Field Trip Dates

On Friday, March 20 our class will be attending the play "Afflicted: Daughters of Salem" at the MO History Museum.  Students will travel by bus and need to bring a cold lunch with a drink.  See details about the play on the permission slips that came home today..  As this is a ticketed event, I have only a couple spots for parent chaperones.  Please let me know right away if you are interested in volunteering.


SAVE THE DATE - 

Friday May 20 will be our Lutheran Heritage Field trip.  This is an extended day, arriving at 6:40 a.m. and returning at 5:30 p.m. that evening.  Please mark your calendars accordingly.  We will be studying immigration and the history of Lutherans in our area.  Our day will include a trip to the Altenburg Museum and Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna, MO.  This is a  colonial homestead where students will learn about the first Lutheran settlers and have an opportunity for trying chores such as gardening, churning butter, and grinding corn.  Thanks to a generous sponsorship from the PTL, we are able to take a charter bus for the trip and have a few extra seats for more parents to join us.  Again, let me know if you are interested!

End of the Quarter
Friday is GRANDPARENTS DAY, early dismissal at noon, and end of the 3rd quarter.  Report cards will come home Friday the 20th.  Note, grades on Edline will not be updated this week to allow for teachers to complete processing grades.  God has truly blessed me with this inquisitive class and their eagerness for learning.  We continue to grow together as we set goals for the new quarter.

Coming soon:  Research papers!  It may be time to restock pens, pencils, paper, and computer ink.  Also - check on replacing worn book covers to protect our texts.


Monster Genetics

Students took 12 traits for a Monster Mom and Monster Dad

Using Punnett squares, students calculated the combinations of alleles for each trait

Which traits were dominant? recessive? codominant?

From there, we created our own versions of the Monster Families!