This Week

Here's a quick update of some important events & dates happening this week as our 2nd trimester comes to a close. Last Friday was the final day for 2nd trimester grades. Today is the beginning of 3rd trimester. We're already two-thirds of the way through 5th grade!

Assignments:

• Rosa Parks Google Classroom assignment due Wed, 3/11
• Topic E Math Quiz Thurs 3/12
• continue working on Hatchet presentation

Important Dates:

• Thurs 3/12 & Fri 3/13 are minimum days. School gets out at 12:30.
• Report Cards will be sent home Friday 3/13
• BYOD 3/13

Next week:

• Historical essays will be finished
• Book Fair 3/16- 3/20

Spring Break is 3/30-4/6. School resumes on Tuesday, April 7th. 

Donations

Our class is in need of two items: glue sticks and tissue boxes. As allergy season kicks in, we're running through tissues at a rapid pace. We have also gone through almost 200 glue sticks since August.

If you are interested in donating either item please have your child bring it to school.

Thank you in advance!

Wheelchair Foundation

During the next several weeks, Mohr School is is participating in a district-wide effort to support the Wheelchair Foundation. The 3 primary goals of the project are:

• raise awareness about the need for mobility in the world
• sensitize students to the issues faced by people with intellectual/developmental and physical disabilities
• raise money to provide wheelchairs for those in need

This year, our monetary goal at Mohr is to collect donations that represent $2.50 per student. That would be the equivalent of providing approximately 12 wheelchairs for people who are unable to afford one. For less than the price of a school lunch, students can change a life by giving the gift of hope and mobility.

Donations in any amount are welcome, and may be made in the form of cash, checks (to the “Wheelchair Foundation”), or online at http://del-corazon.org/to-donate-to-the-wheelchair-foundation/.

Thank you for supporting this worthy cause and wonderful lesson in compassion for our students!

Lawrence Livermore National Lab

We had a great time at our field trip to the Livermore Lab. They have a ton of hands on experiments for the class to try out. I've posted some photos and videos from the experiments. All the students commented on how much they enjoyed it.

Some questions to ask your students:

• What are good conductors of electricity?
• What are good insulators of electricity?
• How can you make a gas turn into a solid?
• How much energy did you create by using the bicycle?

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Guest Blogger- Anjali

Happy Valentine's Day!

We started off the day at 

Lawrence Livermore Lab!

We had a great time 

doing experiments

involving rockets,

liquid nitrogen, 

elephant toothpaste,

lasers,

electricity,

balloons,

marshmallows,

and 

air pressure!

When we came back to class,

we had a Valentine's Day celebration!

Once again,

Happy Valentine's Day!

 More photos and videos from today's field trip to come!