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So many people got blisters from Mario Party, Nintendo offered to send gloves with the game!

Mario Party is one of the most successful games of all time and holds the record for longest running mini game series with Mario Party 9. The basic premise of the game consists of each player controlling a character from the Mario universe in a board game, and then competing in mini-games for additional bonuses.
The original game was first released for the Nintendo 64 back in 1998, and was incredibly successful. The game was so successful, in fact, that many of the kids playing suffered from blisters!
Specifically, players received friction burns and lacerations from rotating the analog stick with the palm of their hand for more power instead of their index finger or thumb.
No lawsuits were ever filed, but there were nearly 100 complaints. Nintendo was so distressed by these complaints that they agreed to give gloves to anyone who had suffered a blister and even paid $75,000 in state legal fees!

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Other/So-Many-People-Got-Blisters-From-Mario-P/54372#bOTjvA5p1A0J2KLa.99

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Bring recorders tomorrow
• Library books - Bany, Colby, Tadyn, Taylen, Delaney, Anteneh, Jasmine, Aaron, Lizzie, Eric, Dale, Cassie, Austin, Jon, True, Madison Spencer

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Swimming Monday (DELANEY! PERMISSION FORM!!!)
• Bring your art projects back by Tuesday
• Health poster - Dale

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Letter to your Grade 6 teacher due tomorrow
• Dale and Delaney - Anti-Bullying Poster overdue
• Early D Thursday
• Music Tomorrow - Bring your recorders!
• Combined boys P.E. tomorrow/ Combined Girls "Girl Stuff" with Mrs. Unterchute and Miss S.
• Swimming forms - Taylen and Delaney

Butterflies in your stomach are caused by a lack of blood

You know that sensation you get in your stomach when the person you are completely in love with looks in your general direction or when there’s only one more muffin left and you’re afraid the person in front of you in line is going to ask for it (other than hunger) or when your being hunted by a lion in the African savanna? Those “butterflies in your stomach” are a response to stress.
When people are stressed, they experience a “fight-or-flight” response. Brain signals are transmitted to the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, which are parts of the brain responsible for controlling bodily functions. The pituitary gland instantly signals the adrenal glands which sit on top of each kidney. Those glands release adrenaline and other chemicals into your blood stream.
The adrenaline causes rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, and improved circulation of muscle so that you deal with or flee from the source of the stress (whether it be your beloved, the person in front of you in line, or a vicious lion in the African savanna).
Since blood is flowing to your lungs and muscles, less of it is reaching other organs including the stomach. This causes the light, nauseating sensation we all know and hate.
(Source)

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/lastweek#ZfwMBPTiM9RaJC4I.99

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in  your agendas:

• Tomorrow - Grade 5 Art museum - Make sure you have everything you need
• Swimming forms - ?  Do I have yours?
• Spelling test tomorrow
• 50 points tomorrow

Agenda - Monday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Miss S. away tomorrow - Miss Delorme will be in for me
• New spelling lists go home today
• Swimming schedules/Anamarie Riley bios go home today
• Reading logs are due TOMORROW
• No reading log for June
• Challenge : Who can do as many random acts of kindness by tomorrow?

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Anti-bullying poster - due TOMORROW
• Spelling test tomorrow
• Spelling sheets due tomorrow
• Kade, Austin, Dale- Note for Miss Nashiem

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Book orders due Friday

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Choose 3 more random acts of kindness to try tonight
• Assembly tomorrow
• Mr. Peterson in for Miss S. tomorrow (as she goes to mark exemplars!)

Agenda - Wednesday

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great looooong weekend!  Hopefully you are all rested up and ready to start the end of the school year!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Exemplars today
• Basketball for Grade 5 tomorrow at lunch
• Hot Dog Lunch Friday
• $1 on Friday for Hat and Jersey Day
• Miss S. gone Thursday/Friday for surgery, Mrs. Klus in!

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

1. Exemplars start next week!
2. No school until Wednesday
3. No Miss S next week on Thursday or Friday (Mrs. Klus in)
4. Talent Show was today.  Good job 500 performers!!!!!!!!!! You were awesome!

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Spelling test tomorrow
• Spelling sheets due tomorrow
• Hand in Return of the Pandas tomorrow
• Hot dog forms must be returned tomorrow
• Letters are getting sent tomorrow - If you aren't finished, they must be taken home.
• Talent Show tomorrow afternoon

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Despite the tiny brains, ostriches are big birds. They can weigh between 140 to 290 lbs and their eggs range from 3 to 5 lbs. Ostriches are closely related to dinosaurs, and have similar tissue to a T-Rex.

One thing that's not true about ostriches is that they don't bury their heads in the sand when they're scared. Male ostriches dig large holes with their beaks to make a nest for ostrich eggs. The male and female both tend to the nest regularly by flipping the eggs with their beaks, and they both take turns sitting on the nest.

