Bye Grade 6!

OH NO!!! I've moved!!!!!!!!!!!! To see Miss S' Room 500 blog, please click the link!

Friday - Rebecca Black

The music video for Rebecca Black's "Friday" has been removed from YouTube!

Although this can only be a good thing, it wasn't taken down for the reasons that you're probably hoping it was removed! Yes, the song is laughably bad and probably should have been taken down months ago as a result, but the real reason is a disagreement between BLack and her record label. Earlier in the week, Ark Music began charging viewers with a $2.99 pay wall to watch the video on the site. Black's legal team responded with a YouTube take down notice and are threatening legal action if the record label does not comply.
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Llama Font

There’s a website that changes your words to llamas!

It's called llamafont.com. All your letters turn into llamas! We gave it a try, and this is what we came up with:

Angry Birds

The enemies in Angry Birds were inspired by swine flu!

In an interview with game developer Rovio Mobile’s Ville Heijari, the origins of the rascally swine were revealed. In 2009, during the game’s development, the swine flu epidemic was at its height, and so the game’s creators were inspired to make green, sickly pigs. The developers at Rovio Mobile estimate that fans of Angry Birds play the game for over 1 million hours each day on iPhones alone!
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The average giant panda eats for 12 hours a day!

And it's usually nothing but bamboo for the whole 12 hours! Bamboo isn't very nutritious, so they have to eat a lot of it to stay alive, about 84 pounds every day. Pandas also travel around a lot; an individual panda's home range typically spans 1.9 square miles. That's a lot of ground to cover. If the bamboo isn't plentiful, that range can get even larger. Also, when facing bamboo shortages, pandas have been known to eat grass, fruit, insects, dead animals, and even live rodents.

The voice of the Woody dolls ins't Tom Hanks, it's his brother Jim.

Jim Hanks is also an actor. He has plenty of on-screen roles, but a lot of his acting credits come from voice-over work as Woody from Toy Story. He pretty much plays Woody in all of his non-movie appearances. He also was his brother Tom’s “running double” in Forrest Gump. Check out his IMDB profile.

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All zebras have unique stripes

The zebra stripes are some of the most distinct markers in the animal kingdom. Like a human being's fingerprints, no two sets of zebra stripes are exactly alike.

While no two zebras are the same, in general the zebras' patterns are most similar to other members of their own species. That way, you can tell which of the 3 zebra species a given zebra belongs to, by recognizing general pattern similarities. This might also be the way that zebras are able to recognize one another!
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Left-handed people might have an advantage in playing video games

At least, Gamestop seems to think so. They cite research from the journal Neuropsychology that claims lefties outperform righties in tasks that involve handling a lot of information and stimuli. This would include driving while talking, flying a plane, and, more importantly, playing video games!

The research has shown that data that is usually only processed by the left hemisphere of the brain of right-handed people is processed by both hemispheres in lefties. Anatomically, the connection between the two hemispheres is larger and better for left-handed people, which makes them process data more quickly.

You can see more of this explained here.

Agenda - The last one of Grade 6! :(

Students, please remember to bring the following to school with you tomorrow

• P.J.s/comfy clothes for tomorrow afternoon
• Pillow
• Snacks
• Plastic bags/other things to help you carry your supplies home tomorrow
• Swimming stuff (We are swimming at 10:00-11:00 tomorrow)
• Anything else?

Agenda - FRIDAY

Today is the last Friday of the school year! After today, we have 3 "regular" class days left.  We went through desks and lockers today in an attempt to make next week a bit easier on kids' backpacks.  Some "stuff" might be coming home today.
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Miss S. is away Monday morning and Mrs. Fuchs will be in
• Talent show Monday at 1:00
• Awards ceremony (yes, the big one) on Tuesday at 1:00. 
• Swimming Wednesday morning
• Last day of school Wednesday
• Spelling test Monday
• Library books are due TODAY! Rhiannon, Kevin, Breyden, Enrico

Agenda - Thursday

• Spelling test Monday
• Bring back library books (due Friday)
• French projects!
• ITN

Agenda - Wednesday

And the countdown continues - After today, we will have 5 (yes, FIVE) school days left in this school year! Students will start bringing lost treasures home starting today, and gradually clean up more as the week progresses.  Today, 600 spent a while talking about things they love and will miss about being a student at Davison School.  I'm excited to let Miss Haas know that "Shamus" made MANY lists!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• French presentations continue tomorrow
• Heritage Fair tomorrow (Grade 5)
• Is there anything your parents do NOT want to see come home? (Stuff we can throw in the garbage in school instead of hauling everything home to be thrown out there ie: notes, school work, projects etc.)
• If any parents would like photos from this year, send a USB drive to school and I will copy them for you.

