Michigan Sea Grant visit with Dan O’Keefe

The kids really enjoyed our visit from Dan O’keefe a fisheries biologist with the Michigan Sea Grant last week.  He also gave a little introduction on Lake Sturgeon that the kids will be learning a lot about very soon.

The talk centered on invasive species which I know you all learned a lot about!  The kids hopefully enjoyed the projects and I loved seeing them come in on Friday! 

We will be using them to set up an invasive species museum for our Author Visit this week.  Mark Newman author of the Sooper Yooper series (focuses on invasives in the Great Lakes) will be here to talk with the kids, and they will be sharing their projects in a museum format with him.  Look for a video of the day to show up on our website soon!

Concepts to re-enforce with your students:

What is a food web?

What are Narrative Elements of a story?

What is a sensory detail?

Units of Study:

Language Arts:

We have been focusing on writing with sensory details to help our reader visualize what’s going on in our personal narratives.

Math:

Unit  2 Multiplication with Whole Numbers

Science:

Organisms in Our Environment

Social Studies:

Geography

Starting Midwest region soon!

Supplies to Donate:

MEAP Snacks 25 (easy to handout)

Large White Construction Paper

Upcoming Important Events:

 Sooper Yooper Author Visit and Invasive Species Museum Day

Oct. 25th

MEAP is finished

Oct. 16th (unless Make-up is needed)

Halloween Parade Oct. 31st