We are gearing up for next week's museum, while moving ahead with our other studies. Sixths continued writing their personal belief statements, with 4th and 5ths drafting personal memoirs. Often the best and most effective critiques come from peers. With each major piece of writing, the students articulate questions and areas they would like help with, share the writing with a responder, and receive feedback and suggestions about their writing. The photos below show pairs of students in this process during yesterday's writer's workshop.

In our human body studies, the group participated in a genetics exercise. We began by using Punnet squares to show how a recessive gene, such as blue eye color, can be carried, skip generations, and appear further down the family tree. Each student created their own version of a creature, randomly assigning certain traits through the flip of a coin. The students watched as the traits were or were not passed down to the next generation based upon whether the traits were dominant or recessive (again, randomly determined) and with whom the creature 'mated'. In the photo below, Mama and Papa with jagged fins both carried a recessive gene for the smooth fin. Susannah and Emmy mated them to produce an offspring that, by chance, inherited both the recessive genes!

Drivers are still needed for our Pinnacle hike the morning of May 28th!

(Grades 3-4-5 only)

Upcoming dates:

UE Museum:

Thursday, May 21, 2:00 p.m. 

and Friday, May 22 9:15 -10:00 a.m.

Grandparents' Day: Friday, May 22 (noon dismissal) 

And for adults, Swing Gala at night!

Pinnacle Hike (grades 3-4-5): Thursday, May 28

Three-day class trip:

Wednesday, June 3 - Friday, June 5