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-Mr. Linnet

This week's At-Home Project: National Park Report

This week is a fun research project based on learning that has taken place in the classroom.  In collaboration with our “Plants” unit, we have been reading about and studying some of America’s National Parks.  We have learned about the Sequoia Trees in Sequoia National Park, the Saguaro Cactus in Saguaro National Park, the wetlands in Everglades National Park, and the rock formations in Badlands National Park.  I have also added a “WebRangers” link to our blog that allows students to explore various parks, plants and animals that they find interesting.  What I would like for you to do this week at home is explore the National Park website (http://www.nps.gov/index.htm) and help your child select a National Park to do a report on.  Explore the webpage and write notes on the provided page about what you learn.  You can also explore other websites & YouTube to see videos about the National Park you have selected.  Feel free to post pictures or maps on the back of the report page for your child to share with the class on Friday. 

Every student that completes the Report and shares their information at the end of the week 

will receive a special “Student Ranger” Certificate!!  Have fun, Explorers!!

Yosemite National Park, CA

National Parks

 *Use this list as a guide when searching for a National Park to do your Report.

Acadia, ME

Arches, UT

Badlands, SD

Big Bend, TX

Biscayne, FL

The National Park Service Logo

Bryce Canyon, UT

Canyonlands, UT

Carlsbad Caverns, NM

Channel Islands, CA

Crater Lake, OR

Death Valley, CA and NV

Denali, AK

Everglades, FL

Gates of the Arctic, AK

Glacier, MT

Glacier Bay, AK

Grand Canyon, AZ

Grand Teton, WY

Great Sand Dunes, CO

Great Smoky Mountains, TN and NC

Haleakala, HI

Mesa Verde National Park, CO

Hawaii Volcanoes, HI

Isle Royale, MI

Joshua Tree, CA

Katmai, AK

Kenai Fjords, AK

Kings Canyon, CA

Kobuk Valley, AK

Lake Clark, AK

Lassen Volcanic, CA

Mammoth Cave, KY

Mesa Verde, CO

Mount Rainier, WA

Zion National Park, UT

North Cascades, WA

Olympic, WA

Petrified Forest, AZ

Redwood, CA

Rocky Mountain, CO

Saguaro, AZ

Sequoia, CA

Theodore Roosevelt, ND

Voyageurs, MN

Wind Cave, SD

Yellowstone, WY, MT, and ID

Yosemite, CA

Zion, UT

Grand Teton National Park, WY

Questions to Research:

*What state(s) is this park located in?

*Why is this park famous?

*What did you find interesting about this park?

*What vegetation (plants and trees) are found in this park?

*What wildlife (animals and bugs) are found in this park?

*What do visitors do when they come to this park?

*Would you like to visit this park?  Why?

This week's At-Home Project: Non-Conventional Plant Model

This week our Kindergarten team is challenging each student to become an engineer and create a plant model using non-plant materials.  You can use legos, cereal, paper, cloth, anything you have at home to create a model of a plant.  Students choose the type of plant they wish to make, the materials they wish to use, and they design and build the model themselves.  When finished you can help them complete the response sheet at the bottom of the directions to help them when they will share their project with the class on Thursday.  Happy Building everyone!!

Lego Flowers and Flowerpot

Chocoloate Chip Cookie Tree

Paper Petal Flower (from Book pages)

Create your own Plant Model from non-plant materials

This week I am challenging each of you to create your own plant model from non-plant materials.  You can make a model of grass, flowers, bushes, trees, or any combination that you like. 

You may use anything you have around your house that are not plants themselves.  You can paint a picture of flowers, build a tree with legos, make flowers out of tissue paper, anything you want.  BE CREATIVE!!

(It has to be YOUR original work: No buying a project or kit to put together!!)

You are going to bring in your plant model on Thursday to share with the class.

          *Part of the grade will be on your participation. (Did you make a model?)

*Part will be on your description. (Did you write about it below?)

*Part will be on your presentation. (Did you share it with the class?) 

This is intended to be fun, so don’t worry about perfection. 

Just make something cool, write about it, and then share it with the class.

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My plant model is _______________________________________.

The materials I used were ________________________________.

The plant parts in my model are   ___________________________

____________________________________________________.

By _________________

This Week's At-Home Project: Banana Log Cabins

In honor of President's Day Weekend, what better way to spend the extra day at home than in the kitchen whipping up a yummy snack?!  We have been reading and learning about Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President, so why not pay homage to this great American and make a President's Day snack that depicts the tiny home he grew up in?  Instead of eating wood though, we can make a Banana Log Cabin!!  Please follow the directions provided to make your own tasty treat.  Don't forget to send in the pics before you gobble it up so that I can share them on the Blog!  Have fun and Happy Eating!!

Abe Lincoln Banana Log Cabin Recipe






Here is the Banana Log Cabin that Skylar and I made.

Here are two more banana log cabins made by my students.

Adrian's Yummy Cabin

Jazmyn's Tasty Cabin

Weather Project: Make a Silly Weather Vane

Last week I gave information in the homework packets on how to make a silly weather vane at home.  Daniel brought in a great one that he made with his dad that was painted to look like Darth Vader from Star Wars.  Adrian created this cool one.

What did you make???  Send in your picture so we can add it to the blog!  Hopefully you get to test out the weather vanes this week at home now that the rain has passed!
-Mr. Linnet