Bestselling author Brad Meltzer wrote two books with:
60 heroes.
60 stories.
60 reminders that anything is possible.
Check out his #1 Hero – Video!
Who is your #1 hero that you would want your son/daughter to know about? Model your writing like Brad Meltzer. Use a title, subtitle, story and quote. Post to this blog, create a google doc and/or video.
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About the Contest: CLE is celebrating Earth Day by sponsoring a recycle poster contest using the theme, Every Day is Earth Day! This contest is open to students to promote recycling in creative and fun ways, raising environmental awareness.
Theme: Every Day is Earth Day posters should clearly highlight the importance of recycling in our school and community. This theme can include topics such as “reduce, reuse, and recycle”. Use your imagination and get creative!
Poster Requirements:
• Students must create their own original artwork – no copyrighted clip art, computer-generated graphics, or copyrighted characters.
• Posters must reflect the theme of the contest.
• All entries on paper 11 inches in width and 8.5 inches in height. (No lined notebook paper!)
• Artwork must be oriented on the page in landscape or portrait format.
• All entries must be 2-dimensional; no collage or glued on pieces can be accepted.
• Paint, crayon, marker, colored pencil is acceptable, but remember that bright solid colors will reproduce better!
• Individual students may only submit one entry.
• Each poster must have student names and class teachers on the back of the poster.
• Do NOT fold posters when submitting to the main office.
Awards: One student from each grade level will receive a class award for their poster.
Due Date: Posters are due by April 23, 2018. Submit to the main office for display. Posters can be turned in any day earlier.
Please order your t-shirt here – Field Day 2018
Perseverance is this month’s superpower!
We were inspired by William Kamkwamba’s story. When his village was hit by a drought, everyone’s crops began to fail. Without enough money for food and school, William spent his days in the library and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps and became the local hero who harnessed the wind. Listen to the children’s books here – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
Here is another video, Moving Windmills.
Interview an adult. Determine a time in his/her life when he/she had to persevere and the result of this hard work. Share this experience with our class blog.
On Friday, please wear blue. As a school community, we are going to show our support for National Autism Awareness Month! National Autism Awareness Month is a time to promote autism awareness, autism acceptance and to draw attention to the tens of thousands facing an autism diagnosis each year. What else can you do? Please visit Mrs. McBride’s website for further details – Blue for Autism.
Challenge: Research other cities that received the gift of trees from Japan.
Today I went to see The Art of The Brick Exhibit by Nathan Sawaya.
I never thought that besides simple Apples, you can build Parthenon (30,201 pieces), create Mona Lisa portrait, make Rose Window of Charters, or how about a giant Dinosaur out of 80,020 piece. The exhibit was amazing.
“Art nurtures the brain, whether made from clay, paint, wood or a modern day toy” – Nathan Sawaya.
Please enjoys some pictures from the exhibit!
Adrian K.
Back by popular demand… The Peeps Challenge! After nine years the Washington Post is no longer sponsoring its annual peeps contest. We want to keep this challenge alive at Cottage Lane. Get those creatives juices flowing and find out more information here – THE PEEPS CHALLENGE.