Tuesday, February 18

We were very surprised to see how much our tomatoes had grown over the past 5 days.  We measured the height and made observations with our partners.  We also added germination data for Feb. 13.  We have not had any new tomatoes germinate since that date, so we were able to submit our results and find out which seeds had been to space.  Our Earth seed germination rate was almost identical to the Canadian average, while our space seed germination rate was twice the Canadian average.  Some of our tomatoes were ready for transplanting into so we each did that with one tomato plant today.

We are writing a news article on Tomatosphere and our experience.  We brainstormed important information together and then completed an inverted triangle planner.  Our first paragraphs needed to have the 5Ws.  We also needed 3 paragraphs in the body of our articles and finally a closing paragraph.  We also needed to include at least 1 quote.  We had some time to begin typing our articles this afternoon.

Reminders:

• Thank you to those that have made their payment for ODS.  If you have not yet done so, please visit my CBE account to make your payment.
• Yearbook orders accepted until the end of February.
• Grade 6 Learning Celebration Thursday, February 27 from 5:30 - 7. This is an open house style event, so you do not need to come right at 5:30.  In order to give students time to share their learning with you, please plan to arrive no later than 6:30.