Lot's of interesting ostrich facts can be found here.
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Animals/An-Ostrichs-Eye-Is-Bigger-Than-Its-Brain/183#I1v6DOWJR1ByWoya.99

Agenda - Wednesday

Students please note the following in your agendas:

• Rabbit and Bear Paw presentation today
• Miss Debbie's Dance Presentation tomorrow
• Hot dog forms due May 17th
• Mrs. NR here tomorrow for word skills lesson!
• F & P testing starts tomorrow
• Talent Show Friday

Every wondered how much money is actually in a ton?

The expression, “a ton of money” is constantly thrown around, but did you ever wonder just how much money it would take in bills to actually weigh a ton? Because no one would actually withdrawal a million dollars and weigh it, math comes into the equation.
If a single dollar bill is weighed, it roughly comes out to a gram. Ten dollar bills equal 9.83 grams, so a million dollar bills would roughly weigh a thousand kilograms, or one metric ton. However, some more math is necessary.
A kilogram is around 2.2 pounds, so 1000 kilograms would result in just over 2200 pounds, which results in around a ton. So this means if you say I have a ton of money, you literally have a million dollars!

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Business/Ever-Wondered-How-Much-Money-Is-Actually/51384#3xWvrrSq5pBjgmfr.99

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Track meet forms were e-mailed yesterday
• Missing April reading logs: Lizzie, Dale, Makayla, Austin, Delaney, Colby, Bany, True, Anteneh.  A parent can write a note in your agenda for me if you have lost it and can estimate how many minutes you read last month.
• Bring hot dog forms back
• Walk to Cure Diabetes donations
• New spelling lists go home today
• Miss S. needs to initial your agenda before you put it away today. 

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Spelling test Monday (50 points due) since we didn't have time today
• Walk note goes home today
• Math worksheets due Monday
• Jeff's journey due Monday

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following:

• Math problem due tomorrow - Be ready to hand it in
• Early D on Thursday
• Basketball for Grade 5 starts tomorrow at lunch
• Refilming "beanstalk scene" tomorrow

Ear Wax

It's sticky. It's shiny. But what is earwax, anyway — and where does it come from?
Earwax is made in the outer ear canal. This is the area between the fleshy part of the ear on the outside of your head (the part you can see) and the middle ear. The skin in the outer ear canal has special glands that produce earwax. The fancy name for this waxy stuff is cerumen (say: suh-roo-mun).
After the wax is produced, it slowly makes its way through the outer ear canal to the opening of the ear. Then it either falls out or is removed when you wash. In most people, the outer ear canal makes earwax all the time, so the canal always has enough wax in it.
So why do we need wax? Earwax has several important jobs. First, it protects and moisturizes the skin of ear canal, preventing dry, itchy ears. Second, it contains special chemicals that fight off infections that could hurt the skin inside the ear canal. Finally, it acts as a shield between the outside world and the eardrum. When dust, dirt, and other things enter your ear, the earwax traps them so they can't travel any further.
If you want to get rid of earwax, here's what you need to do: nothing! Most kids don't need to do anything special to remove earwax. If you wash your hair regularly, this is enough to keep your ears clean.
You can wipe the outside of your ear with a washcloth but don't use a cotton swab, your finger, or anything else to poke around inside your ear to remove earwax. Your ear canal and eardrum are very delicate, and you may hurt them or cause bleeding by trying to get rid of wax this way. Poking around in your ear can also push and pack the wax in further.
In some kids, one or both ear canals make extra earwax. If this sounds like you, tell an adult. Doctors often can prescribe special medicines that are placed in the ear to get rid of extra wax.
Reviewed by: Steven Dowshen, MD
Date reviewed: July 2012

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Monday - Agenda

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Band note goes home today
• 34 more school days left (AAAH!)
• Reading Logs?
• Bring your recorders tomorrow if you took them home

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in  your agendas:

• Reading logs are overdue
• Spelling test tomorrow
• Spelling sheets due tomorrow
• P.E. posters are overdue
• Costumes tomorrow
• Science projects due tomorrow

Human Body Structures

That blast of air you get when entering stores is used to keep insects out!

They’re called air doors or air curtains. These devices have powerful fans that can blast air all the way to the floor. They have many uses, although their first use was to keep flying insects out of buildings by creating forceful turbulence.
Nowadays, air curtains also have air heaters or coolers, and they serve as a way to keep cold air from escaping in the summer or coming in during the winter. This saves a lot of energy because it reduces heat transfer between two spaces. However, a closed door is still much more effective.

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Fun+Facts/That-Blast-Of-Air-You-Get-When-Entering/56855#YjYf9SFlzxJmzxBV.99

The Game of Pig

The Game of Pig

What you need:
• two dice
• pencil
• paper

What to do:
1. Two or more players take turns rolling two dice.