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Math #1-5 due tomorrow
• Bring ALL library books back ASAP
• French presentations continue tomorrow.  Bring everything you need.  If you still aren't finished, take it home tonight

Agenda - Monday

Happy Monday! We had a chilly swimming experience this morning, but had a great time overall! It is hard to believe that this is the last full week of classes in the school year! Good luck to all band and choir students at your concert tonight!
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Band concert tonight at 7:00.
• Last day to return library books without charge is this Friday (June 22nd)
• French projects are DUE TOMORROW! Presentations will take place in period 2.

Swimming

Our first visit to the pool was earlier today! We will go again this coming Monday, then again on the last day of school! By the looks of things, students had a blast!

First Nations Games of Chance

On Thursday we spent our math class outside playing various First Nations games of chance as a part of our unit on probability.  Students enjoyed the opportunity to try out new games using things like rocks, sticks, and other parts of nature.

Agenda - Friday!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Band concert - Monday at 7:00 p.m.
• Bring back all library books before the 22nd to avoid being charged
• Swimming Monday

June Early D Agenda

Happy Short Thursday!
Not too terribly much to report today, as we've only been here a few hours today :)

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Swimming tomorrow in the morning - (Book reports, Math Pods, ITN, Something Good)
• Library tomorrow - Bring all books back to return! (Additional rules to follow)
• Band Concert on Monday @ 7:00 p.m.

Agenda - Wednesday (June 13)

Today marks the two week mark before summer begins for Davison students!  We have a lot to get through in the next 10 school days so I hope everyone is ready for partial chaos!
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Early D tomorrow
• Spelling lesson 17 - Due Friday
• Swimming - Friday
• Band concert - Monday @ 7:00 p.m.

7% of Americans believe Elvis is still alive

 
Some people even theorize that the body that is currently buried 6 feet underground in Graceland is actually a wax model, and that the real Elvis was spotted hopping on a plane to Buenos Aires 2 hours before his official time of death, going by the alias "John Burrows".

In reality, Elvis was found dead on his bathroom floor on August 16, 1977. He was overweight and his health was deteriorating due to his drug use. He suffered from glaucoma, high blood pressure, liver damage, and an enlarged colon, and he may have been suffering from degenerative arthritis as well. He was pronounced dead at 3:30 pm at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Though he is most certainly dead, he lives on through his music.

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Make sure everything you need for french is here tomorrow
• New spelling lists go home today
• Spelling Lesson 17 sheets - due Friday
• Swimming Forms - Cheyenne, Kevin
• Report Cards - Rhiannon, Kevin
• ITN - Enrico, Kevin, Rhiannon, Sarah, Shynika, Faith, David
• Library books - June 22nd (to avoid charge)

Whats up in 600?!

I'm finally back at Davison after what seems like a very long time away! Today was the day when all grade six teachers in the division got together to take a look at the RAD tests we did a few weeks back, and Friday I was gone to the U of R for my convocation! I asked my subs who were in for me to let me know what I missed while away, and also to take some photos of the neat events 600 got to take part in!

On Friday, 600 got a visit from some of the Mils baseball players who were here to introduce themselves, answer a few questions and sign autographs!

This morning our class travelled to Yorkton alongside the grade 4 and 3 classes from Davison to attend the GSSD Pow Wow! I can hardly wait to hear how the morning went from everyone tomorrow morning. Judging by the photos Mrs. Klus took, I really missed out!

Agenda - Friday

I hope everyone is having a fantastic day with Mrs. Douhaniuk while I'm convocating in Regina.
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Bring french materials with you for Monday
• I'm gone again Monday to mark the RAD tests with Miss Nashiem and the other grade 6 teachers in the division - Mrs. Klus will be in for me
• Any outstanding ITN/book reports/Tales projects are all OVERDUE.  These need to be in by Monday! (I'm starting to do report cards, and I'm missing a lot of work) Check the "Missing Assignments" tab!
• We are not swimmig Monday - This was a mistake in the announcements
•  Pow Wow is on Monday - Please remember to bring a lunch, as you will not have enough time to go home and be back in time for period 4. 
• POW WOW PERMISSION SLIPS - DAVID, SHYNIKA, KEVIN.. (Anyone else?) You may not go on this trip if your permission slip hasn't been signed and returned
• Enjoy your weekend! See you all Tuesday!
• Anything else?
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Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Mrs. Douhaniuk in for Miss S. tomorrow
• School yard clean up tomorrow during period 6
• Bring supplies for French tomorrow *(if you'd like to use them on your house)
• Spelling test tomorrow
• Mills visit tomorrow during period 3
• Powwow Monday - BRING YOUR PERMISSION SLIPS IN BY TOMORROW!!

