news and notes 4/17/2008

Upcoming Events:
Farm Trips

April 21
Star Route Farm, 95 Olema Bolinas Rd, Bolinas, CA 94924

April 28
McCormack Sheep Ranch, Rio Vista

April 29
Pie Ranch, Davenport, CA

April 30
People's Grocery, Oakland, CA (1/2 day trip, 10:00 - 1:00)

Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito, CA

Oyster Ranch Driver, Drakes Bay, CA

May 1
Sunol Farm, Sunol, CA

City Slickers, Berkeley, CA (1/2 day trip)

May 8 (Note the date change!)
Frog Hollow, Brentwood, CA

Homework:

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use Reading Log 2.0

Writing: Choose a poem and practice saying it aloud, due Thursday. Try these sites to search for poems Poem Hunter and Giggle Poetry.

Humanities: Urban Farm Webquest, due Wednesday 4/23

Math:
U6 and U9 pages in SMJ and SL

World Languages:
Reflect on game, due Friday.
Take notes on family, due Monday.

Other:
Memorize your lines for drama

Notes:

Today we experimented with listening to music and drawing pictures to inspire poetry. Our visit yesterday from poets John Solt and Ray Craig really helped us to imagine more possibilities for poetry. John and Ray talked about how poetry can be pictures, music, sounds and most importantly exploration. I hope we'll be able to do a lot of exploration during poetry month.

Joke:

When a fellow called a motel and asked how much they charged for a room, the clerk told him that the rates depended on room size and number of people. “Do you take children?” the man asked.
“No, sir,” replied the clerk. “Only cash and credit cards.”

Hot Choco:
Ben 4/21