No More Labels

I am so excited about my new discovery. Sharpie oil based paint pens! They are AH-Mazing. I no longer have to tape on name tags. I can write on their desks with the Sharpie pens. It stays on even through custodial cleaning. At the end of the year, I just have to write over it with a dry erase marker and it comes right off. Brilliant!

I write on everything now. I also use them at my house and have written quotes on my fridge. You can also use them to leave special notes for the people you love. A teacher friend of mine likes to steal my markers and leave me notes.

 

Want to get some for yourself? I purchased mine from Michaels, but you can also get them from Amazon. Click the picture.

 

Finally... Owl Pellets!

We have finally begun our adventure with the human body. We have counted bones, looked at movement through jumping rope and assembled a Mr. Bones character. We even tried to label as many bones as we could on a skeleton. We finally have started to find another skeleton inside an owl pellet. We use Foss Science kits and part of our kit is to disect and discover an owl pellet.

What is an owl pellet?
 When an owl eats it prey, it swallows it whole. Then an owl's body does something really amazing and digests everything but the fur and bones. It then throws the leftovers back up, thus producing an owl pellet.

We were a little grossed out at first, but once we realized we can wash our hands afterwards, we dug right in. We are in the process of animal identification and placing bones in the right place.

Be a Hero... Donate Blood

We had an assembly last week to kick off our annual blood drive. We learned there are many different types of heroes: firefighters, soldiers, doctors, nurses and so many more. But we also learned that anyone can be a hero if they donate blood.

The flyers were sent home last week and are due on Tuesday, March 17th. Please consider being a donor. The blood drive will be held in the Bloodmobile in our parking lot on Monday, April 13th from 1-6pm.

If students recruit a donor, they will receive a neon watch when that person donates. Plus, the class with the most donors will receive a pizza party. So let's donate some blood!

If you want to help but can't make the date.... check https://www.bloodhero.com/ for more information.

NDSU Bison Visit

On Wednesday of last week, we were so lucky to get to have some NDSU football players come to our school and read. The kids but mostly the teacher were super excited to get to listen to an awesome role model read them a book. What a fabulous experience! GO BISON!