2. On a turn, roll the dice as many times as you want, mentally keeping a running total of the sum. When you stop rolling, record the total. For previous rounds, add this figure to the total from previous rounds.

3. If a 1 comes up on one of the dice, the player scores 0 for that round and it's the next player's turn. If a 1 comes up on both dice, the turn ends and the player's entire accumulated total becomes 0.

4. The first player to reach a total of 100 points wins.

5. After playing the game, discuss the strategies you used to decide whether to keep rolling or to stop.

 

 

Here we are trying the Game of Pig

 

 

 

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas :

• Report Cards!
• New Reading Logs go home today
• April reading logs were due TODAY.
• Fairy Tale News filming continues tomorrow for scenes we haven't shot yet
• Science Projects due Friday
• Miss S. needs to see and sign your agendas today
• Spelling Test/Sheets - Friday
• Physical Activity Posters are due tomorrow
• The Kindness Project starts today

The Mall of America is using 72 000 ladybugs as pest control!

The Mall of America is using 72,000 ladybugs as pest control!

We've had facts before about how big the Mall of America is. To recap: It's huge. It's so big, it has a full theme park inside and 7 Yankee stadiums could fit inside. The Mall has over 30,000 live plants, including 400 trees. As a result, the Mall also has pests that affect plants.
Aphids feed on plants and are generally a gardener's bad news. To keep the aphid population down, the Mall of America groundskeepers recently released about 72,000 ladybugs in the mall. Ladybugs prey on Aphids and will hopefully keep the mall's plants green and happy.
(Source)

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/category/4/Animals#zwvKM6xJTtW1QZgW.99

Agenda - Snoooooowwwwy Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Note goes home today/e-mail
• Overdue books : Austin, Cassie, Kylie, Garrett
• April reading logs are due tomorrow
• No marks for March reading logs for: Makayla, Bany, Colby, Austin, Taylen, Delaney, True and Anteneh.
• Book talks - Last Call

An allergist has spent 60 years cracking ONLY his left-hand knuckles to prove it's not bad for you!

The original fact on cracking your knuckles is one of our most popular of all time. Basically, it said that cracking your knuckles is not bad for you, no matter what the old wives' tales may say.
However, probably the most convincing study on this comes from a man who just won an "Ig Nobel" for his self-study on knuckle-cracking.
Dr. Donald Unger has spent the better part of the last 60 years cracking the knucles of his left hand. He started because he wanted to prove his mom wrong when she told him he would have health problems if he kept doing it.
Since he started, he has NEVER cracked the knuckles on his right hand. This means that, if it's true that cracking your knuckles was bad for your fingers, then his left-hand fingers would have a horrible arthritis while his right-hand fingers would be ok.
Well, the doctor, now 83, says "there is not the slightest sign of arthritis in either hand." His research has won him an "Ig Nobel," which is a tongue-in-cheek parody of the real Nobel awards.
I'm glad he did this, because I don't know if I'd have the willpower to resist NOT cracking my other hand's knuckles if I could only do one side.

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/History/An-Allergist-Has-Spent-60-Years-Cracking/49260#lgXhAtAPGdK50yRT.99

Agenda - Monday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• We are still in need of Kleenex. Thank you to the 3 people who brought some in last week.  Tis the season for sniffles and runny noses!
• Bring costumes for filming tomorrow
• Math #1-2 due tomorrow
• New spelling lists go home today
• Reading logs are due Thursday
• Science projects due Friday
• Physical Activity posters due Thursday
• ASAP tomorrow at lunch if you will have trouble getting any of these assignments in on time.

There is a record for the number of tennis balls held in a dog's mouth.

There’s a record for the number of tennis balls held in a dog’s mouth!

The world record is 5 tennis balls. It’s held by a golden retriever named Augie. He lives in Dallas, TX with the Miller family. The record was set in 2003, when Augie successfully held 5 standard sized tennis balls in his mouth. I don't know what's more interesting... the fact that Augie held 5 balls in his mouth, or that they keep track of these things.
(Source)

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Animals/There-s-A-Record-For-The-Number-Of-Tenni/49327#WwBKdLwL5cLuOvkD.99

Some stars are as cold as the human body!

Scientists have discovered 6 Y dwarf stars that are as cold as the human body. This was an exciting discovery, because astronomers had unsuccessfully been looking for the stars for over a decade. The reason for this is that these specific stars are nearly impossible to see with a visible-light telescope.
You can only see them with infrared vision telescopes, though. They are the coldest of the brown dwarf family and known as “failed” stars, because they're too low in mass to fuse atoms at their core and burn the fires that keep stars like our sun, shining .
(Source)

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/History/Some-Stars-Are-As-Cold-As-The-Human-Body/49331#Ymxx8CuY8SBU0cRZ.99

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• We are out of kleenex :(  Please bring some to school if you can
• Have a great weekend! :)

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas: 

• Spelling test tomorrow
• Spelling sheets due tomorrow
• Miss S. gone until next Thursday - Mr. Peterson will be in 
• Dance tonight
• Fairy Tale News to resume taping next Thursday
• New e-mail/newsletter sent home today about the school time change next year!

