news and notes 4/25/08

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
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

Humanities: Decide on the questions you'll ask farmers, due MONDAY

Math:
U6 and U9 pages in SMJ and SL

Science: Do reading and answer questions, due Tuesday.

Other:
Memorize your lines for drama
Permission slips for farm trips, due MONDAY

Notes:

Earth Day was a smashing success and the Day of Silence was an amazing learning experience for many members of our school community. It's great to see us learning together as an entire community. I hope the farm trips will be equally powerful learning experiences.

Joke:

Knock, knock!
Who's there?
Dwayne.
Dwayne who?
Dwayne the bathtub, I'm dwowning.

Hot Choco:
Ben 4/24