Fire Rainbows

There’s a rare phenomenon called fire rainbows!

The fire rainbow is the rarest of all naturally occurring phenomena. The clouds must be cirrus and at an altitude of 20,000 feet at least. There must be just the right amount of ice crystals present, as well.
The sun has to hit the clouds at exactly 58 degrees. It makes the rainbow appear to be on fire, hence the name. It’s actually cold as ice, though. In the weather world, the phenomena is known as a circumhorizontal arc.
It isn’t a traditional rainbow, per se, but an effect that happens when light passes through wispy cirrus clouds at high altitudes. Even more specifically, the hexagonal ice crystals that make up the cirrus clouds must be shaped like thick plates with their faces parallel to the ground for the fire rainbow to appear.
The light enters through a vertical side face of the hexagon and leaves through the bottom causing the light to refract, or bend, like in a prism. If the crystals are aligned precisely, then the whole cloud lights up as a rainbow.
(Source)

Agenda - Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!!
The Davison track meet is scheduled for tomorrow! As long as the rain stays away, we are sure to have a great day!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Listen to GX94 tomorrow morning between 7:30 and 8:00 for cancellation notices for the track meet! If it is a go, make sure you have:
• A water bottle
• Bug spray/Sun screen
• Layered clothing
• Walk and Roll tomorrow - All students and staff are encouraged to NOT use a vehicle to get to school tomorrow. Bike, walk, run, skip, dance, whatever your way to school tomorrow!
• Powwow/Swimming forms for Thursday

Agenda - Monday

Happy Sunday everyone!

June 6th has been designated 'WALK and ROLL' DAY throughout the Good Spirit School Division. ALL STAFF and STUDENTS are encouraged to choose ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION as their means of getting to school (walking, biking, running etc.) Health Canada reports that only 27% of Canadian achieve health benefits from enough daily physical activity. This is our track meet day at Davison and we encourage parents and family members to "Walk and Roll" to watch your child'/children events.

• Any presentations for Tales Heroes Deeds and Wonders will be tomorrow
• ITN - Garry, Enrico, Kevin (2), Rhiannon, Sarah (2) Shynika, Faith, Kaylee, Tori, Jasmine, David
• Walk and Roll day - Wednesday
• Track Meet - Wednesday
• Powwow permission forms/Swimming forms - There are still MANY missing
• Pleae bring cardboard boxes tomorrow
• Report Cards - Kevin, Rhiannon, Shynika
• Tennis clinic tomorrow

Giraffes

Baby giraffes fall 5-6 feet to the ground when they are born.

As the tallest land mammals, adult giraffes unsurprisingly also have really long legs. This is no picnic for their newborn babies, however. They enter the world to a fall of up to 6 feet!

After about an hour, the calf is able to stand up. It's able to run with its mother after 10 hours of being born, and in four months' time it will be able to eat leaves.
(Sources: 1, 2)

Agenda - Friday

Happy Friday everyone!Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Book reports/Reading challenges are now overdue
• Spelling lesson 16 - Due today - extension until Monday
• Kevin, Rhiannon and Shynika - Report Cards
• ITN - I'm expecting that if you owe me one, it will be ready to present by Monday
• Powwow permission forms go home today - Due Thursday June 7th
• Parent information night @ The Comp Monday @ 7:00.  Please bring all forms then

Hi 600! I hope you're having a great day and enjoying the sun!! I will be back tomorrow! Please note the following in your agendas First Nations storytelling presentations tomorrow Book reports and reading logs due tomorrow

Agenda - Wednesday

Hi 600!
I hope you're enjoying your day with Mr. Peterson while I am away! I'll also be gone tomorrow (to mark Grade 6 exemplars) and Mrs. Fuchs will be in for me.  I trust that everyone will be kind, friendly, and respectful to both Mrs. Fuchs and Mr. Peterson. 
Please note the following in your agendas:

• First Nation's Storytelling presentations will be on Friday - Be ready!
• Since I won't be at school until Friday, you have a few extra days to finish your Heroes projects.  I will be doing a homework check Friday
• Book reports/Reading logs due Friday
• Anything else?

