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UPCOMING EVENTS

Registration is now open!  Any open spots will be available for new students on March 1st.  

Eggs and Pork are available now!  

Eggs - $4/doz

Sausage (mild) - $5/lb

Bratwurst - $6/lb (Comes in packages between 1.2 & 1.8lbs)

Italian Sausage (not hot!) - $6/lb (Comes in packages between 1.2 & 1.8lbs)

We will have a European culture day in class on Monday!  

Everyone can bring in a European food of your choice, tell about it and where its from, and we will celebrate!  (Remember... You are NOT allowed to stress out your parents over this.  Bring in a food if it works for your family!  Everyone please still bring in a lunch and water bottle.)

Valentine's Party - February 11th  (Decorate a shoe box at home and bring it in that day!)

We will head to Rock Eagle 4H Center (Eatonton, GA) on 4/25!  We will arrive in the morning and be taking group classes that relate to our science lessons this year.  Parents will be responsible for transportation or arranging transportation with another parent.  Permission slips and all information will be available soon!

Farm Fusion Journal Options (choose one)

• You did an awesome job with your adjective paper!  In your journal this week, I'd like you to work on complete sentences, punctuation, capitalization, and handwriting.  
• Choose ONE of the pictures below.  Carefully look at the people, animals, setting, and time period that you see and come up with your own story for the painting.  Write your story, and we will share them in class!



Dutch painting by Gerard ter Borch titled “A Maid Milking a Cow in a Barn”

"A Summer Scene” by Dutch artist Hendrik Meyer, ca. 1787



“Shepherdess and Her Flock,” ca. 1862-1863.

Language Arts

• You added the ADJECTIVE grammar card to your stack.  Study all of the cards, and PLEASE BRING THEM TO CLASS!
• Print this page or write the sentences on a separate sheet.  Circle all of the adjectives.

The Mystery of the Roman Colosseum

• Read chapters 11-15
• Here is the vocabulary list for chapters.  It's very short!

• 1.	adorned		decorated
  2.	brocade		richly woven fabric
  3.	gelato		Italian style ice cream
  4.	Solstice		Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.
  5.	spires		steeples that taper to a point

• Click here to find the Quizlet games for this vocabulary list.  Of course, you can study them in any way you'd like... as long as you learn them!
• See if you can use your sundial.  All you need is a compass... and remember to adjust for Daylight Savings Time!

Field Guide

• There are so many great locations to add to your field guide, and you are doing a great job with this!  Keep it up as you read!

Reader's Journal

• If you could visit any European country, which one would you visit?  Why?  What would you like to do there?  How would you plan your trip? 

Geography

• If you'd like, bring in a food from one of the European countries that we have studied.   You will still need to bring a lunch!
• We made some new country paper bags in class.  Let's add information notecards to them!  Research and write information on ANY of the following countries (You CAN make as many notecards as you'd like... and you can research as many countries as you'd like!)  We'll add the new notecards to our bags and get ready for our in class project!
• Sweden
• Norway
• Poland
• Hungary
• Austria
• Ukraine
• Greece
• Bosnia

Science

• We are learning about the different ways to classify plants.  First, we will be learning about non-vascular plants like mosses and liverworts.  The fancy word for these are bryophytes.  They don't have seeds, but reproduce with spores.
• Do you remember what "vascular" means?
• Click on this link - http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_moss.html 
• Read through the information.
• Watch the video at the bottom.
• Here are some other helpful videos!
  
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