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• School dance tomorrow night
• Miss S. will be gone Friday - Wednesday - Mr. Peterson will be subbing
• Science projects due NEXT Friday
• Overdue book talks
• March reading logs missing - Makayla, Madison, Bany, Colby, Austin, Taylen, True, Delaney, Anteneh - You will be staying in for ASAP reading until they are in.

Cockroaches can live for 30 days after their head has been cut off

While it is more average for a cockroach to only live headless for 9 days or so, they can live for extremely long amounts of time. Cockroaches breathe through spiracles, which deliver air to each cell of the body through a set of tubes called tracheae. The brain does not control the breathing through the spiracles. So they don't need a head to breathe!

Also, the cockroach does not have blood pressure the way a mammal does, so cutting off the head does not lead to uncontrolled bleeding. What about food? They need much less food - single meal is enough to last them a whole month! This ability isn't all its cracked up to be, however - without a head, the cockroach would just sit around without doing much.
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/History/Cockroaches-Can-Life-For-Up-To-30-Days-A/1418#Ows20G4CwpsTZ2U4.99

Blinking!

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Blinking is a reflex that is started by a sudden noise. Studies show that women react more quickly then men to these sudden noises, and blink both twice as hard and often as men.

Monday's Agenda Message

We will be travelling by bus to Yorkton tomorrow for the GSSD track meet! Make sure you are here ON TIME, or you will miss the bus! 
Things to pack:

• Water Bottle
• Lunch
• Appropriate Shoes
•  You MAY bring ipods etc. but YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM!

Book talks will continue Wednesday - They are now 2 weeks late!

New spelling lists go home today

We will continue filming our Fairy Tales Wednesday - Make sure you have your costumes here!

Agenda - Early D

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Miss S. away tomorrow - Miss Cloutier sub
• Spelling points (50) due tomorrow
• Spelling test tomorrow
• Bring costumes for Fairy Tale tomorrow - Miss Cloutier will continue taping
• Track meet Tuesday
• Library on Monday - Bring your books
• March reading logs - Missing Aaron, Madison, Bany, Makayla, Colby, Austin, Taylen, True, Delaney, Anteneh
• Book Talks - Delaney, Dale, Taylen, Kylie

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in  your agendas:

• Early Dismissal tomorrow
• Miss Cloutier in for Miss S. on Friday
• Bring costumes and props for filming fairy tale tomorrow
• Guided reading restarted today
• Friday - Last day to work on science projects - You may take yours home to work on.

The meaning behind stamps

The way you place a stamp on an envelope has a meaning!

If you're like me, you probably place stamps on an envelope with little to no care for how. Well, just like me, you may have been accidentally sending love letters to business connections because of how you placed it!
The coded messages started in the Victorian era, as a hidden sign of courtship at an age where parents heavily censored mail. If you place a stamp upside down, for example, it means I Love You; diagonally, it means I miss you.
So now you know, if for whatever reason you still use snail mail, be careful how you stamp your letters. Check out more interesting info on this at the source.

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Other/The-Way-You-Place-A-Stamp-On-An-Envelope/55150#ze10EWQXoI72lpDp.99

Wednesday - Agenda

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Conferences tonight and tomorrow
• Jump Rope for Heart tomorrow - Wear your superhero gear! (Whatever that might be. :) )
• Book talks continue tomorrow
• Anything else?

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Awards assembly period 3 tomorrow
• Conferences tomorrow and Thursday
• Jump Rope for Heart Thursday afternoon - (Super Hero Theme)
• Book Talks continue tomorrow
• Anything else?

Agenda - Monday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Book talks start tomorrow
• Jump Rope Thursday
• Conferences start tonight - Make sure you know when yours is!
• Report Cards come home today! YAY!

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• JUMP ROPE ENVELOPES DUE TOMORROW
• Delaney, Makayla, Austin Track forms
• Spelling test tomorrow
• 50 Spelling points due tomorrow
• Davison Day tomorrow
• Choir members - Music Fest tomorrow. Good luck!

An Olympic rower once stopped mid-race to allow ducklings to pass; he still won the race.

 

Henry 'Bobby' Pearce was one of the best scullers of the early 20th century. The Australian phenomenon won Gold Medals at both the 1928 and the 1932 Olympic Games. He came from a long line of talented scullers and his family is referred to as the "First Family" of Australian rowing.
It turns out that Pearce was so good that he could afford to make the races a little harder on himself. In the quarter finals of the 1928 Olympics, Pearce pulled up during his race to let a mother duck and her ducklings pass in front of his boat.
Who could say no to those floating balls of fuzz? The crowd, especially the children were delighted by this act of kindness.
Pearce went on to beat his opponent, Frenchman V. Savrin, and easily win the race. He also set a new Olympic record of 7 minutes 42.8 seconds. He went on to win the gold, and thanks to both his prowess and the duckling incident, his was one of the most popular victories at that Olympics.