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Book report - Due Friday
• Myths final project due tomorrow
• Kevin, Rhiannon, Jesse, Shynika, and Kaylee Report Cards
• All Comp. Forms are going home today, as well as monthly newsletter/principal announcement

Monday - Agenda

Happy Monday! Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Book reports are due this week! - Friday
• Book orders due tomorrow
• Myths final project - due Wednesday.  I will give you more class time to work, however if you haven't started yet, take this home!
• Summer Arts Program brochure goes home today - All questions will be answered by Community Works

Bohemian Rhapsody

When it was released, Bohemian Rhapsody was the most expensive song ever produced
It's Queen's most famous song and was written by the band's lead singer Freddie Mercury. It doesn't have a chorus and instead has three parts: a ballad ending with a guitar solo, an opera passage, and it ends with hard rock.
The reason for the single being so expensive probably lies with the fact that it was a truly unprecedented song. Many people consider it ahead of its time because of how complex some of the techniques they used to record it.
The band rehearsed for 3 weeks before recording it, and the whole song took 3 weeks to record after that! The song wasn't recorded all at once, but in different sections. Mind you, some of these sections weren't just at different times of the song, but also different layers of the song.
The vocals were also extremely complex. Some of the opera chorus vocals were recorded continually for 10 to 12 hours a day, and they pushed the limits of what the current recording tapes allowed them to do. To give you an example of the kind of stuff they did, they had 120 vocal tracks that they had to fit in 24-track tapes.
In the end, though the result was one of the best songs of all time, and a song that has stayed in public consciousness until this day.
(Source)

Friday Already?!

After a very short, very cold week at school we're already thisclose to another weekend! Hopefully everyone can enjoy some snow-free weather over the 5th last weekend of the school year!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Comp visit on Monday.  We need to be at the Comp by 9:20 on Monday morning, and since we are walking, we need to leave Davison ASAP.  Please make sure you are ON TIME on Monday morning!  We will be back before lunch.
• Book orders are due Tuesday
• Green "secret message" math pods sheets will be due MONDAY.

A woman had a waist that is about as wide as a jar of mayonnaise

 
Cathie Jung of Old Mystic, Connecticut has a waist that is only 15 inches wide! Her strange body type stems from the fact that she has worn corsets every days for over 12 years. She claims now to wear corsets 24 hours a day and boasts a collection of over 100 varieties!

She's not a naturally small person either. Her hips and bust are each 39 inches. In 1985, Jung decided to spend the next 7 years shrinking her waist. She imported corsets from England, and gradually worked her way down to her current size. She likes how it looks, but her daughter objected to her showing up to her school looking like that.

Her Guinness Records page. Or, if you want to see more pictures of Jung and her tiny waist, check out her website.

Agenda Thursday

• Swimming forms got e-mailed/sent yesterday and today. Please bring those back ASAP
• Something Good is now overdue
• Information package from the Comp will be sent out soon by Mrs. Kriger.  Parent information night will be June 4th

cschmelinsky@mail.gssd.ca You may get someone in your household to e-mail your Something Good to me

Welcome back! Agenda - Wednesday

I hope everyone had a great long weekend and are now ready to take on the rest of the school year! There are 26 more days of school left this year! Where has this time gone?!

Please note the following in your agendas:

• New Davison principal next year!
• Something Good - Good Copy due Tomorrow
• Missing book reports are now posted on the Missing Assignments tab
• ITN - Kevin, Jesse, Kaylee, David, Sarah... others? You know who you are

Ants can be used as stitches!

Ants can be used as stitches.

The ant can be placed on a cut, and the ant will bite the edges. It will lock on with its mandibles sealing the wound closed like a stitch or a suture. At this time you can remove the ant from it mandibles. The mandibles can remain in place for days as the wound heals.

You can watch this video to see how it works!

Agenda - Friday

Its Friiiiday Friiiiday! Happy May long weekend!

• Book orders due May 29th
• Spelling test Wednesday
• Please don't come back here until Wednesday!

In 61 years, the 24 rabbits introduced to Australia for sport grew to 400 million! Every year, these non-native animals cause millions of dollars of crop damage.

A pioneer named Thomas Austin brought the rabbits from England to his property in Australia for hunting. The rabbits reproduced so fast that 10 years later, 2 million rabbits were being shot annually without making a dent in the population. It was the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal anywhere in the world.

The rabbits have devastated crops and native plant species, killed young trees in orchards and contributed to erosion by digging up topsoil. The rabbit problem has gotten so bad that Australians have resorted to using poison, bulldozers, and ferrets to keep the population at bay.

On the plus side, during the Great Depression there was always a readily available food supply.

