Elements of Art Zentangle Trees

For the last few weeks we have been working on a beautiful art that combines the students' knowledge of warm and cool colors and line. Inside the tree, students used a variety of line designs known as Zentangles.

The finished pieces are truly beautiful.

Student Created Videos

For the past few days, students have been creating videos on my iPad using Educreations to explain a word problem to the rest of the class. They had to understand what was being asked in the problem, come up with a solution, write an explanation, and make sure it was all done in a way that someone else could easily solve the same word problem.

The students absolutely loved making their videos. I hope you'll check them out and see what they were able to create. It's amazing what they are able to do!

TABLE 1- Victoria, Zachary, Noelle, Esha, Dante, and Vedant

TABLE 2- Akanksha, Simona, Shivani, Anvita, Sri, and Meron

TABLE 3- Connor, Kina, Nikita, and Div

TABLE 4- Emily, Kendall, Julian, and Adelric

TABLE 5- Joey, Dalynn, Alicia, Sarada, Xiuyuan, and Sathya

TABLE 6- Maille, Aashritha, Vaishali, Andrew, Paolo, and Cody

Science Fair

Hello Future Scientists and families:

Mohr's Science Fair is coming soon.  It is Tuesday, March 4th.   In order to start thinking about a project, look for information that will be coming out in the Eagle Express through email.  The first event is next Thursday, Feb. 6th.  We will be selling the science boards used for displaying your science project.  They are being sold for $3.00.  You can purchase one after school in the library from 3:15 - 3:45pm.  Any boards left over can be bought through the office.  If you are writing a check please make it payable to PTA.

We are looking forward to another successful Science Fair here at Mohr School.  Should you have any questions please feel free to contact Linda Stanford at: lstanford@pleasantonusd.net

The Most Important Element is...

Check out this Google Story Builder to hear a discussion between Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen as they argue who is the most important element on Earth. Click on the link below to hear their conversations.

The Most Important Element is...

Think about two or three characters you would want to have talk to each other. They could be from your favorite book or a school subject you love! You'll be making your own Story soon!

Permission Slips

Today, students brought home two important permission slips. First, the StopWaste program. They will be in our classroom next Wednesday to talk to the students about how to prevent waste at our school. In order for the students to participate, they need the permission slip signed. Second, DARE. Today the students met Officer Batoy who will be their DARE officer this year. Students need to have the permission slip to participate in the program.

1) StopWaste permission slip due Tuesday, January 21st
2) DARE permission slip due Thursday, January 23rd

If you have any questions about either of the programs, please email me.