Monday, April 12, 2010

April 12, 2010

Word of the day: bliss (chosen because it's so nice to be back with this lovely crew of third graders again!)

Congratulations to Breanna for getting immunity on today's spelling test. Well done!

Reminders:
1. Spelling due Thursday
2. Practise times tables
3. Book order due Friday

For today's Head Scratcher, see if you can figure out why, in the game we played today, you like sweets but not candy, you like fall but not autumn, and you like carrots, broccoli, and apples, but not fruits or vegetables. (If you've already figured out the answer, try playing the game with someone else in your house.)

We talked about loons today, so I dug out this video of their call. Enjoy!



And here's some advice on how to try to imitate the loon's call:



Finally, here's a video of the loon displaying. (We talked about this today, as well.)

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