Agenda - Thursday

Please note the following in your agendas:

• Math exemplars TOMORROW
• Tourism Week - From 2:00-6:00 The Heritage Museum is open free of charge to all ages
• Book orders go home today
• ITN - Hunter, Kaylee, Faith, Kevin, Jesse, Rhiannon

Wednesday Agenda

Phew! We're done one division assessment! Students completed our RAD assessment today! Everyone is here today! Hooray for 100% attendance!

Please note the following in your agendas:

• Miss S is away tomorrow morning and Mr. Penrose will be filling in
• Hot lunch forms are due TOMORROW. No late forms will be accepted!
• Math- 2nd Cartesian Plane due tomorrow
• Reading strategy cards
• ITN - Faith, Shynika, Sarah, Morgan

Your thumb and fingers don't have ANY muscles.

Our fingers themselves do not have muscles in them. This obviously might make you wonder how exactly we can move our fingers. Well, the short answer is by remote control.
You might be thinking that we move everything by remote control, because the brain is what controls everything. But the fingers are special because of their lack of muscle.
Fingers are moved by tendons, pulled by muscles in the forearm. That's why if you flex your fingers, you can feel the muscles in your forearm. You could say that we don't directly control our fingers at all.
The muscles in the forearm and palm are connected to the finger bones by smooth, flexible strings called tendons. The way our finger joints bend is by the muscles pulling on these tendons.
This is partly why many people can't bend their pinkies all the way without also bending their ring fingers. These muscles operate somewhat like strings on a marionette.
The total muscle count involved is 17 in the palm of the hand and 18 in the forearm. It's pretty interesting that the parts of our body that we use so frequently are completely devoid of muscles.
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Agenda - Tuesday

Wow! What a great day! We had a very infomative, mature discussion on images in magazines and the impact on our perception of body image! Way to go grade 6! We start RAD testing tomorrow, so please be sure to get a good sleep tonight and eat breakfast tomorrow morning so you are able to perform to the best of your ability!

Please note the following in your agendas:

• Hot lunch forms due Thursday
• ITN - Check missing assignments tab
• Reading Strategies/Word attack strategies book marks - Did you hand it in?
• RAD testing tomorrow
• Math exemplar Friday
• Rhiannon, Kevin, Jesse, Shynika and Kaylee. REPORT CARDS.

Happy Monday!

We have started an extremely busy week! We have two division-wide assessments to complete this week! I hope everyone is able to get a good night's sleep so we'll be able to perform to the best of our ability in both Math Exemplars and RAD testing!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Start thinking about what you'd like to sign up to do at the upcoming track meet!
• ITN - Madisyn, Shynika, Jayne, Sarah, Rhiannon
• Copy your to-do list into your agenda

Taiwanese scientists have made glowing green pigs!

These pigs had jellyfish genetic material added to them when they were still embryos. During the day, the pigs have a greenish tinge to their skin, and have partially green eyes and teeth. In the dark, however, their entire bodies glow a bright green. Amazingly, not only did this first generation of gene-transplanted pigs successfully glow in the dark, but their natural offspring inherited this ability as well.
(Sources: 1, 2)

Agenda Friday

Happy Mother's Day Monday
Math Cards - Monday
Last call for reading strategy bookmarks - Monday
ITN Jayne, Sarah, Madisyn
Re-tell me a story - Rough AND Good copy due Wednesday next week

One man invented Band-Aids, granola bars, plastic ketchup bottles, microwaveable containers and disposable diapers!

One man invented Band-Aids, granola bars, plastic ketchup bottles, microwaveable containers and disposable diapers!
His name is Stanley Mason and he died in 2006 at 84-years old. In his long and productive career, he had over 60 US-patents under his name. The most impressive thing is that they are things extremely varied in nature. In his career he worked as a professional inventor, working with many corporate clients to create products.
Some credit his success to his process. Before he even starts designing an invention, he first discovers the need for a product. If he realizes that there are many people who would buy his invention; then he spends time inventing it. This process led him to invent things as varied as band-aids, granola bars, and disposable diapers.

Early D Thursday Agenda

Early D today
Spelling Lesson 15 due Friday
Check Missing assignments tab - updated
Hot lunch form - due Thursday May 17th
Bookmarks due Friday

Wednesday's Agenda

Once again, thank you to the 600 students who made Mrs. Karius' life easier yesterday while I was away.  She reports that she had a great day and there was a lot of work that got done! Way to go!

Please note the following in your agendas:

• Bring back your Hot Lunch forms asap
• Early D tomorrow!
• RAD testing next week

Random Fact - Pluto

Sunlight takes 5 ½ hours to reach Pluto.

