Kiker's Strength-Based Learning Cohort

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Click on the links below to further deepen your meteorology skills! Cloud Appreciation http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/gallery/#p=1&i=0 National Severe Weather Photos http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/index.html Weather Whiz Kids http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-links.htm Weather Adventure http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kalani/index2.cfm Tree House Weather Kids http://urbanext.illinois.edu/treehouse/index.cfm

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Hello, meteorologists! First, click on the link below to use the interactive thermometer. What do you notice about the temperature changes? http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/thermometer.html Then, follow the link below and click on What's the Weather? to dress the bear. http://archive.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AirandWeather/index.html Make sure you read all directions. Have fun! Mrs. Blake

Dear Super Second Graders, Use the links below to get a preview of our field trip tomorrow. Remember to use your reading strategies as you go! 1. Who is the Bob Bullock Museum named after? http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/about/bob-bullock 2. What do you expect to learn about on the first floor of the museum? The second floor? The third floor? http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/exhibits/overview 3. What do you think these objects might be? Who might've used them? When? Make a prediction, then be ready to find them tomorrow! 4. What do you think the object on the left could be? Why? How do you know? 5. Watch the preview of our IMAX movie, Flight of the Butterflies. What do you expect to learn from the movie? http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/flight-of-the-butterflies

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Our third graders braved the cold yesterday to explore our State Capitol. Both the weather AND the facts that we learned were totally cool! We toured the House Chamber... ...and the Senate. We learned a lot about our state's history, including some of the most significant battles... ...and how property was used as payment. We even got to emboss our "titles" with the official seal of Texas! We travelled back in time to see what life was life in early Texas...  ...and imagined what it would be like to hold the star and sword like Lady Liberty herself! We saw a cutaway model of the capitol building... ...and the real thing! Some of us had so much fun we dreamt about it on the way back. :) Fun with a capital F! Check out the link below to learn even more about our State Capitol! http://www.senate.state.tx.us/kids/Tour1.htm