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Sports/An-Olympic-Rower-Once-Stopped-Mid-race-T/56356#scQT7WPOIIM1ZKUc.99

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Jump rope envelopes due Friday
• Indoor track forms due tomorrow

All pilots speak English

 English is the official language of air travel, thanks to the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization. As of 2008, pilots and air traffic controllers are required to speak English, no matter what part of the world they are in. Since hundreds of lives have been lost in crashes attributed to communication problems between pilots and air traffic controllers or pilots and other pilots, it was determined that they all speak one standard language.

For example: 349 passengers died in a midair collision when a Saudi pilot and an Uzbek pilot failed to understand each other. 159 passengers on an American Airlines flight died when the pilot couldn’t understand an air traffic controller in Colombia.
(source)
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Celebs/All-Pilots-Speak-English/37393#oPjmpXOXFZHhc8Uy.99

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Interview schedules go home tonight
• Missing Personal Hero Posters- Liz, Dale, Makayla, Austin
• Library day tomorrow - Bring any books to be renewed/returned
• Track forms & $2 due Thursday
• Conference Prep. starts tomorrow

Some lizards remove their tails when attacked by predators

When attacked, the lizards detach their tails and run off. The predator feasts on the lizard tail, and the lizard escapes and grows a new tail.

This is a trait that appears in several lizard species. This defense mechanism appears in lizard populations that come into contact with poisonous vipers.

Losing ones tail impairs growth and mobility, so it has little evolutionary advantage. It's only advantageous when lizards are preyed upon by venomous snakes. When bitten in the tail by a venomous snake, the lizards receive a lethal dose of poison. They need to learn to amputate their own tails in order to save the rest of their bodies.
(source)
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Science/Some-Lizards-Remove-Their-Tails-When-Att/10396#HPgczRH3Bp6DwTB4.99

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Personal Heroes poster - Aaron, Liz, Dale, Makayla, Austin, True, Madison, Colby
• Note from Miss Senyk goes home today
• Track meet forms go home today and are due THURSDAY - We will have tried everything by Wednesday
• Anything else?

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas: 

• Last day to  bring your envelopes for the pizza party is Monday
• Missing assignments
• Book talks start one week from Monday
•  Start thinking about possible costumes for your character in the play we read through yesterday

Random piece of advice

Never miss a high-five again! Look at the other person's elbow first.

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Other/Never-Miss-A-High-five-Again-Look-At-The/2579#UVBxZrDORGsCKEfC.99

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Wear as much green as you can tomorrow for St. Patrick's Day
• Spelling test tomorrow
• Spelling sheets due tomorrow
• Book talks start NEXT MONDAY

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Science Center Trip tomorrow.
• Parents, check your email.
• Winter gear - (Boots etc)
• Water  Bottle
• Bagged lunch/Snacks
• Money (optional)
• 7:30 a.m. be here (Set your alarms earlier!)
• Book Orders due Tomorrow
• Early D on Thursday

Agenda - Monday

Students, please note the following in your agendas :

• Field trip on Wednesday - bring your final questions for Miss S. tomorrow
• New spelling lists go home today
• Jump Rope Envelopes - $100 donations bring your envelopes to show Miss S. to get your name on the pizza party list

The Sun is actually White

Contradicting everything that you learned in kindergarten and coloring our sun, the sun actually is white and not yellow. It is our atmosphere that gives the sun the yellowish tint that we are familiar with.
Stars have different colors depending on what stage of their lifecycle they are, and what temperature they're burning. Stars that are relatively cool, and burn at around 3500 Kelvin will be red. Stars that are really hot, over 10,000 Kelvin, will be blue. Our sun burns at approximately 6,000 degrees kelvin, which means there is only one color it can be; white!

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Science/The-Sun-Is-Actually-White/48488#qU5qtAxwLHJAuTEc.99

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Mrs. Raine here on Monday
• Jump Rope envelopes - Once you raise $100 bring your ENVELOPES only to Miss S. so you can be on the Pizza Party List

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Davison Day tomorrow
• Spelling test tomorrow
• 40 Spelling points due tomorrow
• Hero poster/sheet due tomorrow

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• James Edgar was here today for a moon presentation
• Science Center Permission forms are now overdue
• Math homework - Bany, Colby, Delaney, Jonathan, Madison, Spencer, Taylen and True - Blue sheet # 11-16 due TOMORROW.
• ASAP tomorrow for anyone who didn't hand in a reading log in February or needs/wants to catch up on assignments

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Math #1-13 due tomorrow
• Jump rope kick off tomorrow
• Ask me about : Who am I?

