tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87634076507699188072024-02-19T00:16:14.404-08:00Ms. Senning's Fourth Grade ClassCheck out what's happening in our classroom!Portia Senninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07747107782692032380noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763407650769918807.post-5310371176716388152017-06-16T07:22:00.001-07:002017-06-16T07:22:51.217-07:00Dumbledore Visits Fourth Grade!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Portia Senninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07747107782692032380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763407650769918807.post-47723206059717432702017-06-13T06:11:00.000-07:002017-06-13T06:11:02.967-07:00<i>This is a guest post by our enrichment teacher, Darcie Rankin and our library media specialist, Beth Redford.</i><br />
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These Capstone Presentations were created in Enrichment Library class by RES fourth graders in Ms. Senning's class. The scholars developed their own research questions, which are shown above the presentations that answer them. We are very proud of all our fourth grade scholars!<br />
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How do magicians do their illusions?<br />
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How do you choreograph a song? (still photo from a video)<br />
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Why did the Civil War start?</div>
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What do we know about the universe?<br />
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How do artists make different clay creations?<br />
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How did Harry Houdini do his tricks?<br />
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How do video games work?<br />
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Why do volcanoes erupt?<br />
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How do you make an animated cartoon?<br />
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How do you build a treehouse?<br />
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How are stop motion videos made?<br />
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What are some dangerous magic tricks?<br />
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How do you code a video game?<br />
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How do you build a treehouse?<br />
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How did women's clothing in the 1920s develop?<br />
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How do computer parts work together?<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763407650769918807.post-20089048357380587462017-06-01T08:17:00.003-07:002017-06-01T08:17:38.846-07:00Creating Capstone Presentations in Enrichment Library Class<i>This is a guest post by our library media specialist, Beth Redford and our enrichment teacher, Darcie Rankin.</i><br />
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Fourth graders are creating presentations to share what they have learned over the course of their Capstone Projects in enrichment library class. Below are a few examples of the presentations-in-progress and the research questions they answer. We are incredibly proud of all of our fourth grade scholars for their thoughtfulness and hard work on these projects! - Darcie Rankin, enrichment teacher and Beth Redford, library media specialist.<br />
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<i>Model of treehouse with labels</i></div>
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<i>How do you build a treehouse?</i></div>
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As you probably know, we recently completed the last of our SBAC and NECAP testing for the year! As if this wasn't reason enough to celebrate, our kindergarten friends just wrapped up a reading and writing unit and wanted to share their learning with us. Fourth graders were impressed by the young readers and writers, and happy to reminisce about favorite books from their younger years ! As always, the kindergarteners loved sharing work with their role models.</div>
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A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Rankin for finding us extra materials for our inventions and to Mrs. Lefrancois for sharing iPads so that everyone could pursue their creative passions!Portia Senninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07747107782692032380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763407650769918807.post-3186142404375153152017-02-24T11:59:00.003-08:002017-02-24T11:59:56.844-08:00Reading Party!Fourth graders at RES ended their second trimester with a huge reading party! Kids got cozy with blankets, books, and buddies and immersed themselves into their reading. Please enjoy this slideshow, courtesy of Mrs. Lefrancois!<br />
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Fourth graders at RES are wrapping up a unit on media literacy. They learned about several strategies that advertisers use to get people's attention and convince them to buy products. Then they practiced finding those strategies in different kinds of advertisements. Finally, the scholars created video advertisements for books, also known as book trailers, to try to convince other scholars to read their favorite stories.<br />
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We hope you enjoy the book trailers! Can you identify some of the strategies used by our scholars? They may include Association, Bandwagon, Beautiful People, Bribery, Celebrity Endorsements, Experts, Explicit Claims, Fear, Humor, Intensity, Maybe/Weasel Words, Plain Folks, Testimonials, Repetition, and Warm and Fuzzy.<br />
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S.S. Taylor, the Author of <i>The Expeditioners</i>, liked this book trailer on Twitter!<br />
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New Featured Book Review! <a href="https://twitter.com/SSTaylorBooks">@SSTaylorBooks</a>'s The Expeditioners & the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon review by Gr 4 <a href="https://t.co/WcZVa7PRFQ">https://t.co/WcZVa7PRFQ</a></div>
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The author of <i>Life of Ty</i>, Lauren Myracle liked this book trailer on Twitter!<br />
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RT <a href="https://twitter.com/RESVTlibrary">@RESVTlibrary</a>: <a href="https://t.co/uBdWhAzPNs">https://t.co/uBdWhAzPNs</a> LOVE!!!</div>
