Happy Summer!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! I'm busy getting ready for some similing third graders!  See you soon!

8 Days!

Please look for missing textbooks at home tonight.  I can't believe that you all will be middle schoolers in 8 days!  Don't forget to bring in toppings for our class party.  See you tomorrow morning!

Saint Matthew Island Technology Station

Choose a topic below to research.  Look through the websites listed and record at least 5 facts in your station notebook.  Choose your favorite fact, write on a post-it note, and place it on the appropriate sheet by the computers.  When you finish one topic, go on to another one.  Keep researching until time to switch.

Tundra
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/tundra-profile/
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/tundra.html
http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/tundra/tundra.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/tundra.html
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0166-tundra.php

Reindeer (also called Caribou)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/caribou/
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/caribou/?source=A-to-Z
http://kids.yahoo.com/animals/mammals/4035--Caribou
http://www.eparks.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/caribou.asp
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Rangifer_tarandus/

Saint Matthew Island
http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/saint-matthew/
http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF16/1672.html
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/what-wiped-out-st-matthew-islands-reindeer

At the Beach Stations

For this station, choose one ocean animal from the websites below.  Reseach the animal and write down your findings in your station notebook. You will use this research to create a PowerPoint about that animal.
Be sure to include:

• the name of the animal
• the animal's habitat
• what the animal eats
• what the animal looks like
• other interesting facts

Use the following websites for your research:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/kids.htm
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/education/marinemammals.php
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/sea-urchin-info.htm
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/sea-turtle/index.htm
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/starfish/

Good Luck PAUL!!!!

Click "Good Luck PAUL!!!" above to hear Miss Powers' 5th grade class wishing Paul McDonald luck on American Idol!  He is a friend of Miss Powers.  We are ALL pulling for you Paul! 

Thank You Ms. Formby!

Miss Powers' class says a big THANK YOU for the special treat!

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Click the link "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to hear Chloe and Danielle's verison of the classic Christmas poem.