Agenda - Monday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Math #1-6 Due tomorrow. I will check your homework
• Science logs - Cassie, Austin, True, Bany, Colby, Taylen, Delaney, Anteneh
• How I became Canadian - Lizzie, Dale, Makayla, Austin, Taylen, Delaney
• If I don't have your reading log tomorrow from February, or if you have less than 300 minutes, you will be staying for ASAP tomorrow to S.U.R.F.  This will continue throughout the month.
• RAFTS - Overdue - Austin, Makayla, Kylie, Dale, Colby, Tadyn, Jasmine
• Interview forms must come back a.s.a.p.
• Field Trip forms go home today

Sandbox Tree

This is the sandbox tree, found throughout the tropical regions of the Americas.
Not only is its trunk covered in these scary looking thorns (leading to its nickname, Monkey no-climb) its fruit actually EXPLODE when ripe. The pumpkin like fruits launch their seeds away at speeds of up to 160 mph, and some sources report seeds being found as much as 100 metres from the exploding fruit.

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Family Remedy sheets - Due Monday
• New reading logs go home today
• February Reading Logs are now overdue
• "My family's remedies" sheet due Monday

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• RAFTS final copy due tomorrow
• Spelling sheets due tomorrow
• Spelling test tomorrow
• Math Pg 110 #1-6 due tomorrow
• Be prepared to discuss your personal hero tomorrow

True or False ... These are perfect circles?

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Wear pink tomorrow to support anti-bullying
• RAFTS will be due Friday
• Remember Science Logs/Social take home sheets

Welcome back! I hope everyone is nice and refreshed from our week off and ready to work hard up to our next break at Easter!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Principal for a day raffle tickets on sale tomorrow - $1
• Missing science logs: Dale, Cassie, Makayla, Austin, True, Madison, Bany, Colby, Taylen, Delaney, Anteneh, Spencer
• How I became Canadian sheets - Missing: Aaron, Lizzie, Dale, Makayla, Austin, Madison, Taylen, Delaney, Jasmine, Spencer

Friday - February Break

Happy February Break everyone! I hope everyone has a great week off and that everyone comes back nice and refreshed!
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Aboriginal Storyteller - Wednesday when we get back
• Science - Sleep/Eat/Drink log - If you haven't done it, you have ONE WEEK to get it done over the break
• ITN - Check the Edmodo schedule
• Missing January reading logs - Makayla, Cassie, Austin, True, Bany, Colby, Taylen, Delaney
• Have a great break!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• School skating tomorrow
• No Miss S. tomorrow afternoon
• French Party - Friday
• Spelling test/sheets Friday

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• ITN - Bany, Dale Overdue - Austin, Lizzie, Colby
• Mini Volleyball Jamboree tonight

