteus maximus.
• Name the three types of muscles as voluntary, involuntary and cardiac. They will also need to give examples of how each is used. Voluntary muscles are muscles that we can control such as kicking a ball or writing a letter. Involuntary muscles are muscles that we do not control such as our brain functioning, our lungs breathing, our digestive system working. Our cardiac muscle is our heart.
• Define
• ligaments as tissue that connects bone to bone
• Tendons as tissue that connects muscle to bone
• Cartilage as the tissue that is known as soft bone like that in our nose and ears. Also, as the jelly like substance found in between bones which reduces friction.
• Joints are where two bones meet.

 

 

Great video from Kid President!

Everyone can be more awesome!

He is so awesome!

Scientific Visitors

We had visitors to our classroom on Thursday. Mr. Brian Schwartz and two of his medical students, Kate and Kelly, came to explain more to us about bones and the human body. They brought along fake bones that we could touch, but they also brought along a real human skull, heart and brain. So cool!!

It's fun to practice!!

My daughter, Bailey, found this fun skeleton game online. You can either build a skeleton or label the bones. Practice makes perfect :)

 Enjoy!

Skeleton game

A note forwarded from Ms. Cross

Dear Ms. Cross,

 

I am writing on behalf of Metro Denver Promotion of Letters (MDPL). We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to provide young writers in the Denver area with a supportive community and creative opportunities to express themselves through writing. We achieve this by offering free workshops, intensive & expeditionary camps, and the opportunity to publish student work.

 

This year we are excited to present a new opportunity for students. In addition to the free monthly creative writing workshops, we are opening the doors at Back Space, our workshop at 1 South Broadway, every Tuesday from 3:30-6:30 pm to students who could benefit from a little extra writing and reading support. This free after school tutoring is open to K-12 learners and begins on September 24.

 

Volunteer educators, parents, and academic mentors will be on site to work with students on essays and writing assignments, critical reading and thinking skills, or even creative writing projects. We envision the space to be lively and focused and eventually hope that peer tutoring will play a major role in the success of the program. Back Space is a safe, positive, and productive community environment. As always, students will receive extra academic guidance or just find a place to be imaginative and write among their peers. Snacks will also be provided.

 

If this sounds like a good fit for either a student of yours who is struggling or a student who just loves to write, please pass the attached information along to parents or post in your school. We’d love to help!

 

As for our monthly creative writing workshops for kids, there are still four left this year – all free and all on Saturdays. Please see the schedule here. Our website is also chock-full of information and interesting resources.

 

If you have any questions or want to learn more about MDPL, please be in touch. We delight in youth-focused collaborations.

 

All the best,

 

Nicole

 

Nicole Burdick

 

Board Member and Development Chair

Metro Denver Promotion of Letters

1 South Broadway

Denver, CO 80209

Cell: 307-413-5235

promotionofletters.org

Non-fiction titles

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/reading-the-real-stuff-a-non-fiction/1039731

Ms. Whalen's classroom is taking donations towards the purchase of more non-fiction books. If you are interested, you can click on the above link to find the request. :)