The speed of light is 186,287 miles per second. It only takes 499 seconds (a little over 8 minutes) for light to travel from the Sun to Earth. You get a broad idea of just how large our solar system is when you think about it in this way:

186,287 miles/second x 5 ½ hours (330 seconds) = 61,474,710 miles to Pluto from the Sun!
(NASA)

Agenda for Tuesday

Hi 600!
I am away ill today and I hope to be back tomorrow.  Please add anything on to this agenda that I may have missed
Please note the following in your agendas:

• Math homework check page 80 (and 81?) tomorrow
• Hot lunch forms go home today (pink sheet)
• New spelling list today
• Spelling lesson 15 will be due Friday - When you've finished, please hand it in to your folder
• Early D this week

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Math assignment - Homework check tomorrow
• What is a blue moon? (Science)

Think of a Number

Multiply it by 2. Add any even number. Divide your answer by 2. Subtract your original number.

Your answer will always be half of the EVEN number you added.

TRY IT.               

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Lesson 14 Spelling test tomorrow
• French test tomorrow
• ALL "extra" points (including the 4 mandatory points for French) need to be handed in by tomorrow
• Please bring a magazine, or catalogue with you tomorrow (I'll explain more in health)

THESE THINGS APPLY TO EVERYONE IN THIS CLASS AND SHOULD ALL BE WRITTEN DOWN.

Popsicles were invented by an 11-year-old!

 
Much like Marie Curie's discovery of radioactivity, this milestone in chemistry was discovered by accident. Frank Epperson was just an 11 year old kid when he left his fruit flavored soda outside his porch, with a stirring stick in it. Presumably because it was cold, or because the gods of invention came down to help him, the soda froze and he found that it had retained it's flavor. Eureka!
It took him 18 more years to actually patent the darn thing, and he called it the Epsicle ice pop. His children renamed it Popsicle until they sold it in 1925. It took the Great Depression for another genius to come up with the idea for the twin popsicle, which is just two popsicles stuck together. I think I'll melt three together and call it a Three Headed Monsticle and make millions!

(Source)

Wednesday Agenda

A question was raised today about the soccer forms that were sent home this week. This program is run by the City of Melville so forms can be dropped off at either City Hall or the Credit Union Center!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Space title page due tomorrow
• If you recieved a "present" from Mrs. Braun today please bring your overdue library books back to school ASAP!
• Spelling test AND French test on Friday.  Remember, you can boost your mark before you even write your test!

 Chickens, usually considered a relatively foolish animal, are actually smarter than most others! It turns out that chickens can be more intelligent than dogs and cats, and second only to humans and other primates. What distinguishes chickens from other animals?
It's their ability to anticipate future events based on past occurrences and the ability demonstrate self-control. Chickens are also able to feel stress, another feeling they were not previously thought capable of having, which raises a red flag for animal rights advocates because of the implications associated with being killed for food.
(Source) OMG Facts

Happy May Day!
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• We're out of kleenex!! If you are able, please bring a box to school so the next 2 months of school won't be so sniffly! This is greatly appreciated! :)
• April reading logs were due today.  Please bring these in asap
• French test Friday
• Space title page due Thursday
• New book report - Date has been set for June 1st!
• Spelling Test Friday

Morgan Island

An island in South Carolina is home to over 4,000 monkeys!
You’re probably wondering why 4,000 monkeys would be in South Carolina, but the answer is actually quite simple. Scientists put them there. The island is called Morgan island and back in the 1970’s researchers were hoping to get a closer look into the habits of monkeys and so they brought over several hundred.
They were initially interested in seeing if the monkeys could simply survive and reproduce in a foreign environment, and were astonished by the results. The monkeys reproduced so well that the initial hundreds have turned into thousands.
Every year, 500 monkeys are taken from the island to be studied. Everything from polio vaccines to bio-terrorism encompasses the tests they undergo, and scientists say the handful of monkeys have the possibility to save millions of people. Animal testing is always controversial. What do you think about this island’s existence?

