Local food chain discoveries and thanks for great conferences.

Dear Families,  

Thanks for the conferences.  I felt like I was connecting with old friends. We laughed, we cried, we set some goals!  

One key goal for every student was working on an expert topic presentation.  For some students this will mean teaching a lesson on how to do something, for others it will mean presenting on a topic they know a lot about.  This week I am sending home a presentation planning form to help your student get started.  Please take some time to help your student start planning their presentation.

I know it is odd but the planning day for conferences was scheduled after conferences so there is no school on Friday, 10/30.  

We are bringing our study of how energy flows through ecosystems by trying to put together the pieces of the food web of our school terrain. We grabbed clipboards, paper and pencil and set out to see what we could bind in action. A notable and exciting discovery was the beetles boring into our wooden play structure (this is, of course, why we are replacing the play structure). I was thrilled that the students immediately called out "The beetles are primary consumers and the wood in the play structure is a producer!"