100 Facts about the Number 100 - From http://www.share2learn.com/ideasmath6.html

100 Facts About 100~ Alice Pickel

1. 100 pennies equals one dollar.
2. 100 years are a century.
3. 100 centimeters are one meter.
4. 100% means all your answers are correct.
5. A person who lives to be 100 is called a centenarian.
6. C is the Roman numeral for 100. C comes from the word Latin word centrum.
7. An American football field is 100 yards long.
8. 10 ten dollar bills are 100 dollars.
9. 20 five dollar bills are 100 dollars.
10. 100 quarters equals 25 dollars
11. 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt was our President.
12. The San Francisco earthquake happened 100 years ago.
13. 100 years ago SOS was adopted as the universal distress signal.
14. The 100 Years War started between England and France in 1336.
15. The Old Hundred Gold Mine is in Silverton, Colorado.
16. Winnie the Pooh lives in the Hundred Acre Woods.
17. The Hundred and One Dalmatians was written in 1961.
18. A hundred watt light bulb lasts for 750 hours.
19. The air from a sneeze has been clocked at more than 100 miles per hour.
20. Five square inches (the back of your hand) has 100 feet of blood vessels.
21. By the age of 66 most people will have shed 100 pounds of skin.
22. On average 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens each year.
23. Lightning can be seen up to 100 kilometers.
24. Squirrels can fall 100 feet without hurting themselves.
25. The place value system was developed in India in 100 BC.
26. There are 100 breeds of Cats.
27. Cats make 100 different sounds.
28. Some sharks can live to be 100.
29. In Canada 100 different languages are spoken.
30. In the U.S. there are 100 Senators, 2 from each of the 50 states.
31. 100 mile per hour winds is a Category 2 hurricane.
32. In the average person's life they will drink enough milk to fill 100 bathtubs.
33. Lobsters can live to be 100, and travel 100 miles each year.
34. More than 100 feral cats were once found living in Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland.
35. One tablespoon of peanut butter has 100 calories.
36. A ladybug beetle can eat 100 aphids every two days.
37. A female mosquito can live up to 100 days.
38. Lightning strikes the earth 100 times every second.
39. Larry Lewis ran the 100-yard dash in 17.8 seconds in 1969, setting a new world's record for runners in the 100-years-or-older class. He was 101.
40. The electric Xebra Roadster can travel 100 miles per charge.
41. Sleeping Beauty slept 100 years.
42. The first person to win the Indianapolis 500 at a speed of over 100 MPH was Billy Arnold in 1930.
43. If you had 100 billion dollars, you could spend 3 million dollars a day, every day, for the next 100 years.
44. Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
45. In clear water, a submerged submarine can be spotted from the air at depths up to 100 feet.
46. About 100 people each year die from severe allergic reactions to bee stings.
47. Moose can eat over 100 pounds of plants each day.
48. In the last 98 years, more than 100 billion Crayola crayons have been made.
49. Parents buy enough crayons in a year to make a giant crayon 35 feet in diameter and 100 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty.
50. In February, 1996, the 100 billionth Crayola crayon was made by Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It now resides in the Crayola Hall of Fame in Easton, Pa.
51. Starbucks buys over 100 million pounds of coffee each year.
52. It takes 100 hickory seeds to make one pound of shelled nuts.
53. The average hippo weighs 100 pounds at birth.
54. King salmon are the largest salmon in the Pacific Ocean. They can weigh over 100 pounds.
55. Eskimos have over 100 words for ice.
56. The body gives off the amount of heat equivalent to a 100-watt light bulb
57. There are 100 sweat glands in 1 square inch of skin.
58. As you focus on each word in this sentence, your eyes swing back and forth 100 times a second.
59. More than 100 live tarantulas were flown in for the filming of Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
60. About 37 grams of salt can be dissolved in 100 grams of water
61. Camels and crocodiles can live to be 100 years old.
62. Rip Van Winkle slept 100 years.
63. The first Rolls Royce was made over a 100 years ago.
64. The Wright Brothers invented the first airplane over 100 years ago.
65. Elvis Presley has been on Billboards Hot 100 list more than any other singer.
66. One kilowatt-hour (kWh) equals the amount of electricity needed to burn a 100 watt light bulb for 10 hours.
67. A typical high power solar panel generates 100 Watts or electricity and measures about 2 feet by 4 feet
68. Hunters in the US kill over 100 million animals each year.
69. The longest car ever made is a limousine 100 feet long containing a swimming pool, and a king-sized water bed.
70. The most points ever scored in an NBA game were 100 by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962.
71. The 100th day of 2006 is April 10.
72. The tallest apartment building has 100 floors and is in Chicago, Illinois.
73. The world's fastest man is Tim Montgomery who ran 100 meters in 9.78 seconds.
74. The world record for hula hooping is 100 hula hoops at one time by a girl from Australia in 2005.
75. 100 written in the binary system is 1100100. This is the number the computer uses for 100.
76. The standard prefix for 100 is hecto-.
77. The sum of the first 9 prime numbers is 100.
78. Number 100 on the Periodic Table of Elements is fermium, a rare radioactive earth metal.
79. There are 100 verses in the song 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.
80. Benjamin Franklin's picture is on the $100 dollar bill.
81. There are 100 letter tiles in a Scrabble game.
82. In India and Israel 100 is the phone number for the police.
83. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes is a Newbery Honor Book, 1944.
84. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Fields won the Newbery Award in 1929.
85. An IQ of 100 is normal for an adult.
86. 100% means all of one something.
87. A "hundred" is a unit of measure of land, or the amount of land necessary for 100 people to live on.
88. The century plant, or agave, lives only 25 years, but blooms only "once in century."
89. A centennial is a 100 year anniversary.
90. Centenary is an adjective meaning 100.
91. A "$100 Hamburger" is a private airplane flight made just to go to a restaurant out of town.
92. The factors of 100 are 2, 4, 5, 10,
20, 25, and 50.
93. In the Dewey Decimal System of the library, books about philosophy & psychology will be found in the 100 section.
94. Today you will need $100 to buy what cost $80 in 1996, just ten years ago, or $4.80 in Gabriel Fahrenheit used his own body temperature (stated as 100 degrees) in calculations for the Fahrenheit thermometer.
95. Lava can flow out of a volcano at over 100 miles per hour.
96. The hottest day ever in Seattle, Washington, was 100° F., June 9, 1955,
97. Phoenix, Arizona, has more days over 100° F. than any other US city.
98. The longest number of days when Phoenix temperatures were over 100° F. happened in June and July of 1993, 76 days.
99. Mexico City is at 100 degrees west longitude.
100. Bangkok, Thailand is at 100 degrees east longitude.

Farewell Penny!

