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On May 31, 2012, Birmingham Public Schools will host a downlink with the International Space Station (ISS). This is a HUGE honor – only six organizations were selected to participate for this expedition! Approximately twenty students will be able to ask questions of Flight Engineer Joe Acaba LIVE as he orbits the Earth on the ISS (it’s kind of like a SKYPE conversation….). The downlink will take place in the Seaholm High School auditorium, and all students in Birmingham Public Schools will be able to watch it live on TV or the internet (more info coming soon on this). There is room in the auditorium for about 600 students (grades 3 - 12). These 600 students will also participate in a series of science learning experiences in the Seaholm gym on that day. If the committee chooses a question from a student from our class, then the entire class will be allowed to participate in the expedition!
Lance Williams’ question was chosen and he will ask it during the SKYPE activity. Our entire class gets to participate in the expedition!

I will be provided with more information regarding the expedition on May 3rd, but until then here is some information that may be helpful for you to know:

• On May 31, the students in my class are invited to Seaholm for the day (there will not be room in the auditorium for additional guests).

• In addition to the downlink, there will be many activities during the day at Seaholm.

• All participants will need to bring a sack lunch with them – including a drink.

• The district is arranging for bus transportation to and from Seaholm on May 31. We don’t have exact times yet, but we plan on leaving school around 9:00 am and returning to school around 2:30 pm.

•Thank You,
Morris Wallington




Here is the link to the Decorah Eagles. 4th graders, can you explain to your parents what happened last year and what happened to the baby eagles after we got out of school??!!!


http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles



Homework:

Language Arts:

Daily Reading
Spelling due May 14th
4th graders work on your Boom Writer chapter!!

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Science Homework


What is capacity?

Special Project:Work on your bitstrip EARTH DAY project. Email me when you have completed your project and I will either approve it or send it back to you for revision. REMEMBER, grammar counts!!


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4th Mathematics homework


You are required to do at least 60 minutes of IXL a week.


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