Power Outage Fun

Area and Perimeter of our Names (or nicknames)

Week of March 27th - 31st

Sun Safe Poster Contest

Utah's incidence of the potentially deadly skin cancer, melanoma, is the highest in the country. Our environment offers fantastic outdoor opportunities, so we need to teach our children to enjoy the outdoors while protecting themselves from the intense ultraviolet light, which can cause skin cancer.   As a way of teaching children through their own artwork, we are thrilled to present our sixth annual statewide sun protection poster contest. Sun Safe Utah is partnering with the University of Utah Department of Dermatology and the Huntsman Cancer Institute to present this contest. Over the past three years alone, over 4,000 Utah schoolchildren participated.   Our website (uofuhealth.org/sunsafe) outlines the details, including fabulous prizes, but here is a summary:   1. Children ages kindergarten- eighth grade are eligible to enter the poster contest. 2. All submissions must be received by April 17th, 2017. 3. The submitted poster should: be on a 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper be original and drawn by hand have the entry form attached to the back show at least 3 Sun Safety Action Steps (listed on our website)     Working together from many angles, we can decrease the incidence of melanoma in Utah without limiting outdoor activities. Our hope is that you will forward this information to your teachers and they will either be able to work this into the curriculum, or simply make the children aware of this opportunity. We are also able to arrange guests to visit your classrooms to educate children on sun safety. We appreciate your consideration of this project and look forward to some fantastic posters and videos from your students!

Stephanie Klein, M.D. Assistant Professor Director, Sun Safe Utah University of Utah Department of Dermatology  website: www.uofuhealth.org/sunsafe phone: 801-581-6465

Week of March 20th - 24th

Point of View Comics

For the past couple of weeks we have been talking and learning about Point of View. Today the students drew their very own comics with the character's point of view changing. They loved it!! Here are just a few of my favorites...

 

Week of March 13th - 17th

February Reading Party

The kids who brought back their calendars LOVED playing this fun St. Patrick's Day quiz!!

Our WINNERS!!!!

Elapsed Time

Here is the "z" or "zoom" strategy for helping your student with elapsed time.

Some kids seemed to really like this way, others preferred to draw their own clock and move the hands themselves and count as they go. Whichever method your child likes best is the method he/she should use. This is a very difficult concept but we can do it :)

KUED Writers & Illustrators Contest

Few things capture a child’s imagination like a good book.  We would like to invite you to join KUED as we encourage children here in Utah to build critical literacy skills by creating their own stories and to taking part in the KUED KIDS Writers & Illustrators Contest, in partnership with Natural History Museum. The Contest encourages children in grades K-6 throughout Utah to celebrate the power of creating stories and illustrations by submitting their own original pieces. 

 More details can be found at www.kued.org/writers, including activity sheets and the contest entry form.

Week of March 6th - 13th

Science Fair

I am so proud of our two students who entered a science fair project. They looked so awesome and wanted to give them a shout out!!


Daxton




Kayla