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Portia Senninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07747107782692032380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763407650769918807.post-1901806468934378952017-01-16T08:53:00.002-08:002017-01-16T08:53:33.695-08:00App Smashing, Media Literacy, and Book Trailers in Fourth Grade Enrichment Library Classes #vted #vsla<i>This is a guest post from our enrichment teacher, Darcie Rankin and our library media specialist, Beth Redford.</i><br />
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Fourth graders at RES are continuing to wrap up a unit on media literacy. They learned about several strategies that advertisers use to get people's attention and convince them to buy products. Then they practiced finding those strategies in different kinds of advertisements. Finally, the scholars created video advertisements for books, also known as book trailers, to try to convince other scholars to read their favorite stories. Here are two more great examples, from a fourth graders who used the advertising strategies of Intensity, Plain Folks, Fear (to get the viewer's attention), and Repetition in their book trailers for <i>Smile</i> by Raina Telgemeier and <i>The Time of the Fireflies</i> by Kimberley Griffiths Little.<br />
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And a behind the scenes note: these scholars used the "app smashing" technique of using more than one application on a digital device to create a single final product. The fourth graders used the iMovie, Green Screen, Camera, and Notes apps together make these amazing videos!<br />
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We are so pleased to announce that Indira, Eva, Gardner, Ava, Cristina, and Crosby will all have poems published in the 2016-17 Young Writers of America anthology! ALL of us will celebrate our poetry publications!Portia Senninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07747107782692032380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763407650769918807.post-50108387127279263602016-11-18T07:25:00.000-08:002016-11-18T07:41:20.426-08:00Realistic Fiction Unit Our class has worked exceptionally hard on planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing realistic fiction narratives. Throughout the unit, writing partners supported each other and gave feedback. Here is a story excerpt from each fourth grade author for you to enjoy. Notice the careful word choice, descriptive phrases, and expressive reading!<br />
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For the past several weeks, fourth graders have been learning and practicing research and digital citizenship skills in their enrichment library classes. The scholars are working through a series of three interest-based projects for which they get to choose the topics themselves (see the examples below):<br />
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In the process of creating these projects, the scholars are learning and practicing these important skills:<br />
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They are also learning more about topics they are interested in, from East Indian dance to Humvees to legendary monsters and much more! We are very proud of the fourth graders' hard work and perseverance on these projects.<br />
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Over the past week, RES fourth graders searched for clues, solved puzzles, and practiced their library skills while playing a Breakout immersive game in their enrichment library classes. Our fabulous enrichment teacher, Darcie Rankin, adapted the "Breakout from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" game that was originally created by Amy Williams. The game was particularly good for practicing how to look up books in the library's online catalog, and how to find nonfiction books on the shelves. More information about the original game and the Breakout model of gaming and education can be found at the <a href="http://www.breakoutedu.com/more-games/">Breakoutedu website</a> (scroll about 2/3 of the way down the page to see the original Breakout from Mr. Lemoncello's Library game).<br />
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Welcome RES fourth graders and families to the 2016-2017 Dorothy Canfield Fisher reading program!<br />
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The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award is Vermont's Children's Choice award for books. The award has been in existence since 1957 and is open to Vermont students in grades 4-8. Grade 4 students at Richmond Elementary School are encouraged to participate in the program by reading or listening to the age appropriate DCF titles that are in the library's collection. Other titles from the list can found at the <a href="http://www.richmondfreelibraryvt.org/">Richmond Free Library</a>. <br />
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Grade 4 students who read or listen to at least 5 of the selected books from the list by early April, 2017 are eligible to vote for their favorite in the state-wide program. They will also receive an invitation to our world-famous DCF Pizza Party!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In most classes, you just get assigned a job. In Ms.Senning's class it's different. We had to apply. We chose a job and then wrote about why we should have that job. We had to have a convincing speech. Ms.Senning looked over our work and decided who got what job. Some people had to have a backup job because you might not get your first job pick. If you didn't get the job we wanted, she put us in a job close to the one we wanted. Jobs include Lead the line, Help the teacher, Feed Bubbles (the fish) and Picking up the floor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> We got a new music teacher named Mrs. D. Music is FUN because you play instruments. Music class is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_468040061" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Wednesday</span></span> so we've already had it twice. Music is in the music room near the lunch room. We don't just do music with Mrs. D. We also do forth grade chorus, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the fourth grade students played giants, wizards, and elves, they loved it and they wanted to keep playing. Just to let you know we're fourth graders, not news reporters. Anyway, during the game one side was dancing and it's not even part of the game, although I think the teachers set it up to learn to treat other people the way you want to be treated. We played the game in the big field behind then middle school. We did