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Agenda - Monday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Tomorrow is the 100th day of school! Wear 100 of something!
• Math skip counting booklet is now overdue
• Bring any other heart facts to school tomorrow
• Bany - ITN is overdue
• Mini-Volleyball Jamboree tomorrow
• Austin - ITN tomorrow

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Skating tomorrow
• No School Friday
• Math re-writes tomorrow (Post-assessment)
• Science take home log - Start tomorrow

Mother of 69

A woman gave birth to 69 children in just 40 years! Learn her story

You think you’ve got a big family? Wait until you hear about the family of Mr. and Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev! Over the course of 40 years, Mrs Feodor Vassilyev was able to give birth to 69 children! You might be wondering how this is even possible. Well, allow me to explain it to you. Between the years of 1725 and 1765, Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets! That’s insane!
67 out of the 69 children survived their infancy, and the couple with the second highest number of children only had 39! The first name of Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev is unknown. Learn more about couples with crazy numbers of kids in the source!

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/#5mFq5FEWXEIxTlDs.99

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Kindergarten Book Fair day tomorrow
• Hat day for Telemiracle tomorrow.  Bring $1 if you'd like to wear a hat.
• Skating Thursday
• We started division today

Strawberries aren't actually berries, but bananas, avocados, pumpkins and watermelons are!

It’s probably rare that you hear a banana, avocado, or pumpkin referred to as a berry, but the fact is they are. It seems like people generally consider a berry to be a small fruit that comes in bunches, but in reality there are several definitions for what people call berries.
There are drupes, which are fleshy fruit produced from a single seeded ovary with a hard stony layer, like peaches, plums, and cherries. Olives also fall into this category. There are pomes, which are fruits that have a structure that separates the seeds from the ovary tissue, like apples and pears. Some of the smaller pomes are also called berries sometimes.
There are aggregate fruits like the blackberry and raspberry, which are fruits that contain seeds from different ovaries of a single flower. There are multiple fruits, which are fruits that are made from multiple flowers packed together, like the mulberry. Lastly, there are accessory fruits, where the edible part is not generated by the ovary, which includes the strawberry.
So by these definitions, a strawberry is not a berry. A berry is simply a fruit that has seeds and pulp produced from a single ovary. In addition to those already said, this includes the blueberry, coffee berry, cranberry, gooseberry, grape, persimmon, and tomato.
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Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Science/Strawberries-Arent-Actually-Berries-But/53046#txAtimjIaeXqcHPM.99

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Awards assembly Monday period 3
• Five facts to practice over the weekend:
• Book fair next week - Browsing Monday, buying TUESDAY

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas :

• Book Fair pamphlets go home today
• Post-Assessments go home today - Show Mom/Dad/Grandma, have it signed
• ITN - Makayla, Cassie, Bany
• Skating tomorrow - Bring, helmet, skates

The voice of the Woody dolls isn'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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Agenda - Monday

Welcome back!
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Makayla - ITN tomorrow
• Parent report - Bring back tomorrow Signed
• Skating Wednesday

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• New spelling lists go home today
• Ask me about : My math post-assessment and science test

The horned lizard can squirt blood out of its eyes to protect itself from predators! YUCK!!

The horned lizard can squirt blood out of its eyes to protect itself from predators!

Sometimes called Horned Toads, these animals are actually lizards. The horned lizard has spines on its back and sides, which are made from modified scales.
This little dude has some really cool ways to avoid being eaten. First of all, their colors serve as camouflage. Their first defense is to remain still to avoid detection. Then, if the predator gets too close, they run and stop in short bursts to confuse. At least 4 species can also squirt blood from the corner of their eyes for up to 5 feet!
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Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Animals/The-Horned-Lizard-Can-Squirt-Blood-Out-O/55046#r5iQX7d5AJrBkv8v.99

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• RAFTS rough copies are overdue.  If you need to e-mail it to me from home, you may send it to cschmelinsky@mail.gssd.ca
• We will be writing science tests tomorrow.  If yours is incomplete, you will be writing one I have made for you. 
• Davison Day tomorrow - Wear Green/Davison clothing
• Doors will be locked at all times starting tomorrow.  (Please let Mom/Dad/Grandma/Grandpa/Uncle Steve and Aunt Estelle that if they are visiting the school for any reason, they must use the front door.  If you are late to school, you will need to enter through the front door and check in with Mrs. Ferleyko)  This is to ensure everyone is safe at Davison School.  Doors will be locked at recess time as well.  If you need to use the washroom, do so as soon as you are dismissed from class
• DELANEY - REPORT CARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Reading Logs from December - Austin, Colby, Taylen, Delaney

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• RAFTS rough copy due tomorrow
• Science test - Friday

There are blue rabbits!

They're a type of American rabbit knows as the 'American Blue.' Bred from a species of German rabbit, the American Blue was actually developed in the early 1900's. It was originally named the 'German Blue,' but renamed shortly after World War I because of overseas tensions.
Bred in Pasadena, California by Lewis Salisbury for its meat and fur, it is known for being the deepest and darkest of all blue rabbits. However, after its development the rabbit was quickly ignored due to competition for oversea breeds.

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