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April 30th Agenda

Mrs. Gavel announced that there are only two months of school left this year! Holy smokes, where has the time gone?!
Students, please note the following in your agendas

• Book orders due tomorrow
• Reading logs due tomorrow
• French test Friday - We don't have another french class until Friday, so take your books home and start studying now!
• Space title page  - Thursday
• French cards are REALLY overdue.
• Soccer forms are going home today

The voice actor for Bugs Bunny once went into a coma, and would respond in character!
Mel Blanc was the voice of nearly every major Warner’s Brother cartoon character including Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and of course Bugs Bunny. An automobile accident once left Blancs in a coma.
Doctors tried unsuccessfully to make him talk until one doctor who was a fan of his work tried; “Bugs, bugs bunny? Are you there?” to which Blanc replied “What’s up, Doc?” in Bugs Bunny’s voice. The doctors then began to experiment with several others of his characters and Mel responded similarly. Eventually, the Doctors managed to lead him out of the coma by systematically going through characters until they asked for him.
He survived his scare with the car crash in 1962, and lived until 1989, shortly after turning 81. His headstone reads “That’s All Folks!”
Mel Blanc was, ironically, allergic to carrots. So much so, that whenever he had to act as Bugs Bunny chewing one, he would record those clips LAST. The sound technicians would take those clips and edit them into the right places.
(Source)

Agenda - Friday

Its Friday!
Students, please note the following in your agendas

• Golden ticket holders - Bring these back signed ASAP
• Lesson 14 sheets MUST be in by Monday
• French test in one week from Today!
• Reading log due Tuesday

Agenda- Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Track meet results
• Hot lunch tomorrow
• Spelling lesson 14 due tomorrow
• Reading logs due Tuesday
• Golden Ticket Holders - Your parents need to sign them! Mr.Lechner needs them by MONDAY

Track Meet Schedule

I was asked about the events schedule for tomorrow's track meet.  I wasn't able to scan the document, but this should do the trick :)

Wednesday Agenda

Happy Chilly Wednesday! Thankfully tomorrow's track meet is indoors! There is some information you need to take note of in preparation of tomorrow!

1. Make sure you bring a lunch
2. You'll need proper footwear to compete!
3. Wear Davison clothing (green if you don't have a Davison shirt)
4. It is a good idea to bring a water bottle with you
5. Do not be late!!!!!!!!!!!! The busses will not wait for you tomorrow morning so make sure you are here on time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spelling lesson 14 will be due on Friday
Enrico & Breyden - ITN Friday
Cheyenne- swimming tomorrow

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agenda

• Science test tomorrow
• Hot lunch on Friday
• ITN - Garry, Cody (Enrico, Breyden Friday)

Harry Potter Random Fact

Voldemort means "flight of death" in French.
According to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, the proper pronunciation of the Dark Lord's name is also consistent with French: "vol-duh-mor" (with a silent 'T'). Rowling jokes that she says "Voldemor," but she's the only one. "Mal foy" also translates to literally mean "bad faith" in French!

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The Knork

There’s a knife fork hybrid called the knork!

While the spork has achieved praise from airplane regulars around the world, few know about its cousin, the knork! Combining the cutting aspect of a knife with the puncturing aspect of a fork, the knork was actually invented for those without one hand, allowing them to cut their food without aid.

It was never formally introduced to the market, but its origins can be traced back hundreds of years. Horatio Nelson, who lost his right arm, is said to have used a knork, inviting the nickname the “Nelson fork,” which dates the knork all the way back in 1797!

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Friday!

Happy Friday everyone!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Wear green and white on Monday for Rider Pride
• Science Test - Monday
• Move it sheets due Monday
• Book Reports were due Today
• French cards are now overdue

Early D Agenda

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Any items on your to-do lists
• Spelling test (and points) tomorrow
• Book reports due tomorrow
• Hot lunch forms due Monday!

Random fact of the day - Sandwiches!

Sandwiches taste better when someone makes them for you!

This is mainly because when we make food for ourselves, we get desensitized to the smell, and a large part of tasting is actually smelling. So when you make food for yourself, when you eat it, it's similar to tasting without smelling. When someone else does the cooking for you, and ideally when you're in another room, where you can't smell it, the result is different.

When you walk in to have your food, you get to smell and taste it at the same time, so it tastes better to you. The same principle applies to eating leftovers. Have you ever heard someone say that a certain food, tastes better the next day? It's the same idea. Typically, leftovers are preserved in the refrigerator, so they don't give off much of an aroma until heated. So there's actually a scientific explanation behind why your pizza tastes better the next day!



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Agenda - Wednesday

It was another busy day in grade 6. Students recieved their last needles of the year today, and everyone survived! Immunization records are being sent home today!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Hot lunch forms go home today - They will be due on Monday *No late forms will be accepted!
• French cards - If they aren't finished, please take them home tonight!
• Book reports due Friday
• Early Dismissal tomorrow!

