Update: Independent Project Presentation Coming Up!

Hello Everyone,

Quick post about some important things coming up!

Independent Projects:

Now we are into crunch time! I enjoyed watching many of you beginning to build dioramas, make handouts, create PowerPoints, make cartoons, write explanations, and more to display your information. Great work! 

PLEASE think about how your presentation will be interactive. On the day of presentations, you will be set up around the room and visitors will come through to look at all the tables. They may not have time to watch an entire PowerPoint! What visuals will be up around your station or attached to your table so you get their attention? Each of you will have a sign with a name and your topic, but the rest is up to you.

REMINDER: All handouts, brochures, zines, etc. that need to be photocopied must be to Ms. D by Thursday morning.

REMINDER: Your bibliography must be printed and visible at your station on presentation day.

INVITE: Tell your parents that we are doing the presentations from 12-2 on June 23rd, Friday, We will have lunch early, then set up, followed by clean up and free choice time to celebrate.

Deep Cove Kayaking Tuesday, June 20th:

We are off to Deep Cove on Tuesday! Yay! Please note the following to prepare for the trip:

Be on time, we leave at 9AM so we can go find parking, get settled, and check in for our 10:15 kayaking time.

Eat a breakfast with a protein and good carbs, so you are ready! We are on the water for two full hours from 10:15-12:15.

 

Bring a small snack you can have when we arrive, before we get in kayaks.

Bring a lunch to have afterwards, as well as something you can sit on, such as a towel or small blanket. No beach chairs or bulky items please. Make sure everything in your lunch is disposable. If you have cold items, don’t forget to put in a cold pack.

Don’t bring valuables please. Backpacks will be left in the hut at the beach, but I don’t want any valuables. No cameras or phones left behind in backpacks. If you have those items, we should probably lock them in the car. You won’t be able to take pictures while boating because you have a paddle in your hands. We will potentially get wet while boating.

Dress appropriately. We go rain or shine. Look at the weather report. Wear light shirts and jackets that can comfortably go under a life jacket. Shorter jackets are better because you sit down inside the kayak and you will be more comfortable. Do not wear heavy clothing such as jeans or bulky coats! 

Wear water resistant shoes! We will get our feet wet when getting into the boats because we enter from the beach. Water shoes that are snug on your feet are best, because flip flops often come off when trying to walk in the water. No runners.

Bring a change of clothes just in case: You may get wet and want to change.

Wear sunscreen, even if it is raining! The water creates a glare, so even when it is cloudy or raining you still need it. Put it on before you come to school.

Bring a hat and sunglasses that will stay ON. You don’t want to lose your hat or glasses out on the water, so make sure if you wear a hat that it is not uncomfortable, it is secured, and you can wear it the whole time, or don’t wear them. There’s not a place to put anything in the boat.

Partners: If your parent is coming with us, you are partnered with them. Otherwise, you are with an assigned partner, as we are all in double kayaks.

Bring water! — for both after the boating and for lunch.

After we boat: From 12:15-1:15, we will be having lunch and then, depending on how many parents are with us and how quickly you eat, having a small group go to the playground, another to go walking at the beach, and a small group that can go up the street for ice cream if they want. If you bring money, put it in a plastic sandwich bag and keep it in a pocket on you, not in your backpack. BUT, we all need to meet back at 1:15 to get ready to leave.

LEAVE AT 1:15! We will all meet at the grass area near the beach at 1:15 and leave no later than 1:30 from Deep Cove to return to school, just so we beat any traffic.

See you next week!

Ms. D