FLASH Starts in January

We will be starting F.L.A.S.H. (Family Life And Sexual Health). It is state required and  approved. It will be taught as part of life science. If you have questions about the content or curriculum don’t hesitate to contact me. There is an Opt Out form, but you are required to review the curriculum at the below link sign the Opt Out form.

http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/famplan/educators/FLASH.aspx

Here is the list of topics we will cover.
Family
Self-esteem
Sex Roles
Friendship
Decision-making
Sexual Exploitation (abuse)
Puberty
Reproductive System
Pregnancy
HIV/AIDS

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Josh Hill
Jdhill@seattleschools.org

Dogboy Review by Amelia J

Dogboy by Christopher Russell,

Dogboy is about an orphan boy who lives with Sir Edmund's Dogs in medieval times. He is betrayed by Sir Edmund's huntsmen when they go to war, but becomes the huntsman himself later on.

This book was really good! It is exciting and really suspenseful. I love how there is no explicit "bad guy" Although the cover is weird, this book is awesome.

Weekly Update

This week in science we have looked at several aspects of gravity. Reading about Sir Isaac Newton and his theories and watching a video about how gravity shaped the universe. We will continue to delve into gravity and how it's force effects us on Earth. Next week we will be look into the seasons and how the moons phases look to us.

In Reading we are finishing up with The Giver by Lois Lowry. Students are writing about theme or other main ideas from the book and are practicing, paraphrasing, citing and taking notes.

Candy Drive

Hi all!

I received an awesome email this morning from the Dentist office, Fidler on the Tooth, that sponsored our challenge for Halloween this year. Check out the post that they put up about us on their social media and their blog! Cascadia is famous! Nice work everyone. J Thank you for all your support! We will be work with the teachers whose classes earned extra PE days when we get back from the holiday break to schedule in their extra days. J

Check out the link for the story on us: http://www.fidleronthetooth.com/blog/seattle-dentist-candy-buy-back/

Have a great Thursday,

Mrs. Shirley Briones

Book Review by Yoshi Takeno

Chicken Hare by Chris Grine

Chicken Hare is the name of a the book and the main character, a rabbit with feathers and the legs of a chicken. Chicken Hare and his friend, Abe, are sold to the taxidermist Klaus. Chicken Hare and Abe must escape from Klaus and his staff and also help a mysterious goat which Chicken Hare is seeing.

In the beginning, it is not apparent where Chicken Hare and Abe come from. Also, the story plot does not describe much.

Weekly Update

Reading
In reading we have been reading the giver and looking at elements of a story. Them, Power Imbalance, Setting, Mood & Tone. We have read both All Summer in a Day by Neil Gaiman and read about half of the Giver by Lois Lowry. Both have these been used to talk about elements of fantasy/distopia and we have written quite a bit about both. Investigating central ideas and theme's of literature.

Social Studies
We watched the following video and are getting ready for looking at American colonization.
Native America before European Colonization

Science
We did our last experiment in our stream tables this week. Student's conducted experiments to test their own experimental question. These ranged from, "What is the effect of the state (ice) of water on erosion and deposition" to "What is the effect of obstacles on erosion and deposition?" and much much more. The students had a great time conduction their experiments and are writing up conclusions to go along with them.

That will conclude our land and water unit and when we get back we will be doing a short, two week unit on space. Looking briefly into seasons and gravity.

Weekly Update

Science
This week in science we ran our last set experiment on our water tables. Using grass seeds to model trees and scrubs we saw the effect of vegetation on erosion and deposition. Next week we answer our own experimental questions about streams and every group is different. Ask your student what their experimental question is and how they think it models something in the real world.