Agenda - Tuesday

Today was the first day we tried out our new guided reading program. Hopefully our new schedule will help everyone out as much as Mrs. Niebergall think it will! For those parents who were wondering - We will be re-testing reading levels starting next week. Mrs. N. let me know that she'd love to be here at Davison to see who has increased their reading level so she will be here later next week.
Students, please note the following in your agendas

• Book reports will be due this Friday
• Spelling test - Friday (Lesson 13)
• French flash cards due Wednesday
• MOVE IT sheets will be due Monday next week! Be sure to fill these out every day until then!
  
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Random Fact of the Day for Tuesday

Most of the candy forest set in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was actually edible!

Talk about dedication to your craft. The director wanted to make the kids' reactions to the movie set as realistic as possible. The big candy forest set with the chocolate river was built to be realistic and completely edible. The chocolate river was real, the giant mushrooms were filled with whipped cream. The trees had actual chocolate.

The director wanted the kids and parents to have such a realistic reaction that he didn't let them see the set until they filmed them looking at it for the first time. One funny thing is that the cup that Gene Wilder bites at the end of the song was actually NOT edible. He spat out the wax he bit off. It was soon replaced by a sugar one.

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Random Fact of the day Monday

Scientists have come up with a blue strawberry by splicing them with Fish genes!

Scientists are genetically modifying strawberries in order to allow them to resist freezing temperatures better. They're doing it by artificial transfer of genes from a species of fish called the Arctic Flounder Fish. The Arctic Flounder Fish produces an anti-freeze that allows it to protect himself in freezing waters.

They isolated the gene that produces this anti-freeze and introduced it to the strawberry. The result is a strawberry that looks blue and doesn't turn to mush or degrade after being placed in the freezer. While they're not in production, research is ongoing. Let us know in the comments, would you eat blue strawberries?

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Welcome back!

Ahhhhh! Its good to be back isn't it?! :) It's hard to believe we only have 2.5 months of school left this year!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Book reports due April 20th
• French flash cards due April 18th
• Bring your toonies for the track meet if you haven't already! (Ask your parents!)
• I need all missing report cards brought back asap!
• Sarah Shynika and Kaylee - You need to bring back all library books you aren't using so we can fill up our book boxes!

Easter Break!

Woo hoo! We've made it to Easter break already! Enjoy your time away from school!!

A few things to note:

• French flash cards due Wednesday, April 18th (The Wednesday we get back!)
• Book reports due April 20th
• Ball registration forms went home today and Heart and Stroke calendars!

Have a great break!!!!!!!!!!!!

Random Fact of the Day

Humans have about 100k - 150k hairs on our head. A sea otter has around 1 million in its whole body

Agenda - Tuesday

We had a very busy morning and got a lot done! Tomorrow is the last day of school before the break!
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Kevin, Jesse, Ray, Shynika, Kaylee, and Hunter - Please bring your report cards back asap
• Jump rope for heart tomorrow! (Bring your hawaiian gear!)
• Spelling lesson 13 was due today. If you didn't finish it, make sure that comes back tomorrow!
• Badminton forms are to go to MISS LANG. (Not me! I may lose them!)
• Miss Riley is still looking for some theory sheets.

Happy Short Week Monday

Mrs. Lechner, Mason, and Everett came in for a visit this morning and we were all very excited to see them! Congratulations again go out to the family! Everett is adorable!
We only have three days of school this week before our long holiday! Check out our calendar page to clarify dates!
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Spelling Lesson 13 sheets will be due tomorrow! (Tuesday)
• If you forgot to bring your reading log today, make sure it comes in tomorrow!
• Book orders will be due tomorrow (Tuesday)
• Jump rope for heart envelopes - Enrico, Kevin, Jesse, Rhiannon, Shynika, Kaylee, and Faith.
• Action Plan Proposals due tomorrow. (Don't ask me - We will talk about these during period six today)
• New "Missing assignments" on tab

Back to normal agendas!

We're back to normal for agendas today! Just three more school days until Easter break! (Yahoo!)

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Science - April 2nd
• March reading logs due Monday
• Book orders will be due April 3rd.
• Tori & Jasmine - ITN next week.
• Spelling - Lesson 13 sheets due Tuesday (April 3rd)

I hope you all have a great weekend! :)

Thursday Announcements

What a busy week we've been having! Sorry to any parents who check my blog regularly. My laptop was in the hands of Mr. Fleury today getting updated so I wasn't able to put any announcements up until now. Today 600 travelled to Yorkton to take part in the Music Festival. Our group tied for second place with the pieces they performed with Miss Riley. Way to go guys and gals!

• Book orders went home today - They will be due back by April 3rd.
• There is a science assignment that Mr.Peterson will be looking for on April 2nd.
• March reading logs will need to be submitted to me on Monday
• Math re-writes will be tomorrow during period 3.