Monday, October 10, 2011

New Week!

Today is the start of a new week.  All seems fine, and Oreo is doing great.  Still don't forget veggie, lawn, and dandelion scraps if un-treated.  October 28th Halloween party, bring treats and snacks.  More information on that in a later blog post.  Still gerbils left, so if you brought home a gerbil permission slip or your kid brought one to you, make sure you bring that back to school for a chance to get a brand new pet.


Writing test today!!!   -EEK!-
Telling more about that after!

Bye!

Friday, October 7, 2011

This Week!

Hello!

Today is Friday, so blogging time!

Oreo is running low on greens, so don't forget to save your natural kitchen scraps.  Also, you can bring garden soil, spongey wood, and vegetable scraps in for our vermiculture bin. Oreo LOVES dandelion stems and grass clippings too, so next time you pull weeds or mow your lawn bag and bring them as long as they haven't been treated with pesticides or fertilizers.

We are working on projects now rather than centers, and this course is on microorganisms. Don't forget to possibly work on them over the weekend. Project packets due 10-24-11!

Writing test  today and Monday, don't forget to brain storm over the weekend.

I.D. came today and everyone looks great!

Parents, don't forget to not sign planners unless you talk!

Bye!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

This Week in Mrs. Dahl's Class

Hi again!


Last week ended on Thursday!  So, end of week blog.  This week has been all in all fun.  We began our beautiful decomposition chamber bottles, one for each table.  We began a brand new seating arrangement after our center groups started last week.  We now sit in our center groups for core time at our tables.

Our bio-bottles are made of :
 Clear, 2 liter plastic soda bottle
 potting soil
garden soil
kale
tape
water

Here's how we made them:
1.  Cut plastic soda bottle top off right before it slopes to  the neck.  Place top to the side.
2.  Pour 1 cup sterilized potting soil into bottle base.
3.  Tape top spout opening towards the soil into the bottle.
4.  Dump 1/4 c. garden soil through bottle neck and shake two soils into a mixture.
5.  Tear off  2 grams of kale and stuff through bottle opening.
6.  Each day, observe decomposition chamber and record data.  If doing more than one bottle, make graphs or charts.  Draw full color pictures even!