Brave, Bold Opinions #tcrwp

We've embarked on a new Writing Unit of Study...writing our opinions in order to change the world!  Alas, before we get too carried away, we're trying our hand at small, little changes in our local world -- RES.

So, after a class conversations about little changes we'd like to see to make RES a better place, we struck out to write mini-speeches in order to convince Mr. Berry to see our side of the issue.  At the end of our first class, Mr. Berry happened upon our classroom and listened in on our opinions, and even gave us some excellent advice to make our speeches even stronger!

We think that the RES Cafe should have breakfast as a lunch option more often!



After listening to Mr. Berry's sage advice, we put the finishing touches on our speeches and sent them off with Mr. Berry to give to Chef James...

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We're anxiously awaiting Chef James' thoughts on the subject...stay tuned!
UPDATE January 25:

  
Chef James stopped by to check in with us regarding our speeches about more breakfast.  We were quite pleased to hear Chef say that we have convinced him to not only offer breakfast more often, but to also offer more choices when breakfast is served for lunch!!  Woohoo!

Coming Soon: RES Science Fair

(Posted on behalf of RES Enrichment Teacher Darcie Rankin)

The RES Enrichment Program is excited to announce the annual

FAMILY SCIENCE FAIR  !COMING SOON!

Thursday March 10^th, 2016

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We look forward to the excellent projects presented by students in grades K-4!  Please mark your calendars and start thinking about how you would like to participate.

Do you have a science fair project in mind?  Here are some ways to make a plan:

ü  Expand upon an interesting topic you have studied in class

ü  Think about a topic that interests you, or a science question that you are curious about

ü  Talk to family and friends to brainstorm ideas for a project

ü  Stop by the enrichment room and borrow a fair idea book and talk with Mrs. Rankin

ü  Check out science project resources in the library

The RES Science Fair is a non-judged family event.  Students are encouraged to work together with family and friends to develop a project they are proud of presenting to our community.  Your entry does not have to be a science experiment. It may be as simple as a display of your leaf collection or as complex as an experiment on how the circulatory system works.  Look at the world around you. What are you curious about? What interests you?  Ask why something is the way it is. Do experiments, demonstrate a scientific principle, make observations of the world around you, design and make something or collect and analyze data.  Most importantly- be creative and HAVE FUN!

In a few weeks Science Fair entry forms will be sent home.  At that time you will be asked to share your planned science fair topic as well as any special display requirements you have.

Questions?

Contact: Darcie Rankin, Enrichment Teacher by email at darcie.rankin@cesuvt.org