Tomorrow is class picture day!!  Along with your best smile, please bring money to purchase a picture if you would like to have one.  Pictures will be sent home before the end of the school year. 

One more week till spring break.  We will be taking CSAPs on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week.  Please be sure your student gets a good  night's rest and eats a healthy breakfast.  Also, if your child wears glasses PLEASE be sure they have them at school to wear during the testing.  Have a wonderful, restful spring break!!!

We will begin our study of the respiratory system next week.  Students took a test on the circulatory system on Friday. 

Our field trip to the Museum of  Nature and Science was fun and very informative.  After lunch my group and I spent time looking for the little gnomes hidden in some of the mural paintings.  We successfully found 6 of them.  Thank you to Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Huppert for going with us and being great chaperones. 

I will be out of school on Friday.  I am attending the Beyond Giftedness conference in Arvada that day.  Enjoy the long weekend!

We are out of tissues and none can be found in the school!!  If you can, please send a box of tissues to school with your child next week.  Our noses thank you!!

Some important happenings in Theme this week:

Monday and Tuesday:  finish our study of the circuatory system and blood typing on Tuesday (permission slip signed by parent required).

Wednesday:  review all circulatory system material

Thursday:  test on circulatory system, Valentine Party at 1:30pm

Friday:  field trip to DMNS, Don't forget to bring a sack lunch to school today!

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The trimester 2 research paper is a joint Theme/Language Arts project.  Each student has a topic that was approved through their Theme teacher.  The breakdown of due dates and actual research and writing of the paper is being done in Lang Arts class.  We have access to the computer lab during Theme so some class time will be spent on research as well.

Students will receive a Lang Arts grade and a Theme grade for their project.  The Lang Arts component will look at mechanics of writing and grammar, spelling, general organization of the content, and correct citation of works used.  The Theme grade will be based on comprehension of topic researched and depth of content studied.  

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It is amazing to me that this is the last week of January.  It feels like we just returned from winter break.  The instructors form the Denver Museum of Nature and Science did a fantastic job presenting the circulatory system and the heart.  Students were very attentive and asked very thoughtful questions.  The DMNS instructor was very impressed by the student's depth of thought when asking questions.  We will continue or study of the circulatory system, heart and blood this week.  We will also be assigning our trimester 2 project soon.  The details will be spelled out in a separate blog entry. 

Reminder....  Wednesday, Jan. 16 is an early release day due to conferences.  Students will be released from school at 11:30 AM.

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held this coming Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Your child brought home a confirmation slip in their Monday folder this week if a conference was scheduled. 

The January Scholastic book order is due back to school on Tuesday, Jan. 15.  There are some excellent selections in both the Arrow and Tab book clubs.  If it is convenient, you can return book orders in Monday folders when they come back on Tuesday. 

We will be starting a unit on body systems next week.  The circulatory system will be studied first.  On January 25 the Denver Museum of Nature and Science will be coming to Stargate to demonstrate heart dissection to all 6 of our classes.  Then on February 15, the 5/6 classes will be going to the Hall of Life at the DMNS.  W ...