it on the first F<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_468040062" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">riday</span></span> of school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">The first week of school we played a silly outside game. How you played it was you tried to be the first one to get everybody's signature by asking silly questions. For example, one of the questions was "Can I untie your shoe and then tie it back up?" We did it so that we could learn more about each other, be brave and talk to new people, and just to get some wiggles out. We did it on the black top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">We made array posters. In math class, Ms.Senning would tell us our partners and give us a number. Then we would make multiplication arrays. Just in case you don't know what an array is, this is what it is. It's a rectangular arrangement of objects and if your array is 1 by 2, there would be 1 row and 2 objects in each row, or the other way around. We would also tell the factors of a number. Also, on the first day of school we made posters saying what we think multiplication is. We worked with our tablemates and made a poster with illustrations. In it we had to say what it is, an example of an equation, what the x sign means, and make a model. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Koosh toss: You play it by tossing the ball to someone else and greeting them. Then they throw it to someone else. The challenge is to do the entire greeting order backwards, and it's timed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chef salad: You have a recipe and everybody is an ingredient and if the chef calls your food, you have to switch seats. Whoever is not seated at the end of the round is the next chef. You could also say chef salad which means the whole class gets up and tries for a new a seat.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Howdy! This is Indira and Katie. We are sharing about our inspirational posters. The class thought of quotes to live by and put them on posters that we made. Others worked on quotes they already knew. For example, Christina wrote, "Let your smile change the world, don't let the world change your smile!" And we wrote (Indira and Katie), "Don't let dark clouds take away your inner blue sky!" It makes our classroom look very pretty. We used construction paper, markers, crayons, and colored pencils. It gives us good thoughts as we work on hard things. The whole class had a good time.</span></span></div>
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Portia Senninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07747107782692032380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763407650769918807.post-63963835985916133422016-08-31T12:17:00.002-07:002016-08-31T12:17:52.369-07:00First Day!We had a fabulous first day of fourth grade!<br />
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<br />Portia Senninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07747107782692032380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763407650769918807.post-903520849414212282016-08-25T09:20:00.001-07:002016-08-25T09:20:30.477-07:00Welcome!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 plain white t-shirt (name on the tag with permanent marker)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 set of comfortable earbuds/headphones for use with Chromebook</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 1” 3-ring binder (no velcro or fancy closures)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 set of 3-ring binder dividers with tabs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 durable two-pocket home/school folder (plastic holds up best) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 single-subject spiral-bound wide ruled notebook</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 hardcover composition notebook*</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 hardcover graph paper notebook</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 pencil pouch (for inside your desk, so it must be small)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 pack of #2 pencils and/or a few mechanical pencils with lead</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 or 2 ball point pens </span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*This hardcover composition notebook will be your writer’s notebook, so make sure that the lines are a good fit for your handwriting. If you prefer writing without lines, this notebook could be filled with blank pages instead. Feel free to decorate it with personal photos, drawings, magazine clippings, or words that inspire you!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our classroom is going to be an exciting and busy place! I hope to incorporate many opportunities for you to explore, experiment, and create projects, so if your families would like to add to the tools and supplies in our classroom, here are some ideas of things you can bring in. These items will be shared among students, so please don’t send in anything you or your families want back. Thanks for your support! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Old cameras with chargers, memory cards and USB cords</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Webcams (to help our Chromebooks work like iPads)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.5-3V mini motors (with about a 7mm shaft is great)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3V lithium batteries (“coin” or circle batteries)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Toys for building: Legos, K’NEX, Polydrons, marble machines, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tools: hammers, pliers, wire strippers, glue guns with sticks, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Art project supplies: pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, cardstock, tissue paper, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To keep up our energy for all of this hard work and creativity, we will have a designated snack time everyday. It is important that you eat healthy foods to help refuel your body, so pack something nutritious or opt for a tasty and healthy RES snack bag! You might also want to bring a spill-proof water bottle to keep at your desk to stay hydrated throughout the day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hope that the rest of your summer is filled with sunshine and fun! See you on Wednesday, August 31, 2016!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ms. Portia Senning</span></div>
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