Today will be our final day together.  I look forward to seeing you at the class meeting.  It will not be a long meeting today.  It will be our chance to say good-bye to our friends and share what our plans for the summer are.

We do have some summer birthdays coming up and being that it is now officially summer, we thought we would share a birthday message from some of our in-class learners.  Jocelyn and Zahra were excited to share their birthday news report with all of you.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1purHCeO6Nsqu93aqoDACGF034XLdE2pT/view

Yesterday, we took pleasure in working with wool and sticks.  We did some yarn bombing.  June 11 was national yarn bomb day in which wool and yarn gave warmth to some natural and non-natural items in communities.  Here are a few examples of what I am talking about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You, too, can have some fun with yarn and sticks. Here is what we did in class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week, you had a chance to read about the brain.  Here are a few more interesting facts about the brain.

Give your brain a rest.  Your brain never stops thinking, even when you sleep.  In fact, you need sleep so that your brain can process all the information it has collected during the day.  To help your brain do this, you need about 9-10 hours of sleep each night.

Therefore, get plenty of rest over the summer months!

Brains can change.  Your brain is more like plastic than cement.  It will change with each experience you have – and it will grow!  That’s called neuroplasticity.

So make sure you have plenty of amazing experiences over the summer so that your brain can change.

How does your brain get smarter?  With practice.  When you learn something new, like the words to a song, you make new connections between the message-carrying cells of your brain, or neurons.  As you practice, the neurons carrying that message grow branch-like structures (dendrites) that act like antennae.  They pick up the message more quickly and clearly each time.  With enough practice, those song-learning neurons help you remember the words without even hearing the music.

Try this out, practice and experience  in order to support your song-learning neurons:

https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/think-like-a-scientist?s=Discover&t=Wo6/22/20-FP-4A-Featured%20on%20GoNoodle&sid=1796&x=1&y=2&mft=simple%20row

So take time to practice and review all that you have learned this year and move from good to better to your personal best with practice!

We will see you at 10 a.m.  Join the team meeting by going to the Division 9 Teams and clicking on the calendar.  Press join.  Arrive with microphone and camera off.  Please be respectful with the chat and remember to use your wonderful attentive listening skills.

Have a terrific Together Tuesday,

Mrs. E.